Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-02-01

James Graves has sold his 40 acre
Slichter.
Wanted-Girl or woman for general
house work. Long steady job for right
party. Address Mrs. J. A. Bushue.
Ferdinand. Idaho. 37-tf
DIR. and Mrs Frank Wood entertained
q number of friends at five-hundred last
evening. At the conclusion of the game
delightful refreshments were served.
Mrs. J. E. Mcpherson underwent
surgical operation last Friday, DR..
Rains, assisted by DR.. Stockton, per
forming the same. The patient is get
ting along nicely and will soon be out
and around.
Mrs. Fred Noyes returned this week
from visit of several weeks at the
home Of her daughter, Mrs. Hazel
Boles of the Boles section. She states
a handsome young granddaughter ar
rived at the Boles home during her visit.
Miss Sally Mary Kettenbach IS house
quests for the weekend are Miss
Sylvia Parker and her sister, Mrs
Kadirg Of Graneeville, who is en-
route home from Nopales, where her
husband was stationed with his com
panv-Sunday Lewiston Tribune.
The oil plant being erected on the
ground near the depot, will be com
pleted within the next several days.
On account of the cold weather things
have been moving slowly but as the
foundations for the tanks are now com
pleted the balance Of the work will
move along rapidly. The carpenter
work is being done by Frank vansisc.
The Clyde Moffit ranch was sold last
Saturday through the Lee Harris agency
for $4,000 to John Workman. The
place, which is known as the old Binp-
man ranch consists Of 800 acres and is
one of the best in this section. half
interest was sold Monday to Mr.
Medema. The new owners are amonp
the colony of Hollanders who came
north from New Amsterdam, in the
southern section of the state several
weeks ago.
Ole Johnson and John Phillips, the
Sites Fix CITY mail contractors, arc
in the city today. They state the roads
into Elk have been in bad shape fol
the last week but are now in better con
dition. They nave recently contracted
to Freight in $50 tons of machinery, etc
to tho Orogrande Mining COMPANY ant
will hepin work on the job about the
the first Of the coming month
Mr.. and Mrs. James Surridpe Of
Harpstcr are guests at the Tmperial thi
week. the later coming up to have som,
dental work done and Mr.. Surridge ha
, been putting in his time looking afte
business matters and preaching lttl
true Americanism, the piece played OF
!, the new Edison, entitled "Don't Smit
the Hand That Feeds YOU arousin,
: him on that subject and while he wa
horn in ENGLAND one does not have &
listen long to his conversation to realiz
he is much better American than som
of the native born.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. J. Hall and children
returned last nioht from a trip cover
ing period of three months in the cas-
and middle west. Thew spent some tim
. in New York and other eastern state
rs well as visiting at the old home o
9 Mr.. Hall in Michioan and several dav
P in CHICAGO. A thoroughly eniovnbl
time was had and while the weather wa
rather severe during the later part 0
i their visit the pleasure was so grea
: and the opportunity of enioving one
self so abundant that little matte
s like winter weather could not detrac
e from the good time. After spendin
e several DAYS in Grangeville they wi
: depart for their home on the upper Sa
e mon.
Charles Holt, the we'll known cattle
man Of the upper Salmon river section
: passed through Grangeville enroute t
; Spokane last week where he will spen
several weeks visiting with his son an
daughter. While Charley's long sui
is raising fine beef cattle and incider
r tally preaching the doctrine of pur
e republicanism and taking some of tn
o iov out of life for his Democrat
e friends by so doing, he has embarke
n in small way in the fruit bushes
: and has been shipping out number 0
G boxes of the finest Favored apples pro
G duced in the Northwest While her
I he made generous distribution of som
n of the varieties he is raising down Their
g and exceptionally fine of flavor wer
the Delicious varieties.