Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-02-22

Mr.. and Mrs. F. j. Fassnacht of
Grangeville are guests at Hotel Port.
land, Portland, Oregon.
Stop at t Idaho Rooming House.
Nice, clean rooms at reasonable prices.
Mrs. N. L. rroughman. 17-tf
Mrs. William Mulhall, who has been
visiting since last August in New York
City and other Eastern points, returned
last week.
M. l.. Hastings, the we'll known
breeder of white face cattle, was in the
city the first of the week looking after
some business matters.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. A. Anderson left
Monday for Portland where Mrs. An
derson will enter a sanitarium for
| treatment, the condition of her health
not having been the best of late.
A bill has been introduced in the
Legislature to make it unlawful to manu-
facture or sell cigarettes in the state of
Idaho. Well there still remain the
Jimmy pipes and Hoot Owl cigars.
We bought them at our own price and
will sell them accordingly, we refer to
the big stock of standard pianos we re-
Gently took over from the local music
house. Clark Music Co., Imperial Hotel
block. 1872
E. w. Oliver returned Friday night
from Lewiston and other outside points
where he has been consulting with
specialists regarding his health and his
many friends here will be glad to learn
he returns greatly improved.
B. F. Taylor of the Boles section was
IN the city the first of the week looking
after business matters. He brought his
son, Stillman, out from the river Sec
ton, the young man taking the train at
Cottonwood on his way to Wyoming.
Atty. J. M. Gilmore came up from
Spokane the first of the week and
| spent several days in business way.
tie states he is well pleased with Lewis
ton as business point and likes the
city as place of residence as we'll
1t is rumored that an organization of
prominent Idaho county cattlemen is
being formed with the object of taking
over large ranch in eastern Montana
and the deal involves better than a
hundred thousand dollars. We hope to
be able to give further particulars at
later date.
R. E. Moses, forest ranger with a
station in the Red river section, came
out this week to confer with the Mis-
soula Officials who were here the first
of the week. He states since the first
of November a snow fall of IL feet has
occurred and at the present the depth
is AZ inches on the level
| In the case of James McKinnon VS..
the Black Pine Mining Co., an action
in which the plaintiff asked for dam
ages and also an order to require the
defendant company to remove dam,
which was heard last week, the court
decided in favor of the defendant com
pany. Wallace N. Scales appeared for
the defendant and Attorneys Hardy and
Ailshie for, the plaintiff.
: We note by Weiser papers that Rev
Bush, who was formerly the Episcopal
minister here but who is now located at
Weiser, has recently been elected 8
member of the governing board If the
commercial club of that city. While
here he was quite active as community
builder and will prove an excellent
member of the governing board of the
commercial club of on. city to the
south.
The bill creating Valley county has
! pdsScu bObu HOubtb now OILY awaits
the signature of Governor Alexander
who will probably sign the same. The
new county is created out of the north
ern portion of Boise county and the
southern portion of Idaho county, TAX
ing in big strip of Idaho county ter
ritory south of the Salmon river.
Cascade is named as the county seat of
the new county.
William Schmadeka is in receipt of
letter from his son, Edmund, who with
Mrs. Schmadeka, are spending the win
ter in the Coast city, in which he states
potatoes are selling at seventy dollars
ton over there and it is freely pre-
dicted by the commission men that the
price will reach hundred dollars ton
before the new crop is on the market.
As Mr.. Schmadeka has three to four
tons of choice tubers such raise in
prices is mighty pleasant news to him.