Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-09-06

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Mrs L. A. Wisener and son, Bobbie,
are the guests Of Lewiston friends this
week.
Joe and william Squibbs left Monday
for Spokane and will spend several days
taking in the fair.
Mr.. Farmer have you yet decided who
you are going to have for your auc-
tioneerf Call /. E. Zuver. 1913
Florence Taylor went down to Clarks-
ton Monday and win spend the week
with her little friend, Evalin Chance.
Mrs. James Murphy left the first of
the week for Spokane where she will
visit with her daughter and spend
several days at the fair.
/ Miss Beatrice Duff, who is employed
as stenographer by a Lewiston firm,
came up Saturday night and remained
over Sunday with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Duff.
Lost-Pocket book on streets of
tGrangeville. Same contained fifteen
dollars in currency as we'll as number
of papers. Reward paid for return to
the Free Press office 1862
Cashier Anderson of the First
National Bank and Mrs. Anderson left
for Portland Monday morning, the
former going on business and Mrs. An
derson with the idea of remaining
several weeks.
Charles Waldum left the first of the
week for Portland where he will consult
a specialist regarding his eyes which
\ fr.x L. e
trouble of late. He may spend some
time at Hot Lake before returning.
/ Miss Lillian Murphy left for Spokane
the first of the week to take up her
work in the business college again. Dur
ing the summer she has been steadily
employed at Lewiston taking the places
of young lady. stenographers who were
away on vacations.
! G. w. Felt, W.. j. Ramey and l.. N.
Swift in company with /. H. Lowry,
formed party of Nezperce business
men who came to Grangeville the first
of the week to look over conditions
here and to enjoy a pleasant trip. Mr..
Lowry is from Winchester.
M. l.. Ayers and wife with Mrs. Cy
Overman were in Nezperce, Saturday
and Sunday visiting at the home of
James White, county auditor and H. r.
Hilbourne, bookeeper for the Rochdale
Company. Mrs. Hilbourne and Mrs
White are Mrs. Overman y daughters.
Through the realty agent. NJ. l..
Ayers, the G. o. Vincent ranch was sold
Monday to B. A. Middlekoop of Denton,
Mont. who takes possession the first of
the year. The Vincent ranch is one
mile north of town and contains 24O
acres of as good land as there is in the
country. The stipulation was 500 per
acre. = t
w. j. Harrah came up from Freedom
Saturday, bringing his daughters out to
attend school. Miss Maude Harrah will
attend school at Spokane, taking ad-
yanced work and the younger daughter,
Martha, will attend the Grangeville
schools. He states his crops have been
very good this year, considering the dry
weather.we have been having this sum
Harry Brown, the barber, is back at
his chair again after being on the sick
list for several days. Mr.. Brown Ind
been complaining off and on for some
time and has been treated for append
citis and other ailments, large sums of
his have gone for doctor bills and yet
no decided change for the better took
place in his health till one of our local
doctors happened to examine Mr..
Brown Is month and found that all his
trouble came from his teeth. He has
since had them attended to and will
now recover his health permanently.
Ben Zehner has pulled his threshine
I'M, int h FL, "a -
threshing season. He says that the
yields this year are uniformly short
He threshed 48 acres for himself and
average was % bushels to the acre
Others for whom he threshed are George
Cowgirl, 48 acres, 6s1 sacks; Fred Me-
Kinney, 483 sacks; Lawrence Bibbs, 23l
sacks; w. H. Hardisty, 81 acres, 154
sacks. Mr.. Zehner says he had In,
machine out but five and half DAYS.
While the grain is short in yield it is
generally of good quality. Mr.. Zehner
added that grasshoppers are getting to
be quite pest out his way.
Milton Murphy, head clerk at the I'm
perial Hotel for the past year has re-
signed his position to take effect the
10th of this month at which time he
will leave for Kansas City. Missouri
where he will enter school. Mr.. Murphy
has proven Almost efficient man and has
built up a large following of friends
among the travelling public as well as
the regular guests of the Imperial A
very accommodating young man,
thoroughly alive to his business and al
ways pleasant he looked well to the COM
fort of the guests of the house and by
so doing has assisted in making it one
of the most popular hostelries between
Grangeville and Spokane.
Frank Bowman, George Swank and
Don Fisher autoed to Ito last Friday
evening and attended banquet given
by Vollmer-Ilo people in honor of the
bows who will be departinp for Ameri