Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1912-07-25
WEEKS EVENTS ON SALMON.
Prospector Suspends Service-Other
Items From the Sun.

Prospector up the river above the I'm
naha until the recurrence of high water
late in the fall or winter was completed
Sunday night. The river has been fall
ing rapidly during the last few days,
owing to the amount of water being
diverted from it in the southern part
of the state, and the discontinuance of
the boat service was made necessary.
The last load taken out by the boat
included 100 sacks of ore from the
Great Eastern mine above Pittsburg.
The wool brought out completes the
$4,000 pound clip of c. j. Hall, the well
known stockman.
Mr. Hall was among the arrivals on
the Prospector last night at Lewiston
and he will remain in that city for p
couple of days. The boat left Pittsburg
at noon Sunday.
The operation of the boat is big
thing for the wool men of this section
and Mr.. Hall at Crooks Corral creek.
and the Salmon River Livestock com
pany at Wolf Creek have been greatly
benefited, providing means for get
ting the wool out to market, and avoid
ing the long haul to Cottonwood and
Grangeville.
The Salmon River Livestock company
with Will Rookie as manager, brought
their sheep from their winter range on
the Snake river the first of the week
and have them on the reserve east of
here.
Don Harris has number of men at
work rounding up band of us head
of range horses which he recently
bought from Roe Mclean for shipment
to Montana. Mr.. Mclean reserved 40
head
The government has accepted the
Boles postoffice and mail route and on
Tuesday Andy Beckehheimer, the plains
carrier, made his first trip to the of
flee and incidentally commenced draw
ing an additional salary of 1925 a year.
The office will have a semi weekly SER
vice the mail going through on Mon
days and Fridays. There are nearly
a hundred families that will be benefit
ted by the service. 1t is thought that
the office will soon be given three
times a week service.
Ben Reeves, one of the stockmen ON
the lower Salmon river, on Wapshela
creek, about ten miles above the mouth
of the river, was in Lewiston last week
comforting with J. R. Glover of the
firm of Glover & McFarlane, owners
of the launch Prospector, with view
of having the launch run to his ranch
with quantity of supplies. The small
er launch, the Flyer, has run to point
four miles above the mouth of the Sal
mon and it is believed Wapshela creek
can be conveniently reached at nor
NAL stage of water
At present supplies can be hauled by
wagon to within seven miles of the
place, when the pack horse must be util- |
lied. If the launch can make the run it |
is thought considerable business can be
secured in that section. The entrance
to the district is now by way of Forest
over the Craig Mountain.
Carey brothers are working twelve |
head of pack horses between Warren |
and Edwardsburg and we are informed |
that the travel this year into that dis
trict is heavier than at any time since .
the Thunder Mountain excitement. The
and miners are headed for
the district because of the fact that for
the past two years its real worth has
been proven by permanent bodies Of
ore. Experts who have visited and in.
vestigated the Big Creek section thor
oughly are free to say that within q