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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-04-02
Last Saturdays Races.

\ large and enthusiastic crowd at.
tended the races at the Willows Sntur.
day afternoon. The principal event
was the three-eighth mile dash between
Del Fountains fnur.year.old gelding,
DR.. Morris, and Stewart Brothers colt
Hardbargain. Both horses are direct
descendants of the celebrated Wei
strain of runners, and were prize win.
ners on the northwest circuit In '94 and
'95. Each horse had many admirers.
and the betting was very brisk and
heavy.
The races were called out at two
O'Clock, and after warming up were
sent to the pole.
Hardbargain is of n fiery, restless dis
position, and much time was consumed
at the score. a false start and mis-.
understanding on the part of the rider,
sent DR.. Morris Off the line and he run
out the entire three-eiehts alone. This
OccasiOned some little wrangl!ng be-
tween the owners of the horses and
further delay, and it was after four
o'clock before they were sent back to
the score. DIR. Morris stock went
down on the betting board, after his
run, and odds were freely offered on
Hardbargain. The horses were sent
off by Starter Manning promptly at
4:l5 with DIR. Morris halflcneth In
the lead. The race to the quarter pole
was pretty one, each horse maintain.
ing his position. At this point DR..
Morris drew away, and entered the
home stretch forty feet in the lead
He held that lead to the finish, win
ming under IA heavy pun. Time 3s
seconds.
The general impression among tho
spectators wa that the swiftest hors,
won, and even the "talent" were u
fenced by the result.
Several minor events followed, max
ing up All interesting days racing
Mr.. kloostra, proprietor of the track
is making arrangements for a quarter
mile dash for SATURDAY., April llth
between DR.. Morris, Hardbargain AM
Weiser.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-04-02
The Presbytery.

The Presbytery for the Walla Walla
district will meet in Lewiston this
evening. Rev. }. NJ. Gum. d. d. will
preach the opening sermon at the
usual hour. The morning aud after
noon meeting on Friday will be de.
voted to business. In the evening of
that day there will be Home Mission
service at which Rev's. Gum, Tichnor,
Adair and two Indian preachers will
deliver addresses. Saturday morning
and afternoon will be devoted to busi,
ness. In the evening the subject of
discussion will be Sabbath Schools.
Rev. NJ. q. Mann will lead in this
discussion. Christian EndeavOr work
will be discussed ut the same meeting
by Prof McCurdy, of Moscow. On
Sabbath morning Rev. d. o. Ghorrl.
ley will preach after which the Sacra
ment of the Lords Supper will he al
mlnistered In the afternoon there
will be u Chinese service conducted by
Rev. w. S. Holt, if a Chinese audience
can be secured. Rev. Holt will also
speak Sunday evening, on the subject
of Foreign Missions. The Prasbyter,
will adjourn Sunday evening.
| Last Sunday the Presbyterian con
gregation held business meeting
Reports were submitted by the sessio,
and by the board of trustees. The re
firing board was complimented upol
their efficiency. A new board wa
elected, consisting of T.. T.. Bunnell
J. Z. Babb and J. L. Chapman.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-04-02
LEWISTON. IDEH0 APRIL 2 1896.

profits of an equal number of wage
earners. The new farms and mines
will yield wealth enough to support
the commerce of great city.
The matured plans for irrigating that
tine tract of land on the west side Of
Snake river is one Of the adjuncts Of
wealth. Within few years the rich
est settlement in the northwest will
be on Lewiston fiat. The sell aud To-
cation is the most favorable that could
be selected for intense farming and tho
distribution will be in small tracts de-
signed especially for homes for indus
trious people and happy families. This
tract of land is not sage brush plain
nor Is it u sand bar of river deposit. 1t
Is u rich soil made up by the decom.
posed wash of range of hills. 1t Ia
rich in the essential properties of fertil-
lity to II depth Of 20 feet. The soil IL
sufficiently friable to be easily worked,
never breaking up N cIods and being
readily pulverlzed 1t retains for the
longest possible time both natural and
artificial moisture. The warmth OF
summer too, p2netrates this. fine soil
and Is retai the same processes
of nature holds the moisture.
With moisture, warmth and artificial
water, at hand we have the ideal farm
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-04-02
After the Flour Gold.

