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Arizona republican., 1914-07-10
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,NSCIOUSNESS lapsed slightly and was followed by a state of dull apathy. Some instinct held l-ucille's arms upon the oar that had iioated
 to her when the life boat smashed itself against the siGe of the burn ing Empress. First, the iInmensity, the ridiculousness of expecting to reach safety from the mighty ocean impressed her. Only the natural fight inherent in human flesh in-
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By foe "MASTER PEN''

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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1914-04-23
WHITEBIRD

to Meadows and it is quite likely that
others in that vicinity and in the Rig
gins country will wish to make proof
here in the future. Mr.. Hiltsley has
lived on his homestead IL years but the
land has just been surveyed and accept
ed. He has filed on the place and will
make proof in about six weeks.
Deputy Horticultural Inspector John
A. Powell returned yesterday evening
from an official visit up the river
which took him to the county line up
the Little Salmon. He stated that he
has never seen conditions better than
he found them all along the river on
this trip. Every line of endeavor
promises most fruitful returns in this
much favored region.
Mrs. Allie DeFord, of Grangeville,
filed on a homestead near the top of
the Whitebird grade before Commits
sioner Wright Monday.
Rev. w. N. Knox will be in White
bird Monday and Tuesday, the 9th and
2sth, and will preach at the church
both evenings.
Howard Hickman left for Spokane
today and will visit for a month or so
in the city
Ed Clark and M. E. Sewell were
down from Lucille Monday on land Of
flee business.
Mrs. F. E. Wyatt came in Tuesday
from Lewiston where she has been
spending the winter.
VIM. Butzin was a Grangeville visi-
tor the latter part of last week.
Deacy Hartman made final proof on
his High Ridge homestead last Satur-
day.
Mrs. Nellie Thompson and son Ray
mond, went out to the Prairie Wednes-
day of this week to attend the funeral
of the 12-year-old Grace johnson, who
died at the home of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Harrison johnson at Denver,
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1914-04-23
kOOSkIA NEWS

bers will hold an informal meeting ana
devise set of rules and regulations
and the fire boys will commence nron'
tice drilling Immediately thereafter.
P. E. Ping, the courteous and eff;c;.
ent pool parlor prop, was in attendants
at the first season g dance given by thu
Kamiah band boys, Monday night a.
kamiah. He said it was a swell affair
and grand success.
+. A. Carpenter who has been teach.
ing school at Tahoe for some time, pass.
ed through Kooskia Sunday en- route to
his home near Grangeville. Mr.. Car.
penter will devote his time during thu
spring and summer on his ranch.
+. w. BEERS, ranger of the st. Joe
national forest, was in town several
days last week and left here Tuesday
morning with well loaded pack train,
There were over a dozen in the drive
The animals were wintered in Kooskia
in charge of B. G. Decker, and are now
on their way to the planting operation
job for Uncle Sam IS forest reserve.
The baseball grounds were well "a.
tronized last Sunday afternoon by our
citizens and visitors, and they enjoyed
the afternoon in a hilarious manner.
The home team went up against the
Winona team and an ex-league spit.ball
twirler on the mound.
1t is evident that something is going
to occur along this valley of the Clear.
water in the near future that will be
beneficial and convenient to the farm.
ers and the progressive towns aligning
the Clearwater.
ID. s. Conrad has moved his shoe and
harness shop from the Kooskia Hard
ware Co. Is store, and in the future will
be located in the new two story con.
crete building north of the Mountaineer
office.
Messrs. w. H. Casady, f. B. Meeker,
Jack Wills and F. f. Quist were on a
business visit to Grangeville the fore
part of the week. More anon.
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EDWARDSBURC

will store it until he is able to carry it
to Edwardsburg with his dog team.
rhe parcel post necessitates two instead
of one trip per week according to the
old schedule. When the trails open the
prospectors and the mining companies
will ship in their supplies entirely by
parcel post. Eggs from Falk Brothers
are being delivered in Warren for 19c.
Quite difference between that and the
old Use price.
The town of Warren is entirely de-
serted now all the residents having
gone to the South Fork for the spring
fishing. The salmon are up and the
sport good at this season of the year.
Mrs. Ada Duncan Napier and her
daughter from Meriweather, Ca, will
reach Edwardsburg the first of June to
spend year with Mrs. William A.
Edwards.
Napier Edwards is at work charging
the foot bridge he built across Big
creek last year. This bridge connects
the Edwardsburg flat with the Big
creek meadows and is great convent
ence.
Earl Rushton who owns the Rocky
creek ranch was seriously injured by
being thrown from his horse. His in
juries are internal and his recovery is
doubtful.
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(From the Sum

