Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-07-26


in town Monday.
John Nevin returned Saturday from
Lewiston and other points outside.
Gust Wiekman prosperous rancher
from up the river was in town Monday.
Miss Jessie Metcalf is visiting at
the Van Wey ranch a few days this
week.
Miss Melva Gill was in town Wednes-
day returning Thursday accompanied
by Miss Alice Gully.
Mrs. Bessie Chamberlain and Miss
Chamberlain from Slate Creek were
shopping in Whitebird Tuesday.
Johnny Addison from Grangeville is
here spending a part of his vacation
with his uncle j. Loyal Addison.
Mr. and Mrs. Emmett Jones announce
the arrival Of a son last Thursday. DR..
Foskett reports all concerned doing fine.
Mrs. Geo. Behean and daughter, Miss
Addie rode in from their ranch Monday
returning the same day.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Aram and family
returned to their home on Joseph last
week after a week IS visit at Grange
vile.
Mrs. Adeline Behean spent the week
end with her daughter Mrs. Frank
Hogan at the latter's ranch north of
town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Vigenor report the
arrival of a son at their home north of
town Saturday. DIR. Foskett reports
all concerned doing nicely.
Mrs. Z. g. Shinn and Mrs. j. w. Jack
son passed through here Monday enroute
to their home at Granbrook, B. G. They
have been visiting friends and relatives
on Doumecq the past month
Bill Jones passed through Whitebird,
Saturday with a saw mill that he was
taking to Fly Blow. The mill weighed
around 1900 pounds and had to be pulled
onto the Lyons ferry with block and
tackle. They were freighting it in from
Grangeville.
G. H. Hurst from the River View
Ranger Station was in town last week.
Mr. Hurst has just received a very fine
new fur coat that he had made from q
COW hide. The coat is on display at
Trizzel $ store. Mr. Hurst will take
orders for coats.
There was a Sunday school picnic Sat
urday on Rice Creek. The Sunday
schools of Doumecq and Joseph were
represented. There was a nice program
and a big picnic dinner. Everyone re-
ports an enjoyable time. There were
fifty present.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Vandeburg and
family left last week for the Wallowa
Valley where they expect to make their
future home. They are making the trip
overland and expect to stop in Lewiston.
Their many friends wish them success
in their new home.
Mrs. WILDER Van Wey and sister Mrs.
Josephine Kaiser returned to the form
ers ranch after spending a couple of
weeks here. They were sorry to learn
Miss Josephine had been taken quite
i'll after reaching home and DIR. Foskett
was called on Monday.
There was a meeting of the Whitebird
Cooperative Telephone Co. at the Sal
mon River State Bank last Wednesday.
Business of the year was discussed and
new officers were elected as follows:
Geo. Bentz, president; j. Loyal Addison,
secretary and A. L. Donaldson treasur-
er..
F. w. Kettenbach, president of the
Salmon River State Bank and son Alfred
from Lewiston, were in Whitebird this
week, in attendance at the regular semi
annual directors meeting. We gather
the good news from the meeting that the
board decided present conditions war
ranted better interest rates in this sec
ton than has prevailed heretofore and
starting with the turnover of live stock
this fall, will make an eight per cent
rate on prime cattle paper on the mi
tial loans, as such paper meets all the
requirements of the Federal Banking
Act, therefore better rate. All other
loans which will not meet the standard
of the Federal Banking will be ten per