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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-09-10
Notice for Homestead Proof.

Willistou G. Osborn H. r, No ASA.
Land Office at Lewiston. Idaho, August IL, 1907
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention to
make final proof in support of his claim, and
that said proof will be made before the U. s. Land
Office at Lewiston, Nez Perez county. Idaho on
September as, 1907, viz. Wi,lston G. Osborn. for
the So SWA, Sec. IS, and W = NV u Sec. AZ,
Twp. 80, N. K. s, W. b. NJ.
lie names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation Of
said land. viz:
John NJ. Silcott, Owen Clark. Samuel Lewis
and James l.. Armstrong all of Lewiston, Nez
Perez county, Idaho,
b. +. NORRIS, Register.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-09-10
EnSIand's Free Trade Experience.

The democratic press Of the
country, robbed of its calamity
howl by the return of prosperity,
is now starting out OH the time
worn dissertation OH the "Robber
Tariff" But with the lessons oil
the past four years so fresh III their
minds the farmer is too wise'a bird
to be caught another time by free
trade chat. And if he needed
other evidence to supplement the
sorrow of his recent experience he
could bring in the testimony of the
British farmer who after so years
Of experience has conceded that
his industry has been ruined by
the free-trade policy of the ZONE
government.
The distress in the agricultural
communities in England has grown
steadily worse and a commission
was appointed to enquire into the
cause and report. That report
has just been published and it con-
firms the farmers complaint that
the agricultural interests Of Eng
land have been ruined by free
trade
1t has taken four years for the
royal commission to do its work.
1t has held TT meetings. examined
1871 witnesses. and produced four
volumes of evidence, containing
90, o36 questions and answers. The
report shows that of wheat land
alone no less than 2.ooo, 900 acres
have gone out Of cultivation in the
last 90 years and the process still
continues. And ? ZOO. 900 acres of
wheat lend idle means something
more than the loss Of revenue from
that land and the wages of many
laborers. The rural districts are
being depopulated. There is a
rush of unSkiiled laborers to the
great cities. Men who might be
profitably employed on the farms
are drug on the labor market
and bring general distress upon
the whole economic system. The
great English statesman, Disreali.
predicted IS years ago that unre-
stricted foreign competition would
ruin British agriculture and the
commission sustains his prediction.
| In chapter devoted to foreign
competition" it is shown that the
British producer has to reckon
with foreign wheat, wool. dairy
products. vegetables. fruit, eggs,
ETC., and the commission holds ont
no hope to its countrymen Of any
permanent abatement in the COM
petition from this direction. In
deed the field of competition grows
and widens as every new agricul-
tural country has been opened up.
The British farmer has witnessed
a loss in the last IS years Of $500
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-09-10

With the month OF September
begins an important division OF
time. The public schools. the
grandest institution of our gov
eminent, in accordance with a
common custom are inaugurated
for their work Of the year during
this month. Not only the children
and the students are concerned,
but the whole household is put in
order to meet the demands Of this
important occasion. Not only the
mother has special duties OF season,
but the business of the family Is
Influenced by the beginning of the
school year. Whatever the sacri-
fee. the patriotic and progressive
family places the children of pro-
per age in some school. AS it
should be, the education of the
young is held to be above COM
mercial pursuit. The special
school tax, although great bur
den, is less burden in financial
sense than the sacrifices and bust
ness disturbances that are occa-
stoned by the annual preparations
tor school. The schools, while
they are the grandest of our public
institutions are the cause of our
greatest sacrihces For this rea-
son they should be made effective
in their noble purpose. They have
attaiued a high degree OF effective
ness and perfection III the past
decade. Our public school system
is as elaborate as department of
the national government. We are
,awcd by the contemplation Of the
magnitude of this working system
With its state. county. and district
officials and hundreds of paid
tsAchcrs with arbitrary powers.
sAfter all the comparative value Of
sahe present system over past meth
dds must be determined by individ-
ual tests. Are the results accom-
plished by the present expensive
school system satisfactory There
are of course those who would en-
ter a negative answer. 1t should
be the object of these schools to fit
the average pupil Tor the duties Of
life to which he will be called in
after years. Seven years spent in
a graded school should qualify the
boy to fill mans sphere in the
business world. The fact that such
is not the case affords reasonable
grounds for the belief that OH,
schools are less practical as the,
become elaborate in their rami6ca
tions.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-09-10
Notice.

