Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1916-02-17
s T T e s
(From the Enterprise.)

Clarence A. Tollefson left for Ito,
Thursday morning.
l.. E. Laurance took run down to
Kamiah Tuesday to look otter the bust
ness property which he owns there.
Slyde o. Gregory, assistant in the
State Bank of Kamiah, was an arrival
Sunday evening.
Owen Gould and wife were passen-
gers for Kamiah the first of the week
to remain a few days.
Willard Toll and A. Greshman came
over from Tahoe Wednesday. 1t was
necessary to come by way of Cedar
creek owing to the slides in the toll
road.
Clyde o. Gregory, who is bookkeeper
in the State Bank of Kamiah was a
visitor in Sites over Sunday night
Miss Dollie Greshman returned home
from Tahoe Wednesday, after visiting
for some time with her aunt, Mrs. FL.
E. Hughes.
H. E. Hughes went to the Tahoe
ridge Wednesday for lumber to con
truct an addition to their boarding
house.
Deputy Sheriff VIM. II. Eller, of
Grangeville, was registered at the Com
mercial Tuesday night. Mr.. Eller says
that the reports which were current as
to Grangeville being flooded by the
chinook were not founded on fact.
j. F. Hayes, N. P divisional road
master, of Spokane, was a Sites visi-
tor Thursday and Friday.
J. H. Mitchell was killing two birds
with one stone the last of the week by
hauling hay from his ranch for the
Phillips & johnson Stage Co. and going
back loaded with red cedar fence posts
Phil Hartman ran down to Kooskia
Tuesday morning, on the freight to de-
liver some posts which he has stored
at that place for several farmers from
the upper country.
letter from Mrs. Skedgell, who is
now with her husband in Spokane
states that Mr.. Skedgell's mother died
at Howard City, Mich. the 25th of Jan
uary. The many friends of the Sked-
CELLS here, extend their sympathy in
the hour of sorrow.
N. B. Pettibone is on the sick list
this week.
G. T. Kelly is reported to have been
quite sick the past week but is improv
ing now
Miss Lura Skedgell left Monday for
Spokane to join her parents.
Charley Hall left Thursday morning
for Charleston, where he has purchased
an automobile tire valcanizing busI-
ness. Mr.. Hall expects to move his
family to Charleston after the end of
the school year.
J. H. Hayes of Moscow, and X. B.
Skidness, of Spokane, were in Sites
last night looking after the ice jams
in the South Fork. They were afraid
that the jams might do injury to the
rail road track between here and Koos-
kia.
The passenger train was taken to
Kooskia Thursday night to be on the
safes ide, provided the water got too
high in the Clearwater. 1t returned to
Sites Friday morning and left on regu-
lar time.
Geo. Eckels was in town Wednesday
filing on piece of government land
on Red River. Mr.. Eckels came out
just before the big snow storm and
says that it seems strange to travel
over Badly unless there is about 10
feet of snow there. We guess he could
get his satisfy now as there is about 10
feet.
Hugh Keith and Otto Adamson were
in town Monday from the Red Fir dis
trict as witness in the final proof of s.
s. Keith. Mr.. Adamson says that Red
Fir is enjoying between four and five
feet of snow on the level and that sew
eral snow slides covered the Tahoe toll
road about ten feet deep.
Charley French, government hunter
for this district, left for the upper
Middle Fork country Tuesday. Mr..
French made one trip in this winter
and only got one cougar owing to the
fact that all the big cats were back in
the high mountains but he is in hopes
that the heavy SHOWS will have driven
them down until he can get goodly
few of the raments.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Wells reopened