Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-06-11

Wv NAN''F'N WYNN t'iuNNi III tut
Elk City country, called at the TEIl. Err
office Tuesday. He comes into the
country to invest in some other good
properties.
There was adjourned m.eting of the
city council last Friday evening. The
usual business was transacted. The
usual monthly bills were allowed and
the freedom of the city was extended
to the G. A. X. The invitation of the
q. A. r. to the council to attend the
encampment was read and accep ted.
Word has been received in this city
that Deck Raueh has been engaged
upon his placer mines for three weeks
and has made two cleanups with an
aggregate of $500 in dust. Deck re-
ports four feet Of SNOW in camp. with
ten feet on the mountain above his
cabin.
The fruit men of this district are en-
couraged over the prospect for good
market. Word comes from the dis
tr lets which have ovcr-stocked the
principal markets IN past years that
the peach crop Is almost failure. We
deplore the misfortune of other people
but the prospect of II good price for o,,r
products is II pleasant consideration
just the same
Another meeting of the Fourth OF
July committee was held Tuesday
evening nj the Council Rooms. Ar
rangements were completed for accom-
modations at the celebration grounds,
and the detail Of the program Of enter
tainment consumn,ated. The ceIebra-
ton will undoubtedly be the most
elaborate in the history of Lewiston.
The Women's committee, who have in
charge the Liberty cars, decorations.
etc., will meet this week and begin
their important work. Posters an
nouncing the program in detail will be
issued this week.
The wheat crop of the Lewiston val
ley IS now past the stage Of danger
from drought. The fall wheat which
was reported thin upon the ground
early In the season has so grown under
favorable conditions, that the stand il
good. The growth has been very rank.
The heads have appeared from the
boot and the straw Is three feet high.
The acreage is not as large this yea: as
at other times in the past, but the
storage rooms and the transportation
facilities will be ver-blr,iened for all
of next year. The crop on the tributa-
ry reservation fields will he simply
enormous.
Some members of Mr. Harrington's
crew of lumbermam came down the
Clearwater ON log raft Sunday. The
water was ut high stage and they
had some thrilling experiences. They
ran the Big Eddy very fortunately.
They were caught by the swirl aud
made one turn on the swell but tioated
out on the full tide. lf they had made
another turn the whirlpool would have
swallowed them up. The average
speed OF travel on the way down was
ten miles All hour. These mel. report
the biggest drive that was ever run on
the river now banked aud ready to
run when the water goes down.
The democratic primary convention
was held in tins city last Saturday
and delegates were elected 10 the
county convention which meets at the
court house next Saturday. The tol-
lowing delegates were chosen to rep
resent this precinct: ". f.. Child,
Louis ROos, j. 4. Wilkinson. John
Green, James McGra;ie, Jr. Mike Ket-
ten, :. {. Hutchings, j. o. Barbour,
l.. l.. Haynes. The state convention
will convene in Pocatello next Tues
day ut which time delegates to the ma
tionai convention will he chosen. The
national democratic convention will
meet in Chicago July 9Th.
w. \, shelton, II prominent farmer
from Cotton returned from n hunting
trip in the Blue Mountains, with six
bear skins and two live bear. on pack
horses. With one companion thi. vet
eran hunter made this capture. He
tells n good story of his sport in the
woods on Salmon creek, tributary
Of the Grande Ronde. He discovered
and shot an o.d bear one evening
about dark. 1t proved to be the moth
er OF two cubs. A trained dog nut the
cubs up tree. Mr.. Shelton could
have shot them bot he decided to cap
ture them for pets. He commanded
the hound to watch the tree until he
returned, and left h $ coat for a bed for
his canine friend. The dog watched
all night in that dismal wood and
when Mr.. Shelton and his companion
returned the little bears were still