Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-08-09

George Carter has gone to Spokane
whore he has accepted position in q
garage of that city.
Stop ut the Idaho Rooming House,
Nice, clean rooms at reasonable prices.
Mrs. ". L. Broughman. 17-tf
Deputy Sheriff Ener sold his car
this week to Dolph Smith who will take
a try at riding in gasoline buggy.
The fire in the Selway forest has
been rapidly spreading. Fifty men were
sent out from Spokane Monday to com
bat the flames.
w. j. Nash, foreman of one of the
Platt ranches and brother of Rich and
John, came out the first of the week
from the Boles section and spent several
days in town.
Jake Richars left yesterday morning
for an extended trip in the mountains
He is going to combine business with
pleasure by taking along line of
samples and measuring the miners for
new suits
Tom O'Harrah, a jolly lad from the
Tipperary country who has taken up a
homestead over around Boles, came out
the first of the week, being deputized
along with Art Wright to bring out o.
S. Hoover, the homesteader who became
mentally unbalanced.
Peter Aschenbrenner of the Ferdi-
nand section, came over in his car the
first of the week and spent day in
town. Pete is one of the substantial
farmers over there and lining up as he
usually does with progress, has been
negotiating the roads in a ear for the
past several years.
G. r. White, the efficient postmaster
at Higgins, passed through Grangeville
the first of the week enroute home from
business trip to Spokane. While the
office at higgins is rather small, Mr..
White is known as one of the best
fourth class postmasters in Idaho and al
ways has his office in tip-top shape.
Judge Ailshie and family arrived the
last of the week from Occur d. Alene
| and have taken apartments at the I'm
perial hotel, thus making Grangeville
their home for a few weeks The ALL
SHE Is have many friends here who will
be glad to welcome them back and only
regret that their stay is not permanent.
DR.. Warner of this city received from
the war department this week stats
teal report as to the college from which
he was graduate, number of years in
practice, experience in surgery, etc. all
of which would lead one to believe the
Doctor may be called for service before
long and some of these days will find
himself in Sunny France.
Mrs. Wallace N. Scales entertained
at luncheon on Wednesday a few out of
town guests including Mrs. J. F. ALL
SHE, Miss@Lucile Ailshie, o. Occur d.
Alene, Miss Elizabeth Kettenbach, Mrs.
Geo. Basket, of Lewiston, Mrs. Dan
| Greenburg, of Wallace, Miss Rose Baer,
of Philadelphia, Jamie Ailshie, Geo.
Basket, G. Floyde Kyle and Mrs. Par
ker.
Sheriff Yates returned Saturday from
Adams Camp where he took Mrs. Yates
and sister who will remain for an outing
of several weeks. The trip was made
by machine and while the roads were
mighty rough and in no condition for
pleasure riding LATE found he was able
to hit through in pretty good time on
reasonable amount of gasoline and no
breakdown of any kind.
A party of ladies from Grangevile
left Tuesday morning for Boise where
they will gladden. the hearts of the soldier
boys of Company f who arrived at that
point Sunday morning. Those going
were Mrs. John Howard, Mrs. A. f.
Lovelace, Mrs. Brown, Mrs. j. d. Long,
Mrs. F. l.. Leonard and Miss Elsie Won
Berge. They will probably remain at
Boise for week as the boys expect to
be stationed there for some time
Mark Baulch and wife and Elmer
Kennedy and wife motored down in the
Baulch machine to Waha last week and
enjoyed days fishing, securing
plentiful supply and later breaking
camp and driving on to Lewiston. They
returned by the way of Culdesac, spend
ing the night with an old friend of the
Baulch IS. Mark says the roads are
getting mighty dirty down the Lewiston
way, especially the road from Forest
down the grade to Waha.
Frank Keller, who is an expert on
gasoline engines, came in the first Of
the week and enlisted at the post office
for the aviation crops of the regular
army, leaving for Spokane Tuesday
morning. If he passes physical exami-
nation he will be sent to one of three
aviation training camps at San Diego,
San Antonio or Omaha. Young Keller
has the stuff in him and with his
technical education is of class of men
sought after just now for the aviation
branch
Word was received this week by
George M. Reed and Judge Vineyard !
that their sons, Kenneth Reed and Dick |
Vineyard, both of whom have been at !
tending the Officers training camps,
have been commissioned lieutenants in /
the cavalry. The boys were down ON
the Border last year and while there
made an excellent record and with the /
additional training they have just un-.
dergone, along with the grist they have,
will no doubt be promoted rapidly when
they get in active service.
Sergeant Gillipe of the regular army,
who is stationed in the recruiting station
at Spokane, was in Grangeville Satur-.
day night checking up army accounts