, 1881-11-05
THE LOCAL INLET.
BY Means Of which the News OF
the Day Is RcpOrtOrially
Admitted to The
Statesman"
And Al for the Benefit OF its
Thousands OF Readers.

| The new advertisement OF Frrd Metzger
! appean in this issue. Read it.
Mike Ungerer is in the city and complains
of the trouble he experiences in getting his
mail There is . screw loose somewhere for
similar complaints come from Pendleton.
The lst Cavalry Band has returned, well
satisfied that there is no place like home
The boys have been greatly missed, not only
by their comrades. but By the towns peoplr.
The STATESMAN has lost three Slime az
vertissments during the past month, and
gained seven columns. 1t may be some sat
isfaction TO the three growlers who thought
they were going TO paralyze the STATESMAN
by withdrawing their patronage, TO know
this.
Last Tuesday evening, NJ. NJ. Crowley,
postmaster and merchant at Spokane Brdgr,
gave bali and supper which Was largely
attended by the people from the surrounding
country 1t Was enjoyable affair through
out
We notice that the alley between Nam,
Alder. First and Second STREETS have been
gravelei and consequently there are not as
many mud holes Itwouid be good idea 10
do the same thing in o,i.er l"c .lities.
Columbus, ". T., which Is about twenty
miles above Ceiilo, ON the " Washington side OF :.
the river, Is fast becoming shipping point
We lfarn that as many as fifty teams day
have come in there loaded With wheat.
Mrs. W. NJ. Hand received 5000 yester
day, the amount due on the policy of her
late husband, IS a memLsr Of the Ancient
Order Of United Workmen
The boats are still engaged in moving the
vast quant.ti-s of wheat which are constantly
arriving from ab"ve.
The 0. L. \ \. 90. received three new
locomotives by the bsrkentine Tam U Shan
ter.
J. L. H.llett has d,ciGed, after thorough
examination, that 300 men can be worked
70 advanta-e AT the front, Oh thr line # the
Northern Pacific, and that large force Of
Chm amen and white men will soon lie trans
ierred from the o. T. & n c. line 10 the
Northern Pacific.
The q. K L n Co. aie LoXing uD the two
AR compres,ors and engines, and twelve
steam drills which We're used in constructing
the tunnels OH this division. preparatory To
rwarding .h, m 10 the Mnllnn pass Oh the
n. p. Z. T., where they will he used To
make L D. rtCration over mile long. Tins
tunnel is lecated about eighty nii,s west Of
Helena. Montana
We are informed 10y Mr. Go. Sharp, re-
siding near Wizard, t!iat = company Of men
have been at work for We, past blasting
out road WY .or the Northern Pacific,
short di, ttlc.. below Columbus, ". L. He |
thinks there are about thirty at wok. He !
SAYS they ale nov erecting humber shanties,
which, no d.ubt, is evidence that they |
intend t" n.ase that point headquarters for
operations
A Portland engineer writes rs follows un |
der date of Ventura, Idaho, Oct. 9th:
have Just returned from trip 100 miles
up Clark's Fork into Montana IN the interest
OF the n +. Il. K. survey. Final location
has been male from tine n"rth side Of Lake
Pen d'Oreille 10 the "CabIn, point 10
miles above the mouth of the river. Pre-
liminary lines ha;. b en survey ei ami staked
as fal as Thnnpscn riVer, which Is about 100
mrl,s this sr,It oi Missoula Ih. line as
now projected along Clark's FOX will cross
the river tire. trn,s and vail pcs thr"ugh |
a rough, rocky c..un'ry and viii be exceed |
ingiy expensive.