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tfOL. 20 NO. 34
$2.00 PER YEAR
ORANGEVILLE, IDAHO COUNTY, IDAHO, THURSDAY, JAN. 25, «906
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CROSBYS
Great
January
Clearance Sale
STILL CONTINUES
For two weeks we have been conducting
what we believe to be the greatest January stock
clearance sale at which you ever had a chance to
save money. Every department offers induce
ments that even the most economical will hurry
to share in. Don't put off buying—sale closes
February 10th.
Special attention directed to the following
incomparably low-priced seasonable goods:
UOIES' HEAVY COATS
Special reductions on all ladies' heavy coats.
Only a few of them left. To close the lot quick
ly, we offer them at 33^ per cent off.
HISSES' MATS
Sizes 4 to 14 years. Every coat thoroughly
made in the best styles of the season.
Four $9.00 coats, sale price. $ 6.00
Five $8.00 coats, sale price.... 5.50
Five $7.50 coats, sale price.... 5.25
Three $6.50 coats, sale price/. . 4.25
LADIES' AND MISSES' SKIRTS
Special sale on ladies' and misses' skirts.
Clearance sale of ladies' and misses' walking
skirts, in all this season's desirable fabrics, for a
few days at One-Third off.
Ladies' Waists Half Price.
20 per cent Discount on all Shoes
—but our special this week is a Ladies' Patent
Colt Blucher Oxford at $1.95; and a Man's Pat
ent Horse, Goodyear welt, Blucher shoe at $3.00.
See our $1.00 shoe counter.
The Burt L. Crosby Co.
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To the Public
Commencing on the day of this publication
I will sell for the next THIRTY DAYS my
entire line df—
Men's and Boys' Clothing at 50 p. c. off
Men's and Boys' Hats at from 30 to 60
p. c. off
Dress Goods 25 p. c. off
Ladies' Mackintoshes 50 p. c. off
—And many other bargains.
H. E. Matteson
THE CASH MERCHANT
Two Door* South of Schmadeka'« Corner
Jan. II, 1900
Camas Prairie
ROLLER MILLS
To insure a sweet, wholesome
Loaf, use
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White Rose
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The most popular brand on the
A trial will convince.
• Orangeville, Idaho
market.
B. D. KNORR,
OPENING OF NEW
OPERA HOUSE
Company G Adds More Honor to Their Both
Organization.
THE ARMORY BUILDING CROWDED MAY
The Great Performance of the
"The Volunteer."
Without a doubt the greatest
dramatic production ever given in
the city, was produced at the new
Armory opera house last Saturday
night by Mr. L. H. Mitchell and a
company of local players assisted
by the members of Co. G, N. G. I.
It was indeed a pleasing sight to
view the new stage procenium and
big drop curtain which contains a
most realistic reproduction of Fort
San Antonio which was captured
by the Idaho boys in the battle
with the Spaniards. When the
curtain arose on the acts that fol
lowed there was displayed new
and appropriate scenes for each
location done in a masterful man
ner and reflects much credit on the
artist, Mr. Leonard Mitchell.
Of the play and players too much
cannot he said in praise of their
individual work, and it should not
be classed as an arnature perform
ance.
Walter E. Bunnell, who played
the villain, Diaz, was the partin
all its complications,and with every
situation against him, he never
wavered from the task before him
but lived the part to a word. E. E.
Van Wert, as Capt. Hutton, was
manly and played the part in a
careful, forceful manner that bill
ed every requirement of the role.
R. H. Loveless as Lieut. Merry,
did not need to act, he simply lived
the happy young officer in all the
comedy and heroic situations.
Harry Wood surprised his most
intimate friends in the way he
handled the big part of the guerilla
chieftian. Filson YanWert, has
left an indelible impression on the
minds of his audience as an accom
plished Irish comedian. Bert Cole
played in a studious manner the
part of Mr. Walton. Allan McLean
made much of the brother and was.
careful in all his scenes which call
ed for pains-taking acting. The
parts of Mr. Jas. Pearson and
Mark Robinson were short but con
tained Borne very careful work.
