Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1903-07-23
LOCAL NOTES

Mrs. w. J. Davis left Tuesday
for an extended visit at Tacoma.
NJ. L Murray returned Tuesday
from trip to the Occur d. Alenes.
G. E. Lawson, mining man
from Seattle, was in town yesterday |
enroute to the Hump.
Ferd Mckinney, OF the Bargain
store, is spending short vacation
visiting in Spokane.
Editor F. M. Roberts of the
Sites Patriot was up the first of
the week on business.
A telephone office has been estab-
lished at the farm of Cy Overman
between here and White Bird.
S.W. Litchfield of Elk City, has
arrived here and will work for Joe
Sorrow for some time to come.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Steinheiser
left Monday for two weeks va
cation at Spokane and coast towns.
Mrs, Looney of Salem, who has
been visiting Mrs. Geo. X. Reed,
started Oh her return home Tues
day.
This is the last issue in which
the long list of property which will
be sold for delinquent taxes is to
appear.
1t is rumored on good author
ity that the p. & /. N. railroad
will be extended to Meadows this
summer.
Hay harvest has commenced on
the prairie in full blast this week.
The crop il heavier than it has
been for years.
James Witt left Saturday for
Golf where he will commence oper-
atoms on the Short placer bar for
an eastern company.
Most of the horses that were
impounded were taken away by the
owners or sold to persons who used
them for pack animals into the
mountains.
Christ Behnen prosperous farm
err living near Denver, and Miss
Matte Decker were married in this
city yesterday. Rev. w. A. Hall
officiating.
Cy Lee of Tolo was pleasant
business caller at this office Tues
day. He reports crops generally
looking well but spring grain pro-
misses rather better than the fall
sOwn.
Miss Lottie Spedden of this city,
began term of school at Lucille
Monday. Miss Spedden is grad
uate of the Lewiston Normal and
one of Grangeville's brightest
young ladies.
Frank Hogan, A. G. Hawson,
J. Frost and Geo. ID. Smith left
Monday for the Mountains. They
will spend few days fishing, and
before returning will make an ex,
ploration of the Buffalo Hump
gold regions.
C. G. Call and Jas. Briscoe left
for the mines the first of the week
Mr.. Briscoe will do some prospect
ing and Mr.. Call will do assessment
work on claims at Warrens and il
the Hump, which belong to the es
tate of his late brother.
Building is going on at a rat
over the prairie that keeps the say
mills entirely cleaned out of lum
Der. The Craig Mountain saw mill
which is turning out about 20,00'
feet of lumber day, has more or
ders than they can fill.
An aged Indian woman wa
struck and killed Friday by til
passenger train between Sites an,
Kamiah. She was running he
chickens off the track and attempt
ed to cross over, but was struck b
the guard Of the engine and deaf
resulted instantly.
Miss Mary f. Brown, of til
Deaconess Home in Spokane LEI
tured to a large and appreciatiy
audience at the M. f. church Sur
day on the subject, Purity" an
Monday on the "Rights of Chi
dren." Sunday she received b
collection S25 for the hospital.
In order to make room for m
fall stock of furniture l will Sc
the entire line at great reduction
Bed springs, S2.75; iron beds, s.
extension tables, 6 it, 5000.
connection with my undertaken
business, | will run my hearse fr,
in the city limits. w. Z. Graham
W. j. Casey left for Warren
Monday, as he said, "to look ov,
the mining DISTRICTS" but as he
work in the interest Of some mil
ing promoters of Spokane, it
probable that he is to report {
some properties that the compar
has its eye on.
Geo. X. Reed, proprietor of Il