Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-01-02
Told in The Teller.


out to the breaks of Salmon river last
week to visit friend and to hunt
little for big game. He took his
friends little rifle and only half dozen
cartridges. After short round he
came upon nine deer in the head of II
canyon. They were only forty rods
away.and insuspicious. At the crack of
the gun: one deer fell and the others
scampered every way. He fired five
shots ahd knocked down four. One
with Il large pair of antlers ran Il shore
distance and lay down, 1t was very
stupid and Carson did not wish to shoot
it with his last Cartridge so he decided
to kill the monster with rock. The
deer lay in Il stupor till the rock descend
ed upon his skull. He sprang to his
feet in fighting attitude. Carson
could not let go. The deer jerked him
about like u whip lash. He tore the
mans clothes all off with feet and horns
but the hunter knew that to release the
deer meant death in few minutes.
BY good fortune the deer fell on the
steep hill with his back between 10 logs
in such shape that Carson could hold
him down and be shielded from mis-
sharp hoofs. In that position he cut
the deers throat and waited in fearful
strain for him to bleed to death.
Messrs. Poe, Schleicher and Wilkin-
son, the veteran fishermen, have had II
bushel of fun recently. The salmon
they hooked were SO large that they
could land only the small ones. They
brought in last Thursday three 25>
pound fish which they had captured
during the afternoon. But the largest
of them all they lost. Mr.. w. hooked
one which he could not control any
more than he could hold whale. He
uses the best tackel in the market, but
it would not hold the monster. The
automatic reel hissed like blow snake;
the line split the water like a saw, and
the rod was bent like a hoop, as the
| fish towed the boat after him. Jonn's
eyes stuck out like beer mugs AS he
paid out, and paid out to the last yard
of line. Then he cried in despair, "Row
hard, boys, row nard" The line snap
ped! Mr.. w. fell back in the boat and
was too sick to fish any more that day
The Judge says that salmon was bigger
than John Wilkinson any day.
The TELLER comes with wishes of
happy New Year. The TELLER is
happy with prospects for Il successful
year. The people of this district have
the brightest prospects before them
that they have ever enjoyed. This
city and the country around have
escaped the blighting influence of the
hard times Of the past few years while
all the world has been distressed.
The future promises more than relief
from hard times. There is every ele-
ment of prosperity present for the
coming year. There is at present III
progress the development of many bus
iness enterprises for our city and the
country around. There are a thousand
new homes being builded in the coun-
try tributary to Lewiston and for these
new citizens there are bright pros
poets and happy new year.
There are only three inches of snow
in the Big Holes district and the mild.
ness of the winter gives the new set
tiers great confidence in their new new
location. Building Is being pushed IN
town as we'll AS on the claims. There
are twenty buildings in course of con
structiOn within the limits of the mew
town. Two stores, two restaurants and
a livery stable are in operation now
A mail route has been established via
Cottonwood. A telephone connection
with Nez Perces City will be the next
demand. The Inland Telephone Co
should erect branch from Cotton
wood to accommodate the business o
that growing town.
There is some Indignation among
the better class of citizens of Lewiston
over the prospect Of "A new China den
on Main street. The Mongolians have
secured control of the old log building
opposite the Damas store and are fit
ting it up ostensibly for "A wash house
which of itself would be bad enough
1t is evident that this old building is
to be used for vile resort rs nearly al
washhouses are. The elaborate anC
Expensive preparations indicate that ;
gambling and opium den is to be es
tablished in that place. The TELLEI
believes the city council, under Sectiol
of Ordinance l76, can save the cit,
this disgrace.
:. Senator Shoup has introduced IA bill
appropratins 5000, 900 fora public build
ing in Moscow. In speaking of tn
bill. The Double standard says: 9Th
standard called attention to the mat
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