Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-08-30

eBorn to Rev. and Mrs. G. r. Chase on
Sunday, girl.
Frank Wyatt, stockman from the
Salmon river country, was in the metro
polls Thursday.
Stop At the Idaho booming House,
Nice, clean rooms at reasonable prices.
Mrs. N. l.. Broughman. 17-tf
Mr.. Farmer have you yet decided who
you are going to have for your auc-
tioneerf Call /. Z. Zuver. 14-3
Mrs. L. Short of Des Moines, Iowa,
left for her home Monday after an ex.
tended visit at the r. w. Woodward
| ranch.
Mrs. w. D. Kirby of Vollmer left
for her home Tuesday morning after a
visit at the home Of her sister, Mrs.
NJ. B. Geary.
For Sale-Span of good, gentle work
horses; true to work and gentle to ride.
Price 800 for the span. Fem Batty,
owner, Phone, Farmers 90. lift
Cal Cleveland, an expert garage man
who has been employed in the Dowd
garage at Lewiston, has accepted a
position with the Eimers people.
Henry Meyer of Fem, former repre-
sentative from this county was in the
city Saturday. He says his grain will
go 35 to 40 bushels this season.
Mrs. Harry Lee left Tuesday morning
for her home in Salt Lake after spend
ing couple of months with her broth
ers, the Rothlisbergs, Of this city. H. (
Mr.. and Mrs. Seneca Munro, who airs
now residing at Ferdinand, have sent out
birth cards announcing the arrival of a
bright baby boy at their. home last week.
Mrs. William Davis win leave the
last of the week for Portland where she
will consult specialist regarding her
health which has not been the best Of
late. '' '2fs st y.
James Jester of Lucille left for the
lower country the first of the week after
completing his work of putting in a
fire place and mantel in the home of
Monroe Mattock. B..
Mrs. Joe Pfeufer, daughter, Miss
Rosa and son Phillip, returned Friday
night from six weeks visit ON the
Coast, spending most Of the time at
the seashore. e a
Major Farris of the Winona country
was in town Saturday. On account Of
the present price of hay Mr.. Ferris says
it is a difficult guess as to which is
the best thing to do, sell your cattle or
hay.
Miss Irene Parsons returned from
Boise Saturday after visiting in the
| capital city. Miss Irene and sister,
Florence left Wednesday for Cloverdale,
Wash. where the young ladies win spend
the winter with their brother 2. B. Par
sons. ......
Fourteen cars of stock were shipped
out OF Grangeville Tuesday morning,
| the shipment being sent out by John
Baer, who purchased four cars of fat
cattle of Fred Hunt, Frye Broom of
Seattle and Ed Sweet who sent out
several ears of fat hogs.
| Charley Cone, who went to Portland
last week for medical treatment, re.
turned Sunday night somewhat better
and with assurance that by following a
| line 0ftreatment laid down by his ply
stefan he will regain his health without
having to undergo an operation. Q.
Misses Leota Woodward and Helen
Warren started on their homeward trip
Tuesday morning after visiting rela-
tives at the r. w. Woodward ranch for
couple of weeks. The young ladies
will visit friends in Bohemian, Montana
before returning to their home in Des
Moines, Iowa. e &s... sc
The Free Press feels rather compli.
mented through the recognition afford.
ed it by some of the I. W. W. enthu-
siasts who pasted u threatening sign on
two on the office window and left an
abundance of their "literature in our
doorway, last Thursday night thus
plainly recognizing this paper as
against this renegade gang of traitors.
Paul Vincent, who with his mother,
Mrs. Harris, has been spending the sum.
mer in Spokane, returned the first of the
week to prepare to enter school early
next month. Paul says while he found
wages pretty good for boy in Spo-
kane and plenty of work to do, he is
rather glad to get back to country
town again. Mrs. Harris will return
the last of; the week.
Dave Yates of Winona was among the
reservation farmers in town last Sat
urday. In speaking of crop pros
pcctS NO Statcu ne was falrly well
satisfied with the yield so far, having
harvested $50 sacks of wheat from IS
acres and 400 sacks of barley from 100
acres and still had close to 500 sacks Of
grain to cut all of which makes Dave
smile broader than usual &C.,.
Manning Johnson and family arrived
last week from Gillette, Wyoming where
Manning took up homestead of 800
acres last fall He states he likes the
country firststraight and believes 1t will
in time be the equal of most any. In
common with other sections crops are
not looking as good as they should over
there but spring wheat, which promises
TO be the big crop, looks better than in
Idaho. They had fine rain, before
Manning left which has been followed
since his return to Idaho by another
Gardens look good and conditions gen
EARLY speaking give the, settlers reason
to feel optomistic. A large number of
Idaho people have settled over there and
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