Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1904-04-28

q trip to Lewiston this week.
Children's hats, the nobbiess
ones in town At Mrs. Haws"n's
| A son was born Monday to th.
wife of Plat Talbot near this city.
Alva Bonebrake il on the streets
again after severe attack OF la
grippe.
The improved condition OF the
roads is resulting in a large
amount Of freight being moved.
E. w. .Cawley, the obliging
night clerk at the Jersey house, is
confined to his homo with lagrippe.
J. E. McGillveray, superintend-
ent of the telephone company, is
in town looking after the com
pany's business. There il move
ment started to have local parties
take hold Of the lines here but as
yet has assumed no definite shape.
F. D. Richardson, of the Bar
gain Store, came up from Pullman
for q few days. Mr.. Richardson
has recently bought large stock
, of goods at Pullman and will di-
vide his time between that
place and here.
With spring weather the consta-
. bles in the various parts of the
county are preparing to round ny
the NANCY range horses as pre-
, vided by law and unless the own
ers Of such animals look after them
they will be promptly killed.
The enlargement of the hotels
: is one ofthe best indications of the
rapid growth Of this city. Grange
vile now has four good hostelries
o all Of which are doing a flourishing
q business and yet it is necessary for
Q them to enlarge to accommodate the
increasing travel.
e R. II. Hartman ia out of the
q hospital after long period of con
q Ffinement with pneumonia. Dick
had q mario W escape and at one
J. time his friends despaired Of his
r. recovery but the excellent care re-
n ceived at the Grangeville hospital
and DIR. Bibby pulled him through.
Or Attorney w. N. Scales was call.
r ed to Danville, Virginia, by tele.
10 gram yesterday from Mrs. Scales,
announcing the serious illness OF
l. their son, Archibald. The chile
- has been sick with dysentery fol
=; - some weeks, and the friends Of tn,
family trust that speedy recov-
cry will result.
as The farmers all over the Clear
~ water basin are making the mos
." Of the good weather and are rush
ing in their crops. The acreage O
OF virgin ground in crop this year ex
al ceeds that of any previous year
or and all the indications point to an
other bumper harvest in this fav
"a, ored land.
r. The action of the city council il
he ordering the town cleaned up is
wise one. More than one case O
an typhoid fever is directly traceablt
~ to the filth which had accumulated
ne in places during past years.
through cleaning up will say,
doctor bills and also add to the at
" Effectiveness OF our city.
or Attic Watkins oratorical contes
at Moscow last week the medal wa,
won by J. l.. Atkinson of thi
IL county with r. w. Overman ,
Cd close second. The medal is +,
re handsome gold one, valued at $50
p and was originally given by DR.
Watkins. Since his death tire,
elk years ago his daughter Mrs. E. N
a Brown, has kept up the custom.
nP Parker & Young report the sal,
III this week of 200 acres of lant
n northwest Of Grangeville to l. c
Hattabaugh, of the Grangevill
al Implement Co. The land include
k. the 16O formerly owned by Rober
ge Larimer and the Geo. Briscoe A.
ss- acres adjoining the Chase schoo
n house, the consideration bein,
$50 per acre.
se r. j. Mcconnell came in OF
y, Wednesdays stage to begin Wort
he on the Diamond Hitch for Franz
at Brown. Mr. McConnell's presen
q work upon three tunnels at tn,
same time whice will be run oil
- the vein. He will employ abou
s;r twelve men at the present, provid
-. ing he can find quarters for tina
r. many.-Elk City News.
~ Holloway & Seefedt have thei
a stock of tobacco on hand for start
ing their cigar factory as soon a
>. they complete their arrangement
"a with the revenue officers which viii
Il be in few days. They have b,
No far the largest stock ever brough
~ to this city and the superior quai
y ity of their cigars will merit tn,
patronage of all lovers of goo,
smoke.
IN Frank Brown and Louis Dab
arrival vestardav from portlan1