The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-03-08

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tore building Of Charley VIII
Inc .h;S week being fitted up by the
son = and Il. J. Nichols, preparatory
owhe .oning up confectionery store,
70 ~ ! hickey apartment and pool room
IN the rear.
,.or has 1t that Alfred Ketten-
hhiI Trank McGrane and A. L. DON
paen' will begin the construction OF
aiuso store building on the old Freid-
ns Len corner In the very near future,
ehl'on onduct a business similar to the
anu company I'm Grangeville. While
=. @ort cannot be verified one thing
tnestein that with new bank coming
u ,naiI order house to be opened
u, -, the Felt company OF Nezperce,
UP ~ light and power plant with
= 4n-date water system to be Installed
uP spacious warehouse In course
svoa a,,nstruction by j. L. Addison and
o. ~ If other enterprises to be launch
a Whitebird is certainly getting on
~ man Well, we have lived in
, .st universe all by ourselves for
, ILL., time. and it begins to look like
,sa we're crawling out of our hiberna-
tons.
nv order of the fourth assistant
,,ostmaster general, the civil service
ppysminations for the position of local
ssa-t,oa ster will be held in Whitebird
ggaturday instead of Grangeville as
'ssavionsly announced. Those who will
tata the examination so far as known
are: M. A. Roos, Peter Vanderburg,
Mrs Jennie Wright, Mrs. Emma Hol-
don Ralph BrocEman and Allen o.
Iass A sigh of relief will be felt
here when the appointment is made
Nv the department, as the scramble for
the lob has resolved itself into costic
personalities.
p C. Brown, the Grangeville carpen-
Tor and a former resident of Salmon
river country came down on Sundays
stage to perform the task of remodel
ing the Hurley building which will be
used by the Whitebird state bank.
phi is a first class artizan in every
resnect. and his accomplishments are
90 we'll known by Whitebird people
that. when a nifty job is to be done
his services are considered indispensa-
Bile. Mr.. Brown has purchased a brand
new Tin Lizzie" of the Ford type,
and SAYS he intended driving the car
to Whitebird, but did not feel he had
religion enough to cross the divide
without swearing.
Miss Jennie Lyons who has been
attending school in Tacoma for several
months has returned to Whitebird and
is now at the home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charley Lyons.
Foss Richardson, an honored pio-
neer of Whitebird who left the coun-
try several months ago for New Mead
ows has returned, and is visiting at
the home of the A. ID. Berry family.
William McCloud returned this week
from a ten days visit with friends at
Higgins
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Kidder came down
from their home on Doumecq this week
and went directly to the ranch of DIR.
w. A. Foskett ON Skookumchuck where
they have accepted employment. Mr..
Kidder win be employed around the
ranch and saw mill, and Mrs. Kidder
will do the cooking for the crew.
VIII Rookie OF Snake river country is
registered at the Whitebird hotel, hay
ing come down to attend to some bust
ness matters.
Considerable grief is being expert
4 enced these days by freighters and
stage men in driving over the roads
as they have become almost impassa
BILE by reason of the bad weather 1t is
4 reported that the snow is drifted to O
4 depth of fifteen feet on the summit
between Whitebird and Grangeville
and when the drifts begin to break III
II is expected that traffic will have t.
be temporarily suspended, at least witt
heavy conveyances. ]. Loyal AdkisOI
reports that the road between White
bird and Boles is the worst he has
ever seen it.
Ellis Harness the Slate creek cattl,
man was in town Monday, having com,
s down to purchase several tons of chop
pea grain to feed his cattle instead o.
nay, the latter commodity having run
out Sunday. Chopped barley is sell
ing Tor 1915 per 100 pounds at thu
present time, and hay, well, a fellow
mad better not mention that subject "A
al Tor he might be subjected to bodil.
injury.
Miss Elva Berry Is suffering from
oadiy sprained ankle, the result o
stepping thru an opening in White
plrds dilapidated sidewalks. We hop
nopody Will say we are. knocking tn
.own when we assert, that if Their
another burg in Idaho that has side
Walks as rickety and shabby LOOKING
as Whitebird we have never seen II
ane town not being Incorporated an
sserything running at large, the horse
mpss cattle and sheep have the sam
,iperties on the sidewalks as huma
selngs, and travel there as much a
'ney do in the middle of the streets.