Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-02-22

| Hioit " LUCILLE.
Ahee higgins was here Tuesday en-
route to higgins from the prairie.
Miss Hattie Reed of Skookumehuck
was Saturday shopper in town.
David Hamilton was down from the
county seat Wednesday on business.
Joe Faust was a business visitor in
the county seat the last of the week
A. o. Hess was transacting business
IN Grangeville Thursday of last week.
r.. G. Smith was a stage passenger
sunday from Grangeville to Skookum.
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Miss Ethel Pierce has enrolled as a
new student for the spring term of
school.
Enoch Christensen of the Joseph was
attending to business matters in White
Bird Saturday last.
| Bert Louther and VIM Butzein have
been hauling seed grain from the Dou-
mecq the past few days.
C!aud Smith from the Snake river
section was transacting business in
White Bird Friday last.
>. Dobbm came in from higgins Sat
| urday and after short stay here left
for Grangeville on business.
Gus Gardiner of the Snake river sec
ton returned Sunday from week s
business visit in Grangeville.
A. A. Wimpy, of Mccall, Idaho was
a week end business visitor in White
Bird he left Friday for Meadows.
Carl Ashby came down from Wolf
creek Saturday and left for the county
seat the following day on business.
Clarence Harrison and Ben McEvers
of White Bird took in the Doumeco
Fourth of July dance Friday night.
A. F. Parker the Grangeville real
estate man, was transacting business
in this vicinity the last of the week.
Lawrence Donaldson has recovered
from siege of the grip, he was absent
from school several days because of it.
j. +. Anscomb returned Friday from
business trip to the county seat, and
left for the Campbell ranch at Skoo
kumchuck.
All of the seventh and eighth grade
pupils who took subjects of the state
examination passed with exceedingly
good grades.
place ON the Doumecq Friday and we
hope to give an account of them in full
in next weeks issue.
8. +. Dresser and w. j. Davis who
have been hunting and trapping up the
river came to White Bird Monday and
left for the outside on the stage.
Mrs. Goodwin, who has been here
attending her daughter, Mrs. Brundige,
who has been ill at the hotel left last
week for her homestead in the Spring
Camp section.
Marion Canaan came in Monday from
Winchester, where he has been EN-
ployed since Christmas. He will visit
with his children at the Canaan home
north of town.
Joe Davis was a business visitor in
the county seat last week. Mr.. and
Mrs. Davis are disposing of their house
hold goods and will leave in the spring
for Occur d Alene.
Butter cups are in bloom all along
Salmon river now and ranchers in this
section are preparing to pillow this week
while the people on the plains are still
enjoying their sleigh rides.
Mrs. White came in from the Clear
water country Thursday and left the
following day for the Joseph where she
will take charge of the school recently
resigned by Miss Blanche Macdonald.
Mr.. Young, the driver of the White
Bird-Boles stage line, is getting to be
quite an acrobat as he was making his
drive up the hill, Monday morning, he
upset his stage off the grade again, but
escaped unhurt, as he always does.
The meetings which have been in
progress at the local M. E. church
came to a close Sunday night. Rev. }.
s. Anderson preached a most interest
ing sermon on the subject of Abraham
Lincoln Sunday night to a good crowd.
Mrs. Nellie Thompson and Oscar
Thompson, Mrs. Peter Vandeburg and
son Martin returned home tuesday from
several days visit at the Clark Gill
home at Slate creek. Mrs. Thompson
had the misfortune to sprain her ankle
quite badly Tuesday after returning to
White Bird.
The members of the Ladies Aid met
at the parsonage last Wednesday af-
ternoon and tackled four comforts
which were presented to Mrs. Mary
Newman, whose home was recently des-
troyed by fire. Refreshments of cake
and doughnuts, coffee and cocoa were
served at thee lose of the session.
The Valentine dance which was given
at the Tweedy & Harrison hall last Fri
day night was a most enjoyable affair.
Thirty numbers were sold and quite
a large number of out of town people
were in attendance. The music was
furnished by Misses Chloe Berry and
Blanche Macdonald, Messrs. JAS Me-
Evers, Jas. Campau, and Arthur Nc
Spedden.
People coming in from across the
river to attend the valentine dance
were: Mr.. and Mrs. JAS. McHugh,
Misses Florence and Arlotta Otto,
Margaret Daubenspeck, blanche Nc
Donald, Junith and Julit Shinn, Messrs.
Marion Evans, Cyril Gardner, Jas.
Campau, Arthur Napean and Arthur
McSpedden.
Walter and Cyril Gardner, experience
ed a peculiar sensation last week, when
they sawed into a nest of bees at the
Walters ranch down the river. The
boys had cut down dry tree and were
working it up when they discovered
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