Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1916-04-27
If isolated land over in the Boles sec.

of isolated land over in the Boles sec.
ton.
A fine baby boy was born Sunday to
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Blake near Ken.
terville. Both mother and child are
doing nicely and Ed. is about the
p~roudest dady in the land.
Miss Quarles, who has been visiting
here at the Geo. M. Robertson home,
has secured the position of teacher in
the primary department of the Winches-
ter schools for the coming term.
R. B. Kading was in the city yester-
day from Grangeville and went up into
the Westlake country with Felix Mart
zen to look after some loans in tina.
part of the county.
Hugh Moynagh returned Tuesday
evening from a trip to points in Oregon
near Portland and went on the next
morning to his home near Win6na. He
said the season was almost as late in
the lower country as it is here on the
prairie.
E. Joslin was in town several days
this week from Asotin looking after
property interests and renewing old
acquaintances. "Joppy" is looking as
hale and hearty as when we first saw
Hill yCdlS uSo ii blHIC SCCil5
to be dealing very lightly with him
down as his present home.
The Misses Harlan and CARLY are
here from Lewiston visiting at the Geo.
M. Robertson home. The ladies were
guests here last winter during vacation
and are paying a farewell visit before
returning to their homes in the south
ern part of the state after finishing
their studies at the Lewiston Normal.
The news was received in the city
this morning of the death of Mrs.
Hamill at her home northeast of Green
creek from complications of long stand
ing. The lady has peer i'll for several
months and spent part of the winter
here in town with her daughter, Mrs.
Hinsley, while taking medical treat
ment. The funeral arrangements had
not been perfected at the time of going
to press.
T. A. Randall and j. A. Gaul, pro-
p~rietors of the local confectionery
stores, each installed a large power ice
cream freezer and other equipment in
their places of business last week and
are now busily engaged manufacturing
ice cream of superior quality for the
trade of the two prairies. They expect
to put the big creamery companies out
of business on the p~rairies this sum-
mer because of being able to furnish
ice cream of a superior quality and at
no advance in price.
J. G. Ruggles arrived in the city Sun
day evening from Peck and is holding
down the position of foreman on this
paper. His family will arrive here
about May first to make their home in
our city for some time to come.
The annual meeting of school district
number twenty was held at the High
land school house on Monday, April II,
1916. Mr. Heritage was elected chair
man in place of August VonBargen for
a term of three years. T. P. Mitchell
was reelected as trustee, for the un-
expired term of two years. A special
tax was voted to repair the school
house, purchase a flag, etc.
A. B. Rookie closed a deal late last
week for the purchase Of the old plan
ing mill property, consisting of eleven
lots and several buildings, from R. M.
Tombleson. The price paid for the
property was not made public but is
said to have been very low. Jim Rookie
and family will reside in the cottage
on the property and SOM of the small
er buildings are being torn down and
used for other purposes, while the plan
er building will perhaps be converted
to some other use in time to come.
Autoists are Drawing the roads to
Grangeville and Ferdinand but few
have seen fit to tackle those leading to-
ward Greencreek and Winona, and
those few say "never again, until the
middle of the SUMNER
DR.. Fl. J. Smith left Monday morn
ing for Twin Falls as a county delegate
from this precinct to the republican
state convention which met in that city
yesterday. While in the Twin Falls
country the doctor will also visit his
brothers neal Bull and take an extern
sive look over that section of the state.
There has been a wood famine on in
Cottonwood for the past several weeks
and from present Indications and the
frequency of storms it looks as if it
will not be broken for some time to
come. The long, cold winter exhausted
an otherwise ample supply of fuel and
at the same time prevented the cutting
of much wood on the mountain so the
fuel supply is apt to be limited.
The Odd Fellows and Rebekahs of
Cottonwood, will celebrate the ninety
seventh anniversary of the birth of Odd
Fellowship in America on the evening
of the Goth inst. All members of the
Cottonwood lodges and visiting broth
ers and sisters are requested to be pres
emit, with ther families and special
friends. Music and speech making
with dinner after.