Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1889-04-18
AND PALMY DAYS OF
NORTH IDAHO,
TRIP FROM THE DESCHUTES, OREGON,
TO LEW lSTuN, WASHINGTON TER.
LEWISTON AND THE ADJACENT
COUNTRY; EARLY IN THE
COS AND LATE IN THE SOS.
Continued from last ueek.1

The month Of June passed without
anything Of MON ut happening. The
Okanagon made her regular trips, one
each week, carrying large freight. aud
large passenger lists. Bill Clark kept in
a tent called the Last Chance, near
Trevett's round. tent. John Scranton,
not mail contractor John Scranton, but
carpenter John Scranton, kept hotel, l
think, in the vicinity Of where Nine.
lie Francois now keeps. You must
Scranton and Jake Thompson
at Portland. Jaksy was crack pool
player in those days, so was Pilot Billy
Robinson, Brooks, Trevitt and Frank
Gleason, they played at the old Bank
Exchange, kept by Mat Keith, now
gathered to his fathers. Frank Gleason
is at or near Baker City in the saloon
business, playing pool with the privilege
or pluyiug draught if anybody wants to
play, he will make the game up, and, if
needs be, give fellow little the best OF
it rather than the game should lack
play ers. Gleason describes fellow who
wanted to shake him for the whiskey.
He says this fellow is going to take two
chances the listener asked, how is that,
Frank answers, we'll be takes chance
to beat me and heap the best Of it to
blk me, can you see the point? Now q
man who have not heard OF for years,
you remember him, Bill Austeremau, or
Oysterman, but better and widely Known
as Nebraska Bill. l think | last saw
him packing from this point with and
for Bill Caldwell. Nebraska, in early
days Of Oregon and Washington, was.
with Aaron Kinney, Suttler at Vancou-
yer. Lloyd Brooks figured around there
about that time, SO did Mort Nye, Ben
Anderson, the Short Boys, Honest
Frary and many more old timers, now
retired, some in ono way and some in
another. Ben Anderson said of Curtis
Short, that it was not correct to call him
Curtis, no.. it should be Cultus, but poor
Ben was great joker aud did not care
at whose expense he cracked his jokes.
Now remember many names but can
not tell Of their whereabouts. There
was Bill Wallace, who had large grey
hound, Bill Mullen, Bill Gorman, not
Jack German, Of IDAHO city, Jim
Knowles, tall fine looking man, Jim
Shaw, another tall man. Jiml Shaw
afterwards married Johnny Groves
widow. Grove died at Boise City, or
perhaps at San Francisco. My know
ledge Of his death is from rumor only.
In speaking Of Bill! Blark. you must
remember him, Que time city marshall Of
Portland, be also kept saloon at Portland.
He is, I think, now dead. Another
jolly fellow, the man who wore bar skin
on his coat, Dick Pucket. Dick died
gears ago in South Idaho. think be
married George Chapman's widow, she,
| think, was the daughter Of Gillispie. :
painter, and, think, Ut one time sheriff
Of some county in IdaLo, but I can no.
now say when or whore it was. Tom
Hughes was either here or ut Lapvai
that summer, I can not say which place,
but ] know and wilt place him when
get around in the fall 10 my dinky canoe,
Poor Tom is sleeping his last sleep.
Tom, ! am not, was . printer. No great
loss without some small gain. In thi,
case the typos have the benefit Of the
dodbt; We rest our case, your Homer
and 70 to the jury without agrumens
Iet our opening be our close. Nov
will close for june, and say, in the
language OF the poet, l don't know the
name Of the poet, everything Vas lovely
and the goose Was elevated. Now July
comes along and with il comes the
four.b. and. like al Fourths, We had ,
Jolly time on the Okausgon. A grad
display Of patriotism in our style and
after oar peculiar way Of conducting
matters Of that kind, . big dinaer,
plenty Of wine, good cigars. Wine !,
e5 per bottle. liquors. plAin. sweaty. iIss
cents per drink, cigars, not damaged
cabbage leaves, twenty-five osnts sach.
Now, lir, those cigars cost, Il Victoria.
British Columbia, one hundred and tss
dollars per thousand. and through my
friend, Ned james, they came throush
free af duty. The bess vhkkey drank
them dsys eoss - PEI gallon, or sot
nors thaa s3 50. So svssythisg veas
% merry - marriage belis. The q. 8.
n. Co., furnished the. diasss asd I fGs.
niahcd the liquor and sixass ~ ~