The Dean mining boat has teen
launched and il awaiting the arriv val
of the machinery from the east The
first work Will done near the mouth OF
the Alpowa. The hull will be dropped
down to the location selected tor oper-
alton before the machinery arrives and
the fitting will be done there. The
boat Is II by 30 feet built IN the most
substantial manner and in accordance
with scientific principles throughout
The plan is to work giant with di-
rect Dower from the engines The
water will be thrown with pressure
OF one hundred pounds to the inch. A
Is inch pipe will conduct the water to
the head of the sluice.
1t is the intention to ,,se coal for fuel
while the price of wood is maintained
at the present figures 4 carload of
coal arrived at Riparia last week but
the boat would not carry coal in bulk
so the owners were compelled to 90 to
Riparia and sack the cargo. II i, DEM
Onstrated to be cheaper to burn coal
than wood at "A figure higher than
three dollars IA cord.
The machinery was due from Water,
town New York on the 18th of March
but some delay was occasioned in Sc.
curing government inspection. The
machinery is now due and "A few day,
more preparation will put the plant il
shape to wash out the gold in Snake
river bars, which mas so long been cov
eted. 1t Is believed by practical tmel
that this floating mining camp viii
solve the problem of saving the fin,
gold.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-04-02

cause, was to have filed the place
which Bernice filled. Although she
was unprepared she did excellently.
Charles Ingle now spoke on the
negative side. He made very ele-
giant and energetic defense. Myrtle
Sharrah was the next to speak on the
affirmative. She made All earnest ap-
peal to the judges to listen to her side
of the question and brought out many
fine points. Edward Doyle, the young
for the negative side. He gave some
good points in favor of city life and his
debate showed that he had studied the
question thoroughly. His many witty
remarks called forth peals of laughter
and although he he'd the floor for
quite long time we were all sorry
when he sat down. Arliebel Wills
closed the debate by picking some of
of the negatives points to pieces and
the question was then turned over to
the Judges for decision. 1t was found
NuAI thC soAC was WV W ouS III Au'oA
of the negative.
The next on the program was u paper
on Women's Suffrage, by Willie White,
1t pleased the majority of the boys OF
the school, bu; did not please the girls
very well. This paper was open to
discussion and Bernice Day, Edward
Doyle, Nettie Harrington, Arlibel
Wills and Gertrude Downen took ad-
vantage of the opportunity and ex.
pressed their views on the subject.
There We're Others also who wished to
speak but Willie White seemed anx-
ious for the discussion to close and
made motion that the meeting ad-
journ. Olive Neal seconded the mo-
ton which was carried, and the meet
ing adjourned to meet .Axt Friday.
There would have been two more reci.
tations on the program, but as the de
bate and discussion took 80 much time
they were postponed until some other
| time.
l feel sure that I have not praised
the entertainment and the members
half rs much as they deserve ana hope
that l may IN tue near future haze the
pleasure of another such treat.
| MOUSE IN THE CORNER.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-04-02

All arrangements ale completed for
the grand ball to be given by the &. A.
*. next Tuesday evening. The ladies
OF the w. X. {. have been untiriny i'm
their efforts I" make it highly pleas.
ing social affair, and it promises to be
lbera'ly patronized by the public.
The proceeds Of the affair will be used
to dcfray expenses in entertaining the
state encampment of the q. A. r.
which meets in Lewiston in June.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-04-02

FIattering reports Of progress on the
big ditch have been received. Two
hundred men are now employed In
making the timber framing for the
Hume, excavating fume bed and dig
ging the main ditch. The men are
constantly coming and going. but
there are men ready to sccept every
vacancy.
There are three engineering parties
In the field. The rapid work has kept
them busy cross.sectionlng, classifying
and l,cating. Two and nalf miles At
main ditch has been finished and IN
equal distance Of fume bed. Work h
under way on the Swallows Nest tun-
mel and the first section of the hume
YVES being placed yesterday
The reports that the Asotin people
wer& &opposing the progress Of the COM
pany's work are entirely without
foundation. The rights Of way with
the exception Of three unimportant
ones have beem secured. There 10 no
hindrance of the progress Of the enter
prise possible aud the prospect Ia favor.
able for completion even earlier than
the cantrsct time. II II now believed
that water will Ike delivered upon Lew
istoh + lats by May 18th.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-04-02
School Notes.
By the B. Glass.

