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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1903-09-10
Railroad Talk.

Articles Of incorporation Of the
Oregon, Washington & Idaho Rail-
road Company were fled in Lewis
ton last week. The incorporators
are: w. II. Kennedy, J. N. Teal
and James G. Wilson, of Portland,
Oregon.
The purposes of the company are
to build and operate railroad and
telegraph lines from Riparia to
Lewiston along the Snake River
and line from a point near Pendle-
ton, in southerly direction to the
headwaterS OF Birch Creek.
The capital stock of the corpora
tion is 81 900, 900, with shares Of a
par value Of slOQ. The general
septjment here II that the organiza-
tion is q movement by the o RAN.
to complete its river line from Port
land to Lewiston on q line of sur
vey npon which much grading was
done in 1899, when q truce between
the O. r. & N. and the Northern
Pacific was declared.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1903-09-10
U. S. Mail Robbed.

The stage carrying the mail be-
tween Grangeville and Hump was
robbed last Saturday at Moore's
Station while the driver and pas
sengcrs were at dinner. The stage
reaches this station at about II. 30
O'Clock and stops for dinner. The
house is about 100 yards from the
barn and Saturday when the driver
returned he found the registered
pouch cut open and the registered
letters robbed of their valuables.
The postmaster here says there
were number of registered letters
that day but only the senders know
their contents. One was sent by
the Bank of Camas Prairie and
contained $1S5 which was being
sent to john Brown. There was
probably no great amount Of money
in the pouch and it is surprising
that any one would risk their
liberty for SO small reward. As
yet no clue has been found to the
identity Of the robbers and as moth
ing bus money was taken there is
but little chance for their capture.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1903-09-10
ADAMS & WILTSE.
Prof. Mccarthy Resigned.

Prof. G. F. Mccarthy has ten
dered his resignation as assistant
principal of the Grangeville public
schools to accept position in the
preparatory department. of the
Washington State Agricultural Col
lege at Pullman. Prof. Mccarthy
has resided in Grangeville for seven
years past and for four successive
years has been elected to the place
he now leaves. He has proven
himself an educator of more than
ordinary ability, and he will be
greatly missed in the schools as
well rs in the town. One OF his
reasons for the change is his wifo's,
poor health which has not been
good for several years aud made it
necessary for her to remove to a
milder climate. Prof. and Mrs.
Mccarthy have many warm friends
here who wish them abundant
prosperity in their new home.
Miss Sweet who has the second
primary department. will be ad-
vanced to Prof. McCarthy's place
and Miss Hobart has been elected
to fill the vacancy caused by hel
promotion.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1903-09-10
Harvest Picnic.

The people of Denver are pre-
pairing for big harvest picnic and
ball on Monday, September 81, and
are Offering liberal purses for racing
and athletic sports. The following
program has been prepared:
At ten O'Clock a. M, baseball,
Grangeville vs.. Denver.
One o'clock, orations by ]. G.
Hallabaugh and B. L. Hussmann.
Foot-races for boys OF IL years
and under, prizes 50 and 81.
Young. mems foot-race, prizes
50 and 81.
Fat mems race, prizes SO and So.
Sack race, prizes 1.5O and 81.
Three-legged race, prizes $3.50
and 81.
Egg race, prizes $l.dO and 81.
Catching creased pig.
Three hundred dollars have been
subscribed for horse-races to be d.
vided as follows:
Three-eighths-mile dash, 1925.
Half-mile dash, 500.
Quarter-mile dash, $75.
In all horse-races there must be
five to enter and three to start.
Seventy per cent. of the purse will
60 to the winning horse and thirty
to the one second. A ten per cent
entrance fee will be charged.
A large covered pavilion has
been constructed for dancing after.
noon and evening. Prof. Riggs ol
this city will furnish the music.
The management is under the
direction of VIM. Mulhall, w. F.
O'Leary, and J. J. Connors. A
cordial invitation is extended te
everybody and o good time assured
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1903-09-10
Court In Session.

Monday being Labor day the
district court did not convene until
Tuesday morning, when it was
called by Judge Steele. The docket
is large one but the Judge has
gone through lot of preliminary
work and will endeavor to clear up
the docket in the usual time.
The jury is called for next Wed.
nesday when work will begin on
the big batch of criminal cases.
Most of the defendants have been
arraigned and the following cases
set -
State VS.. Edward Lancaster,
charged with rape, Sept. 10.
State w. w. o. Price, murder,
Sept. Is.
State vs.. Richard Crea, murder
Sept. 81.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1903-09-10
TOlo Items.

