Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1884-04-03
EAGLE Cry, March 13. 1884.

EAGLE Cry, March 13, 1884.
Ed. TELLER;-The beautiful still comes
at intervals till it has reached the depth
of six feet. The trails are still open and
pack trains come lively and with full CAR
goes, for the snow trail Men and women
still come in and fully 1000 men are il
camp at present and two families and II
carclcss girls, who perambulate alternate
ly at tunes in pants and dress, as busiaeas
aud weather permits them 10 do in either
garb. The saloons arc crowded and the
shuttle Of cards and ring Of glasses arc
CONSTANTLY heard in them, aud games ot
chance are held out for any who wish 70
indulge in the rcd-spottcd tiger and stud
dealt by the girls and the noes Of keno,
as the game is out and the cry Of Oh! u
heard. Mining operations are rot going
IN very lively, for the good reason that
the snow and high water prevents them
from opening up lively. A few claims
are being put in shape at great expense.
namely, the Butte Mining Company and
the Widow claim, as it is known, some
of the Pierce City boys are interested il
it. Some Of the side gulches are being
opened ready for biz when the snow gets
of on its joyous way to the ocean. Build
Ing up the different cities still goes on at
lively rates and log buildings and test
houses goes up quite rapidly and stores
and places Of business Of all kind is being
opened in all our cities. Humprey l.
Hoods steam saw mill is now 1t the land.
ing five miles from Eagle City, aud bet
Of Si0O was made to have it in aud 70,
cut 1900 feet Of lumber in the next -
days, and Hood is the boy to win that
bet Cortr are let and orders taken
to be filed, for lumber, and then Eagle
City will boom aud flushed fronts will he
everywhere seen when the court comes il
July. Thompson Falls road is being
pushed and freight is already coming in
over that route and it is the boss. The
Jackass trail is being opened for wagons,
it leaves the Mullen road just above the
mouth of the South Fork Of the Ceur
d. Alene and will be good route from
the south and west. We have political
or county finance muddle; just now the
county commissioners Of Kookenai county
sent in the Sheriff to collect licenses and
the county recorder deputized Judge
Clagget as county deputy for Kootcnai,
county. The sheriff Of Shoshone county
was in here and collected licenses and no
dispute in regard to county boundaries
was heard aud no question raiscd ~ to
which county Cgur d'Alene or Summit
Mining district had Jurisdiction. Parties
have been summonscd to appear at court
from here in Pierce City, and certainly
the honorable Supreme Court understood
where Eagle City was situated when
term of the District Court was fixed to
be held at Eagle City, Shoshone county,
|. T., in July 1884. Yet the commits
sioners Of Kootenai county, regardless Of
the prioriety Of and seniority of Shoshone
county organization and her first bound
aries have not been changed since her.
formation as county, the dispute seems
to be where the mountains break of aud
are called the Ceur Alencs The Koot-
cnai officials called to their aid parties who
now profess to know, yet, perhaps never
had any knowledge Of the county and
claim the spur dividing the waters Of the
st. Joe and the main Ceur d'Alene river.
to be the CGur dAlene mountain, while
those opposed to any change in the coun-
ties claim the range dividing and waters
Of the CGur d'Alepe and Clark's Fork or
Lake Pen dOreille to be the northern.
boundary of Shoshone county, and then
the mouth Of the South Fork Of Clear
water is not over 45 miles east. II that
distance from the boundary line between
Idaho aud Washington Territories, while
it is called 80 miles from Eagle City to
Rathdrum, and that berg is 2 miles east
Of the boundary line; so any way il can
be fixed there is no doubt but these dis
tricts are as organized in Shoshone county,
Their county deputy has made demand
for the records from Points, the Shoshone
count deputy, and he and Mr.. Hunt,
the under sheriff of Shoshone county, re-
fused to surrender any papers in their
charge belonging to Shoshone county and
thus matter stand at present here in coun-
~ affairs. Parker is not in yet and the
E1gle has not screamed yet, he is ON the
'o.d in and must surely come in soon.
With all the freivht that comes in -four
still keeps upt % per barrel and all
things in pro m. Bu' .ess tn
be lively aud sd for the tim sty
lots 20 up in ,',ice everywh d oar
cities and are ready sale at ,,a. prices,
the boom continues in all s,epos s..a IN
migration comes fast on all trails When
the diggings open out, if they fill all Il
expectations, gold dust must be plenty
and times lively for all who come. At
present there is no demand for laborers