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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1916-11-23
COMMENCE WORK THIS WEEK
ON new $4,000 BRICK GARAGE

in the 'front.' the building with base
ment, being in dimension 20x25, and
there will be IL foot driveway be-
tween. One of these offices will be
used by L. NJ. Harris who is agent for
the Crow -Elkhart car. The other room
will be used as the stock room for the
garage. The basement of the building
will be the machine shop and work room
of the garage. The cost of construction
of the building, including the purchase
price of the lots will be in the neighbor
hood of $4,000.
Mr.. Book is putting up the building
to be leased as a garage, and it is re-
ported that VIM. Robinson has closed a
deal whereby he will become the tenant.
He will move into the new quarters as
soon as the building has been completed
and fix it up for efficient automobile
service. Robinson will have an asso-
ciate in the business. Billy has built
up good business with large number
OF satisfied patrons in his old place
but he has been cramped for room
where he has been and has felt the need
of building such as the one to be
constructed will be.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1916-11-23
four MEN OF WH|TEB|RD INPuCAT-
Ed IN CHARGE OF STEALING COW

open to the public full information as
to the nature of the matters introduced
by the state are not known. Of the
four men charged with the offense,
Hartman and Swisler are the proprie-
tors of the White Bird meat market.
Vernon Swarts is the complaining
witness and lost COW on the goth day
of September. On the 10th day of
October he and the constable of White
Bird precinct armed w4.n the proper
authority found a cow hide in the
slaughter house of Hartman and
Swisler which tailed in description
with the pelt of the missing animal.
Later this hide disappeared from the
custody of the officers. 1t is alleged
that evidence introduced tended to
show that Hartman and Swisler pur-
chased the cow from Jack Culley. Just
what part nelson had in the transac-
ticns is not known at this time but it is
reported that he was an accompliee of
Culley.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1916-11-23
BOISE correspondent SAYS DUTY
FIRST THOUGHT OF BOYS ON BORDER

call for any duty for any time under
six years, and so we took it, and believe
me, when my Titanic goes down | hope
to be on deck with the band play ing
and not sniveling in a corner thinking
how hard it is to die. "The Lord
loveth a cheerful giver.'
Great to be General.
It's a great thing to be general
The ear ism t in it and mere presi-
dent is nothing. We hear "Wilson =
and "Hughes,' Woodrow and
"Teddy,'' but no one even knows the
first name of general and It gives
me an ague to even think of General
Plummer without his title.
Of course you knew that was joke
about the boys not being able to tell
their orders when asked by the gen
eral. That was told to me by one of
them and / laughed and passed the
laugh along, but, figuratively speaking,
that is the way he affects us all when
he is out in his official capacity. Some
body is always on the watch for his
car for the guard is called out on his
approach and all things done to show
him honor. / don't know how Wood
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1916-11-23

cranberry sauce to be used with the
turkey, but all sorts of tart relishes
of any sort to be eaten with beef par
ticularly. Fresh beef is the staple meat
and when you eat it five days in the
week you begin to want chaser-so
to speak. They can buy good catsup
at the commisary, but none of the
mixed up chopped stuff that mother
used to make. Sc if you can send that
sort of things to the boys, do that in
sead of cake and fudge. One day WI en-
was there they had some "corn
relish - that Mrs. Conant had sent from.
Weiser, that was perfectly delicious in
itself and changed the taste of the
whole dinner. The ration is nourishing
and sufficient to good health, but de-
pends largely on the cook as to how
good it is when it reaches the boys.
They have the best of what they have
for material and if mother Is transfo I'M
ing hand could get at it think it would
taste better-although | have heard of
such thing as boy complaining of
his food at home. 1t is noticed that
the boys who are used to the best
things at home complain the least here
and generally make joke of any mis-
fortune. 1t is the "slacker' in life
that has most to say of grief and com
plant here as everywhere.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1916-11-23
GRANGEvILLE COWBOY BAND.
Befittingly Costumed, Musicians Will
Leave for Lewiston Sunday Morning.

