Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-12-23

The Misses Hockett of Garfield were
shopping in White Bird Tuesday
Roy Butzien, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Butzien is ill at the present writing.
For Sale-S0 head of hogs for par
ticulars address j. G. Daubenspeck,
White Bird, Idaho. 30-4
Mr.. and Mrs. B. R. Rogers returned
this week from several days visit
friends at the county seat.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Swarts were
calling on friends here Wednesday and
laying in supply of Xmas goods.
Beginning Friday at noon the pupils
of the White Bird school will be given
vacation until Monday, January 3rd.
Allen o. Hess and George Henry
spent a couple of days last week at the
hospitable home of J. Haydorn hunting
deer.
For Sale: High grade piano in fine
condition. Cheap if taken at once
Mrs. T. B. Galloway, White Bird,
Idaho. 27-tf
Miss Addie Beahn who has been at
tending school in Spokane the past fall
has returned home for a several days
vacation.
Colonel Allen of Garfield has been
spending several days in White Bird
enjoying the hospitality of the White
Bird hotel.
The Misses Margaret and Jennie
Lyons who have been attending the
San Francisco exposition have returned
to White Bird.
The holiday vacations of the major
ity of schools in this section will not
last more than week and few OF
teachers will leave their districts.
For Sale-2O excellent blue geese at
rs cents apiece. Four full blooded
bronze turkeys at SO per head. Wilbur
vanwey, White Bird, Idaho. 1913
A hunting party from Nezperce con-
sisting of four men returned from little
Slate Creek Tuesday and displayed 8
fine black-tail bucks as the reward for
their trouble.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Peterson Of
Kooskia arrived in White Bird Tuesday
evening and will spend several days
visiting at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Bud Motthorn.
Frank Cox who has been sojourning
in California for several weeks past,
returned last week and has taken up
his old headquarters at the Beahn ranch
on Snake river.
s. Giles, civil war veteran and pio-
neer of Idaho county is suffering at
the present time with a bad case of
la grippe. He is being cared for at the
home of Mrs. Motthorn.
Letters received in White Bird this
week by friends of Mrs. Filing Gabriel
:. state that Judge Ailshie has been re
tanned as counsel to assist in obtaining
a pardon for Filing Gabriel.
JOHNNY Powell, who is said to have
the greatest reputation as teamster
of any man in Idaho county has resign
ed his position as driver for George
Beahn and accepted job with Frank
Wyatt.
The temperature for White Wird anc
vicinity for the past seven days has
stood about fifty-six degrees. This
kind of weather seems to be easy
enough on the wood-pile, but hard on
the constitution.
The Christmas exercises of the loca
school and Sunday school will be held
Friday evening. Altho, sickness has
seriously interfered with the pupils re
hearsals it is expected that the a1rail
will be success.
On account of the miserable condi
ton of the road between Grangevill'
and White Bird the daily stage ha'
been arriving from one to three hour
late. Even this is considered goo'
time under the circumstances.
Advertisements suspended from sew
eral shop windows about town announce
that Charley Gone has applied for ap
pointment as administrator of the OF
estate, and that his petition will b.
heard Dec. 28th before Probate Judg
Harris.
Forest Ranger Frank Hartman IL
charge of the Slate creek ranger sta
ton was in town Tuesday buyini
Christmas goods, and reported that Mrs
Hartman who has been i'll for severa
weeks is little improved at the presen
writing