Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1903-09-03
LOCAL NOTES

Peter Brockenour was up from
Lucille last week.
L. D. Lyons was over from
Cottonwood Monday.
E. w. Taylor, the Calender mer
chant, was in town Saturday.
For RENr-A four-room house
Inquire of Cy. Holsclaw.
Jack Wood came out from tn,
Hump Monday for short visit.
Geo. Baker left on Tuesday fol
Denver, Colo. for a months visit
A. J. Turner is looking after
business matters in Lewiston thif
week.
A. B. Rookie, the Cottonwood
Hotel man, was doing business in
town this week.
Louis Dahl and Chris Olsen OF
=. the Jumbo mine came up from
Lewiston Monday.
Mrs. DR.. Riggs, who has been
in Spokane the last two weeks, will
return Friday evening.
A vein of bituminous coal has
been cut through on Grouse creek,
which is % feet thick and 300 feet
wide.
The Grangeville Street fair has
always been a splendid success and
this year it will be better than
ever.
j. J. Bennett left for Dixie last
week to represent the Idaho Com
stock mines for the Grangeville
owners.
P. H. Ready is preparing to leave
on a protracted trip to southern
California where he will spend the
coming winter.
Miss Barnice Day was taken sick
Tuesday and her place at the tele-
phone Office is being filled by Miss
Mona Nickel.
VIM. Ingram has sold the Model
hotel at White Bird to Mrs. v. T.
Hadorn and again taken up his
residence in this city.
County Auditor J. I. Overman
will be home this week from Re-
sort, where he has been enjoying a
two weeks outing.
Travel into Grangeville is the
heaviest in years several vehicles
arriving every night loaded with
passengers and baggage.
w. A. Barker and G. G. Water
man arrived here last week from
Iowa on visit to L. M. Harris
and also to take look at Camas
Prairie.
Deputy Sheriff John Seay left on
Saturday for the Hump, Elk City
and Salmon river country to sub
poena jurymea for district court
cases.
Miss Baird, who has been visit
ing with Miss Georgia Reed for
the last two months, returned to
her home in Lewiston Thursday
evening.
The ladies' MINISTRIES at the
opera house last Friday night drew
q large crowd and netted good
sum for the local lodge of Rathbone
Sisters.
A school election will be held
next Monday 10 elect two directors
to take the place of w. w. Brown
and James Edwards whose terms
expires.
Trinity church Sunday school
10 a. M, holy communion and SER
mon IL a. m. Services at White
Bird school house Sunday evening
and at John Day Monday evening.
Geo. H. Smith, of Green creek
was pleasant visitor at this Office
Saturday. He was accompanied
by his brother-in-law, r. M. Jack
son, who is here on a visit from
Pittsburg, Penn.
Last week Jonas Lawrence broke
the record from Thunder Mountain
to Grangeville. He came from
his mining property, which joins
the Dewey, in exactly three and
one-half days.
Sheriff J. A. Strain came up from
Pom eroy last Friday after Leo
Moore, who is wanted on q charge
of horse stealing. He also took
Will Rookie as far as Lewiston who
is wanted there on the same charge.
Billy Adams, manager of the
Rambler araboo Mining company
of the SLOGAN country, has gone to
the Hump. He represents consid-
cradle capital and it is thought this
trip to the mines will result in his
purchasing some of the undevel-
oped properties.
British Columbia mining promo
tiers are becoming interested over
the prospects of the Buffalo Hump. |
Chas. Jackson, big mine owner
and manager of the REDEEM Jackson
company of Rosland, B. c., is in
tho Hmm for tho ,,nrnooa ~ ,,ol,