Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-02-19
STATE NEWS.
Cleaned From the Columns Of Various
idaho Exchanges.

6loo0e0 From the Co1u00S Of VSI1Ous
idaho Exchanges.
NJ. d. Wright and E. L. Weeks
have q contract with the Great North
ern for $4,000 crossties and large
amount of piling. They also have a
contract for clearing forty-six miles Of
the right Of way. The engineers in
charge will be here about February
18th to commence work.-Kootenai
Courier.
A message from Warrens informs US
that the Mayflower mill is going to be
started up at once in order to crush five
tons Of rock which goes $4,000 per ton.
The proceeds Of this little clean up Is an
independent fortune, and If it was ours
We should feel like blowing some Of 1t
In on the Worlds Fair.-Grangeville
Free Press.
A bill has been introduced into the
Oregon legislature to appropriate $1O,-
600 for the purpose Of buildinga wagon
road froml Baker, City to the Seven
Devils country. Would it not be in
place for Boise to erect reduction works
here and secure the enormous products
Of this rich mining region? We have a
wagon road under construction and
this trade might come to Boise as well
~ not.-Hornet.
A new Episcopal church will be
erected early in the spring. Rector
Murphy has just completed arrange
ments to raise the necessary funds, 80
that the building is assured. The
church building committee contribu.
tes $500, st. Georges Sunday School,
Of New York, $500, Bishop Talbot, Of
the diocese of Idaho and Wyoming
$500, and there Is $500 already in bank,
making total of 81, 90O.-Moscow Star
The lower drift or tunnel Of the
Trade Dollar Is proving very rich
The face Of the drift Is still $50 feel
from the upper drift. We mentioned
last week that the rock in this Wins
was very rich and the vein wide. L
the ore for this $50 feet should prove
like that now at both ends, the mine
viii be the bonanza Of the camp
Some specimens now in this Office viii
assay away up into the Thousands
Idaho Avalanche.
The Barney Stone Mining Company
whose principal Office and place ofbusi
ness Is at Portland, Oregon, has filet
articles Of incorporation in the Office Q
Secretary Of State Pinkham. The cap
ital stock Of the corporation is $500, 90
gold coin value, divided into 5000
shares, having par value Of ten do
lars each. The object Of the corpors
ton and the business in which 1T pr
poses to engage Is to buy, own, contre
and deal in gold, silver and othe
mines or mining property, and i
placer mines or quartz lodges, etc. TIL
incorporators are F. A: Knapp, job
Jones and e. r. Frank, who have a
ISOLATED themselves for the purpose {
forming private incorporation unde
the laws of the State of Oregon.-Bois
Statesman.
There is considerable discussion &
ing on as to which flower shall b
adopted as the emblem Of Idaho, and
Il proposed to have the question settle
by vote of the school children Of tn
State on Arbor day. The Nampa Pr
gress makes this recommendation
1--WE would recommend the syring
(Philadelphus coroparia, order Saxifrs
quacction), q perennial, native Of Idah
blossoms pure snow white, resemblin
orange blossoms, and very fragrant
We do not know that it Is native {
any other state. 1t is adapted to
large variety Of attitudes. This flowe
would be emblematical Of our chi.
mining industry-silver,-and also ,
our snow capped mountains, frol
which the name Of the state is derived
Boise Democrat.
In . few days one Of the longe'
trains win leave New York for Mo
COW that ever crossed the continen
Instead Of having only ten cars 1
stated last week, it will be made up
twenty-four. The freight is all Il
Dernham 4 Kaufman and will be di
tributed from their wholesale house
this city. There will be three cars eac
Of barbed wire and mixed furnitur
two each Of carpets and mixed dl
goods, mixed groceries, clothing an
furnishing goods, and stone ware an
pottery; and one each Of canned good
assorted tobaccos, nails, syrups, wa
paper, springs and mattresses, woode
aud willow ware and Office fixture