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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-01-11
THE new OFFICERS
TAKE THE OATH
AND IN CHARGE
"INAUGURATION' HELD MON
DAY AND MARKED BY DEMO
CRATIC SIMPLICITY.
eleven OFFICERS TAKE OATH
Board Busy and Business Going on as
Usual-Deputies Take Oath
in the Afternoon.

The Inauguration of Idaho county s
Officers took place Monday of this
week and was marked by democratic
simplicity and why not with maio-
rity of them of the democratic party,
there being eight out of the eleven
taking office of that political belief?
The first to take the oath were the
commissioners, Dale Clark from the
first district; John d. Long from the
second district and j. 0. Rhoades from
the third. These three gentlemen were
sworn In by the county auditor at
little after ten in the morning Then
followed the swearing in by the Chair
man Of the board, John ID. Long being
elected to this position, of the other
Officers who were sworn in as a bunch:
Lafayette h. Yates, sheriff; Jerome A.
Bradbury, treasurer; Wilbur l.. Camp
bell, probate judge; John j. Staley,
superintendent of schools; Calvin
Hazelbaker, assessor; Marsh w. Brown,
surveyor and Edward M. Griffith,
county attorney. George Trenary, the
newly elected coroner, did not arrive
until four inAthe afternoon at which
time he was given the oath of office.
The new officers Immediately took
charge of affairs, those who were re-
elected simply retiring to their offices
and enjoying this an act of the ap-
provement of their work in the past as
expressed by the people last November
The newly elected took right a hold of
things and business went on as usual.
The deputies, Mesdames White and
Derrig, Miss Toye, George Martin, Tim
Quinlan and William Eller, were sworn
in later in the 1ay
The new board is now busily engag-
ed with the unusual amount of bust
ness that comes up with the first of
every year and especially following an
election and will be in session for a
number of days. There are number
of important matters to come up before
them at this session.
The officers are all busily engaged
arranging for the proper handling of
their respective offices and preparing
to put in practice new methods, etc
with the idea of running the affairs
of the county on what they consider
the best basis insofar as it affects the
particular department which they are
in charge Of
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-01-11
THANK YOU.

} The Moscow Star Mirror, the
only daily between Lewiston and
Spokane, may be leased to l.. F.
Parsons, of the same town, by its
present publisher, S. +. Hutton.
The Star-Mirror was far better
paper than its support justified
and was fairly rotten at that.
Under various arrangements it
was the same, Moscow, like most
college towns, is dead from its
hair-part to its shoeshine. 1t has
| little town pride, no enterprise
and less energy. 1t is dominated
by its college, which is small
affair as colleges go, and what
organized work its people do is
for the college, not for the ex-
tension of the town s influence
and trade with the surrounding
territory.
J In addition to that Moscow has
plague of politics. Many of
| its citizens are perennial candi-
dates and all the rest back or
fight some one or other of them.
The result is that unity and
harmony are lost
The Star Mirror has been un-
able to keep out of the shindy--
perhaps it did not want to-and
has suffered.
With Moscow what it, is all it
can expect is a really good
weekly, such as the Grangeville
Free Press, which, so far as the
Sentinel observes is the best
, paper in the state, all things
considered. But the daily bug
, dies hard; probably the Star
} Mirror plant will be leased and
sold and traded for years as one
hopeful publisher after another
takes up the burden.-Elk River
Sentinel.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-01-11
DEATH OF VIM. NC LEAN.

The death of William M. Mclean, a
well-known Idaho county pioneer who
has been a resident of the White Bird
section for the past twenty years, oc-
cured Wednesday morning at the home
OF Floyd Church in the Tolo section
! where he has been living since last
fall Funeral services were held at
home of his brother, John Mclean of
this city, today, the funeral being in
charge of Director Hancock. Deceased
was born in Indiana in 1882, coming
west when 10 years old and taking up
his residence in Oregon. Later he went
to California where he followed mining
and returning again to the Northwest
where he took an active part in the
Indian wars. In 1879 he came to Idaho
county where he has since resided He
was fine type of the early pioneer
and man with host of friends. He
is survived by sister, Mrs Lucas, who
resides in Grangeville and two brothers,
Henry and John.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-01-11
LAND SALES IN NORTH OFF.
Action Taken as Result Of Protest on
the Part of State Auditor Van Deusen

