The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1916-03-09
Last Thursday Nights Fire
Consumed Best Horses
In West.
ICHTUS AND JUSTIN
Grand Champion And Winner
Of Many Special Honors
Among Number.

That the Dig Qre LnAC was visited up
On us last Thursday night between II
and IL 80 o'clock, and which was re-
#corded in these columns in our last
Issue, besides consuming vast amount
A Of valuable property was a disastrous
event to the entire county, is thorough
n ly appreciated by every breeder of fine
horses.
In the confiagration Mr.. Sweet lost
twelve head of horses, nine of them
being registered animals, two saddle
horses and the family driving horse,
among the number being Ichtus, the
A fine big black stallion that carried off
4 the grand champion honors at the
/. Northwest Livestock show at Lewis
ton In 1912; Justin, the handsome gray
stallion, the recipient Of many special
honors at both Lewiston and Spokane
shows; Helix and Marvin, two beauti-
full 2-year-olds that were raised by
Mr.. Sweet; the black stallion that was
purchased from Wren & Greenough
at the Lewiston show last fall; one
yearling stallion that was also raised
by Mr.. Sweet, and one of the team
of brood mares that was purchased at
the Northwest Livestock show-all ex-
cepting the saddle horses and driver
being registered animals.
The cattle lost consisted Of twenty
three head Of breeding stuff.
On being aroused from his slumbers,
the caretaker, Floyd Trueblood, jump
ed into his clothes and ran into the
corridor and Immediately set to open
ing the box stalls in which the stall
lions and brood mares were confined,
the brood mare being quartered next
to his sleeping room, followed him out
into the open as did the one young
stallion that was saved from the
flames. AS he went down the line the
fire had made such ravenous headway
that the flames were whipping around
the feet of the horses. The big dap
pie gray horse came out Of his stall
and entered the one adjoining, being
that Of his driving mate, Ichtus, where
they perished side by side.
The brood mare, Twinkle" while
the first to start out of the burning
barn, has been in serious condition,
being very severely burned, and every
effort is being made by Mr.. Sweet to
save the animal, which is one of the
team he purchased at the Lewiston
show and for which he paid $500.
Mr.. Sweet, who is in receipt of nu-
merous kilograms from stockmen and
friends from outside points convey
ing messages of sympathy and encour-
agement, desires to express his sin
cere appreciation for the many kind
nesSes extended and to the home
friends, Commercial club, and especial
ly to the members of the fire depart
ment for their efforts to subdue the
flames at the mill which were being
driven by a regular hurricane and car
rying a cloud of burning embers be-
fore it.
The flour mill, where the fire orig
mated, was situated almost quarter
mile from the barn. About 200 feet
northeast another barn was located,
that was not even scorched, being just
out of the drive of the wind. Mr..
Sweets barn contained besides the
livestock probably 20 tons of hay and
considerable grain, and cost to con-
struct about $1,000. No insurance was
carried
The -four mill, the property Of
Messrs. Zehner, Walker and Brown
was entirely destroyed, but the gen
tlemen were fortunate in having $12,-
600 insurance. No information is Civ
en- out as to the probability of rebuild
ing, but it is understood that some
kind of a deal is on foot. The gen
tlemen state that the mill contained
something like $4,000 worth of feed
Hour and grain, and they were just
contemplating the purchase of some
$4,000 worth Of wheat at the time OF
the disaster.