L. S. Land Office, Lewiston, Idaho. September
4, 1877,
Complaint having been entered at this once by
Jessie &. Beans against Isaac Naming for abaii-
doning his Homestead Entry No. .es, dated
Deg J, tsoS, upon the Lots 10. II. "a. 40 90 81
and "a. Section :, Township Is. n. Range ,. W.
cancellation OF said entry, the said parties are
hereby summoned to appear at thvU. :. Land
Once at Lewiston. Idaho, on the Nth day Of
0ctoeer, 1897, at 10 O'Clock, A. NJ to respond and
furnish testimony concerning said alleged aban.
donmeut.
b. r. MORRIS Register
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-09-10

With only few laws that are
constitutional Idaho ought to be
an ideal home for Spanish anarch-
lists who are being banished by
order of the government.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-09-10
Notice to Creditors.

Estate of Edna Sheldon, deceased
Notice is hereby given. that Letters of Admin
OH the Estate Of Edna Sheldon deceased
were granted to the undersigned on the 3,rd day
Of July, 1897 by the Probate Court OF Neg Perez
county.
All PERSONS having claims against said Estate
are required to exhibit them to me for allowance
at my residence in Nez Perez county. six miles
south of east from Genesee. within four months
after the date of this notice they shall be for
ever barred.
This goth day Of July, 1897
Ezra 5 Sheldon, Administrator
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-09-10
Notice.

u. 5. Land Once. Lewiston, Idaho. August 3lst.
1897
Complaint having been entered at this Office by
George Prize against Victor +. Pfeifer for abandon
ing his Homestead Entry No. 43l7. dated March \.
1900 upon the NEh section L. township ~, N. range
l. t. b. NJ. in Nez Perez county. Idaho. with view
to the cancellation Of said entry the said parties
hereby summoned TO appear al this Office the 18th
dav of October 1897, at 10 o'clock A. NJ. TO respond
and furnish testimony concerning said alleged
abandonment.
B. r. MORRIS. Register.
THOS, MULLEN. attorney for contestant
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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-09-10

Canada has :. 900. 600 bushels Of
barley for export this year but the
new tariff duty OF so cents per
bushel protects the American farm
er against competition and gives
him the benefit of supplying his
home market.
The herald., 1897-10-02
SIGNS AND NUMBERS

The bad mail service, or rather the
lack of service to the residents Of the
University district. is not altogether
one-sided, according to the statements
of the postoffice authorities. 1t Is not
considered necessary that a mail car
rier should be an accomplished trailer
after the fashion of the dime novel trap
pers. Street signs and numbered houses
are, on the other hand, essential to the
free delivery service. These things some
parts of the city are without altogether.
and in others they are absent to vex-
atious degree.
The city council is cognizant of the sit
uation, and is wrestling with the prob
lem A variety of plans have been sug-
gested. One is to have the names Of the
streets sunk into the stone sidewalks at
the corners. Another Is to print the
names in a perpendicular style on the
corner posts. Neither is practical or
suggested by common sense. Some con-
sideration is due the belated wayfarer
and the citizen who comes home late at
night. These plans must have been sug-
gested in the interest Of the opticians
and the match trust.
Lettered signs are obviously the best
way of marking the streets. The small
boy is accused Of destroying the wooden
signs, therefore let them be made of
metal. 1t is question whether iron
posts are essential; that is for the coun-
ell in it's wisdom to decide. But let US
have all our streets marked with goodly
signs that the postal department may
be appeased and the stranger prevented
from going wrong.
The residence property owners, too,
have duty in the matter. They should
put the number of their houses where
they can be seen from the street, and
in figures of sufficient size to be read
easily from the sidewalk. A stranger
may dislike being taken for a burglar
when he is merely trying to ascertain
a house number.
The herald., 1897-10-02

Chinese laborers have been landed at
the port of San Francisco. They were
given free entry, being required neither
to furnish Identification nor to establish
previous residence. They simply came
in as merchants" and medical stu
dents on certificates issued to them az
Macao, which Is a dependency Of Por-
tugal. Here is where the trouble comes
In. The opinion OF the attorney-general
sets forth that the officials of any for
eign country having dependencies In
China should be recognized as competent
to sign such certificates
This newly discovered ioophole prom
ises to admit great many Chinamen
into this country, unless 1t Is stopped by
act OF congress. and no time should be
lost in attending to the matter when
congress reassembles next winter.
The Herald 10 not among those who
think that the Cinnamon now in this
country have no rights that the Amer
lean people are bound to recognize or
respect. We brought the Cinnamon
here in the first place, and having done
this we are bound to treat those al
ready in the country decently. The i'm
portation Of new hordes, however, Is
altogether different question. "The
land of the free and the home of the
brave" idea has been made responsible
for great mans mistakes in the immi-
grafton way, but we are learning bet
ter now. The Chinese are not made
exclusive objects Of discrimination We
are simply protecting ourselves ac-
cording to the light and lesson of our
experience. in the past.
1t does not seem possible that Attor-
ner-General Harmon could have fore
seen what his decision would mean and
what its results would be when it was
made. 1t is trusting too much to the
Judgment and the indifference of for
eign officials, who do not care a snap
Of the finger whether the Chinese ars
Kept out of the United States or not.
The herald., 1897-10-02
RAIN AND REPAIRS

