Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-09-16

Clark LYDIA and Edward Vincent of
Slate Creek were in town a couple of
days this week.
John Rosebaugh pioneer of Salmon
river country was transacting business
in White Bird Saturday.
While engaged in playing a game of
black man on the school campus, Miss
Laura Smith had the misfortune to fall
and painfully iniure her arm. She
carries it in a sling at the present
time.
Frank Warden who has been visiting
with relatives on Camas Prairie the past
few weeks returned to White Bird,
Thursday and is preparing to move his
family to the county seat in few
weeks. = =
A letter received by Milo Newman
from his brother, Grover, now living
near Joseph, Oregon, states that Grover
will return to White Bird about the
middle part of October and will reside
here permanently.
We understand that contract has
been let by the Salmon River Stores
Co. to have the strip of sidewalk in the
center of town rebuilt. This is an i'm.
provement which is generally needed as
the board walks have been lain for a
good many years and have grown very
rickety.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Beahn accom-
panied by their daughters, the Misses
Annie and Addie Beahn left for
Grangeville Sunday morning. Mrs.
Beahn expects to accompany Miss
Addie to Spokane where she will be
placed in the Catholic schools for the
coming term.
S. L. Mahurin came down from his
ranch with load of freight for Grange
vile and will return with a consign
ment of sacks to be used fer threshine
purposes. Lee will start his thresher
which is a new machine of the horse
power type, about Wednesday and will
have a good many weeks run.
A big boulder weighing several hun
dred tons is reported to have let loose
on the west side of the Seven Devils
recently and rolling entirely into thu
Snake river. The giant rock is said t.
have cut path thru the timber fitfeei
or twenty feet wide and resembling
the swath Of binder thru the middle
of a grain field.
Mrs. Albert Hiltsley of Higgins is re
ported to have sold the interests OF he
ranch and cattle to Bert Weinheime
: and will leave in a couple Of weeks TO
her old home in Los Angeles. Mrs
Hiltsley has been in the Higgins 9oun
try for the past six or seven years
Her husband Frank Hiltsiey was &c
cidentlys drowned in snaketriper abou
e three years ago..
According to the representations Q
shearman Galloway, the Irl Hicks @
" the Salmon river country the severes
winter ever experienced here will b
) forth coming in about six weeks. M
J Galloway has made a great many pr
Z, dictions in the past relative to weathe
n conditions, none of which has ever bee
known to fail He also prosphesied tn
d Johnstown flood and San Francise
n earthquake.
e For the third consecutive time in r
+" cent years the Methodist conference h;
failed to provide minister for tt
Is local church at the beginning of the r
le gular conference year. DR.. Warner Il
Is district superintendent, stated that
u could secure no minister for the pla
at the last session of the conferen
o. owing to the isolated nature of t
III field. As an inducement for hustlil
Mt minister to locate, here the Ladies
OF Society plan to furnish the parsona
n throughout in the near future, and al
install pews in the church.