Newspaper Records for Idaho County
| News In Brief Judge L. Vineyard was an arrival in Grangeville Sunday night from Boise, after a visit of ten days with relatives and friends in the State Capital. The judge, while away, had opportunity to renew friendships with a number of old-timers including Gov. James H. Hawley. Judge Vinyard said that first news that his son Richard L. Vineyard was aboard the torpedoed transport Tuscania reached him in Boise when word was flashed over the wires that his son was among the soldiers rescued. The judge, who was recovering from a paralytic stroke when he left Grangeville, is now much improved to health. Source: Idaho County Free Press, February 21, 1918 Submitted by Floyd Whitley |
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| Locals and Personals J. M. Bledsoe, a brother in law of Judge Vineyard and a printer of considerable reputation in the Northwest section, passed through Grangeville Monday on his return from Whitebird where he went to look over the newspaper field. Mr. Bledsoe expected to find a town of four or five hundred down there and decided the field was not one offering very lucrative inducements. Source: Idaho County Free Press, April 8, 1915 Contributed by Floyd Whitley |
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| Candidate's Announcements Announcement To the voters of Idaho County: The undersigned announces himself a candidate for the office of Probate Judge on the Democratic ticket subject to the primary election September 3, 1918. And in making this announcement I believe it proper to say that I did not desire to become a candidate this year for any office, but only consented after I had been urged to do so. And hence as no one else seemed to be in sight to make the race against the present incumbent, I have consented to do so. My political principles since manhood are Democratic, believing in the Democracy of Woodrow Wilson as announced in public addresses and proclamations, I stand with him; my civic principles are for good laws, and for a just and fearless enforcement of such law. I am a lawyer by profession, of many years standing, so if called by the people to fill this important office, pledge my greatest efforts to fill it to the best of my ability, hewing strictly to the line of duty, let the chips fall where they will. I make no criticism against the other candidates; let the voters judge between us. I therefore submit my claims for your support and believe all fair-minded Democrats will give me fair treatment at the primary election. With kindness to all this statement is submitted for your consideration. Dated July 17, 1918 LYCURGUS VINEYARD Source: Idaho County Free Press, July 25, 1918 Submitted by Floyd Whitley |
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| March 30, 1905 Word has been received from Stites that Mrs. P.E. Ellis was thrown from her horse, sustaining a fractured skull, her recovery being doubtful. Source: Soda Springs Chieftan, Soda Springs, Idaho Submitted by Shauna Williams |
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| August 10, 1911 Miss Lora Arch, a girl of about 12 years, of Kamiah, was bitten by a rattlesnake. Remedies were used on the finger, but it gradually got so bad that amputation was necessary. Source: Soda Springs Chieftan, Soda Springs, Idaho Submitted by Shauna Williams |
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| Re: Idaho County Pioneer Association June 16, 1910 Pioneer Picnic and Reunion President A.F. Parker; Vice President, Cyrus Overman; secretary, J.I. Overman; Treasurer W.H. Sebastian; executive committee: Mrs. Annie C. Norwood, Mrs. Nancy Jones Cook, John R. Adkison, J.E. Bryom and W.S.M. Williams The annual picnic and reunion will be held at Grangeville on Tuesday June 28, 1910. The president and secretary were instructed to notify Chas. G. Kress, president of the Nez Perce County Pioneer Association to arrange for a visit of all the Nez Perce pioneers and their families to visit Grangeville and fraternize and have a good time. June 16, 1910Pioneer’s Picnic “A cordial invitation is hereby extended to yourself and family to attend the annual reunion and basket picnic of the Idaho County Pioneer Association which will be held at Grangeville, Idaho Tuesday Jun 28 1910. “The program for the day will be published later. The qualification for membership is twenty years residence in Idaho county. All who are eligible for membership are invited to attend and bring their baskets and help us enjoy the occasion. ‘Make the best of life my friend
By the order of
the Grangeville, Idaho June 13, 1910 June 30, 1910Pioneer’s Meeting The picnic was probably the most enjoyable of all that the Association has held. The afternoon was spent in visiting among old folks, who certainly appreciate the opportunity of getting together annually and renewing old friendships. July 14, 1910 Pioneer Observes Anniversary August 4, 1910 Mrs. M.V. Jarrett, the widow of one of Idaho County’s pioneers, is very ill at the home of a son near Tolo, and but slight hope is entertained for her recovery. Mrs. Jarrett is one of the pioneers of this country and at the time of the Indian war cooked for the soldiers and men at the fort at Mt. Idaho. Source: Idaho County Free PressSubmitted and transcribed by Floyd Whitley
NOTE: The above news articles concerning the Idaho County Pioneer
Association contain references to Mrs. Rebecca A. Jarrett, wife of Mark
V. Jarrett, whose biography is featured on Idaho
County's Civil War Biography's
page. Many thanks to Mr. Whitley for contributing these news
articles.
