Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-06-19

CLEANED From the Columns of Various
Territorial Exchanges.

| Fv' N' anu I1aeucF clalm on
upper Trail last Tuesday. 1t isa 50 lid
chunk of the yellow metal.-Coe eur
d'Alene Sun.
n boat left Salubria last week Il nd
navigated the waters of the Wei scr
and Snake rivers as far MS the S..v ron
Devils, made the through trip in
twenty-Six hours and arrived safe and
sound. Warlner News.
Eighteen thousand head of sheep be-
longing to eastern parties was started
out on the trail last Saturday for Lara
mic, Wyoming. From there they will
be loaded on the cars and shipped on
to the Eastern nlarkets.-Muil.
The receipts of the Mountain Home
and Rocky Bar stage line for the
month OF May was about S625. OO for
passengers; express, $4,000; and the
freight hauled over the line was be-
tween seven and eight thousa and
pOuntls.-Mail.
The grass hoppcrs are Matching out
by the millions on the lower w God
River valley. The anchers in that
locality are afraid that they will lose
all Of their hay this year, unless the
pests move on. If they move North
ward they will take in the towns on
the river and all of the up-river farming
country.-Mail.
One tree, and that nothing extra
ordinary, that was recently cut at Mr..
Buells Crosby Spur sawmill, sawed up
into $500 feet of clear lumber. The
tree was cut in the hills north of the
mill, and while not common size. is
still not uncommon. And that to was
not cut IN the best timber district of
the Idaho panhandle.-Pan-Ha
The Occur dAlene Railway 4 n vi-
CATION company lost a valuable barge
In the Occur d'Alcne river at Mission
Tuesday morning. The barge had
just been loaded with twelve carloads
Of ore, consigned to this city. Having
been recently repaired and stcel-plated
at cost of $500, the barge was the COM
pany's lest. The loss is estimated ut
81 800 on the barge and seventy tons of
ore at $40 per ton.-Coeur d'Alcne
Times.
Some five or six experienced
sheep shearers arrived in Ketchum
last Monday and left the following
day by the Ketchum and Clayton
stage for the Salmon river valley,
where, it is said, there are thousa nds
of sheep waiting to be shorn of their
faeeces. The sheep shearers represent
that they can clip the fleece of from
$50 to 200 PEI day, and at seven and
eight cents apiece this is quite lucra-
tive occupation during the sheep
shcaring season.-Ketchum Keystone.
From the first cutting of alfalfa hay
in this vicinity several loads of well
cured hay are coming into this place
daily, and finds a ready sale. The
average yield of that which is being
cut is not less than three-fourths of a
ton per acre, but it Is noted that the
sec ion from which this hay comes has
been under water for some time this
spring, and this is no criterion by which
we may form an estimate o. crops in
other sections. The average yield
under favorable circumstances is from
two to two and Une-quarter tons per
acre each cutting. Wild hay has been
coming into town for about two weeks.
-Shoshonc Journal.
The Mullan Tribune of last week
says: Mr.. Jansen informs us that the
Northern Pacific laying has again COM
M,nced OH the east end of the Occur
d'Alene line. About 10 miles of track
is now laid west Of Missoula and the
grade Is completed as far west az the
st. Regis river. Messrs. Woods 4 Lar
son the contractors have nearly three
thousand men at work between Mis-
eOula and Packer creek, and the road
is being pushed forward as rapidly as
possible. The track will he completed
to Mullan early in September and as
soon thereafter Is possible will be put
In shape for the heavy trains and
be used as the main line Of the
Northern Pacific.
With the advent Of q railroad into
the Potlatch country the air will be
resonant with the tearing off of mort
gage coupons. BY securing an outlet
everything will be made cheaper, even
tn needles and thread, on account Of
reduced freight rates, and the pro.
ducts Of the country win be far more
valuable for the reason that they can