The big land sales advertised for
northern Idaho have been called off.
The lands will be re-appraised and a
sale will be advertised to take place
some time in June in the counties of
kootenai, Benewah, Nez Perce, Clear
water and Idaho. The state land board
authorized the withdrawal of the sale
after State Auditor Van Deusen made
a vigorous protest against it taking
place as advertised. He declared he
was not going to have "gold brick -
handed to either the state or himself.
The board authorized Commissioner
Smoot to prepare the dates for the
sale in June, starting with Kootenai
county on the third Saturday. The
board also directed that legal adver-
tisements in newspapers in the future
occupy no more space than it abso-
lutely necessary and that they be set
according to and in the type stipulated
by the statute.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-01-11
VIM. Martin KILLED
YOUNG MAN IN
COLD BLOOD
MARTIN RESIDED IN SALMON
RIVER COUNTRY UNTIL 1918
WHEN ADJUDGED INSANE
TRAGEDYNEARCOLWLLE,WN
Victim Young Married Man-Martin
Believed to Have Done Deed in
Fit of Insanity.

Sheriff Yates received II telegram
the first of the week from the sheriff
at Colville, Washington stating that
William Martin, a former resident of
this county, had killed man in cold
blood near that town ON Sunday night
Martin resided in the Salmon river
country for a number of years and was
examined in Grangeville, November
1913 and ordered committed to the
Orofino institution at that time. He
was violently insane at that time and
considered a dangerous man. Since
then the Idaho county authorities have
not heard from him and do not know
if he was discharged or escaped. A
Colville dispatch gives the following
details of the tragedy:
Golville, WASH, Jan. 8.-Victor May,
age 28, was shot through the right
breast and instantly killed last night
by w. H. Martin, age 60, at The Mar
tin cabin two miles north of town.
Martin walked to the home of G. B.
Steiner and gave himself up to Steiner
and Charles Constance, who took him
to the county Jail and delivered him
to Sheriff William Miller.
Martin had been for the last year
cutting wood for Ambrose May, the
father of Victor, and SO far as known
the best of feeling existed between all
parties. Young May left his wife and
two small children, girls and years
of age, at home, going to Martin s
cabin for some medicine. for which Mrs.
May had sent Martin to town. Martin
shot III the dark when May entered his
door. When William Miller went to
Victor Mays home early today in
search of evidence regarding the shoot
ing he found the young wife still
sitting up waiting for her husband,
oblivious of the fact that he had been
dead for several hours within a few
hundred yards of his home.
May was born at steel City, Neb.,
and moved here W.. ais parents IL
years ago and was engaged with his
father in cement and brick contracting.
Besides his parents he leaves three
brothers, John, Leo and Carl. His
widow was formerly Miss Olive Gilleo.
Martin is native of Springfield,
Ill. and a bachelor. He came here 16
months ago from Orofino, Idaho, where
he is said to have been committed to
the state hospital for the insane from
White Bird, Idaho, where he had been
engaged for some years in mining. He
was educated in Denver, COL, and was
engaged there in mining for many
years. Mystery snrouds the case.
1t is said Martin shot May in fit
Of insanity.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-01-11
TAKE CONTRIBUTION FOR BEL
CLAN CHILDREN.

Rev. Fr. Zuur of the Catholic church
has received an appeal from the bishop
for help for the suffering children of
Belgium, and being absent at Winehes-
ter on Sunday the 14th, at which time
he is requested to make the announce.
ment of the collection for the follow
ing Sunday, January 81, he is making
the announcement through the press.
This appeal is made to all Christian
people and to the public in general.
Those who are willing to extend aid
and assistance to those little sufferers
in. foreign land will hand or send
their offering TO FIR. Zuur any time be-
tween this and the 2lst. The letter
says in part:
Zone of the saddest, most heart-rend-
ing consequences of the present terrible
conflict in Europe is the pitiable situa-
tion of numerous little children, who
for more than two years have been suf-
fering from the lack of proper nourish-
ment.
Wishing you to come to the aid of
these starving little ones, the Holy
Father has not only headed a sub
scription list for their relief with a
generous donation of 10000 lire, but
also has sent most sympathetic APP
peal for help to the people of the
United States. Your generous help
given TO these starving little children
shall be the best expression of your
gratitude to God for the peace and
plenty you and your children are en-
ioying in your privileged country. 1t
shall at the same time render you
worthy of continued heavenly bless
ings.'
The list has been started with con.
tribution of $500.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-01-11
NO MAILS UNLESS ROADS ARE
BROKEN