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| Funeral and Inquest From Friday's Daily The funeral of A.D. Green which took place at Cottonwood yesterday morning was largely attended. The cortege was the largest that has ever been known on the Prairie. Eight members of the local Masonic lodge were in attendance besides several brother Masons from other Prairie points. Information was filed yesterday by County Attorney Scales against J.F. Ailshie shortly after 3 o’clock charging the later with murder. The parties appeared before Justice Hartman, W.N. Scales on behalf of the State and Messrs. W.A. Hall and Attorney Miller for...[type smeared, indecipherable]. Attorney Miller made a motion to admit the defendant to bonds and J.F. Ailshie, on his own behalf, tendered bonds in the sum of $1000. The prosecuting Attorney moved that the bonds be placed at $10,000. The Court having considered the matter placed the bonds at $3000. These were executed and filed with W.A. Hall and A. Maxey as sureties. The examination was set for tomorrow at 9 o’clock. The inquest is still in progress, and the jury will not complete their labors until late this evening. The jury consists of the following citizens: James Edwards, J.B. Wade, H.T. Murray, E.S. Sweet, George Brown, Joseph Wilkinson, W.E. Graham and J.A. Hanson. Coroner's Verdict From Saturday's Daily This afternoon shortly after 3 o’clock, the Coroner’s jury impaneled to sit on the remains of A.D. Green found the following verdict after being out a considerable length of time. “We the jury find from the evidence that A.D. Green came to his death by heart failure superinduced by gunshot wounds inflicted by a gun in the hand of J.F. Ailshie, and that J.F. Ailshie fired in self defense. We, the jury, therefore find J.F. Ailshie not guilty of criminal intent.” The verdict received the following signatures, J.A. Wilkinson, E.S. Sweet, J.A. Hanson, George[Brown] [type smeared, indecipherable]….James Edwards; not approving…[type smeared, indecipherable]…Nickel, declined to give his assent to the foregoing verdict. Source: Idaho County Free Press, July 14, 1899 Contributed and transcribed by Floyd Whitley Hunting Heart and Lung Green's Body Disinterred and Certain Portions Said to be Missing A rumor has been going the rounds for several days that the body of A.D. Green had been exhumed by Grangeville parties and re-examined. The Cottonwood correspondent of the Daily Press alludes to the matter in another column. George Smith corroborates the statement of our correspondent and gives the following account of the matter: “The watch and nurse, J.W. Hall and Harry Cone, employed to look after Green, made known their belief that portions of Green’s anatomy had been removed during the course of the post mortem and had not been buried with the remains. Sunday evening Green’s executors, Messrs. Talkington and Norwood, with others, asked the coroner about it. Dr. Nickel said the heart and lungs had been placed in the coffin but not put back in the body itself. We were not satisfied, so on Monday Paddy White and myself went to Cottonwood and exhumed the body. “We obtained the services of two physicians, Messrs. Turner and Truett of Cottonwood, who made an examination. They found one lung and the heart missing both from the body and the coffin. “The body was then put back and reburied. As to any further action I cannot say. It any is taken probably the executors are the proper parties.” Dr. Nickel was engaged all the afternoon at the Ailshie examination and could not find time to give his story. He has promised, however, to make a statement for publication in this paper, probably this evening, in which case his side of the matter will show up tomorrow. When it comes to square deals there are no flies on the Free Press. Source: Idaho County Free Press, July 14, 1899 Contributed and transcribed by Floyd Whitley Partial transcription from Idaho County Free Press, July 21, 1899 From Friday’s Daily “…The afternoon was occupied with the closing arguments of respective counsel. County Attorney Scales opened for the State. Ailshie followed in person for the defense. Attorney Vineyard took up the defendant’s argument, and the grand “finale speil” … [(?) type is smeared] was in progress by the County Attorney at the hour of going to press. J. F. Aillshie Discharged Justice Hartman Reviews the Evidence and Renders Judgment From Saturday's Daily Yesterday, both sides having concluded their closing argument in the examination of J.F. Ailshie, the court adjourned at 5 o’clock p.m. Justice Hartman then, for the first time, visited and inspected the offices where the shooting took place. This morning, all parties being present, County Attorney Scales for the State, the defendant in person with his counsel, W.A. Hall and Attorney Vineyard, the