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

Flossie Ripley on the Doumecq.
James Aram and "Chris" Jensen of
the Joseph Plains country were in town
a couple of days last week.
w. Abercrombie of the Joseph made
business trip to White Bird Saturday
returning home the same day
The Misses Stockdale of the Pittsburg
country were in town attending to bust
ness couple of days last week.
Harry B. Zerr viii take your measure
for nobby suit of clothes. Satisfac-
ton guaranteed. White Bird. 15-4
Harry B. Zerr will take your measure
for nobby suit of clothes. Satisfac-
tion guaranteed. White Bird. l5-4
Russ Rice and Ed Vincent of Free
dom passed thru town Tuesday with
big bunch of hogs for the Camas prai-
RE.
/ c. NJ. Cone went fishing Sunday in
the head waters of Skookumchuck
creek and caught lao trout in about
three hours.
Hal Brown and family have returned
from their ranch near higgins Hot
Springs and Mrs. Brown will remain
permanently and the children put into
school.
j. E..Preston who has been located in
White Bird for several years engaged
in the barber business will move to
Fem the coming week and open up
shop there.
The bird season opened Wednesday
morning ON the east side of Solman
river and an army of hunters left in
the morning at daylight in search of
the birds.
H. G. Chambers government land
inspector was in town d few days last
week inspecting several claims along
Salmon river for which a reduction of
erea has been applied.
Charley Holt a prominent pioneer
stockman of the higgins country was in
town Monday utilizing the services Of
Land Commissioner j. G. Wright in
taking an additional homestead.
The terrific heat of the past few days
has absorbed nearly all of the water
in White Bird creek, and the stream is
as low as has ever been known here.
Last Sunday the thermometers in White
| Rird stood at l04
Leland Thompson and Ben Davis
went grouse hunting Sunday on the west
side of the river in the vicinity OF
the Chapman trail, and bagged twenty
four birds. The previous Sunday Mr..
Thompson and Jess Reed shot thirty of
, the chickens in the same territory.
A couple of grass fires are raging at
! this time in the vicinity of Slate creek
The country, notwithstanding the pro
longed drouth of the spring and summer
g is exceedingly dry, and unless rain
e comes soon forest fires will be numer
Gus.
: Mrs. t. B. Galloway whoh as been
: living on her ranch at Elk Flat has
$ moved to White Bird for the winter ane
e rented apartments in the Fem house
e Mrs. Galloway has opened tailor shoE
t and she will clean and press gentle
men IS clothes the coming winter
r We have been informed by member
e of the board of directors that the schoo
t wear which was to open here next Mon
e day has been postponed until after IN
l. stitute week 1t was decided by thu
! trustees that the intense hot weathel
s rendered it impractical to begin thu
term now.
!. The writer was informed recent.
e that Thomas Large who was riding
,, after cattle in the vicinity of the nortl
e fork of Slate Creek rode into nest o.
! yellow Jackets and was thrown AM
a badly stung. Later we learned we ha
d been incorrectly informed and tina
IS Mr.. Large was not attacked by yellow
y Jackets at all but was thrown from
fractions colt, his head striking agains
+ a log and rendering him unconscious
n Russ Rice who happened to be in com
:. pany with Mr.. Large at the time state
a that the injured mans wounds wer
> serious and that Mr.. Large cannot r.
70 cover for some time. He is confined
20 his home at this writing.
lie Harry Grant this week purchased tn
f. ranch and cattle layout OF Harr
lie Hockerson north of the Lyons ferry an
is west of Salmon river. The deal inelne
er ed several thousand acres OF cholc
ut grazing land and $50 head of livestock
W. the purchase price totaling up to sewers
IT. thousand dollars. This is the. secon
al big financial transaction this year
he which Mr.. Grant has figured having r
al O.