Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1918-06-06
FASCINATION OF MOUNTAIN INN
REPAYS FOR BUMPS ENCoUN-
TERED ON STAGE COACH.
HOSPITALITY At TAVERN
Twenty Travellers Stop at Central
Idaho Hotel for the Might
Plenty to Eat
By the Editor

By the Editor
Newsome, June 3.-Here we are at
Newsome, after twelve hours staging
over rough mountainous roads from
Sites, but there is something peculiar
ly fascinating about Newsome which
more than rewards one for the rough
jolts he has experienced in climbing
the rocky stage road to the summit,
then walking for two miles over fr,m
two to four feet of snow and then
swinging down into the valley in which
this charming mountain tavern and post
office is located.
A Real Log House.
Built entirely of logs, the t;.vern at
Newsome and the adjacent buildings
are entirely in harmony with the
natural scenic beauty which exists here,
for we are virtually surrounded by noun
tains heavily covered with timber. A
swiftly flowing mountain stream adds
to the attraetiveness of the place, which
with clear, blue sky overhead, is so
complete that one could not wish for
more than splendid supper to make
the situation an ideal one.
And that supper was provided at the
tavern kept by Mr.. and Mrs. j. w.
Yarbrough, whose chief concern in life
seems to be hospitality. No frills and
formalities-just genuine western hos
pitality, which tonight made no less
than score of us mountain travellers
supremely happy. Hungry as bears, we
all sat down to a genuine old-fashioned
supper, with plenty and to spare of all
good things to eat. "Ha But how
about Hooverg" you will ask. Well,
although there is every evidence of
plenty at Newsome, still war breads are
served at the table, and the food regu-
lations, even here, in the mountains,
thirty-five miles from a railroad, are
strictly observed.
Twenty Here for Supper.
There is no small party of us at New
some tonight, for in addition to those
of us who came from Sites, there are
the stage driver and passengers from
Elk City, enroute to Sites, and men
from the mining district of Golden.
A. S. Johnson, the well-known post
master, merchant and all-around good
fellow of Golden pulled in with his
freighting outfit almost too late for
supper, but the hostess was not in the
least "peeved" because of his belated
arrival and he was able to make out
splendid meal from the abundance left
by the rest of us, after we had salts
fled our ravenous appetites. Mr.. John
son is hauling vast amount of supplies
from here to Golden.
Gugler Going to Golden.
E. l.. Gugler is here, enroute to his
mining properties at Golden from Bon
ner county, where he had spent the
last few months. Mr.. Gugler has some
splendid properties in the Golden Sec
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developing them.
Jack Leary, a prosperous raneher,
who has a homestead near NewsOme,
was at the tavern sharing in the hospi-
tally. Mr.. Leary has a homestead, on
which he resides with his family, con-
sisting of his wife and four children.
Fullaway Sits With Driver.
s. V. Fullaway, supervisor of the
Nezperce National forest, with offices
in Grangeville, is in the party, and he
has grabbed on to the coveted seat be-
side the stage driver. This is his first
trip into this section, and he says he
does not propose to miss any of the
senic grandeur.
Early tomorrow morning we leave for
Elk City, from which place I shall write.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Maugg left this
in THAR ear for Lewiston and