The High school received their re-
port cards for the second quarterly ex-
animation last week.
The pupils are well satisfied with
their grades. In Algebra, quite large
number received 100 per cent.
The A class was minus the boys this
morning. Professor WAS wondering il
they had not gone fishing.
The A class have finished Algebra
and taken up Civil Govt. 1t is a very
interesting study and they all seem to
be we'll pleased with it.
There are only u few more weeks of
school now and some Of the pupils are
ca .eriy forward to the holidays while
Others are sorry to see the happy school
days close. Ne are all going to try to
make these last weeks the most profit
able of the term
The little folks take great pride in
gathering wild flowers, such as, butter
cups, bird bills, yellow bells and blue
bells. which they present to their
teachers, who decorat. their desks with
them. No swetter or prettier decora-
tions can be found than our beautiful
wild flowers.
The up class have been studying
Ancient Greece, III General History,
and are now reviewing it in prepara-
ton for the examination, after which
we will take up Roman History. We
hope the history of Rome will prove MS
interesting as Grecian history has
beeu. In Rhetoric we have flushed
the interesting subject, Style, aud have
taken up Punctuation, a. a review.
The program Of the H. 5. l.. 5. Of
last Friday was one deserving especial
praise. Everything was done with
energy and ease necessary to make
such \ meeting fascinating. There
were only three visitors, Mrs. Frost.
Mrs. Howe and Mrs. Neal, excepting
the A Class, but those who stayed
away missed treat.
The house being called to order by
the president, Nettie Harrington, the
roll was called by the secretary, Elma
Clarke, and each member of the soci-
ETY. responded to his name with quo.
tation.
After roll call the first on the pro-
gram was the society paper, read by
Bernice Day, in which there were
notes concerning the leading topics of
the day as we'll as those about the soci-
ETY.. 1t was we'll read and the jokes on
certain members of the society were
so apt that they caused many "a hearty
laugh.
Next on the program was recita
tion by Orr McMinnimy, in which all
old man tells what all his school.mates
OF former years are doing. 1t was all
very amusing but you can imagine the
fun, when at last, Orr said that he
himself, was living on the income OF
his wife.
debate followed this recitation
the question being, "Resolved thai
Country Life is Preferable to City Life,
and If ii was not AN animated debat,
there surely never was one. Afte
President Harrington had chosen Ger
trude Downen, Willie White and Ber
Chapman as judges, Arliebel Will
started out nobly to speak for the af
nrmative side. After making man.
excellent points she lett the field t
Olive Neal, the first speaker for tn
negative. She gave few striking ex
amples in comparing the country will
the city folk and delivered her debat
without notes. She was followed b,
bernice Day on the affirmative. Oh
Monroe, who was absent for som
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-04-02
No Preferred Rights.
UNSURVEYED LANDS ARE SUB
JECT TO ENTRY WITHOUT
DISCRININATION.
Other Reserve News
The Next Payment will be Made May lst A
big Death Rate Among the Natives
hustling Home Hunters.

