Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1902-12-18
ISSUED CHECKS ON BANK
Mining Engineer to Be Brought
Back Here for Trial

Minlng engineer TO Be Brought
Back Here for Trial
According to Mondays Spokane
Review G. d. Carruthers, min
ing engineer who has spent con.
siderable time here since last fall,
is under arrest in New York and
will be brought back to answer to
the charge of either embezzlement
or forgery.
Until last October Carruthers
was superintendent Of tho Old Do.
minion mine near Colvillr, but
after that came to Grangeville and
was placed in charge of the Idaho
Copper 4 Gold Mining and Milling
company's interests near White
Bird. He always spent money
freely, but being a man of consid-
erable standing in mining circles
no one inquired where his funds
came from.
1t is not known here just who
caused his arrest or upon what
charge, but there is a goodly num-
Der in Idaho county as well as in
Spokane who would like to see
him brought back and punished.
He left here shortly before
Thanksgiving, but before leaving
issued checks on the Bank Of
Camas Prairie for about 84OO in
Grangeville and about 5000 in
White Bird. There was always
some excuse offered whereby he Sc
cured nearly the whole amount
OF the face of the check in cash,
and as many Of the business men
had handled his checks before
they took them, never suspecsing
anything wrong until they pre-
sented them at the bank for paw
ment.
Carruthers' peaple live in Scot
land and he was just about to sail
for Liverpool when arrested.
Several mining deals for proper
ties in this county are pending
and we hope to chronicle their
contamination before spring.
Otto r. BRENNAN, who has
been with l. G. Hattabaugh's ma
chinery firm for several years, left
today for his old home in Iowa.
G. I. Porter, a leading merchant
of Elk City, was doing business
in the county seat yesterday. Mr..
Porter reports great activity in
the mines in his district and
business generally good.
Rev. A. Miles Smyth, a Catho.
lie priest who had charge of the
churches at this place and Cot ton
wood a year or 80 ago, has been ad-
mitted to the Protestant Episcopal
ministry by Bishop Wells.
County treasurer Geo. M. Rob-
ertson has purchased the residence
property in the northwest part of
town formerly owned by II. ].
Harmon. who leaves shortly for
Ashland, Oregon, to reside.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Weber, living
north Of town, have both been
dangerously i'll for some time past
Their daughters, Mrs. Matilda
Rnmpf, Of Spokane, and Mrs.
James Edwards, of this city, have
been in attendance and they are
reported slightly better at this
time.
w. E. Mckee, Of the firm of
Oliver 4 Mckee, is back from q
long stay at his ranch over on the
Doumecq plains, and will stay the
winter in town. He reports many
new settlers as having gone into
that section this year and estab-
lished homes on the fertile soil of
that region
The Sunday school of the Pres
byterian church will have it's
Christmas tree and exercises in the
building back Of the public school
on Christmas evening instead Of
Christmas eve. 1t is regretted that
it will be impossible to invite the
general public on account of the
limited space. Admission will be
free, but by ticket.
At the council meeting Saturday
night a franchise was granted to
the Central Idaho Water, Light
and Power company to construct
and operate an electric light sys-
tenn in the village of Grangeville
for q period Of 80 years. The
franchise provides that work shall
begin within 80 days and be COM
pleted within 10 months.
An ad for the Model hotel, of
White Bird, appears in another
place in this issue, and we know
whereof we speak when we say
that the proprietor, Mrs. II. s.
Jones, will supply her guests with
the best in the land. Those who
have occasion to visit that prosper
,Ous town will always find the