The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-01-04
Salmon River News
By ALLEN O. HESS, Special Representative


stitute for the water power have
frozen up and until these are thawed
out it will be necessary to resort to
the KEROSENE tank.
In attempting to drive down the
Baker gulch hill with big load of
wood the sled box slid off the bunkers
on a steep pitch and the Globe man
took n complete header No serious
injury resulted but we left our outfit
on the side of the grade for the
winter.
Miss Effie Taylor left the city on
Mondays stage for Grangeville, and
will travel on to Nez Perez where she
has accepted a position.
Who Cares For Expenses.
If reports circulating around White
Bird are true-and there is reason to
believe they are, the convict camp oper-
ating at the mouth of White Bird
creek, has been humdinger for econ
omy. When the paraphernolia was be-
ing removed this week between fifty
and sixty pairs of nalf worn shoes,
several dozen suits of serviceable I'M
derwear, coats, caps, etc, galore were
found scattered about the place, suf-
ficient to stock up good sized second
/
the extravaganza and wastefulness of
this outfit, so long as the state pays
| the bills with the tax payers money.
John Haydorn, of the Deer creek
country came down Monday evening
bringing big crowd of neighbors with
him, the entire contingent taking in
the masquerade ball.
A good deal of petty thieying has
been going on around town lately. and
the cellars and wood piles of the COM
munity have been visited with provok-
ing frequency. A first class charge
of buck shot implanted into the diverse
side of these sneak thieves anatomy,
might inculcate a much needed intui-
ton.
W. o. Mock a leading business man
of the Fem country drove down Mon
day and took in the masquerade ball
in the evening He was accompanied
by Mrs. Oscar Holbrook.
! Regular Parole ViOlatOr.
Stanley Henry, who was reported In
last weeks papers to have forged a
check on local business man has been
unprecedented in Montana, and will be
returned to the penitentiary at Boise
Happy" as the convict styled himself
!. was sent up seven years ago for grand
, larceny, and given a maximum sen
tence of IA years This is the third
parole, which Happy" has knocked
into something resembling a cooked
hat
Successful Masque Ball.
!. The masquerade ball given at Cones
: hall Monday evening under the manage
ment of Tweedy & Harrison is reported
, to have been one of the most sue
. cessful affairs of the kind ever giver
in White Bird. Almost the entire popu
! lation of the town were represented II
the crowd, either as costumed dancers
/ or interested spectators. Nearly sixt!
tickets were sold by the management
including the dance and supper at $:
, per couple. Music was furnished b!
Jim McEvers, Carl Ashby and thu
! Misses Blanche Mcdonald and Berry
r Mrs. Clark Jillson gave the supper il
, her usual partisan style. Mrs. Pear
Crooks, and Mr.. and Mrs. Hearst re
ceiyed the prizes for best costumes
1 The next big blow out White Bird 50
e ciety contemplates is the stockmen'
r ball in February.
5 The Rev. j. S. Anderson, left for tn
Doumecq country Tuesday mornin
S where he will conduct q series of It
< vival meetings. He will occupy tn
: pulpit of the White Bird church mex
Sunday evening as usual.
l q. J. Wright this week disposed Q
: the last of his cattle herd to Ole JOIN
S son of Joseph.
t Some practical benefits are bein
o derived from the long spell of winte
weather, as the ice on the ponds Ia
J. frozen to a depth of five or six inches
s j. b. Berry has a crew of men takin
]. the thick crust off his pond this weel
e and has packed away several tons {
e the frozen liquid into his ice hous
Another crew of men are cleaning til
f pond of Edward Smith, and the tow
s is assured of abundance of the cryst;
p for useful purposes next summer.
e +. II. Taylor who recently purchase
= the White Bird hotel, is contemplatin