The postoffice department adopted a
policy several years ago that patrons of
the postoffice department living along
rural mail routes must "break the
roads, or go without mail, and since
the heavy snowfall rural mail carriers
are complaining that number of
partons along their routes are making
no effort to make their boxes accessible.
The result is that the carriers find
themselves "stalled'' in the snow in
trying to give satisfactory service, and
as their rigs are of the very highest
construction it is impossible for them
to break the way TO the mail boxes
without tearing their eonveyances to
pieces. They are instructed to abandon
efforts to deliver mail where no in
dication has been shown on the part
of patrons to assist.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-01-11
MCLEAN BUSINESS BLOCK SOLD.
;. E. Edmundson Purchased at SO, 300
Lenghten the Lyric.

The Mclean block, located on the
'outh side of main street and consist
ng of two business rooms, 25 by 20
|eet each and basement under the
Pntlre block, was sold today by Mrs.
sofa Mclean, the owner, to Ted Ed
nandson of the Lyric, the purchase
prlee being $4,000. The location is an
zeal one and the block among the most
lesirable in town. Mr.. Edmundson in
ofms US he will beoin work Just as
|ooh as the weather permits to lenghten
me room he now occupies, on the south.
T. feet, this giving him a room 25 by
. ana permitting ample seating room
VI ms theatre which has been too
|l.ali man TO accommodate the people now
Intending the show.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-01-11
TO BUILD new DAM
AT POWER PLANT
ON S0UTHFORK
GRANGEvILLE LIGHT & POWER
CO. PREPARING FOR NEW DAM
AT THEIR LOCAL PLANT.
IMPROVEMENT COST $4,000
Take Water Fifteen Feet From Surface
and Carry in Iron Pipe Eliminating
Present Troubles.

through improvements contemplated
by the Grangeville Light & Power Co.,
and Which are sure to be made, the
trouble from slides aNd ice which has
been source of very much grief to the
company and consumer for years, will
be overcome and another winter the
public can look forward to continuity
of service.
The great trouble the local company
has had has been from slides which
would occur in the spring and during
the winter and take sections of the
flume out. Then when extremely cold
weather. set in ice would form and
cause more or less trouble.
The company has worked on some
method for the past several years to
overcome the cause and has finally
decided to build dam half mile be-
low the present site and take the water
from the same in large iron pipe and
at point fifteen feet below the sur
face where the water will always be
several degrees above freezing. Sound
ings are now being made for location
which will be near the point where the
first dam was put in years ago and
later abandoned.
1t is the purpose of the company to
put in D concrete dam which will cost
in the neighborhood of 100000 and
which will develop 10000 horse power,
much more than is now required but
will meet future requirements what
ever they may be. The flume and
ditch now used from the old dam to the
plant will be eliminated and the water
carried the 1900 feet to the plant in
large iron pipes. Work will begin
early in the spring and it is hoped will
be completed by early fall.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-01-11
GOLD & CHECKS ARE
FOUND ALL over
LAND OFFICE
NEW LAND BOARD FINDS $4,000
TO $4,000 OF MONEY LAYING
AROUND CARELESSLY.
CARELESSNESS AND WASTE
Money Wasted in Books Never Used
New Board Has Plans for Remedy
ing Chaotic Condition.

