Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1904-08-11
Personal rlention'
Items Of Interest to
Grangeville and Vi
cinity.

F. d. Richardson came up frol
Pullman last week to assist for
! while in the Bargain Store an
look after his other interests herr
Walter Hovey Hill returned {
, Lewiston Sunday after . few day
visit here. Mrs Hill who 10 visit
ing her mother here will return
next week.
A number Of the delegates t
the democratic state convention
at Lewiston next Monday viii
leave tomorrow in order to be Of
the ground early.
Rev. Willard II. Roots is spend
ing few days in the Hump bu
will return this week in time {,
hold his usual services at Trinit,
church next Sunday.
Quite q number Of our citizen
have gone to Moscow to witner
the republican convention. 1
promises to be- the most excitin,
political gathering ever held in tn
state.
i A big dance was given at Sites
last Friday night and the proceed
will be used by the Good Roads
association for the improvement,
Of the public highways about tina,
place.
The open season for killing prs.
rie chickens and grouse begins
next Monday, and the local sports
are getting their guns and dogs in
condition to start the work al
slaughter at the FIRST opportunity.
Samuel Goldstone, one Of Cotton.
woods leading merchants. was =
business visitor to Grangeville,
Monday. He was accompanied by
Mrs. Goldstope who will remain
here for few days visiting Mrs.
II. Wax.
Mrs. A. G. Hawson and Miss
Jennie Cheley left Monday tor
Portland where the former goes to
purchase u large stock Of up-to-date
millinery for the fall trade. They
expect to return about September
lst.
Miss Freda Doris was called
to Lewiston last Saturday by
telegram announcing the sudden
death of her mother. Miss Doris
was FRUSTRATED by the news and il
was thought for some time that
she would not be able to make the
trip.
John Coram and family left Mon
day for an extended trip east.
They will visit the big fair at st.
louis and then 60 to Mrs. Coram's
old home in Canada. Returning
they will go to New York and
Washington and then home by
way of San Francisco and the
coast.
A case from Denver was tried
in Judge Woodward's court here
Monday in which J. A. Burch
sued Vim. Mulhall for q sum
claimed to he due for board. Mr..
Mulhall presented a counter claim
and q jury returned a verdict for
Mnlhall who was represented BY
Attorney W. N. Scales.
About the busiest place in town
is At the new steam laundry. The
new plant is being crowed for all it
is worth and another machine is
now on the way to be installed in
a few days. They are turning out
first-class work which is bound to
prove satisfactory to the patrons
and profitable to the proprietors. |
Sheriff Geo. Seay and deputy
revenne collector Fred White left
Monday for Thunder Mountain to
look after the county's and govern
ment's interests in the liquor bust
ness in that district. They went
in through Elk City and Dixie and
will return via Big Creek aud
Warren. They expect to be absent
about three weeks.
F. NJ. Mitchell, OF the White
Bird electric light plant, is in town
Tor few days. Mr.. Mitchell says
MS business is increasing to such
IN extent that it is necessary to en-
arge his plant and he will order
mother wheel at once. People
ire about through harvesting along
he river and, while crops were not
arge an somepac-s, the late rains
ave made abundance of good
eed.
There will be an Ice Cream so.
ial and Debate at Odd Fellows ,
all, Friday night, August IL. /,
ubject for debate: Resolved that
he love woman has . greater in
uence over man than money"
lfiirmative, w. 81. Casady, G. +.
icDonald; Negative, G. H. Nu-
ent, Loyal Addison. Admission