Among the ladies, Miss Nona
Jean Nickel was never more happi
ly cast than in the part of Cary
Basette, the head nurse. She han
dled the heavy scenes in her most
capable and talented manner. Miss
Lula Nickel was never in a more
befitting part than that of the
young Cuban girl and her acting
was superb. Mies Nora Wasmund
excelled in the role of Bess, and
added greatly to the situations in
which she was seen. There is great
praise due the soldiers for the dash
and splendor they added to the
play.
The greatest praise is perhaps
due Mr. Mitchell for the careful
schooling and thoughtful manner
in which he studied out the great
climaxes and brought the big com
pany to a perfection in the drama
tic pictures that made "The Volun
teer" the grand success that every
body is talking about.
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OUT FROM MOUNTAINS.
W. A. Wylie Makes Forty Mile
Trip on Snow Shoes.
W. A. Wyllie came out last
week from his stock ranch on the
Clearwater river, 40 miles above
Elk City to secure a permit to run
hie stock there this year. The trip
to Elk was made on snow shoes,
and the journey required three
days. Mr. Wylie ie on the forest
reserve and under present rules it
is necessary to get a new permit
each year in order to keep his
stock there. He has been there a
number of years and has made
some substantial improvements ou
the place and is getting quite a
bunch of stock around him. While
the officials have always treated
him courteously he says the 'red
tape' necessary to keeping stock on
the reserve is such that he would
not undertake it again and is only
kept there now by the work he has
already done. He says there is ex-
cellent range there and a number
of good stock ranges would un-
doubtedly be built up hut for the
strict reserve regulations.
Cheap Town Property.
We can sell you a six-room
house with city water and two good
lots on états street for 81000.
This is the best bargain in city
property we have had for Buiue
j time. Parker-Clark Co.
CO-OPERATIVE
TELEPHONE
Both a Money Saver and Big Dividend Will
Payer.
MAY EXTEND LINES TO GRANGEYILLE FRON
Matter now Being Considered
by Business men.
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the
in
the
M. Fuchs, of Cottonwood, spent
several days in this city the latter
>art of last week submitting to our
jusines men a proposition to ex
tend the Co-operative telephone
lines to this place. While this com
pany ie but a few years old its
success has been greater than its
incorporators ever anticipated and
its surplus last year amounted to
16 per cent. This the company will
use in improvements and exten
sions and hope to reach Grange
ville this year. They now have a
perfectly working line from Lewis
ton to Nez Perce,Ferdinand, Lowe,
Cottonwood and Keuterville and
this has been accomplished with
only a portion of the capital stock
being sold. The estimated cost of
extending the line to this place is
82500 and to do this they offer to
sell 2000 shares of stock at the par
value of 81 each and believe most
of it should be taken here. The
rates charge by the Co-operative
company are: Residence, 5 parly
line, 81 per month; Residence pri
vate line, 81.25 per month; busi
ness, 5 party line, 81-50 per mouth;
business, private line, 82.00 per
month; business and residence,
private line connected, 83 per
month.
Besides this reduction in prices,
parties having phones in this com
pany here would be permitted to
converse with Denver and Cotton
wood without charge. The saving
in this alone would more than pay
interest on the investment besides
with competing companies in our
city the service would be better
and prompter.
The proposition is being well re
ceived by our business men and it
is believed the necessary stock can
be sold with but little difficulty.
glad
ville
had
came
a
who
une,
It
soon
St.
had
the
and
a
can
and
fall
on
Tried to Burn Jail.
Cottouwood made a little bit of
history in the following man-ner:
A Grangeville attorney and a man
known in Cottonwood as ''The
Horse Doctor" came over from
Grangeville in company with Louis
Huff who, as is commonly known
in Grangeville, was uuder the pro
tection of a guardian until the
guardianship was terminated re
cently by the death of the guar
dian. Now, as soon as the said
lawyer and "horse doctor" got their
man into Cottonwood they under
took to sell him some Cottonwood
property. According to informa
tion received by your reporter,
they first tried to make a deal with
the firm of Brown & Howe, through
one of the partners, Mr. Brown.
