Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1902-01-02
About the CITY.

Sites today.
Square accounts and start tn
new year right.
Peter H. Ready is spending q
few days in Lewiston.
The New Years ball has beer
postponed for the present.
The Spokesman Review has
$40, 600 libel suit ON its hands.
II. B. Brown, of Pollock, ha
been appointed a notary public.
J. J. Remington was doing bust
ness from Salmon river during tn,
week.
Mrs. w. l.. Brown is over from
Cottonwood this week visiting rel
atives.
James DeHaven, of Grangeville
has been appointed a notary
public.
Peter King was over from the
Clearwater side this week on bus.
mess trip.
A proposition is on foot to bond
the Sites school district for new
school house.
John higgins and daughter, Mrs
McCready, were visiting from Sal.
mon river this week.
Miss Mona Nickel left for Lewis.
ton Monday to visit the Haver-
nick family for few days.
A. Schroeder, q prominent farm
or Of Keuterville, was a pleasant
caller at this Office Saturday.
A marriage license has been is
sued to Allen West and Edna Hol.
lingshead, both of Woodland.
School will open in district No.
ID, on Monday, January 6, 1902,
with Orr McMinimy as teacher.
Tom Sweeney left for Spokane
after spending the holidays here,
and expects to return to the Hump
in few weeks.
James Surridge has arrived home
from his visit to Michigan. Mrs.
Surridge is in Illinois and will not
return until spring.
County commissioners meet in
regular quarterly session on Mon
day, January IL. File your bills
the Saturday previous.
M. s. Mason was a visitor from
Salmon river last week and stayed
over long enough to take in the
Masonic festivities ON st. Johns
day.
DIR. Bibby removed tumor from
the back Of j. f. Davis, OF New
some creek Tuesday. The patient
is doing well and will soon be on
again.
Owing to i'll health Joseph X.
Vincent has decided to close up his
second hand store in this city, and
will reside quietly at his home in
Mt. Idaho.
J. w. Crea of Denver, was a Wis.
itor to the metropolis Tuesday and
among other business renewed his
subscription to the old reliable
FREE Press.
County commissioner Frank
Brown has made application for
patent for the Colorado placer
claim in Robbins district. com.
prising 1876 acres.
Senator Stephens moved down to
his new purchase on the old Roll
Brown place on the Clearwater
road Tuesday and will hereafter
make his home there.
G. B. Cooper, formerly an assay
err here, is in town from Dixie.
He says DIXIE will be all right as a
gold producer when the mines are
a little better exploited.
Principal Granville, of the
Grangeville public school, left
Monday for Moscow to attend the
States Teachers association meet
ings which are now being held.
The Rainbow and Hidden Treas
ure groups in Thunder Mountain
have been bonded to eastern PEG.
pie for $500, 900. One of these
lodges is said to be 700 feet wide.
Hugh O'Kane has purchased A.
ID. Bartley's band Of horses num-
bering about 40 head. There are
20 mares in this bunch and the en-.
tire band will average 400 pounds
each.
A. ID. Gritman spent Sunday
here. Ho is connected with the
new mercantile company recently
in Lewiston, and was
here in the interests of the new
concern.
John higgins says the Nc
kinley mine on Salmon river is
now opened to depth of 300 feet
by tunnel, and the ledge is Is
feet wide, with gold values. OF S27
per ton.
Tom X. Holmes has purchased
the residence property of Walter
Hovey Hill, south of the Cost,ey |
property, paying therefor the sum
OF 81 200. There is one acre of
land in the tract.
Senator Hatfield il a notod ool