The Granscville Cowboy Band, each
member of the organization wearing
wide, woody CHAPS cowboy hats and
gaudy macknaws, will leave SUNDAY
morning for the Northwest Livestock
Association show at Lewiston, to re
tun Wednesday evening. The boys are
all prepared to dispense good music and
to make the Lewiston people and those
of sections visiting the show feel that
Grange lille has some musical talent and
also some "pep." To get the Judgment
of the citizens of Grangeville as to
whether the boys should be permitted
to go to the show, there will be held
ON Main street Friday evening, if the
weather permits, a concert of popular
band selections. 1t is pretty safe to
predict that the boys will pass for they
rendered several number last Sunday
and their efforts were very creditable.
Herman Miller is the director and
cornetist The other members of the
band are as follows:
Herman Miller, director, cornet.
Clarence Tollefson, cornet.
Frank Gillette, cornet.
Frank Atwood, cornet.
Harris r. Hilbourne, trombone.
Norville Johnston. trombone.
Willard Rush, trombone.
Irwin Toye, trombone.
Earl Manning, alto.
Hub Wood, alto.
Gilbert Foster, alto.
Ed Abramson, baritone.
Lester Rush, baritone.
All Nelson, tuba
Harold Harris and Basil Harris
drums. (Can you beat it,
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1916-11-23
BUILDING OF BRICK, 62x75 TWO
STORY, ERECTED BY HERMAN
BOCK-BOCK TO LEASE TO
ROBINSON.

Grangeville is going to have an up.
todate and modern garage, need that
has been felt for the past few years,
and although the service afforded to
automobilists has been good, the
modernly constructed and equipped
garage building has been lacking. Work
on excavation for the foundation of the
new building was commenced this week
on the lots between the Edgington pool
hall and the restaurant, and the construc-
tion will be pushed rapidly under the
direction of Chas. Cramer.
The deal for the purchase of the two
lots, owned by E. S. Sweet and the
Overman estate was made through l..
NJ. Harris, Herman Book of Fem max
ing the purchase and then completing
arrangements of a two story brick
building, 50 by rs feet. The rear of the
first floor of the building is to be
equipped and used as a garage and
store room. There will be two rooms
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1916-11-23
BOUND OVER TO DISTRICT COURT
WIN. HARTMAN, JOE SWIS-
LER, OSCAR NELSON AND
JACK CULLEY ACCUSED
OF ACT.

Friday the 18th of November the
preliminary hearing of William Harri-
man, Joe Swisler, Jack Culley, and
Oscar Nelson, all of White Bird, on a
charge of grand larceny was had before
Probate Judge l.. M. Harris, and the
accused men were bound over for trial
before the district court at the next
term in February. The state rested
Friday evening and the next day Judge
Harris bound the men over for trial on
the charge imposed. Spectators were
excluded from the hearing on the motion
of w. n. Scales who has been retained
to represent the defendants.
Interest was centered in the case by
reason of the prominence of some of
the parties. The evidence not being
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1916-11-23
GEORGE MARTIN DEPUTY.

Treasurer-eIect Bradbury has named
George Martin, assistant cashier of the
Grangeville Savings and Trust Co., as
his deputy Mr.. Martin is a first class
accountant and has had years of ex-
perience at this class of work being TO
a number of years cashier of the bank
at Culdesac. The selection is a good
one and will meet with general appro-
val. With Mr.. Bradbury himself, one
OF the best accountants in the North
west and as his deputy man of the
ability of Mr. Martin is pretty good
assurance that the affairs of the office
will be conducted along most economical
lines.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1916-11-23
Sites PAPER SOLD.

A. J. Stuart, who has been most sue
cessfully conducting the Sites Enter
prise for the past several years and
has made of it one of the leading pap.
ers of the Clearwater Valley, disposed
of the same last week to Mr.. l.. +.
Rohrbeck who is now in charge of the
same. Editor Stuart has established
a record down there in the way of Civ
ing the people a first class paper and if
his successor keeps up the pace he will
have to be on the job at all times. We
understand Mr.. Stuart will go to ranch
ing, having a fine farm in the Clear.
water valley.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1916-11-23

crew of men arrived last night to
Continental Oil Company in the rail
road yards in Grangeville. The Grange
vile Dray company has been awarded
the contract for distributing of the oil
in the city. The company has contem-
plated putting in tanks here in Grange
vile for some time and this well be of
advantage to local merchants and will
assure having a good supply of gas on
hand at all times. Although there was
no gas famine during the summer yet
there were times when the supply ran
low.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1916-11-23
ALEXANDER HAS A
PLURALITY
Of 596
WILL OF MAJORITY INDICATES
DECISIVELY THAT ALEXANDER
IS THE PEOPLES CHOICE.
SOME TALK OF CONTESTS
Allegations of Fraud not Borne Out in
Single Instance-Looking
for Loop Holes.

