Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-08-02

> For sale-Span of good, gentle worl
; horses; true TO work and gentle to ride
Price 800 for the span. Fem Batty
! owner, Phone, Farmers 9S. lit
: Mrs. g. s. Stockton is making an ex
tended visit in Portland with friends
: She left yesterday morning and expects
, TO be gone for three or four months
She will spend part of the time at leas
at the beach.
Mrs. j. j. Pulse left yesterday morn
ing to join her husband in Walla Wall,
where he has charge of drug store
Mr.. Pulse has been in Walla walla fol
the past two weeks and has secured al
excellent position there
Mrs. B. w. Casey and child arrived
this week for a visit with the former ;.
mother, Mrs. Broughman. Mr.. and Mrs
Casey are now resulting in Pasco and
find that place quite lively city and
a desirable place in which to live.
The first of the week the new station
agent X. Il. Bell took up the work al
the local depot in place of w. A. Lind
gust who. is now enjoying his promo.
ton. Mr.. Bell was station agent at
Ferdinand just before coming here.
L. M. Harris and Basil Harris left in
the Grow Elkhart Tuesday noon for
Montana. They will spend about ten
days on the trip. They are bent mainly
on pleasure but L. M. will add business
to pleasure in looking over some land
in which he is interested.
Mrs. AL Chance came up from Lewis.
ton Monday night and will remain a few
days visiting with Grangeville friends.
She states she has become used to the
tropical climate of the Gateway city
and the Camas Prairie climate really
appears like winter to her.
At meeting of the Masons Saturday
Grand Master John d. Bloomfield from
Nampa was present. large number
OF visitors from Kamiah were in atten-
dance. There were other visitors from
Nezperce, Lewiston, Moscow and Pull.
man. The third degree was conferred
on a candidate.
Some Syrian peddlers who have been
driving around the country in Ford
car, went off the bridge near the Lark
kerlee ranch, west of town, Saturday
and while nobody was injured nor the
vitality of the Ford greatly Slapped out,
IT is said there was a shining example
OF the expressiveness of oriental pro
family.
George M. Reed returned this week
from Montana where he has been for
some time looking after business mat
tiers. While he found the state suffer
ing along with other Northwestern
states from drputh he says there is no
question as to our neighboring state of
fering exceptional opportunities for
farmers.
Mrs. G. R. Kelly, an aged lady who
came to Grangeville several wears ago
with her husband, was taken to Lewis
ton last Sunday and her mental condi-
ton looked into by the probate Judge
OF Nezperce county, Judge Campbell of
Idaho county being in the hospital in
Spokane and unable to act. She was
sent to Orofino for treatment. 1t seems
Mrs. Kelly has suffered mentally be-
fore, having been in the Oregon asylum
at one time.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. wilkins of Clear
water recently sold their ranch to M. p.
Strecker of Sites. They purchased last
week the John Coram house in the south
part of town. The house was owned by
Nels Swanson and the trade was made
through M. l.. Ayers. Mr.. and Mrs.
wilkins are going to have repairs made
In the house and will move into it some
time this fall. The property includes n
barn lot and large garden, two acres of
land in all
Neal Erskine, a private of Company
f of the Second Idaho, who has been
assisting Sergeant Guthrie in his re.
cruiting work here, left for Boise YES
terday morning. Neal was nothing more
than young high school boy when he
left Grangeville but he has the bear
ing of real soldier now and is no
longer kid but a manly Young chan
who will give a good accounting of
himself when he gets across the water.
Army life seems to appeal to him as he
looks the picture of health.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. B. Campbell returned
from Spokane last Thursday evening.
Mr.. Campbell says that his rheumatism
is almost done away with but that n
little touch of it still remained in his
pack. The Campbells left their son. |
Judge Wilbur Campbell in the Sacred
Heart Hospital very i'll with typhoid
fhey were unable to see him at the hos !
pital on account OF his serious condition
and having business matters to attend |
to here they thought they had lust as |
well be in Grangeville as Spokane for
the present.
W. r. Baker, deputy sheriff from
whitman county, Washington, came
over Monday night to take charge of
the young crooks who stole the auto
at Colfax, was driven back to Wash
ington by Deputy Baker and garage
man who came over to look it over. The
lads who stole the same were taken
along and probably had the last auto
ride that will be theirs for several
years Deputy Baker, who is a brother
of Bert Baker of this city and for
number of years lived in Idaho county
has made record as an officer and
while the head of the office has been T
held by different parties Baker has
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