(From the Sum
Carl Hanna was down from the
Crooks Corral country this week on
land office business. He reports
everything rosy for the stockmen in
that section.
d. M. Ripley made final proof on his
homestead Wednesday. j. w. Morgan
and F. o. Allen acted as his witnesses.
They struck the wettest day of the
year, it having rained all day.
A. j. Beckelheimer, the Plains mail
man, whose contract was thrown up
several months ago by his sub-contrac-
tor, this week received check from
the department amounting to 1897 .35.
back pay due him under the 20-pound
weight limit for parcel post. The de-
partment is slow but this shows the in
tent to hurt no one by the increase in
weight of the mail, and if this line had
been kept open or even an attempt had
been made to keep it open there would
have been no trouble. Andy has now
been doing his best to keep up with the
mail with his limited means for several
weeks and while no where near able to
do so this check shows that his services
are to be recognized by the government
and he is now going to put on stock and
rigs and get and keep the mail up as it
comes in. There is still parcel post in
the local office consigned to Boles
which has laid here over two months.
A letter of Importance to residents
of the Little Salmon country was re-
ceived recently by VIM. D. Hiltsley from
the Boise land office. Mr.. Hiitsley 3
land, which is situated in the Boise
land district, is situated in Idaho
county and he requested permission
from the Register at Boise to make
proof before the U. s. Commissioner at
Whitebird. The recent letter grants
his request. This saves him long trip
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1914-04-23
FERDINAND

vile Wednesday looking over the re-
ported case of smallpox at Harley
Reynolds whom DR.. Shinnock had
placed under quarantine. The case is
reported to be light one and with the
strict quarantine being maintained
there is thought to be little danger Of
the disease spreading.
Ben Terwillegar of the Greencreek
section was business visitor in town
Monday.
Rev. Father Berthold of Cottonwood
visited Father Boniface Monday.
w. f. Swatman the Westlake saw
mill man has been the past week deliv-
ering the lumber for the new Terwille-
gar cottage in the west end of town
and also for s. II. Smith s new barn.
F. NJ. Becker, cashier of the Ferdi-
nand State Bank left Wednesday morn
ing for Lewiston where he expects to
remain for some time, and will be
treated for the injury received several
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1914-04-23
From the MOuntaineer. J

Several of the town "sports" will
leave in few days going moutainward
in anticipation of big game. They have
been informed by forest men that tracks
of "Bruin" are noticeable along the
Middle Fork, descending from the hills
Barbecued bear steak is appetizing.
Mrs. F. A. Fem returned home last
Sunday afternoon from Kalispell,
Mont, where she has been for some
time with her husband. Mr.. Fem is
one of Uncle Sam g forest reserve ex.
perts, and was called to Montana to
straighten out some tangled PROPOSE
tions on the reserves in that state.
He is expected to return to Kooskia al
most any day, as he has completed the
work assigned him.
At a regular meeting of the town
council last week several of the mem
bers were very active and energetic in
reorganizing the fire hose department
to be in readiness to battle against and
destructive fires during the dry season
OF spring and summer. While the town
has only two hose carts at the present
time with 500 feet of hose each, it be-
came apparent among the councilmen
that means should be provided to add
TO the system. Inc matter was taken
up, and suggestions werer made to a
favorable increase in the fire hose &C.
courtrements. Council appointed Geo.
w. Trenary chief of the department
with instructions that he appoint the
two assistants and the assistants select
their working forces. The following
names compose the newly appointed
fighters: Chief, Geo. w. Trenary.
Assistant chief for East Kooskia, VIM.
Young; squad No. /, Jake Leiteh, Err
est Shank, Sumner Bullock, Ed Quist,
Claude Taylor and Lon Davis. Assist
ant chief for West Kooskia, Geo. Farm
er; squad 2, Tim Quinlan, Ed Ping, Guy
Cleveland, Alfred Morris, Tom Gilroy
and A. Oatman. The officers and mem
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HANNAH

