Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-08-23
LOCALS AND PERSONALS

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Mrs. James Babb and son, James Jr.
are guests at the Parker home this week
The best results are always gotten
by the best auctioneer. See Zuver. l4-5
Why pay the prices for feed when In
ternational Stock Food will do the fat
tening at much less cost. City Feed
Store. 1872
For Sale-Span of good, gentle work
horses; true to work and gentle to ride
Price 800 for the span. Fem Batty
owner, Phone, Farmers 9s. lift
Well Driller Steinhouse is sinking a
well for the Northern Pacific railroad
company at Fem. The well after be-
ing completed will be used to furnish
water for the stock yards at that place.
Z. J. Terhaar of the Cottonwood wars
house, reports that wheat of an excel
lent quality is coming into the place
where he works and that the grain is
yielding all the way from 25 to 40
bushels to the acre.
On Tuesday County Auditor Eimers
issued marriage license to Francis
Tweedy, age "a, and Nellie Adelaide
Richardson, age 20, both giving their
address as Grangeville The couple re
paired to the office of Justice of the
Peace l.. Vineyard and were united in
marriage.
Lawrence Cone, who enlisted in the
navy as fireman and Virgil James,
brother of Mrs. Bayless, who enlisted
in the same branch have been ordered
from Bremerton to an Atlantic port
where they have just been assigned to
the battleship Texas one of the super
dreadnaughts just recently launched.
Atwood & Sons report the sale of %
Maxwell ear to d. NJ. Horney this week.
The agency for the Oakland ear in
this vicinity has been taken by the
Eimers people and new model has
just been received for demonstration
purposes It's a pretty nifty little car
and has good reputation.
At the Federated church next Sunday
morning the principles of Christian
stewardship will form the basis of the
discussion. There will be no evening
service. Beginning next week the pas
tor will take brief vacation ending
with the session of the Methodist con
ference at North Yakima. He will re-
turn in time for the services of Sun
day, September 10.
Farm For Sale: 500 acres, one mile
from town, 300 acres under cultivation,
suitable for grain or dairy farm, plenty
of running water, good cold spring piped
to barn and house, all new improve
ments, barn, silo, granery, machine shed,
and house, all hog tight fences, plenty
of fruit and berries price $75 per acre,
to be sold ON easy terms, for further
information apply to Fem Batty,
Grangeville, Idaho. l4-tf
Frank s. Rice returned Tuesday from
Moscow where he was a patient at the
G. l.. Gritman private hospital. Mr..
Rice whose legs were amputated "a mum
Der of years ago, and had the misfor-
tune while walking along with his
clutches to thrust one of the crutches
through the side walks of our town.
This caused him to fall and injure him
self so that hospital treatment was
eventually necessary. He comes back
to us much improved and will resume
his mining activities in a few days.
Mrs. Eva Garfield of the Salmon
river country below Keuterville arrived
in town ii few days ago to have bull.
let wound attended to by one of our
local physicians. Mrs. Garfield was in
the act of mounting her horse and while
doing so accidently discharged %
calibre rifle attached to the saddle The
bullet entered Mrs. Garfield 8 ankle
and ranging downward flattened itself
out against one of the bones of her foot.
DIR. Rains made an X-ray examination
and was able to locate and extract the
bullet.
James Surridge came up from the
Clearwater country yesterday on bust
ness. He says things down his way are
about as dry as they could b. and the
river is MS low as il every was in his,
terry The high waters changed the
channel at Harpster entirely md the
stream Is running around 10 one side of
where il used to be. Mr.. Surridse says
he has seen many good fields of grain
and that he has nevc, seen any c)untry
that would pull through in rs good
shape as this has all tbt adverse weather
conditions we have had this year. A
year like this sort of puts the country
to the test.