Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1881-05-26

settlers have more or less growing tim
Der on their claims, and the lard is
rolling and well protected from frosts.
Teel is to soon take charge of the post
office at Four Mile, at which Office
much mail matter will be distributed.
Crops look we'll in this section, seeding
is nearly completed. We noticed on
the route from Moscow many fields Of
fax just coming up. We passed over
the divide into the lower end of the
Cove settlement, thence west over a
ridge down into the gulch leading to
the old bridge, crossed the ford and
came up the Palouse to this place.
Frank Points is residing here. The
ranch is the property of widow Newell
whose husband was killed by the fall
ing Of a tree two years ago, and her
son-in-law Mr.. E. Snowman runs the
place. 1t is snug ranch Of rich soil
sloping to the south, well watered, and
tolsrably we'll cultivated and improved
John Buchanan owns the ranch next
south, which embraces the Palouse
bottom lands at this point. We learn
that nearly every foot of the land in
this vicinity for many miles in every
direction is already absorbed by set
tiers, many of whom are located in the
timber up the Palouse and have no
prairie land at all. These timber
lands have prospect of becoming
very valuable in the near future, for
tho timber alone. Settlements extend
up the Palouse bottoms from the old
bridge about Is or l6 miles. Beyond
that, but few have gone except for
mining and cutting cedar timber. The
Cow settlement is quite dense and is
on the south side of the Palouse. So
also is the Deep creek settlement which
is on the north side, and the whole
strip north from the Palouse be-
tween the Deep creek and the Wash
ington line, as far as Pine creek is
quite densely settled. This embraces
what is termed Cedar creek or the La
Dow settlement. Most of the north
Palouse settlers get their mail matter
at Palouse City just across the line in
Washington Territory. At Cedar
Greek their is post office on the stage
route to Spangle. The feeling is univer-
sal here that their prosperity much
depends on tho annexation of North
Idaho to Washington. No man re-
grets that the people north want to
organize a new county, but all seem
to think that all attempts to organize
under the name of Latch instead Of
Kootenai will require farther legisla-
ton to make their acts legal, while
should they organize under the name
of Kootenai no further legislation
would be required. Frank Points
who vent mp there to administer the
oath to their officers says he told them
they were mistaken in their name, but
they insisted that because ex-Gov.
Brayman had sent them q letter OF
appointment and instructions how to
proceed, there can be no mistake but
what they are right. No doubt Bray
man thought at the time that he was
right. But the second section of the
act of the fourth session attaches all
o. what was the Northern portion Of
Latch to Kootenai, and the first sec.
ton Of the same of the same act ex
tends the boundaries of Nez Perez to
the main divide between Hangman
and waters of Palouse. 1t commenced
raining here ahou. IL m to-day, and
has kept up a pretty constant rain till
now, 5 P. NJ, with a fair prospect of no
lot up during the night.