The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1914-07-16
EALMON RIVER
CURRENT NEWS
| Trim to Whitebird, the Me.
,ropolis; Mail Route, School
Building and Hotel.

..s,rie country always ENJOY news
-. the Salmon river sections for var
-. reasons, one among these being !
-, n holds within its confines those
.s,res which In the years past made
=. vest popular throughout the world
-,hs cattle, the mines, the fish, the
came the breezy western spirit 1t Is
.uons the last sections in Idaho that
mi retains the distinctive western char
.c,eristics that so fascinate and capti-
,.ta the easterner. The following ar
,tle 70 the Tribune will be read with
,terest by our home and eastern read
9s
rbe town of whitebird is like heaven
a ss hard to reach. From Grange
Vile. the nearest railroad point one
,skes the stage for Whitebird. 20 miles
away.
The Whitebird stage-or more strict
" Speaking, the Grangeville Meadows
sage. for it Is one star route covering
The entire distance Of 81 miles from
Grangeville to Meadows-is a typical
wsmple Of the mountain stage or pony
express Of the early days. There are
from four to six horses hitched to the
gell-loaded vehicle-for in addition to
uassengers it carries the u. S. mail
from Grangeville for Whitebird, Joseph,
Garfield, Boles, Pittsburg, Lucille. Rig
rns. Pollock and MISUNDERSTANDING
The parcels post matter for all those
points, which is an item to be reckoned
. With The new government contract
/ for carrying this mail from Grangeville
10 Meadows costs the government $4,000
. for the first and second class mail and
tles per 100 for parcels post matter,
weighed in and out at both termini.
That is, if parcel post stuff goes
through from Grangeville to Meadows
or from Meadows to Grangeville the
cost to the government is sass; if
destined for intermediate points the
cost is s129 per 100 pounds. White
bird is the distributing point for mail
destined for Joseph, Boles and Pitts
burg.
In making the trip from Grangeville
to Whitebird at the crest of the hill at
the edge of the Salmon river breaks to
make "a descent of eight miles one
makes a drop of 1880 feet, according
to the government survey, to reach
Whitebird.
The town of Whitebird is located in a
very narrow canyon, through which runs
Whitebird creek, a stream that is said
to fairly TEEN with trout and other
members of the finny tribe, and the
town is just a mile from the Salmon
river into which Whitebird creek emp
ties
Rudolph Bertsch has just taken charge
Of the Hotel Whitebird and will start
at once to remodel the same so as to
make 1t first class hosiery. Mr..
Bertsch is a small man with a hospital
ny about 10 times the bulk of his
stature. He makes his guests feel so
welcome that they are indeed loath to
leave.
Roy Gordon. former proprietor of the
Hotel Whitebird, has taken the con-
tract for carrying the mail from Grange
vile to Meadows, and will give his per-
sonal attention to passengers enroute
and in association with Ed C. Smith,
Inc well known liveryman, the interests
oi the travelling public will be careful
y looked after.
Inc foundation is now being laid for
the Whitebird school house. The build
ing will be SS by 56 feet; will contain
iohr large class rooms, library. an
oiilce for the principal, besides halls
and eloakrooms. The building will be
u cement blocks. w. S. Jennings. the
wen known architect and contractor of
no, drew the plans and was given the
eon'ract for the building, which is to
oe completed by October 1, and sooner
possible. The cost of the building
VIII be $1,000 and the building will re
p'dce the old one which was burned
last year.
The following teachers for the White
oird schools have been chosen for the
eoming school year: Principal J. w.
.urtis, OF North Carolina; intermediate,
MISS Ivy c. Patterson, Of Hillsboro.
olegon; primary, Miss May b. Myers
Of whitebird.
"A party consisting of Mr.. and Mrs.
". T. Summers and Mr.. and Mrs. F.
Amen reached Whitebird today en-
,ou'e to kendrick from Boise Mrs.
alien stated that the roads via Mead
. avs were in good condition except that
ne Big Salmon river road is rough.
Asnng many loose rocks that have
.oneo down from the precipitous hill
a.. aes. The party left Boise on June
-. having stopped two days at Pay
we lakes, July and 4.
me climatic conditions at Whitebird
.nis season of the year are some
tropical-but with an abundance
=. iresh fruit and vegetables, with
M trout on the platter and with
uasaht ura,st eompanionship, the village OF
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