School commences in Lake Dist.
No. I, Sept. 2lst.
Ted Long has baby girl at his
house 1t was an August number.
Nels Swanson has sold the Au-
chinvale ranch to Mr.. Lawrence,
late Of Nebraska.
Henry Sells left Sunday for his
former home at Garden plains, Ill.
He expects to bring some one back
with him as he thinks baching and
farming don't 60 we'll together.
We wish him success and q safe
journey home again.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1903-09-10

place and date Of taking ON back OF
picture, and to be the property of
the Y. M. c. A. Camera Club. En-
tries made before Oct. LIST, to the
Secretary Of the Y. NJ. G. A.
Entries Of fruit, etc, to be made
to the parties giving the prizes,
who will provide accommodation.
Best Angel Cake, 81; second
prize 81 w. D. Giliet.
Best Ornamental Cake, % Sec
ond prize 81 w. ID. Gillet.
professional chefs and bakers
barred }
Best collection OF Sofa Pillows,
80, B. l.. Crosby.
Best Lace with embroidered cen.
ter piece $3.50; second prize 81.
Best Point Lace showing best work
81. so; second prize 81. Best Bat
tenberg Lace 81. so; second prize 81 /.
Best patchwork Quilt 81. SO; second
prize 81. Best drawn work, any
piece, Sl.50; second prize 81 =;
Bargain Store Co.
GRAIN.
Best Grain display, IS, Harris 4
Wright.
Best Fruit display, IS, Harris &
Wright.
Best Vegetable display, IS, Har.
ris & Wright.
The following prizes are offered
by Parker & Young -
Best exhibit of Wheat, 81.
Best exhibit of Oats, 81.
Best exhibit Of Barley (bald), 81
Best exhibit Of Barley, bearded 81
Best exhibit Of Timothy. 81.
| Best exhibit OF Alfalfa, 81.
Best exhibit of Broom Grass, 81
Best exhibit OF Red Glover, 81.
Best exhibit Of Corn Wheat, 81.
All entries OF above to be mad,
to the parties giving the prizes.
In all classes Of Live Stock having
FIVE or more entries of sufticien
merit seconf prize will be givei
by the Fair Committee.
Any other person wishing t.
offer prizes for Idaho County pro
ducts or stock, please notify tn
Committee who will publish tn
same.
The Fair cOlors will be blue, re-
and yellow.
HENRY WAX,
| J. G. HATTABAUGH,
JOHN NORWOOD,
COMMITTEES
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1903-09-10
PUBLIC SCOOL OPENS.
Open Enrolment Exceeds tha
of Last Year.

Open Enrolment Exceeds that
of Last Year.
The Grangeville public schools
opened Monday with an enroll
ment Of 345 pupils which is an in
crease OF 36 over last year. All
primary departments are crowded
and large increase may be ex-
pected in the grammar grades be-
fore October 1st. Patrons should
remember that the receiving grades
are open this week only and begin
ners will not be admitted after
Friday, but pupils may enter other
grades at any time.
The school has an unusually
strong corps Of teachers this year
and the prospects are favorable
for the most successful years work
in the history Of the Grangeville
schnols.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1903-09-10

To Cure a Cold In One Day
take Laxative .Bromo Quinine Tab
let's. All druggists refund the
money il it fails to cure. f w.
Groves signature on each box.
25c.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1903-09-10
THE SILVER KING.
Large Force at Work on War
rem Mine.

ron MIO0s
John w. Roger, who has the
management OF the Silver King and
keystone mines at Warren, was in
Grangeville Saturday.
These properties are owned by
Mr.. Roger and his associates at
Philadelphia and Richmond, and
the Company has been doing a large
amount Of work this season with
the most satisfactory results. They
are working 45 men on the Silver
King and have a ten stamp mill
and concentration running day and
night, and have enough good ore
blocked out to keep the mill run
ming for two years. They have
already done 5000 feet OF develop
ment work and are now working on
u 125O.foot tunnel that will tap the
vein at great depth when completed.
On the Keystone property they
are working force of 20 men and
have o hoisting plant and two
stamp mill in operation.
Both OF these properties carry
large silver values which former
managements have been unable to
save. Since Mr.. Roger took charge
he has installed a series of canvas
tables over which the concentrates
are run and 10y this process is saw
ing 90 per cent. of the silver values.
Mr. Roger informs us that Warren
has been unusually lively this sea-
son, and the travel through that
place to Big Creek and Thunder
Mountain has been much greater
than last year. Many men with
large capital have been going into
those camps, and almost without
q single exception return with glow
ing accounts of what they have
seen. He believes the future great
ness of Idaho county's mines ie
established and that nothing can
prevent this becoming the greatest
mining district in the west.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1903-09-10