Boise, Nov. l6.--A statement ad-
dressed to the people of the state was
issued here tonight by w. \. Hamilton,
chairman, and James ii. Hawlny, secre
tary of the democratic state central
committee, warning them that the de-
mands made for n recount of ballots
cast ut the recent election "are not
made in the interest of honest count
but are made for the puspOse of de-
frauding the duly and regularly elected
governor of the state of Idaho out of
the position to which he has been elect
ed. -
Governor Alexander claims gain of
so votes as the result of the official
count in Blaine county, increasing his
plurality to 593. No new claims are
made by ID. w. Davis, republican can
didate, or the republican state central
committee. While republican leaders
would not conIlrm the report, it is
claimed any contests proposed may be
ing in of votes in Washington county
dropped. Charges of crand IN the swear,
are vigorously denied.
After reciting that the Judges in the
800 odd precincts have no right to open
ballot boxes under direction of boards
of county commissioners, the statement
of Chairman Hamilton and Secretary
Hawley concluded in part as follows.
''We appeal to all honest and fair
minded citizens of the state of Idaho
regardless of political affiliations to
join with us in condemning the unlaw-
full act and unlawful methods being
adopted in. certain sections of this state
in order to set aside the expressed will
of the people of the state. We do not
propose that the result shall be set
aside by any clandestine methods or by
midnight recount of votes by any set of
officials acting without lawful autho-
rity, and in this determination we appeal
to the honest people of the state for
support and approval -
News from Idaho Falls, where the
controversy over scratched straight bal
lots started is to the effect that the
county commissioners have agreed to
accept the return of the precinct Judges
in No. ! and No. 2, Idaho Falls, without
reference to the scratched ballots. This
decision was reached on the advice of
the county attorney. 1t was decided
to institute the formal contest in that
county for the purpose of obtaining q
judicial decision as to the proper method
of counting straight ballots on which
exceptions had been made by the voters.
If it shall be decided by the republican
party authorizes to institute contest
on the governorship the Idaho Falls deci-
sion, if adverse to them, will likely form
the basis for it.
All the reports, official and political,
that have been received from over the
state show the charge of wholesale
fraud in the Idaho election is not borne
out. The proposed contest over the
governorship on the basis of dispute
over the correct. manner of counting
scratched ballots seems to be in stautus
quo
t Alexander Plurality 596.
A dispatch from Boise Friday assert
l.. .I..
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1916-11-23

PRESIDENTS THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION

Washington, Nov. 17.-President Wilson today
formally by proclamation designated Thursday, Nov
ember 30, as Thanksgiving day.
1t has long been the custom of our people to turn
In the fruitful autumn of the year praise and thanks
giving to Almighty God for his many blessings and
mercles to us and the nation.
The year that has elapsed since we last observed
our day of thanksgiving has been rich in blessings to
us as people but the whole face of the world has been
darkened by war. In the midst of peace and hap
plness, our thoughts dwell with painful dsquiet upon
the struggles and sufferngs of the nations war and
OF the peoples upon whom has brough disaster
without choice or possibility of escape on their part
we cannot think of our happiness without thinking of
their pitiful distress.
Now, therefore, Woodrow Wilson, president of
the United States of America, do appoint Thursday the
3Oth day OF November, day Of national thanks
giving and prayer and urge and advise the people to
resort to their respective places of worship on that day
to render thanks to Almighty God for the blessings of
peace and unbroken prosperity which he has bestowed
upon our beloved country in such unstinted measure
And also urge and suggest duty in this
our day OF peace and abundance to think in deep sym
pathy OF the stricken peoples of the world upon whom
the curse and terror of war has ptessy fallen and
to contribute out of abundant to the relief
OF their sufferings.
"Our people could in no better way show their real
attitude toward the present struggle of the nations than
by contributing out of their abundance to the relief of
the suffering which war has brought in it's train.
''ln witness whereof, have hereunto set my hand
and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed
done at the city of Washington this 18th day of
November, IN the year Of Lord, 1916 and of the
independence of the United States the 141st
"WOODROW WILSON,
By the President
"ROBERT LANSING
Secretary of State''
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1916-11-23
FUNERAL OF JOHN RoTHLIsBERG