.. F. hall. Seventy-five couples in
attendance pronounced it the best and
most enjoyable ball ever given in the
CITY. Inc music was exceptionally
Tine, the entire band furnishing the
dance music.
On last Saturday the local high school
boys met the Sites high at the park in
TINS city and defeated them by score
OF to 3. 1t was a well played and in.
teresting contest, as the score would in
dicate and both teams showed some
nlgh grade material for high school
Teams. On the same day the town team
gourneyed to Nezperce and were wal
Hoped by score of to 5, the winning
score coming in the ninth inning on
Moser's lonk drive. On the next day
a return game was played with Nez-
perez and the visitors returned the COM
pliment by losing.
County Agriculturist Mcconnell met
with the school board Wednesday even
ing and made arrangements with them
TO come to Kamiah two or three times
a month to assist the High school facul.
ty In agricultural work. Mr. McCon-
mel! IS enthusiastic over the idea OF es'
tablishing an experiment station on the
school property of ten acres here. The
patrons and pupils of the school should
appreciate this opportunity of gaining
practical agricultural course for the
school curriculum.
"A few days ago Mr.. and Mrs. A. u
richardson of this city received the
news OF the marriage of their son ";
.. Richardson, to Miss Ada Murdoch, Of
spokane, in that city on Friday, Apnl
ord: The newlyweds are now residing
at wallace, where the groom has gooa
position. Mr.. Richardson having grown
TO manhood in Kamiah, has many
friends here whom The Progress joins
IN congratulating him on winning
charming bride and in wishing them
peasant journey down life pathway
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ing like two year olds and the younp
ones have the fever. They're after
the upper Joseph scalp.
There will be a meeting called in the
near future to decide on celebration
ground for the big Fourth of July
doings and everybody is asked to at.
tend and give their opinion, help an.
point committees, and make the cele
ton. '"' ''e
A big dance was given last Friday
nlght at the Garfield school house fol
the benefit of the south .Josenb hal,
club. A good crowd was present and a
neat little sum was realized for the
support of the team. Enoch Christian.
sen was elected manager of the team
and as there is considerable new materi.
al on that end this year, and with a
capable manager, a good fast bunch ia
assured. A fair warning for the NEIGH.
boring teams to whip up.
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(From the Progress.)

(From the Progress.)
lin Wilson who has been on the sick
list for the past several weeks is able
to be out, which is good news to his
many friends.
Misses LOttie Works and Elsie Davis
who are attending the U. Of 1. are
spending their vacation with ther par
ents and friends in Kamiah.
Messrs. Guy and Harry Disscore, ac-
companied by Mrs. Dissmore and Miss
Harper, drove to the county seat the
first OF the week, returning by the way
OF Winona.
DR.. McMahan is busy these days fit
ting up handsome OFFICE in his re-
sidence. -ne office to to be the most
completely equipped one outside of the
larger towns and is model of neat
ness.
w. A. Dissmore and J. M. Shaw made
a trip to F. A. johnson s beyond Wood.
land on Sunday last.
q. .. Davis, who has spent the past
week in Kamiah, returned to his home
In Wapato, Wn., Wednesday morning.
Percy Ping of Kooskia attended the
big dance here last Tuesday night.
Silas Shaw and wife made a business
trip to Kooskia the first of the week
John E. Schmidt, formerly of Koos.
kia, has established a second hand store
on Main street, in the building opposite
Pomeroy's hardware.
AT the home of the BRIDES parents,
MI. and Mrs. A. P. King, on Wednes.
gay, April 10th, at a. m. occurred the
marriage OF their daughter, Vera Nav,
TO chfton ~. Harvey, the Rev. G. W.
benjamin officiating. After the cere-
mony bountiful supper was served and
tne evening was spent most pleasantly
IN !! social enjoyment. About seventy.
1lVe OF their relatives and friends were
present.
On Monday night, the new Kamiab
band gave their first ball at the I. o.
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COTTONWOOD