The Street Fair management has
prepared the premium list for our
big event OF Sept. 80 and Oct. l, 2,
and 3. 1t is as follows:
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1903-09-10
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Reduced
Prices

You never had such low prices named before and
they only last with until present stock exhaust
ed, as they are too manufacturers cost to allow
profit to anyone, but this lot is going. No trash all
fresh stock.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1903-09-10

B. G. Wiltse, Walter Crosby,
James Bishop and G. A. Adams
are rusticating on the north fork
OF the Clearwater where they have,
timber claims and valuable placer
| mining property.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1903-09-10
For Sale.

A good farm of 100 acres, situat-
ed on Cottonwood creek, with house,
barn and other improvements be-
longing to the estate of Thomas
Nelson. Will be sold cheap. For
price and terms apply to d. H.
Sasenbury, administrator, at the
Bargain store. s3tf
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1903-09-10

Rods and reels of every make
and price at the Right Drug Store.
Amador ledger., 1903-07-10
LITTLE BARBADOS.
The Island Contains About tk
PrOudest People on Earth.

The Island Contains About the
PrOudest People on Earth.
None of the great nations of the
earth is half so proud of itself as the
little colony of Barbados, a mere speck
in the Caribbean, which calls itself
"the little England of the tropics"
Alone of all England's West Indian
isles, Barbados has belonged to Eng
land ever since it was first colonized
by white men. 1t has never been con.
quered by the enemy, as the others
have been. This fact naturally gives
the Barbadians a good conceit of them
selves and indeed makes them 1ust
about the proudest people on earth.
When just before the Crimean war
England was 'hesitating whether she
should attack Russia the Barbadians
sent this message to the cabinet:
go ahead. Don't be afraid Barba-
dos is behind you.''
King George was offered an asylum
by 'little England" when Napoleon
Bonaparte proposed to invade Eng
land
"If you were driven from England"
the Barbadians wrote, "come here You
will be safe with us to protect you"
When England was suffering her
worst reverses In South Africa the
Barbadians were not worried. They
knew that if matters really reached a
crisis Barbados would go in and finish
the business" as one of their newspa.
pers seriously put it.
Amador ledger., 1903-07-10
Watching a Spider at Work.

Watch spider spin his web, and 1
shall be surprised if you ever kill a
spider again. 1t takes him about an
hour, somewhat less, for he is a mar
velously quick worker, and there is
something almost terrifying about the
skill with which he works. There is
his body, no larger than a match's
head, yet, inclosed within that mere
dot of nature, there is an intelligence
which is able first to prospect the area
for his web, then to plan it out like a
geometrician and then to carry out his
plan with workmanlike precision.
Meanwhile, too, it must be remember
ed, he is not only doing his thinking
and his weaving, but also spinning the
material for it, all in that mite Of a
body. But perhaps the uncanniest fea-
ture- of the whole thing is that the spi-
der not merely has his plan clear in his
head, but knows when he has made
mistakes, and you can see him break
ing off misplaced threads here and
there, making taut slack lines and Sc
curing shaky connections
Amador ledger., 1903-07-10
An Inconvenient Piano.

Leopold de Meyer of Dresden, bril-
liant and popular pianist of his day,
was once summoned to play before the
sultan at Constantinople. Going thith-
er, he borrowed grand piano from
one of the Austrian secretaries of iega-
ton and had it set up in large recep-
ton room at the palace. There he
awaited the coming of the sultan, but
when that intelligent monarch entered
the room he started back in alarm and
demanded Of his attendants what that
monster was standing there on three
legs.
Explanations followed, but were in
vain. The legs had to be taken off and
the body of the instrument laid fiat on
the floor, and Leopold de Meyer, squat
ting cross legged on a mat, went
through his programme as best he
could In that awkward attitude and
without pedals. But the commander of
the faithful was delighted, and when
the last piece was played gave the art
ist over $1,000 as "backsheesh.'
Amador ledger., 1903-07-10
why Her Dancing Dragged.