Gold placed in drawers, silver in
desks and undeposited checks in books
. to the amount of from $4,000 to $1S,-
f loco has been located in the state land
department and all of the money will
F be placed on deposit forthwith. Lack
of system, for which no one in par
ticular is charged with the respon-
sibility, is said to be the cause of so
much money on hand at any one time,
and for the way in which it was and
has been, it is said, for years, nan
Zdled in the land department. Most of
the money is from those seeking
Eleases of state lands or who have paid
BIN the amount due the state.
Due to the fact the leases had not
been checked up because of some con.
troversy or other the funds they were
held in the land department. There
has been but one leasing clerk in the
department, but no blame is attached
TO the clerk.
i Checks Held For Weeks.
In one book there were checks piled
h half inch high, some of which have
been held for weeks. In other de-
posists there was found gold and in
bthers silver.
To remedy the situation and not only
Ito check all funds, but to see that de-
posists are made daily, the officials
whu have taken charge of the land
department have already inaugurated
b cash system by which all funds daily
get to the treasurer. This system is
to be improved upon until such time
hs there will be thorough and com
8plete check on all funds that pass
through the department. Many clerks
will be placed under bond.
There are in the old vault in the
state house annex many leather bound
fecord books of years standing cost.
Rng from $50 to $50 each which were
abandoned at various stages and dur
ing various administrations, in which
There is but the scratch of a pen
Otherwise these books are said to be
hs good as they were the day they were
purchased. In the same vault among
he unused and other books of value
because of the records they cout lin
there was a large bottle of sulphurir
fther which might have destroyed all
Pf the contents of the vault had it ever
been igpited.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-01-11
MAKING MANY ENTRIES.

The homestead act Is proving quite
popular with the homesteaders, some
thing over 10000 acres having been
applied for at the Lewiston land of
flee and from reports from other sec
tions of the state it is proving equally
popular. A number of Salmon river
people have made hurried trips to Lew
iston, in some respects the old rush of
days past being resembled. Many of
the river boys came out by the way of
Cottonwood and Winchester and took
the train for Lewiston when the news
was first announced.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-01-11
ROAR OF WHEELS
SPELLS WEALTH
IN GEM STATE
IDAHO FORCES AHEAD IN THE
MANY IMPORTANT LINES
OF INDUSTRY.
THE ACTIVITY IS STATEWIDE
New Enterprises Spring Into Life-old
Establishments Improved and En-
larged-optimism on Every Hand

Oregon Short Line puts in oper-
alton new automatic block signal sys-
tenn between McCammon and Cache
Junction, Utah.
Observation-Disclosures & st. Paul is
planning to start construction of new
line from Elk River to the North Fork.
Caldwell--Central warehouse to be
erected by Idaho Oregon Honey Pro
ducers association either here or at
Ontario, Oregon.
Emmett to have another planning mill
and box factory.
Lewiston = lewiston Charleston I'm.
provement Co. sells its electric power
plant and irrigation system to Wash
ington Idaho Water, Light & Power Co.
Plan Potash Plant.
Homedale-New Potash plant to be
constructed here.
Emmett-Boise-P -Payette Lumber Co.
lets contract for $4,000 log pond.
Utah Construction Co. reports com
pletion of three jobs for Oregon Short
Line; relaying track on Shoshone
branch, work on yards at jerome and
building industry trackover o. s. l..
lines at Hanson.
Lehmi county votes $150000 for good
roads.
pelier-Utah Power & Light Co.
| will have street lighting system in
stalled here soon.
Boise-$250, 900 bonus to be raised
in support of proposed Boise-to-Wells
railroad.
Big Flour Mill
Weiser-Milling & Elevator Co,
which recently completed 10000 bu.
concrete elevator decide to increase
capacity another 10000 bu. and erect
300 barrel roller mill.
Boise-Fruit evaporating industry
planned for Boise valley.
Hailey-North Star employing 200
men with 100000 monthly payroll has
several hundred tons of concentrates
ready to ship.
Standpoint will vote January II on
500, 900 bond issue for high school
Nampa-New mining corporation to
operate Demming Group in 0wyhee
county. Capital stock of $15,000,000.
Shipments of livestock and grain
from Caldwell during past II months
total 1856 carloads, showing marvellous
prosperity of Canyon county.
Shelly-.Jos. Adams, publisher of the
Pioneer says population of Shelly
has increased 25 per cent past year.
Utah-Idaho Sugar Co. has begun cree.
tion of 81 100000 factory.
Gross lead production of Occur d
Alene mines this year will exceed that
of 1915 and will aggregate more than
350,000,000 pounds, with 13,100,-
900 ounces of silver.
Nezperce plans sewerage system to
cost about $4,000.
Caldwell-Milling & Elevator Co. to
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-01-11
ISAAC GREENBURG DEAD.
'oro Is Received by His Brother at
Moscow, Idaho.

