Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-06-17

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Johnny Daisy was visitor in White
Bird one day this week.
Fred Helm of Golf was a business
visitor one day this week.
Milo Newman mad wife have moved
to their ranch east of town.
Charley Durham and family are
moving to their ranch for the summer.
DIR. Foskett made professional visit
to the home of George Barnett on
Joseph Tuesday.
George Upton and family of Slate
Creek were visiting at the home of Roy
Gordon last week.
Rev. j. A. Smith has gone to Spokane
to attend to business matters. He will
return in about ten days.
r. B. Kading of Grangeville was in
the city this week in the interests of
the company at Grangeville.
d. III. Faulk of Garfield has opened
up harness and saddle shop in the
building owned by w. A. Newman,
A big dance pavilion and bowery is
being erected in the center of town for
dancing and amusements the Fourth.
Children s Day exercises were held by
the local Sunday school last Sunday.
Miss Edna Foskett had charge of the
program.
Mr.. Kennedy of Orofino has accepted
position with the Salmon river Stores
Co. as clerk. He will move his family
to White Bird soon.
G. w. Logan of Garfield, Washing
ton is in town for few days taking
pictures. He is enroute to Yellow
stone Park by automobile.
White Bird has been literally
kept in the dark for the last ten days
owing to break down in the flume
which carries the water to the power
plant.
The game of base b III between Free
dom and Joseph nine which was played
last Sunday on the Slate Creek diamond
was won by the Joseph team. Next
Sunday the Freedom boys will play
at White Bird.
Lee Mahurin captured a grizzly bear
last week in steel trap which was
the largest of the kind ever seen here.
Six, 5000 bullets, were fired into the
skull of the animal before it was killed.
The little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ed Robbie who was badly injured in a
runaway accident last week is conva.
lescing at the present time. DR.. Warner
expressed the belief that the child will
recover from the effects of the injury
in time and be none the worse for the
experience.
The committee on arrangements for
the Fourth of July report that develop
ments thus far for successful celebra-
ton are very satisfactory. The COM
mittee anticipate an attendance of
about 1000 people for the entire three
days and means are being prepared to
accommodate them.
A. F. Parker of Grangeville passed
thru town last week enroute to Pol
lock. While in the .lty MIR. Parker
enthused the business men with the as
sertion that the proposed rail road be-
tween New Meadows and Lewiston was
practical certainty. Mr.. Parker is
one of the transportation commissioners
of the state.
What is reported to be the most |
classical theatrical performance that
ever came to White Bird was witnessed
by the towns people this week, when the
Maud Henderson Co. of New York. I'M
der the management of Ed. Primrose
was booked here for four consecutive
nights. Ordinarily the plays that get
into White Bird are cheap, sensational
and vulgar affairs; but the perfor
mances put on by these people were
absolutely clean from start to finish,
and were of such high character as
to do credit to a metropolitan play
house. The shows were well attended.