Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1912-06-06
HAPPENINGS AT WHITEHEAD
Budget of Interesting Items Taken
No. From the Sun.
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X. ID. McEvers Sr. suffered Sigh
paralytic stroke the first of the weel
which caused him to fall, breaking hi,
shoulder. The injury is quite painful
but at last reports Mr.. McEvers was
resting easy and was on fair way to
recovery.
Word was received in town last week
TO the effect that gold in paying guam
titles had been discovered on the TIP.
ton ranch near freedom. Since the
discovery was made, good deal of
prospecting work has been done and ev-
erything points to the fact that there
is an abundance of the yellow metal
there. The ore is free milling and as
says show $500 to the ton.
The Ladies Aid society gave very
delightful farewell reception at the
home of ii. A. Everest last Friday ev-
ening. The gathering was in honor of
Mrs. Caldwell, sister of Mr.. Everest,
who has been visiting in Whitebird
for the past six months. Mrs. Caldwell
has returned to her home in the east
The heavy rain in the mountains
east OF here Wednesday,. brought the
creek up higher than it has been for
years.
The changing of the channel washed
out several sections of Ellory Aldrich g
planning mill flume and took out the
foundation from the rear end of Claude
Holden's blacksmith shop and the
planning mill Frank Cox owns the
building where the blacksmith shop is
located
The Odd Fellows of .Whitebird are
advertising for bids for the erection of
new building to replace the one re-
Gently destroyed by fire. The plans
call for building practically the same
as the original one, though it is to be
more substantial and 20 feet longer.
The two floors are to be of quarter
sawed Puget Sound fir, which makes
floor suitable to any purpose. The
building will be on a substantial stone
foundation. -
Dennis Holland, who was engaged in
the cattle business in this section up to
1898, when he disposed of his holdings
to Sweet Bros, died in Lewiston Sun
day morning following general break.
down. Mr.. Holland came to this sec
ton at an early day and was quite sue
cessful, buying the De France hotel in
Lewiston after leaving here.
j. }. Wooster sold 240 acres of land
across the Salmon river this week to
Fred and Arnold Bicksel and r. H..
Otto. The Bieksels purchased 100 acres
of the land and Mr.. Otto the remaining
l20. The land is located across the
Salmon and lays exceptionally well. 1t
is understood that the consideration
was $4,000, and at that price is an ex-
ceptionally good buy.
F. ID. Springer, who owns one of the
best ranches in the Doumecq country.
was in town Monday. He reported
quite an acreage of barley sown
but the ground was too wet to harrow
it in at that time. Mr.. Springer is
member of the famous Springer family
with branches in Germany, Belgium.
Canada and the United States. This
family Is going to have q monster con.
in Boston this year for the pur-
pose OF starting campaign and devils
ing means to secure property which
they are entitled to in the East.
George @. Poe, the sheep man, was in
town from his shearing camp at the
Top OF the grade, north Of town, Mon |
lay. Mr.. Poe reports that owing to
me heavy rains the past few days, he