| the trade for some 26 years, and hopes
to commute on his claim this summer
and get his family back into civiliza-
| ton again.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Boxleitner re-
turned late last week from their home
stead in Montana and will remain here
until after harvest. Charlie says most
Of the folks like it pretty well up in
Montana and will remain there until
after they make proof on their claim,
them drift back to Camas Prairie later,
as anyone who has been west of the
mountains for few years cannot well
be satisfied east of the Rockies.
Alois Gaukler and family intend
leaving early next week for their for
mer home in South Dakota.
Misses Bertha and Maggie Ries were
passengers to Lewiston yesterday to see
the big ball game.
M. F. Fuchs returned the fore part
of the week from his trip to Uniontown
and says that place is looking greatly
improved since it installed paved
streets and the citizens there are
greatly pleased with the improved con-
ditions, those who opposed the improve
ment most strongly at the start now
being most enthusiastic in its praise.
DR.. Orr, assisted by DR.. Blake, per.
formed rather difficult operation on
Mrs. Cappell in this city last week. The
patient stood the operation nicely and
is making rapid recovery.
The little son of Frank Schwartz re.
siding east of Greencreek, fell and
broke his arm Monday. DR.. Orr re.
duced the fracture and the little fellow
will soon be as well as before the &C.
cident.
The farm home of f. d. Lamb, three
miles north Of town, was DESTROYED by
fire this morning, together with much
Of its contents. The fire evidently
started from stove pipe through a
partition or the roof and when the
flames were discovered the fire was toe
far advanced to be extinquished by
ordinary means. Neighbors were soor
summoned and the work of removing
furniture from the lower floor pro
crossed rapidly, most of the property
in the lower rooms being removed tt
safety. But little could be saved from
the upper rooms and within short
time the building was mass of smok
ing ruins. The house of ten room
building and the loss will reach close
to the $4,000 mark. We are unable t
learn if the property was insured.
j. s. Busick and John Cox anf
families arrived here Tuesday evening
from Oklahoma and will perhaps locate
somewhere in the county
s. W. Edmisten and family left YES
terday morning for Dayton, Washing
ton, where Mr.. Edmisten will have
charge of warehouse this summer.
The rain storm which struck this sec
ton Monday about noon was about d.
hard as any we have had since last
summer and was accompanied by sever
al crashes of thunder, something un
usual this early in the season.
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Especial Corespondence.)

Especial Corespondence.)
James Miller who has been driving
the cross cut tunnel for the Eagle
Mining Co. is spending some time on
the South Fork at the Dustan ranch.
Chas. Ellison is at the Red Metal
mine sacking ore for shipment. Lee
Householder has taken the contract to
deliver the ore to the Edwardsburg
office for shipment by parcel post.
B. F. Goldman is at the Independence
mine where he is completing a con-
tract on the Alice v claims.
John Condan who has cabin at
Lake Kathleen on the Roosevelt trail
has caught over 5000 worth of martin.
The skines are very dark and beautiful.
Mr.. Condor in another season will build
cabin nearer to Edwardsburg that he
may get mail frequently and at the
same time attend to his trap lines.
Freeman Nethkin and Lee House
holder have gone to New Meadows to
make bid for the Edwardsburg mail
contract. They have the endorsement
OF the men Of the district and it is
believed the contract will be awarded
them.
John Woilston, the mail carrier for
theWarren- Edwardsburg line is getting
the parcel post now stored at the
Smokey cabin to Windy ridge where he
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years ago that has caused him to loose
the use of his legs, compelling him to
60 about on a wheeled chair. 1t Is
hoped by his friends that he may re-
turn with the full use of his limbs.
Russell Woodward of Grangeville and
formerly editor of this paper came over
10 Ferdinand Monday and is helping
in the Enterprise office for a few days.
DR.. Shinnock was professional
visitor in Ferdinand Friday afternoon,
releasing the Reynolds family from a
temporary quarantine from what at
first appeared to be smallpox.
+. M. Becker has sold the Ferdinand
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1914-04-23
From the Chronicle. }


