Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-07-19

v. r. Jenkins was stage passenger
from Whitebird to Lucille Tuesday.
L. .. McCune a rancher from ,Josepb
was transacting business here Monday.
Ed Robie brought in nine head of
mules and sold them Tor nine hundred
dollars to w. IL. McWilliams.
commissioner j. o. Rhoades passed
through White Bird Friday enroute from
urangeville to his home at Pollock.
MISS Alice Gully accompanied her
brother Perez up the river Sunday. She
Is the guest of Miss Melva Gill at the
Gill ranch.
MISS Alice Wilson from Pittsburp is
here nursing her sister Mrs. 8. N. Robin.
son. We made a mistake last week in
reporting the arrival of boy at the
Robinson home. 1t is girl instead.
A. r. Calvin has purchased "The
Village Blacksmith shop from w. G.
Hill and has taken charge of it. He
solicits your patronage. He is an ex-
perienced blacksmith and will endeavor
to give you satisfaction.
U. s. Land Commissioner G. J. WRIGHT
has been kept busy this week hearing
final proofs. Those making proof were
Miss Melva Gill, VIM. E. Stockdale.
Francis A. Cox all of White Bird. Gnst
Heating and John 7. higgins of Rig
gins.
Mel Cooper who was in this country
some six years ago returned to White
Bird last week. He has been in New
| Mexico during his absence and made
the return trip in his Ford. He went to
Lewiston from here but expects to re-
turn later.
Enoch Christensen and son, Kenneth
from Joseph passed through here Friday
enroute to Fem with fine bunch of
fat hogs. Some of them averaged 400
lbs. apiece. Mr.. Cristianson is well
known and prosperous rancher of the
Joseph country.
There have been two saw mills pass
| through White Bird enroute to the
Joseph country this month. One of
them belonged to Mr.. Peters and the
| other to w. Jones and Mr. McCullen. 1t
looks like there will be some building
done in that section of the country.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Wyatt and little
| daughter, Margaret are visiting this
week at the j. w. Crooks home. Mr..
Wyatt is a prominent rancher of the Sal
mon river country. He reports that
| the crop indications there are not very
promising on account of the dry
weather,
w. III. McWilliams from Caldwell,
Idaho was in town Tuesday buying
horses and mules for the Caldwell Horse
e Mule Co. He bought several head
from Ed ROBBIE, Geo. Behean and several
others. He paid good prices for the
horses. There are a good many fine
horses in this section.
Mr.. Layton has hundred acres of
| grain, (barley and OATS which measured
around four feet and half in height
| in the field and it has well filled heads.
Mr.. Layton got his crop in early and
the grain was well started before the
drought set in. 1t is one of the best
fields of grain on the river.
John Hokenson one of the well known
Salmon river ranchers passed through
here Friday enroute to Fem with ear
load of fat cattle, also sixty head of
hogs that he will ship to Spokane. He
also had another ear load of cattle at
Fem. Mr.. Hokenson is a progressive
rancher of this section and has extensive
holdings on the river.
M. f. Lewis, Phil Soulen, Harry
Soulen and Frank Stanton passed
| through here Thursday enroute from
Moscow to Emmett Idaho to look after
| land interests there. They were max
| ing the trip in a car and spent one
night in White Bird. They were old
acauaintances of w. X. Armour of the
White Bird State Bank.