When Mr. Brown understood the
situation he told ''the horse doc
tor" that he had land to sell but he
was not prepared to do business
with a man that could not protect
himself, and the deal was all off.
They next tried Mr. Farnsworth of
the Camas Prairie Land company,
but failed to do business with him.
They next struck J. M. Wolbert
and closed a deal for some property
belonging to the said J. M. Wol
bert. But through some book or
crook the deal miscarried and then
there was a difficulty down at the
hotel where the lawyer and "the
horse doctor" were stopping, and
to settle the trouble the Baid law
yer and "horse doctor'' were lodged
in the cooler charged with being
drunk and disorderly. The "horse
doctor" plead guilty and was fined
ten dollars, which he was unable
to pay, but which, when the poor
fellow's wife in Grangeville refused
to furnish him with the necessary
funds, the people of Cottonwood
paid by passing 'round the hat,
and the said "horse doctor" now
has the libe.rsy of the streets of
Cottonwood and expressed a readi
ness to testify against the faid law
yer who is to be tried on a charge
of breaking out the windows of the
calaboose and trying to burn the
bedding, he, the said lawyer, hav
ing been released from the first
charge and rearrested on a charge
of felony. Aller the lawyer and
"horse doctor" were jailed, the
friends of the old man who was
their would-be victim sent him
home on the stage to Grangeville.
a
Mile
last
the
run
trip
three
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his
a
made
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a
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on
would
only
has
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un-
the
good
81000.
city
Buiue
For Sale.
Five or six good work horses
and about 500 bushels of good seed
oats. Inquire o f Silas Austin,
Grangeville, Idaho.
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CONTRACT HAS
BEEN AWARDED
Will Be Officially Annonnced Within a
Few Days.
FRON CULDESAC TO GRANGEVILLE
Erickson & Peterson Said to
Have First 20 Miles.
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A message from the LewUtou
Tribune yesterday conveyed the
glad news to the people of Orange
ville that the contract for the con
struction of the Northern Pacifie
railroad from Culdesac to this city
had been let. Their information
came direct from John P. Vollmer,
a heavy stockholder in the road,
who is now in Seattle and who
wired the good news to the Trib
une, authorizing its publication.
It further stated that it would be
officially announced this week as
soon as President Elliot reached
St. Paul.
Mr. Vollmer did not state who
had received the contract, but it is
learned from reliable sources that
Erickson & Peterson, who are
building the Riparia line, secured
the first twenty miles. This will
extend from Culdesac to Ferdinand
and includes all of the heavy rock
work. The bulk of their heavy
work on the Riparia road is prac
tically completed end they would
uaturally be in a positiou to pul
a force of men at work on the new
contract at an early date.
Should work he commenced at
once it is believed that the road
can easily he completed this-year
and possibly in time to move the
fall crops.
The electric road is also taking
on new life and a representative ol
Mr. Cowperthwait is now in Lew
iston and says the road will he
built at once. There is reason to
believe the truthfulness of this
report as it is known that the
parties having largest interests in
the electric line have in the last
week secured options .and bonded
over 200 acres of land adjoining
this city.
Three-fourths of a mile of steel
was laid yesterday on the Riparia
line and work on the Lewiston
bridge and the entire line is being
rushed fast as possible, presum
ably to take up the work at this end
soon as they complete sections ou
Riparia road.
of
re
the
he
off.
of
or
the
and
law
poor
hat,
now
of
law
the
the
hav
first
and
the
was
him
The Milwakee is surveying their
line above the road now being
built from Riparia to Lewiston and
will follow the north hank of Snake
river and Columbia to the sea.
NEW LUMBER MILL.
J. H. Foreman will Install Mod
ern Plant Near Cottonwood.
John H. Foreman was over from
Cottonwood last week and informs
us that he is preparing to install a
new saw mill on the old Forsman
mill site 2A miles from that town.