An athletic young man, with q fine,
strong physique, danced with a young
woman of some 200 pounds in a village
not far west of Railway, N. J. He no
ticed that the dancing was uphill work
and when it was over sank into a chair
in the incipient stages OF exhaustion.
The young woman looked thoughtfully
across the shining surface of the floor
and threw glance of investigation at
the corner where the punch bowl stood.
Doesn't it strike you that the floor is
very sticky tonight?" she inquired.
The young man CALAMITY denied
thinking so.
"It seems so to me-" the young wo-
man observed. Then she looked down
at her foot, protruding from a silken
fieunee, and exclaimed:
"Why, I've got my rubbers onP'-
New York Post
Amador ledger., 1903-07-10
NAPOlEON'S' FOLLIES.
The Climax Came With the Senseless
IHynsion of Russia

OF all Napoleon'S insanities, for they
were nothing less, the climax was the
invasion of Russia. What motive can
he have had for this, saving delirious
ambition, and, what was also undoubt.
edly strong in him, sheer love of the
bloody game of war? He evidently
Eeckoned on encountering the Russian
army of defense nearer the frontier,
winning an Austerlitz or Jena, dictat-
ing terms as he had dictated them to
Austria or Prussia, and returning to
Paris in triumph. He was deceived in
the character of his enemy. He tried
in vain to force battle at Smolensko
The Russians instead of fighting him
near the frontier retreated before him,
gave up their country to his ravages,
compelled him to make march in
which he lost great part of his enor-
nous host and after handling him
very severely at Borodino evacuated
Moscow, leaving it in flames. They
then refused to treat with him. He
had consequently to decamp without
having provided for retreat or subsist-
ence. He lost almost his entire army
in the wintry wastes and but for the
extraordinary conduct of Kutusoff IN
letting him and his guard pass unop-
posed would himself have fallen into
the hands of the enemy. This error
was on far more imposing scale and
more tragical than any blunder of
Beaulieu or Mack. But was it less of
a blunder or less of a detraction from
the reputation of the man of action OF
even from that of the commander? 1t
is frightful to think what power a
despot has for evil. There was prob
ably not soul on either side, saving
Napoleon himself, who desired the
Russian eXpedition.-Goldwin Smith in
Atlantic
Amador ledger., 1903-07-10
The Green Sea.

There is no sea to which the name
green sea is applied in topography, but
the term is used as descriptive of parts
of the ocean with appropriate signifi-
canoe.
Where the gulf stream is detected
from Newfoundland toward the Azores
is the Sargasso sea, the surface of
which is a mass of floating seaweed.
Its popular name among sailors is the
Green sea nowadays, and in earlier
times it was noticed with astonishment
by Columbus and his sailors, while its
weed clad waters were called by others
the seaweed meadows.
A part of the Persian gulf is also
known by this name on account of 9
remarkable strip Of Vividly green wa
ter which is seen along the Arabian
coast
Many other large tracts of the ocean
assume this distinctive tint, which may
be due either to the presence of multi.
tudes of microscopic plants or living
atoms or to the depth or density or
saltness of the water itself
Amador ledger., 1903-07-10
A Carved Cherry Stone.

DR.. Peter Oliver, who lived in Eng
land during the early part of the eight
eenth century, tells of seeing a carved
cherry stone which would be wonder
even in this age of fine tools and fine
workmanship.
The stone was one from a common
cherry, and upon it were carved the
heads of 124 popes, kings, queens, en-
perors, saints, etc. Small as they must
necessarily have been, it is announced
on the authority of Professor Oliver
that with good glass the heads Of
the popes and kings could readily be
distinguished from those of the queens
and saints by their miters and crowns.
The gentleman who brought this little
wonder to England purchased 1t in
Prussia, allowing. the original owner
$4,000 for his treasure. Think of it
SOS, 900 for cherry seed!
Amador ledger., 1903-07-10
SPEECHES THAT LIVE.
Oratoric Triumphs That Stand the
Test of Reading.


IT is often said that If speech reads
we'll it is not good speech There
may be some truth in it, The reader
cannot, of course, get the impression
which the speaker conveys by look and
tone and gesture. He lacks that mar
velons influence by which in a great
assembly the emotion of every individ-
ual soul is multiplied by the emotion of
every other The reader can pause and
dwell upon the thought. If there be a
fallacy, he is not hurried away to do
something else before he can detect it.
ate criticism will discover offenses of
style and taste which pass unheeded in
speech when uttered. But still the
great oratoric triumphs of literature
and history stand the test of reading In
the closet as well as of hearing in the
assembly. Would not Mark Antony's
speech over the dead body of Caesar.
had it been uttered, have moved the
Roman populace as 1t moves the spec
tator when the play is acted or the SOL
itary reader in his closet? Does not
Lord Chatham's 81 rejoice that Amer
lea has resisted" reads we'll? Do not
Sheridan's and Burkes great perora-
tions in the impeachment of Warren
Hastings read well? Does not "Liber'y
and union, now and forever" read
we'll? Does not Give me liberty or
give me death" read we'll? Do not Ev-
erett's finest passages read well?-Sen-
ator Hoar in Success.
Amador ledger., 1903-07-10
Easter In Russia.

