Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-02-01
News Notes from White Bird, Joseph,
higgins, Lucille, Garfield, Ptttsburg and
other points of interest.

visitor in town.
Miss Blanch Wyatt was Tuesday
shopper in White Bird.
Henry and Nelse Nelson were Tues
day business visitors in town.
John Jackson of Boles was here Sat
urday as witness in land deal
Fred Bedford is confined to his home
across Salmon river with the la grippe.
Mrs. s. A. Short of higgins was in
our little city last week making land
filing.
Joseph Alkire came down from Lucille
Friday and took in the I. G. 8. dance
Friday night.
Geo. Philbrick, a rancher from the
ridge was transacting business in White
Bird Wednesday.
Gus Wickman of Slate Creek was
trading with local merchants here Fri
day AID Saturday.
Mrs. F. 2. Taylor, who has been ill
the past week with neuralgia, is re-
ported to be better.
L. w. Wilcox, mining man, came in
from the outside Tuesday and went to
Bear Creek, where he will mine.
G. E. Holt of the firm of holt &
Rhoades came in Thursday from Goff
and left for two weeks stay outside.
Miss Esther Taylor of Boles attended
the dance Friday night and was the
guest o. Mr.. and Mrs. Emmett Jones.
R. G. Scott is assisting at the res
taurant this week. Mrs. Galloway, the
proprietress is suffering an attack of
la grippe.
Geo. V. Ring, forest supervisor was
here a short time Tuesday from Grange
wi 10 loft hn
the river
Mr.. and Mrs. Rus Rice, Miss Harrah
and Messrs Ellis Harness and Clark
LYDIA were down from Slate creek Fri
day night for the dance
j. l.. Springfield of Browning,
Mont, who represents the Portland
and left for the F. E. Wyatt ranch.
Herman Grimmer and John Schming-
Ter came in from the county seat last
on land business. They left Thursday
for the outside.
J. L. Curtis. who has been employed
at the G. J. Hall ranch, was the guest
of his brother j. W. Curtis the first of
the week. He left Tuesday for his
ranch near higgins.
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day going. from Grangeville to John
Day where she is employed at the Henry
Elfers home. She has been outside
visiting hor son and daughter.
Ira Petty from Butte, Mont, and G
F. Haywood, of Portland, Oregon, who
have been prospecting on Snake river
for the past several weeks were iii town
Wednesday and left for outside points
G. B. Robertson, who recently dis
posed of his ranch on the Oregon side
was here Thursday with the remainder
of his horses which he was taking tt
the Nezperce country, where he is nov
located.
The following people from Slate
Creek and vicinity were among thu
dancers here Friday night: Messrs an,
Mesdames C. Fl. Hurst, j. NJ. Hador,
and Jack Large, Messrs. Robt. Gill an'
J. johnson.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. o. Rhoades wer,
guests at the Geo. Behean home Tues
day while enroute to their home a
Pollock. Geo. Smith of Grangevill
making the trip through from Grange
vile with them.
Rev. j. s. Anderson begun a serie
of meetings last Sunday evening whic
are being conducted at the local church
!, DR.. Warner was to have assisted at tn
, meetings but was detained at Nezperc
by the heavy SHOWS.
County Surveyor Marsh w. Brow
| was in town Wednesday last, enroute t
i. Lucille where he surveyed for the neV
bridge which will cross Salmon rive
at that place. He returned to tn
( county seat the last of the week.
/ The dance which the Doumecq peopl
! have been planning for the benefit Q
: their Fourth of July celebration ha
been postponed from the night of Eel
!, ond until Feb. 9th, because of the heav
0 SHOWS and disagreeable weather on tn
}, plains.
{ Charlie Cammack came in Sunda
from Newsome Creek in the Ten Mi
g district where he has been working II
r some time past in the mines for Smit
r Bros. He filed an addition to h
r homestead which is located near Rigglr
Hot Springs.
e w. q. McDougal from the Joseph Sc
d tion was transacting land business
It White Bird Tuesday. Mrs. McDoug
J. is postmistress at the Joseph postoffl'
Land saws there is #. and 10 inches
e snow on the Joseph where it is NJ
r drifted. Who can beat itf
: Mr.. and Mrs. B. M. Ripley and 50
'c Jesse were Thursday shoppers in Viii
e BIRD. They made the trip down in
SLEIGH and were just fifty minutes eoi
2 ing down. Mrs. Ripley says as iol
i. as they have lived on the plains this
It her first trip to White Bird in Sled
'e Frank Dunlap, cousin of Ray Cha,
1t berlain is here from Seattle, was
locating a homestead. Mr.. Dunl
,e saws it took him five days to make 7
he trip from Seattle to GranGeville..
r. snow being feet deep ir places Ill
ID mountains and which was the cause
IN such LENGTHY trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emmett Jones emu
"a tanned al few friends at their MOI
IN north of town the first of the week
As honor of Miss Vesta Napean, Mess
/, rro-, and ReUpia NaDP: