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

Cement blocks, farm tiles, chimney
and well curbing at Chester Arnold
plumbing shop. at
+. l.. Leonard left Tuesday mornin,
for Reubens where he has some bust
ness to attend to-
G. d. Hodge who has been in Grange
vile for the most part of the last tw,
weeks left Tuesday for his rancl
near Reubens. He expected to be bacl
here in two or three days
Mrs. Harris, formerly Miss Essie Mar
tin, and child, are here for visit will
Mrs. Harris parents, Mr.. and Mrs, Nor
Martin. They are residing near Gift
ford in our neighboring county of Me-
Perez.
II. W. Wise, the efficient rural carrier
of the mail route leading out of Winona
came over Tuesday to spend the day
with his brother-in-law, Roy Akers. Mr.
Wise has out 20 acres of grain this yea,
and besides carrying the mail is thus do
| ing his bit towards increasing the food
production of the country, a fact that
will not be looked down upon by the
post office department.
Ralph Gelbach who has been STAYING
with his grandfather, T. Fl. Jeffries for
some time past came in town Monday
afternoon and left for his home at Koos.
kia on Tuesday mornings train. He is
going to work in the post office for the
rest for the summer and is returning to
the University of Idaho about the 18th
of September where he will continue
his course in chemical engineering
Station Agent Bell has been given a
promotion, and accepted the station
agency at Grangeville, and the family
expect to depart for that point on or
about the 25th inst. We are sorry of
course to lose the Bells from here but
are glad that they have received an
advance in this world's goods. We are
unable to learn the name Of the man to
take this station.-Ferdinand Enter
prise.
County Stenographer Grafton johnson
and wife returned Sunday from trip
to New Meadows. where they visited
Mr.. johnson g mother, and Boise. They
had very enjoyable time but found the
climate in Boise rather tropical and
crops no better elsewhere than on Camas
prairie. They made the return trip in
Grafton s machine, coming up the Sal
mon river road which they found in
very bad condition due to the spring
floods and trip filled with more or
less danger.
The Government needs Farmers as
we'll as Fighters Two million three
hundred thousand acres of Oregon and
California Railroad Co. Grant Lands.
Title revested in United States. To be
opened for homesteads and sale. Con
tanning some of best land left in United
States. Large Copyrighter Map, show.
ing land by sections and description of
soil, climate, rainfall, elevations, tenn
perature etc, by counties. Postpaid
One Dollar. Grant Lands Locating Co.
Box $40. Portland, Oregon. 6-12
f. L. Dufur, the manager of the Farm.
ers warehouse at Fem, was in the city
saturday on business and in converse
ton with the writer stated that while
the grain crop would not be up to normal
conditions were better than had been
expected and there will be considerable
of wheat harvest out his way. The
Fem district is great grain producing
section and usually closes the harvest
with the warehouses over-flowing but
this year has struck that section as well
as others and as a result of the drought
there will be reduced WELD
Tuesday morning group of people at
the depot expecting to say good by to
Albert Guthrie and Neil Erskine were
to find that they could not 90
for another day. On account of a mis-
take in the railroad tickets sent to the
boys the railroad would not accent them.
The tickets were made out over the N.
7. and only the Union Pacific runs to
Garfield where they were ordered to re-
port. Mrs. Erskine who was present
that the crowd celebrate the
day with picnic at the foot hills
agreed and arrangements
were made with Pap Jarvis Mt once 70
The use of his auto buss The party in
GUIDED Marjorie Foster, Genevive Fos-
ter, Clara Pope, Helen Erskine. Esther
Fletcher, Esther Kerlee, Helen Guthrie,
Mrs. Fred Erskine, Mrs. Page Guthrie,
Albert Guthrie and Neil Erskine.
For rent-ERctric Vacuum cleaner.
5 90 per day. Phone 611. 41-tf
Roy Manning, who recently came
vest from Chicago, left yesterday morn
ng for the Windy City where he will
inter the baking experiment room of
he Quaker Oats people, having accepted
very lucrative position While Roy
likes the west he decided the East of. |
'ers more in the way of opportunities |
or advancement than the west and |
therefore, decided to return.