The funeral of John Rohlisberg was
held last Sunday afternoon at the Odd
Fellows hall, services being in charge
of that order of which the deceased was
"A member. The hall was filled to over.
flow with the many friends of the de
ceased who were present to pay their
last respects to mighty fine young
man. Many were the beautiful floral
pieces banked around the casket. The
funeral sermon was preached by Rev.
Wood
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1916-11-23
% WrU, TROOPERS KNEW THEY
oaMnoN n oN NO VACATION EN-
IIsmNT mENT WHEN THEY EN-
srED-NO ONE COM
PLANNING.
y Alice Pittenger Ro;so co.ros,o,

aa flttenger Boise Correspon-
No.., ueht of Capital News.)
f,vona 'S' Nov. .lo.-I am accused of
%, Ivy y; OF speech. 1t may be So
OH,, - 'eis' don't believe it is friv.
ons \" +, q | mind. When you have to make
yOu 'aF :. go as far as five and when
See ho, ana look at a bin of fare to
be had many ealories OF vitality may
have = iOr the number of cents you
NM, !, pay 1t has SOLDERING effect.
know - mat ! come to think of it, 1
IN dolls,a no one who has given up more
rOnsn s,lass and cents and few if anv
husband mas offered up more than one
When tha III the altar of her country.
Idaho t,aa ,ne call came last June TO the
eaeampmDaOppss 1t was not for a vacation
out was understood to be
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1916-11-23

row Wilson might fare. Perhaps some
body would known who he was, but
there is no doubt as to General Plummer
in the minds of anybody here. On the
way up to generalship he has been re-
ceiving a little more and more homage
from second lieutenant on up, and so by
the time he gets there it has all got to
come or something pops somewhere.
Greater Than President.
When you are made a general in a
day or so nobody is equal to the strain,
but when you grow into a general in
the regular army that's different, and
somehow even the greenest of us and
the least-tobe impressed do not feel the
possibility of salpping said general on
the back and saying "Hello, old top, y
or words of that import.
Thereupon, | say, IS better to be a
general than the president, although |
believe in fact the president is gen
eral-in- chief of the whole works-the
difference bein, l suppose, that he has
to beg his office of the dear people,
while the other gentlemen gets his
whether the dear people went him or
not-and so he is respected accord
ingly.
viii Appreciate Dinner.
/ hope it is true that the folks back
home are raising money for the frills
of Thanksgiving dinner for the boys.
The idea that you thought of them and
wanted them to have a good time would
be as thankfully received as the food
itself.
By the way--a thing that is needed
even more than jam is relishes to be
used with meat. l don't mean the
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1916-11-23

|SNNHHHHSSSVSV~N V~NS0'EVVVVVVN|
The preliminary hearing of Jack
ooney of Sites on a charge imposed
numbering the day-old baby of the
OOneys' was concluded with the tes-
kmOny of Rooney last Thursday even
d Probate Judge l.. M. Harris
ithheld his decision in the affair un-
the next morning when he ordered
oOney discharged and then ordered
bat Mrs. Rooney, mother of the babe
arrested The arrest followed the
|ext day and Mrs. Rooney was remov-
y to the hotel in Sites and was under
be suveilance of the officers until
Brought up to Grangeville Wednesday
Por her preliminary hearing. w. N.
Gales has been retained to represent
BE accused.
The preliminary was set for ten
clock Wednesday and the first wit
ess sworn for the state was Mrs. Amos
Howard. By reason of the accusations
hade by the Rooneys against Mrs. How
ID, who was engaged to wash and care
@ the baby after its birth, seeking to
ace upon her the guilt of taking the
fe of the child, great interest was
entered in her evidence, but she clung
the statements of facts as heretofore
hade both at the coroner's inquest and
the preliminary hearing of Jack
fOOney, with little variation from the
Placement made heretofore. Upon the
press examination by Mr. Scales he
Fent into the matters of her religious
Pelef and sought to develop the beliefs
thd practices of the sect of which the
Fady is a member.
The part of her evidence which re-
Fales the events the evening of Wednes-
fay, Nov. |, after the infant was re-
ported missing, as stated on the witness
f'and has to do with the accusations
|Saae by Rooney that she was crazy and
Past MAJ, she had stolen their (Rooney 's)
Eaid' Mrs. Howard first visited the
|suuney home on the evening of the
ElN Of October and washed and cared
|iei the child and left the mother and
IN |,1ild resting nicely. At the request of
|Af' Rooney Mrs. Howard returned the
.stI morning to care for the babe, ar
|msing about $3.50 in the morning. She
speat the morning in the sick room at
,uu,ng 10 the work and after perform
4 H. is,n ner work left for her home about
LOU That afternoon she was home
suu engaged in the duties around her
g"a poo. nome. She again visited the
s"sy SUUney home about $50 the same
t,saing tna and remained only a short
y. .e one then went home and got sup
s,a. y, ana spent an hour or SO at the Pat
Ss I pn nome, where she first learned that
= F,oo money baby was missing.
All vm .ne Patterson home Mrs. How
- went to the home of the Rooneys
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1916-11-23

