Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-05-22
A petition is being circulated

A petition is being circulated,
aaa receiving the signature of
QVefyona approached, for q daily
mail service from Cottonwood 10
Kamiah, via, Nmperco. This
is move in the right direction
and win no doubt epccsed.
Push it along.
Yesterday "Old Solp came up
smiling, after being knock cd out
SO many times in the last sixty
days, and continues to send
down his old fashioned sumeleY
rays, which after the gloom Of
the recent past, is very welcome,
and enjoyable to all,
Thelast few days have been in
dicative Of the close Of the exs
tremc dampness, This is the
only place that has been visited
by snow storms and excessive
raine(?). Nezporca and Denver,
and GrangeVille and the other
small villages havo hepp ex-
empt(2l.
Stuart viii ho The head Of
navigation on tho Clearwater,
ard ia destined 10 mako g good
sized towp. 1t has 9 live tow4-
site management; and the sur.
roundings that must naturally y,
be tributary Will insure o eplen-
did future for.it.
Never has there been 80 good
prospects for placer mining as
the coming summer; as the
snow is very deep on tho noun
tains, and the cool winds have
retarded the melting until now;
hence the chances are good for
an all summers run Of plenty Of
water,
Grave fears are felt for the
safety of Lewiston, on account Of
the immense quantity Of snow
which is still in the mountains
being rapidly melted by the
summer sun, and causing the
Snake and Clearwater to rise to
an unprecedented height. Should
such be tho case, thero will be
great danger to life, and heavy
property loss. The old timers
say, that there is a greater depth
of snow in tie mountains this
spring than ever before. We
hope that all fears are unbound
ed, and that our sister town
will escape such q calamity.
The North Idaho "Star" gives
an object lesson in its last issue
which reflects great credit on the
Populist rule in Latah County;
showing that in 1898, the ex-
ponees OF the county. under Re
ppbljeaH rule, was $62, ,229.65;
for 1894, $G7,637.06, and for
1895, 46.70&.Q3; q net reduction
of expenses, Of $20,931.98 for
the first year Of rule Of the "Ca.
lamity Howlers," who you
know are not competent to run
public affairs. Such "failures'
as this will be much sought af-
ter by people of other counties,
who desire a square deal in the
administration Of public matters,
Let's have some moro OF just
such failures" and carry them
to the State and Nation by all
means.
a good deal of valuable space in
the May number of The Northwest
Magazine is devoted to the subject of
Montana for Immigration and Cap
ital," fully eleven pages being filed
with the addresses delivered before
the recent State Mining and Immi-
grafton Convention in Helena. Pro-
fusely illustrated, carefully revised
and attractively presented, this mat.
ter will not fail to receive wide peru
sal and to accomplish excellent
results. The story, IA Rocky Noun
tain Romance" is characteristic of
Western mining life and abounds in
dramatic situations, while the regu-
lar features of the magazine present
their usual melange of Western life,
humor, enterprise and progress.
The Nosthwest Magazine may almost
be termed a monthly eyclopedia of
Northwestern events.