Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1916-10-19

p Berry is remodeling his resi-
dence. N,.;n 10 an tho. SICK
rst this week.
Us, Mrs. Joe Davis made picture of the
ioeal school Friday.
wv, @rondma Behean went to Grangevllle
:, business the 18th.
VI w;lbur Van Wey spent the week end
,ore with his family.
nei platt Tolbott, Jr., of Joseph is spend
mo tbs week at home.
my II Otto and wife were shopping
= White Bird Tuesday.
:" ,ohn Rock of Cottonwood passed
.hroueh town last week.
VI Hoval Adklson and family motor
"a 70 Grangeville recently.
Gu ~ T. Miller of Pomeroy, Wash, is in
.,;s section buying beef cattle.
Mr. Falkner of the Snake river
.onntrv was in town Thursday.
Pow Hogan took some beef cattle to
Gr8neeville the lirst OF the week.
MRS. James Aaram of Joseph has gone
% Lewiston to have her eyes treated.
Joe Thompson went to the prairie to
move the Paul family to White Bird.
Enoch Christensen took his thresh-
inc machine outfit on to Joseph We'd
cid Insieker and daughter Bertha of
Iosenh went to Grangeville as witnesses
in court.
Mrs. f. w. Smith is attending the
Grand Assembly of Rebeccas at Occur
d. Alene.
Henry Nelson of White Bird and Bob
Dobbin of Joseph went to Grangeville
returning the first of the week.
Mrs. Platte Tolbott of Joseph has re-
turned from trip to Grangeville where
she went to buy furnishings for their
new home.
Alex Mason of California is visiting
his law, Mrs. j. E. Mason. 1t
has been fifteen years since Mr.. Mason
visited here before.
Harry Zerr and family have returned
from visit to relatives at Pullman.
On their return they made stops in Lew
iston and Grangeville.
County Commissioner John Rice of
the Slate Creek country was in town
Saturday. Mr.. Rice says he has grown
some very fine corn this year.
Hans Hagen and son Harry have re-
turned from outside points with forty
four calves for their ranch. They paid
from $lS to $27 head Aor them.
Mesdames Hal Brown, Lewis Smith
and Miss Annie Behean attended the
regular meeting of the White Bird
Literary Society at the school Friday.
Mr.. Legbandt has rented the Hol-
brook place on Zephyr Ridge of Plat
Tolbott and will move Immediately. He
has taken the contract to cut large
amount of cord wood.
Rev. Anderson has finished the cellar
at the parsonage and is now busy with
the new barn. Mr.. Anderson acts on the
principle, whatsoever your hand find
eth to do, do with all your might
B. @. Davis has sold the White Bird
Electric Light plant to w. G. Hill of
White Bird 1t is hoped that Mr..
Davis will be attracted by some other
business and that he and his family
will remain in White Bird.
Mesdames Jerry and Peter Vande-
burg visited the local school and ex-
pressed themselves as being well pleased
with the work the school is doing.
Patrons should make frequent visits 20
the school. They are always welcome.
If the large number of cattle and
hogs that are being marketed from this
section can be taken as an indication
there should be plenty of money in cir
culation for some time to come. Frank
Wyatt took some three hundred beef
cattle to Grangeville for shipment last
week.
The Salmon River State Bank is dis
playing some fine specimens of Black
Beauty Pop Corn that was grown this
&c on
the Elk Flats. Also a mammoth speci
men said to be potato, grown by
u. 1. Louther. The largest and best
country
W. E. Swatman and three sons of Fer
dlnand passed the first of the week
with traction drill enroute for Pitts
burg. 1t is to be used to put down al
artesian well on the Woods ranch fol
rrlgating purposes. If strong flow
ing well can be put into operation it il
thought that it would be a fine scheme
for irrigating.
1--we school boys are always ready fol
some new experience. A striking exam
PIE OF this was observed Friday az re
cess when Miss Brockman s fine Jersey
cow came walking leisurely across thu
SCHOOL ground. The innocent lookins
COW was soon delivered into the hand
ol some half dozen intermediate grad,
boys and it was at once decided tina
sae should be broken to ride. Aaroi
Mothorn was selected for the frs
round. He was no sooner firmly
located upon the cows back withou
spurs, saddle, chaps or halter when tn
o'ner boys conceived the idea Of allow
i4g the cow to again resume her liberty
ne clenched the short hair and held OF
a. a. pest he could as the COW ran acros
. u campus, and just as she was turnin,
. que corner at the wood shed, having
daoeeierated her speed to fast run
laurence Feskett undertook the task o
iescuing his schoolmate and ran in from
van 1ne cow, threw up his hands an
seied Boo The COW stopped s.
suddenly aa.y that Aaron's equilibrium wa
soy and he gathered himself u
Ion'e twenty feet in front of the COW
ny CnlS time the school hall RANG an