moscow, January 9.--Daniel Green
,urg today received word of the
|, In M OF his brother, Isaac Greenburg,
h;jit NV aork. The deceased spent his
- @r'anood IN Mt. Idaho and at Lewis
Sa' me latter city being the home of
II na..y ia.mily for many years.
.os;t;l Gsniel Greenburg. has resigned his
s.1lon Ets as city editor of the Daily
,aa.Mlrror ,aa and will go to Wallace to
r.s'se IN newspaper work there.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-01-11
TRIP OVER HIGHWAY ROUTE
P.as .a commission to Leave Weiser fo,
'-0 Sortn About the Middle of Jan.

oro melser, Jan. s.-Following a visit
Efae,. E recently by w. A. Brohead, of
asAay' aa member of the state high.
~ commission, E. A. Van, Siekiin.
r;u io ol Il The commission, is arranging a
[va; W. Tor the commissioners. to leave
Ia si ae by automobile about the mid
E;s;to lhis month to make a personal
ISL throughout Adams county rela.
Ehila Inc north and south highway.
he We mere Mr.. Brodhead inspected
: 4tweon oaA =, OF graveling, now being done
he Welser and the Canyon county
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-01-11

The building and property the east
side of the fire station was purchased
this week by Earl s. Barton of the
Maxey estate, consideration not given.
The room will be used as a service
station by the Idaho Harvester Co.,
Mr.. Barton being the local representa-,
tive of that company in this territory.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-01-11
STORAGE ROOM.

SIUhAfb NUOM.
| have arranged the basement of my
store room for the storage of goods of
all kinds and am prepared to take the
very best of care of any and all goods
stored with me- The room is fire-proof,
dry and clean and | will assume all res
possibility for goods stored Charges
will be reasonable. Lingo Furniture
Exchange. 35-tf
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-01-11

bm oeft Giilman returned this week
All visit over on the Coast with
Bisbee daily review., 1917-01-30
MAE MURRAY PLAYS
 IN THE BIG SISTER" AT CENTRAL THEATRE
Paramount-Lasky Star Ship ped Across Country in Or der to Portray Role in Latest Paramount Release.

One frequently hears of motion pie ture producers sending their cOmpa- nies far and wide in order to get the desired atmosphere for a production, 1 but it is not often that q star is l brought across the continent for that purpose. Such. however, was the case with Mae Murray in the Famous Play CTS picture The Big Sister" for which Miss Murray journeyed from the Lasky studio in Hollywood, Cal. to the Fam ous Players establishment in New York City, where the picture was pro duced under the direction of John E.. O'Brien. It is the Paramount Picture at the Central theatre in Lowell to- night.
 The reason for this three thousand mile journey of Miss Murray's lay in the fact that The Big Sister, is a story of the slums of New York and nothing but the slums of the metro polls itself would be suitable for the picture. The change was made pos. sible by the merger Of the Famous Players and Lasky companies just prior to the acceptance of the script for Miss Murray.
 So it was that the girl who had made her first big reputation on
 Broadway came back to the Great l White way-but did not go on it. for her director kept her so busy that she hardly had time to think of seeing show. The Big Sister" is distinct | ly a drama. dealing as it does with
 the thrilling experiences of girl whose poverty places her in the pow CT of a notorious underworld charac-
 ter. This man. Nifty" Mendez. gets still stronger power over Betty when | he threatens to take her little brother Jimmy away from her if she does not do as he bids. This he can do be- cause of his political power which he possesses through working as stool pigeon for the police.
 So violent do the attentions of Nifty" become that the girl finally decides to flee the city with Jimmy in order ro escape from him. But Jimmy is injured by an automobile and through this accident Betty meets Rodney Charming. the wealthy owner
 of the motor car and that begins a new chapter in her life. But she has not escaped from Nifty nor has she forgotten another man who has sacri- | feed his liberty for her. It is in the | influence which each of these three has on her life that the dramatic in- terest of the story of 'The Big Sister, ' lies.
 Admirable acting by Miss Murray and the very capable cast which sup ports her adds materially to the in terest of the story. In the cast are Ida Darling, Harry C. Brown; J. Al bert Hall and Tammany Young.