E. A. Parisot, thewell known mining
man who operates the Hancock and
several other quartz claims, is out from
Florence this week for his winter sup
plies. He is putting in five-stamp
mill and will use the Whitley tables and
the flotation process.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1916-11-23

Mrs. Lloyd Proctor is entertaining a
sister from Centralia, Wash. this week
and several social affairs have been
given in honor of her guest.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1916-11-23

and met Rooney on the way. Roonav
asked where she had been and she told
hlm. lie then accused her of taking
the baby and she denied this and
started up to the sick room but Rooney
pulled her back as she started m stairs
Ihe two stood at the door until Mr.
Howard came up and then it was shat
Rooney told her she might as well 90
home as she was crazy, and Rooney
made the statement to Mr.. Howard tba,
Mrs. Howard had taken their baby. that
she was crazy and that he had better
take her home.
Mr.. Howard and Mrs. Howard started
home and Rooney started to 90 down
town. Mrs. Howard later turned back
and visited the sick room to see if the
baby was missing and after examining
the bed and finding the baby gone, and
speaking few words to Mrs. Rooney
she went home.
Upon cross examination Mr.. Scales
went into the life history of the How
ards, bringing out that Howard was a
preacher of the Church of the Living
God, of which she was a member, and
OIL which they had both been members
for 30 years. She was asked if the
church believed in sanctification, to
which she replied yes. care YOU
sanctified?' Mr.. Scales asked and the
answer came ''Yes.1 In giving an
explanation of the significance of
sanctification and sanctified as used,
Mrs. Howard explained that it denoted
state where the individual had no
more desire to lie, sir, or do wrong, and
that it did not signify that the believer
could not commit sin, or was incapable
Of committing sin, but only that there
was no desire to commit sin. She assert
ed that for the past 80 years she has
not committed sin.
Upon cross examination she testified
that on her return to the Rooney home,
Wednesday morning, after the baby was
born that she found that rag had been
put in the baby's mouth, which was
about six or seven inches square. She
asked Mrs. Rooney how it came that
the rag was in the baby's mouth, to
which she stated Mrs. Rooney replied,
that they had put it in the baby IS
mouth during the night to keep it quiet.
She put the rag in the stove and then
washed and cared for he baby, but did
not take it out of the room. Mrs. Col
Inns came while she was dressing the
baby. After caring for the baby she
placed it back in the bed, and after
gathering up the clothes in the room
she took them down stairs and went
home. She also stated that evening
after her talk with Rooney and when
she visited the sick room, Mrs. Rooney
said that she had taken the baby down
stairs in a bundle of clothes that morn
ing.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1916-11-23
[lS. JACK ROONEY
| ROUND OVER
/ FOR TRIAL
mnNARY HEARING CON
suprn TODAY AND MANY
ILLNESSES TESTIFY.
IARCf OF infant MURDER
pridence Directly Pointing to the
one Who Perpetrated the Deed
0'' circumstances Confusing.

The preliminary hearing of
Mrs, Jack Rooney of Sites on a
charge of numbering her new born
sb;ld was concluded today and
tbe accused was bound over for
trial at the next term of the dis
,,;et court. The work of the
nrpliminary consumed the most of
two days and large number of
witnesses testified for the state,
.he defense refusing to put in any
testimony.