Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1908-06-18


spending the winter in Texas,
returned this week.
Mrs. John Hanson goes to Cot
ton wood tomorrow as the delegate
of the Episcopal Church Of this
city, to the county Sunday School
convention.
The Ladies' Aid of the Baptist
church will hold a cooked food sale
Saturday, June Goth, in the build
ing opposite the Bargain Store.
Robert Jones was in town the
first of the week. He states that
in all the west Camas Prairie
crops are far head and look the
best.
Lost-A compass twelve inches
long and made OF whalebone, on
the divide between here and
Whitebird Finder. please return to
this Office. 3-2*
H. G Morse of Spokane arrived
last week to accept position with
the Grangeville Implement Com.
pany. Mr.. Morse is an experienced
machinery man formerly Of Usage,
Iowa.
Charles Thompson returned the
last of the week from Lewiston
where he has been on business.
He made the trip overland and
the pleasures of such a trip this
time of year can we'll be imagined.
The wife of Isaac Harris, a
rancher living on the Stephens
place, between here and Den.
yer passed away the first Of the
week from an attack of measles
followed by pneumonia.
A five or six gallon bottle of
sulphuric acid had the cork come
out while being hauled from Sites
up Saturday and from the looks Of
the box in which it was encased il
looks as though Pettybone dope
would be mild as compared with
the stuff.
w. f. Graham, wife, daughter
and the Misses. McGrew, drove
over to Lawyers Canyon the las,
of the week to view the big bridge
Mr.. Graham Gays the bridge il
pretty well completed and the rail.
road is going to get in here early
this fall.
+. M. Watson and John ID.
Stantial left Tuesday morning fol
Buffalo Hump by the way oI
Elk City. Both of these gentlemen
own property in the Hump and
have the staying qualities to stay
with it until they realize what the
property is worth.
Rev.C. d. Williason OF Madison
Indiana has answered the call Of
the Presbyterian church of this
city and will arrive in a for might
to occupy the pulpit. The Reverend
gentleman is man of note an(
comes to us with the best of en-
dorsements.
II or the twenty-five students WHIT
were graduated from the Stat
! University at Moscow last week
the following students from
Grangeville were conferred thes
degrees: Mabel Elizabeth Sweet
bachelor Of art; Mary Sempert
bachelor of science and Sadie Alic'
Stockston, bachelor of music.
George Fem and family, VIII
have been living at Pullman, Wash
during the past winter, have re
turned to Grangeville. Mr.. Fem
went to Pullman to permit his sol
to attend the Washington Stat
college at that place.
William Schober, the young so,
OF Joseph Schober OF Cotton wood
will be brought before the probat
court next Tuesday upon tn
charge of being an incorrigible
1t is claimed he struck one OF tn
Gentry boys with a rock recent,
and caused him serious injury.
Glen Hanna who has beef
clerking in the Crosby Store 10
some time, resigned his position tn
first Of the week and entered th
employ of an eastern life insurance
company. Glenn is a frst.clas
young fellow and q hustler and b
will no doubt do well in HE chosel
line.
George Fem reports test Q
milk values from five cows, run
ming on pasture, which is exceed
ingly good. In seven days, o
fourteen milkings, he got 100
pounds of milk, from whic
amount the family used all the
! needed, and made so pounds q
butter.
J. ID. Cowgirl of Wisconsin al
) rived last week for a visit wit
his brother, George Cowgirl
and will remain for some time
{ The gentleman is one OF Wiscou
sins leading educators and durin,