Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1919-07-24

his time to his duties as express agent.
Mrs. P. S. Sherwin of Grangeville was
here this week, called here by the death
of her brother, Jacob Crooks.
Arthur McSpadden and Roy Shinn
of Garfield passed through Whitebird
/ last Wednesday with 100 head Of stock
/ hogs which they will fatten in the hail
zone Of Camas Prairie. They bought
large acreage of hailed-Over ground
and are taking bunch of hogs to feed
it off
j. Loyal-Adkison of this place is get
ting together another bunch of hogs
10 drive to the railroad. This makes
the fourth drive that he has taken out
and from all reports the market for
hogs is very good. Addison says now
is the time to sell. and he is in the mar
ket to buy any kind of hogs.
G. j. Hall of Lucille passed through |
Whitebird last Sunday on his way to
Grangeville, where he went to arrange
with the forest service to move a pOr-
tion Of his sheep into the Buffalo Hump
country This has been necessary as
result of the continued dry spell that
has predOminated for the last two ;
months.
Ellis Harness of the firm of Rice and
Harness returned from the prairie this
week. He reports a good sale of the !
our ears of prime steers he drove out
bout two weeks ago. John Baer was I
he purchaser. While the correspond {
mt was unable to learn the exact price s
aid, from all indications the price beat liz
he drive. s
Henry Nelson and Hans Hagen, both I
this place each drove two carloads of 0
at steers to Grangeville this week d
hich they sold to B. Sturgeon, buyer, G
Seattle. These cattle were prime b
uff Il
Marion Upton drove in last Sunday A
new automobile, having exchanged
IS old car in the deal.
w. b. Trueblood who bought resi-
'nce property here last fall from j. c.
oval Addison reports roasting ears on I'll
5 corn patch. Drought can t affect his p
rn. Sunshine only makes stuff grow, he
YOU have the water, "Dad'' says p.
The steam shovel working on the high w
ay at this end is now about one mile 81
{ of town digging along toward %
'angeville. The shovel working from OIL
G Grangeville end is about one mile sa
ON the summit working its way. At IN
e present time another shovel is be- 10
: set up in the Hair Pin saddle, about re
Z miles north of Whitebird. with these
rec shovels working and the teams
aiding the road work will move from CIR
W on. Oxman & Co. have set a differ. Co
pace in highway building to any an
ng we have been accustomed to see tb,
|, heretofore. DR.,
The Whitebird highway district has tri
ring the last month let three con of
cts for lateral roads. These are Fo
ders of the state highway. One con- da
ct was let to Charles Layton, who Dis
; already started work; another to NJ. Of
Martin ir., who is also busy, and the or
rd to Lee Mahurin. These contracts
for a road down Baker gulch, con Tr,
ting the present road with the high av;
Y, cutting down hill at Mrs Thomp- '
s place, and grade around the hill dee
ting out the pitches on the saw-mill cou
d. the
his correspondent believes in good pun
DIS and any time we can call the at MAJ
ton of anyone to better roads. we exp
take the liberty to express our \
-es freely. The recent water spout BY
washout at Horseshoe bend calls to by
mind that this is the worst piece of Hig
/ to maintain between here and no,
Sc. The road at that place has been 7
,ked repeatedly by washouts during for
memory of old timers, each time Ida
sing delay and tremendous expense the
pening the same for traffic. What is the
cause7 A careful study of the wash Ora
of the past shows this to be in a July
= frequented by wQterspouts. We eigh
not strong enough in astronomy to P.
why, but the fact is evident and be s
r, that there have been more wash the
and more damage has been done at the
bers' gulch during the last twenty the
s than at any other place along the and
h and South highway. We find by wit:
wing the formation of the earth
e that the whole mountain is 81
led of crumbly rock which is NOV Idah