Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-08-30

Ben Baker has received new clover
huller, unloading the machine Tuesday.
Mrs. L.. W. Barnes left yesterday for
Spokane after visiting her husband at
this place.
Ivan Brockman left for Winlock,
Washington, Thursday where he will do
electrical work.
Miss Rose McEntee and Miss Helen
Guthrie will begin term of school
at Mt. Idaho Monday.
H. j. Stevenson of Charleston arrived
J in the city Monday to visit his brother
John who is on the sick list.
Mrs. Gene Burlingame and family
will leave Sunday for Walla Walla
where they will spend the winter.
T. A. Long of Charleston, Wash. ar
rived in Grangevillc Monday TO look
after property interests and to attend
1 to other business while here
Hans Gilbertsen picked half a crate
of Strawberries this week, they being
from the vines of the Ever-Bearing
variety. Pretty soft, is it not to have
strawberries in August
| Miss Anne Ferrin left yesterday for
Anaconda, Mont. where she has posi-
tion as instructor in manual training In
/ the city schools, for the coming year.
She has been visiting Miss Margaret
Sweet.
w. J. Davis and wife left for Port
land Wednesday, making the trip for
the purpose of giving Mrs. Davis the
benefit of medical treatment in the
coast city. They will be gone several
weeks.
A. L. Thatcher returned to Winches
ter Wednesday after visiting at the j.
j. Eimers home. Mr.. Thatcher's small
brother, Ray, took the trip back to
Winchester after a prolonged stay in
Grangeville.
Nick Roberts and wife, Mrs. Ellen
Kiper, Louis Pendell, Cecil Rose and
Miss Elizabeth Turner, all of Mullan,
Idaho, left yesterday for home latter
visiting at the Ed Rose and w. A. Whit
man ranches across the river.
The many friends of Joe Brockman
will be glad to learn Of a great improve
ment in his condition with every as
surance of rapid decovery. Joe was
a mighty sick man and for while his
recovery was quite a serious matter.
Joe Ersch and family left this week
for an outing on the Clearwater, near
the power plant They were taken
down Sunday by A. Ecker who founo
the beauties of nature lost their charm
somewhat to a driver who was as in
experienced to mountain roads as was
Ecker.
J Bill Schmadcka is delivering some
mighty fine new potatoes around town
this week, apparently of the Early Rose
variety. We picked up three out of the
measure at the Wright Grocery the
other day which weighed two and a
quarter and they were as smooth skinned
as baby.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Wise received
word that their son Richard who is
connected with the firm of Davis &
Wise Harness shop of Monroe, Oregon,
would probably lose the sight of one of
his eyes. He was unloading cord wood
and was so unfortunate as to get splin-
ter through the eyeball and the doctor
holds out no hope OF saving the member.
It,has been reported that several of
the Idaho county soldier boys have been
married recently but investigation re.
duees the number of weddings from ten
to three. Those who have entered we'd
ded bliss are Sergeant Roy Gillett who
married Miss Caroline Gillette of
Boise; Corporal Orwell Kendall married
a Pullman young lady while Ernest De-
Haven married Boise girl, going to
Salt Lake on a wedding trip.
Attorney. Bert Anger returned the
first of the week from a week. trip in
Northern Idaho, visiting Kellogg where
he attended Masonic meeting and was
given some Masonic degrees at IL
o clock at night, 2 miles from the mouth
of one of the tunnels of the famous
Bunker Hill and Sullivan mine. He
visited Occur d Alene city and num-
Der of summer resorts of the lake region
of Northern Idaho while away and had
a most enjoyable time.
f. Z. Poindexter and j. w. Travis are
two well drillers in from Spokane look
ing after the well drilling business in
this part of the country. They came
over from the Washington city in a car
and had little smashup the other side
of Winchester. With the owner of
dHOtuoT Car tHtH were DOUBLING uD q
hill. Mr.. Travis left his machine
stand on level place with the engine
in motion and went back to help his
friend. Returning later to where he
had left his car he found il bottom
side up at the bottom of a ravine. But
after righting it the little Ford started
chugging right ahead and the only dam
age was broken top. Another accident
caused them to leave their ear at Cot.
tonwood.
Ray McKaig, in charge of the organi-
cation of the Non-Partisan League in
the Northwestern states, was visitor
in this city the first of the week in
company with Riley Rice of Cottonwood
and Mr.. Thompson who are explaining
the league and its objects to the farm
ers of the prairie. Mr.. McKaig states
the work in Idaho is proving satisfac
tory, something like SO organizers being
in the field of the state and a dozen
more will soon be added. He states 81
per cent of the farmers seen have Joined
a.