Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1903-07-16

Mrs. Henry Murray is GONZALES
icing from a severe illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. L. Crosby re-
turned yesterday from weeks
visit in Spokane.
A fire at Kendrick Monday night
destroyed large portion of the
town along the railroad track caus-
ing a heavy loss of property.
The petition circulated some
time ago asking for daily mail SER
vice between Grangeville and Lew
iston has been granted and it is
expected that it will be started at
once. Felix Warren has done
much toward securing the change
and is deserving Of much credit.
| A. A. Smith left Wednesday
morning to take charge Of his place
called Dead Horse station between
here and the Hump. John Wealth
erford, who has been running the
station for the last four months,
left on Monday for Heppner, Ore. /,
to settle large estate left him by
his relatives who were drowned
in the flood.
The last month has been quite
prolific IN the issuance of marriage
licenses, there having been over
twenty issued in Idaho county.
! However this is only slightly above
an average for each month since
January. There is still plenty OF
young folks left and the supply
seems to equal the demand.
| The teachers annual county in
stitute will be held in this city
Aug. "a, and large attendance is
expected. The valuable services
of Professors Beach and Sampson
of the Washington Agricultural
College, and Mrs. Matte Heading
ton, ex-county superintendent OF
Latah county, have been secured
as instructors for the institute.
Robert G. Hamill and Miss.
Minnie 0. Burrus were married
at the residence of w. F. Schmade.
ka last evening, Judge J.W. Bone
brake officiating. Both of the
young people are we'll and favor
ably known and have many friends
who wish them the full measure
of married happiness and prosper
ity.
Charles Sweeney the mining
promoter, is now completing ar
rangements for the consolidation
of the Empire State, Standard
Hecla, and Mammoth mines in the
Occur d'Alene district. The mines
produced 40 per cent of the lead
ore of the U. S. The transaction
involves SIS, 100000. The com.
pany will fight the smelter trust.
The county commissioners are
hard at work. They are sitting as
a board of equalization and will be
kept busy the rest of this week and
perhaps part of next week rear
ranging the rate of assessments.
There will be an increase in rate
on certain property. Some proper.
ty in the city will be affected by
the increase.
In about two hours time last
week Rev. Smith collected $50 for
the unfortunate people of the re-
cent Heppner disaster. Rev,
Smith forwarded the money to the
relief fund committee and received
a receipt for the same and also a
letter thanking the people for their
kindly consideration and saying
that Grangeville had done better
than any other Idaho town of its
size.
| F. L. Allen and G. w. Barker
two successful farmers from the
Doumecq plains, were over here
on business Monday. They said
that the country was looking fine
until a hail storm struck there a
few days ago and cut the crops
down. Some of the hail was as large
as hens eggs, and wherever the
wheat had headed out it will likely
be ruined. Stock in that part of the
country is looking fine.
The work Of restoring and re-
marking the Mason and Dixon line
is rapidly nearing completion
under the supervision of competent
engineers appointed jointly by the
states of Maryland and Pennsyl-
vania. In April, 1901, each state
appropriated $1,000 for the pur-
pose. No question of territory is
involved in the reconstruction, but
the historic interest in this imagi-
nary division of the North and
South warranted a remarking of
the line marked out by Mason and
Dixon in 1853.
President j. A. Mclean of tn E
University of Idaho, has left for the
east and will not return until afte,
August. Since President Mclean
left it is announced that he has
been offered the presidency of the