Easter in Russia Is the greatest festi-
val Of the year. Russian Christmas
presents are as nothing compared to
those given at Easter. Eggs are of
course the principal feature, and not
till one has seen the Easter bazaar in
the Gost1noi Door and the shops on the
Nevsky Prospect is it easy to imagine
the beauty and daintiness Of Easter
productions. Fortunes in trinkets,
laces and jewels are spent on the con-
tents of the eggs.
A very pretty egg is made of pink
veined marble trimmed with gold.
Small ivory eggs filed with silver ro-
sary beads make lovely offering for
the devout church woman, and for the
practical housewife a little rush bas-
ket full Of fresh eggs is wonderfully
attractive.
Amador ledger., 1903-07-10
AN IMPUDENT BEGGAR.
How Sir Walter Besant Was Cure,
of PrOmiscuous AImsrivinr.

How Sir Walter Besant Was Cured
OF Promiscuous Almsgiving.
1t was one of the daily customs OF
Sir Walter Besant to take wall
through Hyde park, London. At the
entrance to the park sat an old begea]
woman whose woebegone appearance
caused Sir Walter to stop one day and
drop copper penny into her out
stretched hand. After a time It be
came a regular habit to speak a word
Dr. two to her when giving her the coin
One day, however, the old woman
handed him back the penny, saying
"Guv me siller or nawthink. The ides
OF gent like you givin' a poor old wo
man like me a dirty pennyl Guv me
siller''
She came close to him and waved heI
arms threateningly. Sir Walter started
to go, but she grabbed the lapel of his
coat and screamed: "Guy me siller. Won
rascalfy roguel Guv me what you owe
mer'
This drew crowd, and the novelist
to save himself threw a handful of
coin among them and during the
scramble escaped
He forgot all about the old hag till
one day, CHANGING to enter the same
gate again, he was aroused from a
reverie by her shrill cackle. Pointing
him out to the bystanders, she
screamed, 'Thats 'im-the fine rogue
In the long whiskers-the bloke in the
Ugh 'atr'
This was too much for the author.
He broke away with extraordinary
haste and thereafter was pretty thor
oughly cured of promiscuous almsgiv-
ing.
Amador ledger., 1903-07-10
THE AMERICAN LAUGH.
1t Is a Valuable Aid In Building Ur
Our National Greatness

Our Not1Onal Greatue89.
Gods greatest gift to man was the
laugh. Without 1t the human race
would have wept itself to death or ex-
terminated itself long ago. Pathos is
beautiful; tragedy is absorbing. But
both pathos and tragedy are instantly
routed by the laugh.
Laughter has sunshine in 1t. 1t Is
warm. Learned men have searched
for the secret of life. What is it but
good humor? That's the secret Of life
being worth living.
What sunshine is to earth good hu-
NOR is to man. Take the smile and
the laugh away, and it would be the
end Of man.
Men can't fight while they enjoy a
joke. Death himself recoils from the
laugh. The man in a good humor has
an enormous advantage over the man
who is angry. Anger is dark. Bitter
ness is filed with shadow. Intoler-
ance is grim and black. Prejudice is
blind.
Good humor, with the smile and the
laugh, is sunshine in which objects are
plain and distortion disappears and
wherein phantoms become nothing.
One reason for Americas greatness is
that, above all, it is a nation that
laughs. There have been gay peoples
and frivolous nations, but gayety and
frivolity are strangely akin to melan-
choly. That gay Germany whose ma
tional happiness is expressed in song
is clouded by. melancholy. Sadness
pervades the temperament of Germa-
mia.
And frivolous France-how tragic
she becomes-how desperately tragic!
The great American laugh is another
thing. Investigate the American ma
tional laugh, and there's sound, prac-
teal something behind It, 1t is never a
forced laugh. 1t is healthy, vigorous,
spontaneous.
Empires and powers have crumbled
and gone to pieces in solemn serious
ness and gloomy grandeur, while Uncle
Sam, with a joke on his lips, forges
ahead.-Denver Post.