A false alarm has bsen industriously
circulated to the effect that Indians
may interfere with white settlers on
unsurveyed lands. The register of the
Z :. Land Office says there Is no
ground for the alarm. The unsur.
veycd land is open to settlement as
well as the surveyed land. The white
man who succeeds to a squatter's
right is just rs secure from native In.
terfeIence as the man who holds til-
ing upon quarter section Of the ceded
domain.
The rumor was circulated that In.
dians had superior claims to the unsur-
veyed portion of the reservation by
unscupulous spectators. There IL a
class of undesirable settlers upon the
reservation who try to profit by the
needs of deserving people by selling
out their supposed rights to certain
claims to them.
a large portion OF the best land on
the reservation was classetl as uns,lr.
veyed ut the time the proclamation of
the president was issued opening the
the ceded land to settlement. The
surveys were made to locate the In.
dams upon their claims aud not for
the benefit Of the prospective white
settlers. The register and receiver
however received instructions covering
all the land, classifying both the sur
veyed and unsurveyed aud naming
both classes AS opened to settlement.
Robert Stanton returned to the city
from his duties in connection with
preparation of the rolls for the next
Indian payment. He furn ished the
information that the rolls for The pay
ment of $40 900 were completed and
forwarded to Washington last Monday :.
They will be passed upon by the de.
partmen: and when Al proved returned
probably by the end Of the month.
Col. Lane has gone to Spokane to
await further orders. 1t Is probable,
however, that the payment will be
made by Agent Fisher.
\ temperance society WAS organized
at Lapwai during Col. Llue's recent
visit. II started with a membership . OF
over fifty. The list was headed by
Col. Lane and Agent Fisher, who ARE
earnest temperance workers. The EN-
plovees of the agency also joined. The
Indians took an active intrest In the
matter and it it believed good will re-
suit Some of the Indians addicted L
drink pledged themselves to give u,
the habit III the future.
There are l7O2 Indians on the new
rolls to receive their ApportionMents o
the next payment. Each Of these luck,
individuals will receive about $lO2
These figures point to the destiny o
the once powerful Nez Perces tribe
Three years ago when the FIetche
census vas taken for the purpose q
allottinS land there were more thai
2lOo Indians on the reservation.
There seem, to hc no abatement q
rush to the reservation. The same con
! tinuou- line of traycl is upon the road.
going and coniing
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-04-02

The frost Of this week damaged the
peach crop to some extent. Where
ever the blooms were fully out the
fruit is dead. The peaches In many
orchards were not In full bloom. This
portion Of the crop - safe. The A.
monds are doubtless killed aud the ap-
ricots are perhaps In, practically the
same condition. The other fruits are
still safe and the prospect II favorable
for great YIELD.
J. w. Denny, Of this city, is develop
ing u placer mining proposition near
the mouth Of the POtlatch creek on
the Clearwater He has large force
of men now ut work on the construc-
ton Of ditch which will supply wat
er for the sluices. The water will be
taken out of the creek and the ditch
will be two miles Ia length. several
hundred acres can he worked econOmi
cally, aud all the ground prospects
well. Mr.. Denny confidently believes
he has big paying proposition.
The public school board met IN reg
ular session Friday: Director Monroe,
McConkey. SHAFT, Smith and Hunt
present. The treasu.er's report showed
= balance ON hand Of Sl577.l7' Teach-
ers application for positions In the next
term were read and postponed till next
meeting, the fourth FRIDAY In April.
Bills were allowed a. follows: Lewiston
Water and Light TO-, $500; seeding
lawn, $500; Insurance $lSOo. Thsnks
were voted J. l.. Chapman Tor flag
staff presented. Adjourned tall next
regular meeting.
Florence Il. MofYAt, the organizer
for the lady Maccabees will arrive In
Lewiston today for the purpose Of or
gnnizinx y local hive In this city.
THIS Is exclusively = wOmans lOdge
with charity, insurance and fraternity
for its object. A meeting will be held h
the q. A. r. hall Saturday evaninG
A general invitation Is extended and
particultrly TO the ladies. This Is per
haps the only ladies order In which
the insurance principIe.is extended te
the ladies. Come out aud hear the
lady explain the objects Of this society
; Special Treasury Agent Frank w
Bean, the Idaho democratic national
} committeeman, has been deposed. Mr.
Bean was q successful leader Of u FAC
. ton Of the Idaho democracy during
the first year Of the Cleveland reigu
and presumed to control the state pat
ronage. His zeal or his avarice caused
him to overstep department regula
tions. Either that or the opposing fac
ton Of his party Is in the ascendenc!
at this particular time. At least Mr.
g Bean who was such u power in idah'
, politics, has heen sunmarily dismissed
from the services Of the government.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-04-02
Professional Nurse.

The service Of professional nurse
can be secured by calling on Mrs. >. }.
Pope at the residence OF Edgar Smith,
on The Hill
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-08-06
Farmers Called Upon to Use Their
Brains and Energies.

