Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-09-02
+. WHITE BIRD. IDAHO

Harry b. Zerr will take your measure
for nobby suit of clothes. Satisfac-
tion guaranteed. White Bird. 15-4
Frank Smith who lives in the Crooks
Corral country was in White Bird last
week.
Harry Twillegar of Lucille blew in
from his river home this week returning
the same day.
G. NJ. Cone left this morning for his
ranch in the Deer Creek country to be
gone several days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Currey of Snake
river have been in town the past few
days visiting at the Beahn home.
Clark Sugart of John Day was a
business caller Monday, coming down
to file on additional homestead land.
William Schwandt who recently sold
his ranch to Mr.. Grant will leave i'm
mediately for his home near Spokane.
John Ashby of Slate creek was in
town yesterday and has rented the
Nelson property for the coming winter.
The Frank Taylor family who have
been visiting at the home Of P. j. Can
nan the past week returned to their
ranch today.
Jack Elder former Salmon river
celebrate who has been sojourning in
Kansas for several years has returned
to White Bird.
Blanche Woolworth who was acct
IDENTIFY shot couple of weeks ago with
% calibre rifle has so far recovered
as to be able to accept position as
"hellon girl in the local central.
Charly Holt of Golf and Allen o.
Hess of White Bird have been appoint
ed by Governor Alexander as delegates
to the Tenth Annual Dry Farming Con-
gress to be held at Denver, Colorado,
October to z.
The George Beahn family have re-
turned from their ranch on the Snake
river side of the divide preparatory to
taking up the school year. The Misses
Addie and Anne Beahn will perhaps
attend the Coinage college at Spokane
the coming winter.
w. H. Vincent former resident OF
the Salmon river country now living
in Lewiston was in town a few days
this week calling on friends. Mr.
Vincent is engaged in the fruit business
in Lewiston temporarily and will move
Miss R. May Gilbert, president of the
state assembly of Rebekahs, accom-
panied by the vice president will be II
White Bird, September II, and will ad
dress the local organization. A recep
ton will be rendered them and thu
members of the order are urged to b.
present.
Prof. J.. w. Curtis who has. been re
siding with his family near Golf dur
ing the past summer will take up hi
duties here as principal of the Whit
Bird school, He anticipates that thu
local school this year will be the larges
, ever known here.
Miss Erna Foskett and Effie Taylo
left Monday afternoon for Spokan
where they will attend the sessions o
the Columbia River Conference and tn
Inland Empire Sunday School conven
ton. Both ladies were honored by be
ing appointed delegates to those bodie
by the local church.
While visiting at the home of J. h
, Cochran on Doumecq last week we wer
permitted to take in the class of domes
tic seince conducted by Miss Omi
Cochran, and learned ineidently to dis
criminate between hard boiled and
! hard cooked egg, distinction we ha
never known before. The class wa
I largely attended and YVES exeeedingl
interesting and practical.
| J. w. Allison a cattle buyer of Sea
tie, representing Frye & Co., was i
town a few days last week and pu
chased several hundred head of bee
cattle in the surrounding country. M
Allison predicted that there would
an advance of three cents in the prie
of cattle by the end of the year. b
stated that the European war had a
| fected market prices somewhat and tt
| consumption of beef, and whereas h
firm, butchered about 1000 cattle p
| week previous to the war only abo'
l half that number are disposed of mo-
L. A novel and curious method of Gu
ing the rheumatism has been adopts
by a man named Greening in &
Imnaha country west of Pittsburg W
secluded himself in room, locked Z
door and turned a swarm OF bees loo
upon his body. Greening, who had ST