The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-01-04

At the regular monthly meeting of
the local fire department at the City
Hall Wednesday evening the follow
ing officers were elected for the ensu-
ing year: A. NJ. Baker, president;
Clyde Hamill, vice president; Don
Fisher, secretary; Ii. Rothwell, treas
urer; ID. Fl. Sasenbery, chief; Chester
Arnold, assistant chief. About forty
members of the department were pres
emit Pearl Wright and belmont Day
were named as members of a commit
tee to make preliminary arrangements
for the Firemen's ball on February -.
Word recently received from Mr. and
Mrs. John Coram at Oakland, Calf, is
to the effect that they are enjoying
first class health and walk many miles
each day. Their daughter Mrs. X. B.
Brown is with them, and they all eX-
pect soon to go to southern California
to spend the winter, and Mrs Brown
is planning to return home with her
parents III the spring. Mr.. Brown has
received government appointment
at the port of customs, New York and
is now in that city ready to take
up the new work. 1t is said to be
splendid position.
q. +. Mulcahy, a Spokane mining
man who represents considerable cap
ital arrived in the city the first of the
week and is now down ON the Clear
water inspecting the. Evergreen and
other promising mines in that vicinity
Mr. Mulcahy is favorably impressed
with the mining outlook in this coun-
try and is disposed to take hold and
help place this section in its proper
place before the mining world should
satisfactory conditions be reached Mr..
Mulcahy has been in consultation here
with Messrs. Sims, Wagner and others
interested in the Clearwater proper
ties.
+. J. Pfannebecker and son, resi-
dents of Winona We're visitors in this
city last Thursday. In talking of the
conditions around Winona he made
special mention of the fact that the
snow roads were the best that they
! had been in many years, and that in
| his trip from his home here there was
no sign of dirt in the road and no
danger of running onto rocks which
speaks for itself that the sleighing
is exceptionally good. Mr.. Pfanne-
| becker came mainly ON matters on
taxes This office is pleased to acknow-
ledge friendly call from the gentle
man and also that he advanced his
subscription to the Globe for another
year.
b. Il. Taylor and wife, of Boles, ar
rived in the city last Friday from an
extensive trip of one month throughout
Montana. Mr.. Taylor went to our
neighboring state for the purpose of in
veStigating the stock and land posi-
bilities. He went as far east as Miles
City, took in Great Falls, Billings,
Missoula, and many of the outlying
stock sections, taking his time and
thoroughly investigating so far as pres
ent winter conditions would permit.
He seemed to be very fayorably i'm
/ pressed with what he saw, and now has
a big proposition under consideration.
which he may decide to take up with
having secured an option ON the same.
James Aram one of the well known
cattle men of the Joseph Plains has
been visitor at the home of his moth
er Mrs. Sarah Aram who resides i'm
the south part of this city. Mr. Aram
made his trip principally ON business
matters but he also received a little
pleasure by being again among his
old friends. Jim says that the wintry
weather in that section is very injur-
ious to the cattle industry in general
but those who have plenty of feed to
last them through the winter months
are free from danger, he also states
that several losses of young calves
have already been recorded owing TO