Discussing the question Of Clatsop
county products. merchant yesterday
said:
Hay, butter potatoes and eggs are
the chief products Of our county and
should receive careful attention from
every citizen. 1t should be the con-
sumner who should give preference to
the products OF the county in which
he is living; 1t should he the dealer
who should educate the producer to
raise the highest quality Of goods
only; 1t should be the farmer who
should not he slow in conforming TO
tn. demands Of the consumer and
dealer as TO the quality and shape In
which his products come 10 market
ne must do away with the good
enough idea. His aim should be TO
have the best. II should be the duty
Of every county and city officer, from
county Judge and mayor TO road su-
pervlsor to have our roads and by
ways in such shape that the farmer
can market his products at any time
during the day, night or year as
cheaply as possible.
our hay industry Is the largest and
should receive careful attention from
all It is a fact 20 be much regretted
that tons and tons OF hay are import
ed from California. We are n good
position to raise this product, but the
consumers tell us that California oat
hay is the only hay they are feeding
because II gives better results. Others
say that the up-riyer timothy Is better
than Clatsop county tide land hay,
while the retailer says that he has to
keep what the people demand. After
carefully considering everything it
comes back to the farmer who claims
to be unable to raise a fine grade Of
hay. This certainly cannot be the
case; 1t is simply a matter Of how
TO 90 about it. am positive that we
are able to grow, under certain condi-.
tlons, as good hay as comes to AS
toria from elsewhere. 1t is only
question Of how to grow 1t and where
to grow It. II is a well known fact
that our uplands will produce, II not
as much as the low lands, at least a
better quality. Besides this our far
mers should give more especial atten-
tion to the raising Of oat hay which
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-08-06

| am positive VIII give In the course
~ time, good results
our butter industry presents u more
cheerful aspect Il Is q notable fact
that the art ot making butter has
slowly but steadily advanced In our
county Not moro than ten years ago
az the least. two-thlrls ~ the butter
consumed here was imported trom Cal.
!torula and the East Since that time
the imports have decreased untn YOU
can safely say that only about oitr.
twentieth ~ our butter IL now Import.
ed The quality of our butter Ia \
M, /, and IL ls safe 10 predict that IN
the course ot few years We shall
have enough butter. ot as good qual.
ity as can hc made, TO supply us Who'll.
~ and export some AZ the same time
II should De- the rftort ot business mon
60 nnd an outlet Tor this product. both
In the domestic and oriental markets.
1, is safe 10 say tha, In time 10 como
this will hr one W the chief resources
of the county
our production In potatoes deserves
mention. Although In our county we
raise a crop We do not do our share
OF the export business In palmer
words. oregon Is noted ror potatoes.
and IL only exporting few thousand
sacks east. north ,Alaskal. and TO CAT
ifornia. Clatsop county Is not export
ing many sacks tly some n Is claimed
that our potatoes are not as good as
those up-river This may bo true to
some extent. but there are many acres
ON our back hills on which hnc pota-
toes can bc and are grown. but one
great obstacle Co this industry ls our
bad roads. which do uut permit, the
marketing ~ OUR crops chraply
our poultry business could and
should De NJ larger proportions We
are importing annually az least one
half ut the eggs sold hrrv. This ls a
lamentablr fact hut nevertheless true.
II ~ claimed by SOME that the raising
of poultry In our county Is not prodta-
bic because We cannot raise any
wheat The latter may br fact but
II should br remembered that poultry
30 not live on wheat alone. Expcri-
mvuts have been made with German
millet seed ana IL Is said to have pro-
duced good results. IL is matter of
fact that many other cereals may he
utilized which are grown In our coun-
~ and which IN the matter of chicken
feed can easily take the place OF
wheat. Il IL only matter u time
70 work UP this business 50 as 20
make It pay. II is necessary that our
farmers make an effort 10 make these
matters successful II can be done
and he who win put his brain and en-
ergy TO work to produce such articles
which have ready sale and not those
products with which the county is
flooded. viii strike the key note TO
fortune. A dollar which finds it's way
back into the community Is not only
dollar made, but many dollars made
II should be the aim ~ all our citizens
to as far a. possible encourage home
production In any shape or manner.
Thus tha whole community viii be en-
riched. We receive enough money
from the exports Of salmon and lum-
ber but We should consider our I'm
ports, as through our imports the
money goes out u the home chan
nels."