It will not be a large mill but
modem in every way and fitted up
to turn out both rough and finish
ed lumber. Mr. Forsman will make
a specialty of custom work and
will be prepared to supply complete
orders for buildings on the short
est possible time. He has spent the
greater portion of his life in the
lumber business and it would he
hard to find one better qualified
for just this line of manufacturing.
Mr. Forsman expects to have the
mill in operation by the first of
April.
Resume Work on Jumbo.
Geo. Filer, D.L. Filer and Chris
Olson, of the Jumbo mine came
up from Lewiston Sunday and with
the exception of Geo. Filer, will
leave today for the Hump to begin
operations. Nick McGree accompa
nied them and will serve as fore
man on the mine. It is the inten
tion of the company to put the
property in ehape and get a large
amount of ore ready for milling
before starting the mill.
This will probably be about the
first of April when the flow of
water generally starts and the mill
can then run to its full capacity
without interruption.
Arrangements are being made to
the general office from this
place to Lewiston and this will he
done aa soon as the necessary sig
natures of stock holders can be se
cured which is now about complet
move
ed.
Trinity Episcopal church, Sun
horses day school at 10 a. m. Morning *
seed prayer and sermon at 11 a.
Sermon topic: The relation of Mor
ality to religion.
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Good Clothing
Men's, Boy's and Youths' Wear
We have a pretty line of spring clothing comijtfL
and while it is on the way wc will improve theHjBj
by selling out the balance of the winter goods.
say we will because we know the prices will
Don't want any winter clothing on our tables w^W
spring comes. They mnst go, so we have decided
Price Is No Object
*3.85
Men's 86.50 cotton serges, good wearers and good
lookers.
They now go for
*6.50
Neat patterns, good
Men's 810 wool mixtures.
styles and well made.
Boys' suits, all qualities, Sailor, Norfolk and
Little Gents' styles, size 3 to 14, from 85.00 to
Now
.50
40c to 50c
Boys' pants, size 3 to 12, at
Men's grey covert duck coats, the 82.00 ones at- $1.25
Boys' grey covert duck coats, the 81.75 ones at. $ 1.00
Mammoth Reductions
So big, in fact, that original prices are lost sight
of. Men's and boys' Mackintoshes, Overcoats, Leather
Coats, Mackinaw Pants. Everything in the winter line.
The Sale of Ladles' Skirts Continues
W. F. Schmadeka
It's a Cood Habit ^
t Trad* with Schmadeka
Keystone Bar
The product of the Grangeville
Brewing Co. on tap
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Fine Wines and
Liquors
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Drop in and see us
At the Old Stand
MARTIN WAGNER, Caahler.
WALLACE SCOTT, Pres.
J P. VOLLMER, Vice Pré».
The
First National BanK
Of Grangeville, Idaho
Capital and Surplus -
- — INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSIT
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$50,000.00
W. A. Hull, Robert Jone», J. F. Allflhle, J. P. Vollmer, t'rauL K
Director«:
Wy»tt, Wallace Scott.
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Bank of Camas Prairie
Grangeville, Idaho
CAPITAL and SURPLUS .
$100,000
OFFICER8
W. W. Brown, Cashier
DIRECTORS
W. W. Brown, A. Kreiden rice, Frank McGraue, Milton Freidenrlch, F. W. Kettcnbach
W. F. Ketteubach, James Edward».
Fire I'root Vault for safe keening ot customer» paper» and valuable».
A general banking business transacted.
Interest Paid on Time Deposits
A. Freidenrlcb, Vice-President
F. W. Kettcnbacb, President
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HERMAN VON BARGEN, Vice Preside
LEWIS WYLDE, Cashier
HENRY KUTHER, President
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Denver State Bank*'
INCORPORATED CAPITAL, $ao,ooo.oo
INSURANCE
Pay» Interest on Time Deposits
A Strictly INDEPENDENT CORPORATION Owned by Denver Peonf
Patronise Home Industry. m
EW YORK
ABS
REAL ESTATE
LOANS
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DENVER, IDAHO
Pulse Building
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