Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-06-14


Miss Goodwin of Moscow has accept
ed position at the Palace of Sweets.
M. j. McHugh from Fem was in town
Tuesday afternoon making a hurried
business visit. ~
T. F. Sink, chaplin of the Ferdinand
l. o. o. F.. lodge was in Grangeville
Wednesday attending the local lodge
Attorney E. M. Griffith and Sheriff
Yates were over TO Cottonwood Tuesday
on business connected with their office.
Wilbur Campbell and Billy Williams
made rush rp to Spokane Wednesday
in Wilbur's Ford. They are returning
Sunday.
r. H. Russell of the Grangeville Saw
ings and Trust spent part of the week
in Lewiston, leaving here Saturday
morning and returning on Tuesday.
Judge Wallace N. Scales went down
to Lewiston the first of the week to
open a term of court which will pro-
badly be in session until the middle of
July.
James Ailshie, Jr., left this morning
for Spokane in Evan Evans Hudson,
there to have few repairs made upon
it to get it in tune for the summer.
j. P. Canaan was in town Wednesday
afternoon making arrangements for the
sale Of his freight outfit. Mr.. Canaan
is quitting the freight business and will
be missed by many of his former Gus
toners.
Nels Swanson has completed deal
with M. l.. Ayers for the John Coram
house in the south part of town. Mr..
Swanson exchanged two other proper
ties for the place. He is going to move
in shortly.
A baby girl was a new arrival at
"the Dewey Fruit Farm, the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Goan just east of
town. DIR. P. J. Scallon was in attten-
dance and says that the newcomer is
doing fine.
The new garage building just north
of the Wright Grocery Co., destined for
Robinson s garage is making noticeable
progress. The foundations are all set
the workmen are laying concrete blocks
at good rate -
Engineer McNutt OF, the Elk camp,
who has been over to Helena Montana,
on business connected with the Black
Pine mine of the Elk City district, pass
ed through Grangeville this. week on
his way home.
| Mrs. Charles Sea and children arrived
this week from Oregon, proceeding
Charley who will be here in few days.
They will make their future home in
this section, having decided il is about
the best place in which 10 live.
DR.. w. B. Sims, Chiropraetor of
Grangeville, will be at Hotel Phoenix
in Cottonwood, on Tuesday, Thursday,
and Saturday of each week. If you are
seeking relief from any ailment, he in
vites you to call on him. No charge for
consultation. AZ
| Basil V. Harris returned from Spo-
kane Tuesday evening where he had
been visiting for few days and on re-
turning from Spokane brought to Lew
iston a 1918 Crow Elkhart, passenger
Cloverleaf Roadster, and on account of
the conditions of the roads the machine
was left in Lewiston, Basil leaving in
the morning for that city and expecting
to bring the machine home Sunday.
A sister of Earl Barton s was ratnc,
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| at Moscow last week when the ear in
which she was Kidding was struck by a
gasoline motor on the o. w. R. & n
The young man who was driving the
machine received injuries resulting in
his death several days after the acci
dent and Miss Barton is still in the
hospital suffering from the injuries she
received through the accident.
Lawrence Cone, who was employed
for time in the local printing offices
but has been at Wallace during the
past several years, wrote to his mother
Mrs. Cone of this city, stating he had
enlisted in the navy and was now
stationed at Bremerton, Washington
This makes three or all of her sons, Mrs
Cone has given to Uncle Sam in the
war against Germany. Maurice having
joined the navy some time ago and Leon
is member of Company r.
Mrs. William Webb. underwent a
surgical operation at her home last Sun
day morning. DR.. Slusser and DR.. Seal
lon in consultation with DIR. Stockton
performed the operation. Mrs. Webb is
now doing nicely and is on the way to
a speedy recovery. A trained nurse
from Spokane is in attendance. In con
sequence of Mrs. Webb 3 condition Mr.
Webb's sister, Mrs. G. M. Shaw from
Reubens, came over and took the Webb
children home with her to take care of
them until Mrs. Webb RECEIVERS. Mrs
Shaw left on Tuesday mornings train
Alex Hinkle from across Clearwater
was in town Saturday. Alex had failed
to register on Tuesday because, as he
said, he had known nothing about it
The river had been so high that he had
neither been able to cross or to get his
mail for some time. On Friday then
when the mail finally got across Axel
was told that the sheriff was looking
for him and had intention to come after
him a. he didn I come out. He couldn 4
remember, he said, of committing any of,
fence against the law, but when he
learned what was going on he came
peacably and registered and the sheriff
found it possible to excuse him.