Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-05-14
Throughout The State!
INTERESTING HAPPENINGS OF
OUR COMMONWEALTH,
Carefully Scissored Out

From the Columns Of Various State
Journals, for Your Parusal.
Hothin Old and Stale.
Jess Bradford came in last Saturday
from Silver Mountain. Seven men
and four women wintered out there. OF
the ten remaining only two are now
on the pay roll. The Silver Mo ntain
company has decided to put no more
money into that district, and have ad-
vertised their mill for sale.-Idaho City
World.
Col. Stearns made proposition to
the Board of Trade, at their last meet
ing, that If the citizens would purchase
. chemical fire engine and christen it
John E. Stearns, that he would donate
$50, or II any otner citizen would do
nate $50 and name 1t for the doner,
or any one else that he might suggest,
that the Col. would give $lOO.-Nampa
Leader.
G. G. Holt, an aged farmer living on
King Hill creek, about five miles from
Glenn's ferry, met his death last week
by singular accident. The old man
had unhitched his team to retire for
the day and was leading his horses to
the creek to water, when they took
fright and became unmanagable and
the reins got entangled about the far
mer. Before he could extricate him
self the team broke away and Holt
was dragged to death.-Pocatello Tri-
bune.
What this county needs Is advertis-
ing. Why not form chamber of COM
merce or board Of trade and have de-
scriptions Of the country printed and
distributed throughout the overcrowded
sections Of the east. The cost would be
very small compared to the benefits we
would derive from 1t. We have one of
the richest countries in the northwest
and why not let everybody know it.
This subject has been mentioned many
times before, but let us stop talking
and begin to act in this important mat
ter.-Kootenai Courier.
The Cougar Bay valley, less than
three miles south of here is settling up
steadily, and before the season is
through will undoubtedly number forty
or fifty families among its inhabitants.
Among the latest additions are two ex-
soldiers who came from Montana, and
have gone in with the intention Of
starting dairy ranch. To show how
practicable road to this valley from
Post Falls is, these last mentioned set
tiers went through from here across the
divide with team of mules and
wagon.-Post Falls Panhandle.
Hon. j. r. DeLamar, Idaho's
Worlds Fair commissioner, left yester-
day evening for the East, enroute for
London. He will stop day or so in
Denver and for about week in Chica-
90, where he will secure and select
space for Idaho's exhibit If possible.
On Saturday he appointed. George F.
Hinton secretary to the commission,
and also selected all but three of the
district commissioners, whose appoint
ments will soon be made out. Senator
De Lamar will sail for England about
the 26 inst, and will remain abroad for
. few months.-Boise Statesman.
It is unfortunate that there is no au-
thority In law for the appropriation of
. dollar Of money from the county
treasury to aid in building a wagon
road from the state road at the Warm
Springs to Warrens. The distance is
twenty miles, and the cost Of building
the road Is estimated at $1,000. It is
not right nor just that the citizens of
Warrens should be saddled with the
entire cost Of this improvement, but
under the law the county is powerless
to assist. 1t is unfortunate that our
representatives in the legislature did
not make an effort, either to amend the
law, or else to have secured a part of
the surplus from the state road fund,
for the purpose of extending the state
road into Warrens, where wagon road
Is more urgently required than in any
other part Of the interchangeable
Free Press.
The day Of tallow candles and street
lanterns In Moscow will soon be over.
The council Tuesday evening accepted
q proposition from NJ. J. Shields 4 Co.
to contract for ten 1000 candle power
arc lights at SIS month each. Mr..
Shields will Immediately order the ma
chinery for an arc light plant in con-
nection with the incandescent system,
and intends to have it in working order
within four weeks. Just where the
lights will be located hasn't been decid-
ed yet by the council, but the men,