Court delivered judgment to the following effect: Justice Hartman said he had explicitly [reserved?] …[type smeared, indecipherable]... that had been introduced by both sides during this examination, shutting out and ignoring the evidence taken before the coroner’s jury, but confining his attention to the evidence brought before this Court. This evidence he had thoroughly weighed. The Court had also examined the premises where the shooting occurred, and now discharged the defendant, the Court finding no evidence upon which the defendant could be held for any crime. The court desired to express his sense of the able and vigorous manner in which the examination had been conducted by Attorney W.N. Scales. The defendant then requested that his two guns be returned to him, and to this the County Attorney at once acquiesced. Mr. Ailshie then asked that the bonds standing against him in the two cases be released and his bondsmen be exonerated. It was so ordered. Source: Idaho County Free Press, July 21, 1899 Contributed and transcribed by Floyd Whitley |
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| Hawley Tells of Olden Days in Idaho County Former Governor and Candidate for U.S. Senate Visits Grangeville Pleased With the Outlook Says he feels certain He Will be Nominated by Democrats for Short Term “I did not come to Grangeville so much for political purposes as I did to renew old friendships in Idaho County,” declared ex-governor James H. Hawley, Idaho’s Grand Old Man, at the Imperial hotel Tuesday night. Governor Hawley spoke in the rich, mellow voice and same easy going manner that characterized him, during his entire public career in the state of Idaho. Governor Hawley declared that, in his travels throughout the state, he found the situation to be most promising. In Idaho County in 1862 Besides being a pioneer resident of the state, Governor Hawley is one of the few genuine pioneers of Idaho county. In the spring of 1862, James H. Hawley first set foot on the soil of which was afterward to be included in a great state of which he was to be governor. “My first visit to Idaho county,” said Governor Hawley, “was in April, 1862, when I journeyed overland from the Dales, Ore. to the mines at Florence. This part of the country was then included in Washington Territory.” “We went with horses as far as Mountainhouse,” said Governor Hawley, “but we used the horses only to carry our supplies and were mighty glad for the opportunity of having them to carry our outfits. At Mountainhouse, we left our horses, and packed our supplies on our backs to Florence. I remember I carried a load on my back that was heavier than I.” U.S. Attorney under Cleveland Ever since coming to what is now Idaho, Governor Hawley has been prominent in affairs of the state and territory. He was well-known throughout the territory and state as a lawyer, served in the state legislature, served as U.S. attorney under the Cleveland administration, has been governor of the state, and now is a candidate for the U.S. Senate. Governor Hawley was instrumental in procuring woman suffrage for Idaho and is confident that the women of the state will remember him for this, and cast their votes for him on primary election day. Mr. Hawley strongly insists that there was no legitimate reason for organizing the Non-partisan league party at the present time, as all the real reforms aimed at could have been effected through the two old parties without particular trouble. He insists that the formation of a political party of a certain class, whether such class be farmer, business man, laborer or what-not, is contrary to the underlying principles of our institutions and should not be tolerated, because at any time it would be an unpatriotic thing to do, and in time of war is almost treason. He believes, though, that the sober-minded thought of the farmers who have been cajoled into joining the organization has already begun to assert itself in most localities in the state and hundreds of persons who have joined the league will refuse to further the political schemes of the leaders but will vote at the primary elections in accordance with their political predilections and as their conscience dictates. “In fact,” continued governor Hawley, “the leaders of the league, the Townleys, Scholtzes and McKaigs, who are guiding its destinies are not farmer at all, but seeking to exploit their own selfish interests. While the majority of the league members are loyal and patriotic citizens, still in its ranks are found all the socialist, pacifists and pro-German who are engaged in the business and this has left an unpleasant feeling against the league in many places.”
Source: Idaho County Free Press, August 29, 1918 Contributed and transcribed by Floyd Whitley |
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