Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1916-03-16

to Nezperce the first of the week on
business
Lewis Weber, the Fem merchant and
postmaster, was over last Saturday
looking after business matters.
Vitrol is out of sight in price, formal
dehyde is more effective and the price
is right. At Lamm the Druggist. All
A. F. Nurss is quite ill at his home
with severe attack of pneumonia but
is reported as little better this morn
ing.
Mrs. Rex Reilly, landlady of the I'M
perial, left Sunday morning for visit
of several days with friends in Spo-
kane.
Mrs. Jacob Sites and family came
up from Sites last Sunday and are
visiting at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
A. f. Alexander.
Robert Todd, the cigar manufacturer,
dropped in last night and will remain
for several days looking after some
business matters.
Ivan Price came up from his Salmon
river ranch the latter part o. last week
and has been visiting with friends and
relatives for the past few days.
G. FL. Thompson, formerly owner OF
the Candy Kitchen, has purchased a
drug store in Lewiston and may move
the same to some point on the prairie.
A. w. Robinson, grain dealer who is
extensively interested in warehouses
on Nezperce and Camas prairie and al
so owner of the Nezperce Flour Mill
was in the city last Friday on business.
County Attorney M. r. Hattabaugh
has been confined to his house this
week with a severe attack of the grippe
but is reported as considerably improv-
ed and will be at his office again in a
few days.
Fred Cole was in town Tuesday and
informed the writer he dragged about a
mile of road out his way the other
day and found conditions ideal for the
work. Now is the time to use the drag
and by so doing avoid a lot of ruts
and holes in the roadbed of the future
Joe Sorrow has purchased the old
machinery, etc. that went through tho
fire in the flour mill and is now
wrecking the same preparatory to ship
it to the foundry. There will be over
car of old iron and quite a quantity
of copper and other more valuable
metal.
w. l.. Root, man of some seventy
years of age and an old prospector was
brought up from the Clearwater section
Saturday for examination before the
board of insanity. He was found to be
in need of medical treatment and was
taken to the Orofino institution Mon
day morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. o. Patterson came
up from Sites last Sunday. They
were accompanied from Sites by Mrs.
Jacob Sites and family and returned
the following day. This has been Mr..
Patterson s first visit to Grangeville
in number of years. He states the
roads are pretty bad in places.
The true harbingers of spring are the
small boys who indicate its sure APP
proach when they commence to play
marbles and ball. The writer notices
that the school play ground has its
Juvenile pickup ball team and minia-
ture diamond. The crack of the bat
against the ball makes us almost wish
we were boys again.
Among the improvements for Grange
vile this spring will be stucco and
steel garage 50x100 feet which it is
said will be let to local contractor
shortly. The building will occupy a.
strip of ground in the business section
of the city, be conveniently located and
well equipped. We are not permitted
at this time to name the parties who
are back of the enterprise.
Ivan Brockman received fine Duroc
Jersey sow this week by express from
the Wailkika farms, near Spokane, as a
prize offered by this firm for the young
man winning first in the judging con-
test of this class of hogs at the North
western Stock Show last fall. The
animal is as fine type of this breed
as on would care to see and it goes
without saying is highly priced by the
young man who is the recipient and so
interested in better stock.
F. II. Fassnacht came up from Clarks
ton Monday to look after business
matters and will return in few days.
He states the health of Mrs. Fassnacht
has not sufficiently improved that they
would feel it advisable to come up on
the prairie until the weather has SET
tied little more. He states the past
winter down there has not been as ideal
as formerly and that the prairie is not
the only place where winter weather
was more severe than usual.
For Sale Cheap-Good piano. En-
quire Mrs. c. III. Thompson. 40-tf
Doors and windows at the Madi-
son. 18-tf
The Eimers Hardware Co. has placed
gas tank under the walk and will be
prepared to supply the motorist with
fuel in a convenient manner this sum-
men. 'Gib' Eimers, on account of
his qualifications will have charge. The
Miller Implement Co., is also arranging
for tank and sidewalk pump all of
which indicates there is good reason to
believe the local dealers in oil anticipate
the sale of considerable number of
machines this year and the resulting
heavy demand for the Rockefeller
liquid.
In the action instituted at Lewiston
last week by Emma and c. o. Ringer
We