Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-02-01
Country lard wanted at the City Meat
Market lo-d

BOISE since the conVenlnB OF the icBis
lature, is expected home Friday night.
Donald David, advance man for the
University Glee Club, is in the city to-
day arranging for the appearance Of
that well known college musical organ
ization at date in the near future.
Tom Crossley of the forest service,
will leave the fifth of next month for
Missoula, Montana where he will spend
two months attending the rangers
conference which meets there on that
date.
Charles Campbell of the Fisher Placer
Co., who has been spending several
friends and looking after business mat
tiers, returned to Grangeville the first
of the week.
Mrs. Dave Sasenbery will leave with
in the next few days for Soap Lake,
Washington, where she will join her
husband who is taking treatment up
there for an attack of rheumatism from
which he is suffering.
Mrs. f. j. Bennett of Denver has
leased the Bibby house of Wilkins g.
Lamm and will take possession of the
same shortly, living in the city until
the close of the school year so as to give
the children the advantages of our ex-
cellent schools.
Train is tied up again today and all
available men are being secured in
town to shovel out the cuts. The pay
is forty cents an hour and it looks as
though the job will be lasting one
and in the meantime the public can sit
back in isolation.
The farmers of the Gilbert section of
Clearwater county are preparing to put
| in 5000 acres Of beans the coming year.
Last year something like 700 acres wets'
planted to the crop and the present
| high prices as well as the adaptability
of the soil to bean culture has caused
the farmers to turn more readily to this
crop.
Information from what can be con-
sidered reliable source is to the eff
feet that well known mining property
lin the vicinity of Grangeville will
tchange hands shortly and at a handsome
figure. We understand the deal is all
but closed and there is very little doubt
but that it will go through.
In letter received by the writer
from the McBoyles who have been
spending several months in Portland
while Arthur recuperated from an
operation which he underwent down in
the Rose City, they state he has FULLY
recovered and they will leave Mt once
for National City, California for the
winter.
Mesdames Adelaide M. Wetherbee
mother Of Howard Wetherbee, and hi
aunt, Mrs. Anna II. Sawyer, who arriv
cd from the east n month ago and have
been visiting with the Wetherbees, lief
Yesterday morning for Portland wher,
they will be the guests of friends for I
fortnight going later to Southern
California for the winter.
Joe Wade, who has been in the Ell
City section for number of months il
the employ of George Esch, one of TIL
merchants of that camp, came out TIL
first of this week for short stay. y,
brings q glowing account Of the cam
and states conditions were excellent thi
summer and the coming wear they lool
for such activity in the camp rs will
be the means of employing several hun
dred men.
w. O. Mauck of Fem and Yves
Zehner of the same place were in tn
city yesterday closing deal for tn
purchase of the hotel and livery bnsi
ness of Mr.. Mauck's at Fem by tn
last named gentleman who has beer
leasing the same for some time past bu
decided to purchase the business out
right. Mr.. Mauck intends leaving thi
spring for Wyoming for the purpose o
looking the country over with view
of locating,
f. F. Preisz, the Edison demonstrate
who has been giving tone tests of tn
Justly famous talking machine, went T.
White Bird last Friday with tn
Grangevile bows and lead the orchestr
) which provided the music for the stock
mems ball. While in White Bird h
gave several demonstrations of tn
Edison and found the demand such tina
he disposed of the machine taken dow
to the metropolis as well as bookin
several others
From recent reports from Boise ii j
evident that the bill creating the pre-
posed Valley county, will 60 through
, The territory from which the ney
county is created included the souther
section of Idaho county and while
does not come as far north as at on
time intended, to the Salmon riyer,
: takes in Thunder City, Edwardshur
| and that section of the country but e>
; eludes Warrens and considerable stri
south of the Salmon.
$1oo.ooooo private money to loan a
low rate of interest. A. w. Talkins
. ton est
! Play and basket social at winon
I. o. o. F. hall, Feb. Q. 1917. A pop,
. lar comedy "Mr. Bob will be presen
ed at the Wiuona I. O. o. F. hall FIR
A dav, s p. M, Feb. Q, 1917. The pla
@ will he followed by sale of basket
h After supper dancing will be indulge
a in by those who desire TO. Music wi
) be furnished turnout the evening b
the Kamiah orchestra. The proceed
from the sale of baskets will go to tn
HONEYWELL school Everybody is goin
/ to bring a basket, Are youf 90
: Jack Wills is slowly improving an
we hope to see him over in town in