Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-05-01

tldt HIS III ii'iil VI lis piol''i'H' II
will lie easy then to trace the RESPONSE
bility. How about your portion of it,
dear reader lsit the patch-upon-patch
kind, with the nails pushing up and
the boards pushing down: Lewiston
is to be commended for her broad cH
tensive sidewalks but hardly for the
condition in which they are found at
present writing.
Agreeable to the proclamation Of the
governor and the request of the Terri
toral Superintendent of Public Instruc-
ed Monday as Arbor Day. The grounds
of our school building being already |
plcntifully supplied with trees and
shrubs, and the season too far advanced |
to insure any successful planting, that |
part of the program was omitted. The
schools assembled and after short pro-
gram closing with vote upon the
State Tree, they were dismissed to fill
the day with whatever of pleasure
seemed fitted. The tree chosen Ivy the
pupils was the White Oak.
Bids for building the branch of the
Spokane Il Palouse railroad, which is
expected to be built this season to
Lewiston, will he received till the first
of May Parties have been for th4
last week looking over the ground,
studying the cost of the different parts,
such as grading, rock work, bridge
building, and the cost of ties There
will be a good chance to sell ties and
all kinds of timber, and all dealers
should look sharp that outside parties
do not get the contracts to furnish the
piles and other necessary timber that
will be used in the construction of the
road. 1t will take lots of money to
buy all of it, and we have the timber
and want the money; so let those who
have the materials be prepared to fur
nish bids that are based on solid
judgment, that have no guess about it,
and not lose the chance by over bid
ding.-Palouse City News.
Judge Willis Sweet, in the district
court at Mount Idaho, has decided that
4 Chinese have no rights whatever on
1 mining lands in the United States
= The decision was rendered in IA suit
a brought by some Chinese against Pat
e rick Finn, ct al, who, last summer
If jumped claim on Moose Creek, in the
p Elk City mining district held by the
y Chinese for many years under a bill o
D sale given to the Chinese by a whit,
T. man. In another decision involving
er the Buffalo Hill claims in the Elk Cit,
District, the white man having lease(
said claims to Chinese, and being
~ jumped by whites, the judge held tina
+" lease of mining ground to the Chimes
- was invalid and amounted to abandon
y ment of claim unless plaintff'proves tina
!. Chinese lessees were actually employed
~ to hold and work said ground on behal
~ of plaintiff. The suit for ejectment wa
y therefore denied. Upon the announce
T" ment of the decision parties were imme
" diately organized to oust the Chimes
~ miners in the Pierce City, Elk City
: and other mining camps in Northern
Idaho, which are Chinese stronghOlds
ii The decisions are far-reaching in thei
,e effect and will lead to the abandon
d. ment of much ground where Chimes
" have made subsistence.
us We are III receipt of a letter this wee
IS, from H. M. Ralley, dated at Warrer
rn Camp, April 10th. Mr.. Ralley urg,
l immediate action on the wagon roa
ey bill recently approved by Congress
ch No part of Idaho will yield larger IT
ISL turns for the outlay made than will IL
country benefited by this propose
road Some of the richest quartz
the world, and abundance of ores of {
kinds, lie in this belt. The wealth !.
~, half dozen empires lies land lock-
49, and practically undeveloped. 1t
~ hoped those in authority and all i
terested in the development of o
~. resources will lend a hand to push fl
,,,s ward this new highway. In rega
III '.:u to the prospect for the coming seaso
Mr. Ralley says: "The snow is nj
.att disappearing and all prospects point
ous a good season in this camp. Th'
will be plenty of water and the pla'
miners will have a good long RI
'om Prospecting for quartz will be renew
ng, with vigor. The "Mayflower' bo
was five men, have just come in from W
was ser and report that they will hav
ter. new quartz mill in here to put on tn
tful mine just as soon AS pack animals {
ion. cross the divide. Now is the time
UNI hurry up that wagon road. We und
has stand that Congress has approved
A he the appropriation, and nothing is
veil. to be done but for Gov. ShOup and
iver officers in charge. to let the cOntr,