Mrs. r. H. Deardoff left the first OF
the week for her home in Montana
after visiting here with relatives fol
couple of weeks.
Those April showers have been com
ing pretty frequently this week and
have put to utter route the idea of this
being dry year.
A bouncing baby boy was born on
Wednesday of last week to Mrs. Fred
Roman at the Joseph Kaufman home
southwest Of town. DR.. Orr was the
attending physician.
julius Zodrow moved his family into
the Maris residence in the northeast
part of town the first OF the week and
will go into the hog raising business an
larger scale this summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Myer and M. F.
Fuchs left late last week for UniOntOwn
in response to a message announcing
the serious illness Of their uncle, John
Fuchs
Felix Funke came up from Lewiton
Saturday for a short visit with his
parents.
Peter Johann came up late last week
from Culdesac to visit his son and
family at this place.
j. M. MCGEE was in town several
days the first of the week on telephone
business.
II. C. Kane and Lloyd McCracken
were in town yesterday from across
the river.
H. F. A. Riebling arrived in the city
Wednesday evening from Lewiston and
went out to the J. l.. Eckert farm yes
farI0u xrho ho xrys11 ,kn g..
days while investigating Mr.. Eckert q
mining property on Rocky Butte. Mr.
Riebling is mining man of wide ex
perience and will make an exhaustive
test of the Rocky Butte ores and if he
finds values sufficient to justify car
load Of the ore will be sent to the smell
ter for treatment. After completing
his experiments here Mr.. Riebling may
later 60 with Mr.. Eckert to the Great
Eastern mine on Snake river to in
vestigate that property.
Eight carloads Of fat hogs were ship
ped from this place to coast points Tues
day morning. Four cars were the pro
perty of the Cottonwood Milling Co
and were shipped to Portland while tn,
balance were sold by the farmers unior
to G. A. Bawman and went to the Cars
teen Packing Co. at Tacoma. Figuring
80 hogs to the car and an average
weight of $50 pounds to the hog, a
present prices of $7.65 per hundred tn,
above shipment would present a valu,
of $l3,770. Quite neat sum of money
to be turned loose among our farmer,
at one time, and more irrefutable evi
dence that hogs are the farmers bes
friend.
Mr.. Ruggles came out from his home
stead across the river Saturday ant
went on to Moscow where he has ac
cepted a position as foreman on tn,
Idaho Post. Mr.. Ruggles is printe
OF much experience, having followed
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Lucille and are working it.
Geo. Cammack and wife are work. ~
at the Henry Elfers place.
Miss Della Smith, sister of our es-
teemed citizen, Frank, has made ap-
pllcation for homestead adjoining the
Z. }. Hall place in the Crooks Corral
country, in the Cayuse basin on Kirby
creek.
Landing season begun with the C. J.
Hall sheep this week and most ex.
cellent increase is expected owing to
the excellent winter, the bands being in
better shape than for some time past.
The Snake and Salmon River Mutual
Telephone Company recently held a
meeting at this place and levied a small
assessment to put the line in shape.
OFFICERS were elected, being H. M.
King, presid. mt; Frank Smith, director.
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BOlES

(From the Sum-
The Davis Brothers who have been
farming the Eva Garfield ranch the
past season have relinquished their
lease and moved to their homesteads on
the lower end.
Notwithstanding the light winter
which the Joseph enjoyed, cropping is
going to be quite late because of the
wet ground.
The monthly meeting of the Joseph
Highway district commissioners was
held at the home of William E. Reed
Tuesday, April l4th.
A big social dance will be given at
the Watson school house Friday, Nav
LIST, for the benefit of the South Jo.
seph base ball club, known as the
Skunk Cabbage team. Everybody is
cordially invited and if all signs do
not fail there will be some bunch ON
this end. All the old timers are feel
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(From the Enterprise. J

(From the Enterprise.)
Mrs. j. c. Aschenbrenner and Mis-.
Mamie where passengers for Vollmel
Wednesday, returning the same even
ing.
Anil Haener is again about the store
after being confined to his home for
two weeks with la grippe.
Ferdinand Nuxoll came up from
Charleston Saturday and is visiting with
his sister, Mrs. Anil Haener.
At the last regular meeting of the
knights of Pythias J. II. Fry was elect
ed as delegate to the grand lodge with
l.. M. Kerr as alternate.
Miss Anna Flynn was a Grangeville
visitor Saturday evening returning
Monday morning.
Z. T.. Manring and Earl Hamill were
business visitors in Cottonwood last
Friday afternoon.
! Dr. Slusser was over from Grange
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CLEARWATER

(from the Enterprise.)
hoy clark is putting in the crop on
the Geo. Brodock place. VA
MI. ana Mrs. James Mcpherson were
o'1tes callers on Friday last.
Mr. and Mrs. j. e. Mcpherson of
1Grangeviile have been visiting at
mrs; Lenora Bristol has gone to Gif-
Iord, Idaho, for months visit with her
sister. WIN ner
MRS. cordia and Chole Carter of Kid.
DER ridge are visiting friends here.