| There was heavy shower Thursday
night. Yesterday morning as far as the
eye could reach, Spring and Main streets
were thickly dotted with lakes, sloughs.
morasses, ponds. sink holes, wells, buff
falo wallows, pools and other bodies OF
a watery nature. as they are described
in the Dictionaries Where these were
not visible, thick, Shiny filthy combi-
nation OF mud. surface sewage and
muck made pedestrianism burden and
menace. If any resident Of the city
Is missed tonight, his unfortunate re-
mains will likely be found in the hidden
depths Of the Main or Spring street
sloughs
The foregoing may be trifle exag-
gerated. but anybody who saw the con.
dition Of the downtown streets yester-
day morning will admit they were in a
horrible condition, and that in places
they were dangerous to travel over.
Thursday nights storm was the first
since last spring. If one rain will pro-
duce such condition on the leading
thoroughfares Of the city, how will it
be when the regular winter rains set in?
No better argument in favor Of the
immediate resurfacing Of Spring and
Main streets could be adduced than the
conditions of those streets yesterday
morning. 1t was only necessary to
compare them with the newly paved
streets to realize their physical wretch
edness
There is yet time to put Main and
Spring streets into good condition by re-
surfacing them with asphalt before the
rainy season sets in in earnest. The Her
aid hopes that the property owners will
heartily cooperate with the city au-
thorities to that, end.
All signs indicate that Los Angeles is
going to have the best tourist season
next winter it has had for number of
years It is eminently time when we
should be prepared for such an incom-
ing Of people; time when our best foot
should be foremost Nor should It be
forgotten that business and tenants will
surely desert Main and Spring streets
for better equipped thoroughfares un-
less something is done at once to pre-
vent an exodus A dollar spent in resur-
facing now will save nine in loss of busi-
ness that is sure to ensue If these streets
are allowed to remain in their present
condition.
The herald., 1897-10-02
A More Conservative View


To the Editor Of The Los Angeles Her.
aid: In The Herald of September "a,
page S, you give a short interview with
Mr.. A. H. Tufts OF Pomona, who you say
is one of the best posted men on orange
| culture in Southern California. You
say:
I'm speaking concerning the coming
orange crop last night, Mr.. Tufts said:
AT present the indications are that next
season there will be the largest crop OF
oranges ever gathered in the history of
the state. The trees are fairly loaded
| with the golden fruit, and if we DO not
experience any frost or heavy winds
I firmly believe that the total output
for Southern California will be at least
1900 carloads against 1900 last season;
and it may reach $4,000, for am in
formed by an extensive grower Of River
side that in the immediate vicinity of
that city there will be about 500 cars
to ship against $500 last season. I hear
favorable reports from Redlands and
Highlands, where they claim the crop
will be trebled over the previous sea-
son. There are hundreds Of acres of
young trees that will come into bearing
this year and these, together with an
increased yield, on the older trees, make
the outlook very promising one. I
also believe that the growers will re-
ceive higher prices for their fruit the
coming season than for five years past "
l do not know how correct Mr.. Tufts
information may be in regard to other
localities, but as to Redlands and High
lands, some one must have been trying
to sell the gentleman. When I saw the
statement that these two places were
expected to treble" last years product
Of oranges, the statement seemed so
enormous an exageration that started
at once to investigate. Unquestionably
we shall have much larger crop this
year than last. But II Redlands has an
increase of 200 cars over last year
shall be greatly surprised.
The increase in Highlands will be
somewhat greater in proportion. than
Redlands. But as to trebling last years
product, the statement is preposterous
Is 1t not possible that some one interested
in reducing the price Of oranges has
started this story in the hope that the
growers will become frightened and
rush their crop on the market at re-
duced rates? hope no one will tremble
in their boots over such a groundless
statement. M. M HOOTON.
Redlands, Cal, Sept. 2s, 1897.
The herald., 1897-10-02
MORE BUSINESS, LESS POLITICS

The street cleaning question contin.
ues to be one Of the most troublesome
Of the issues that are vexing the city
council. The plan set forth by the Mer-
chants and Manufacturers association
meets with ostensible approval but the
extra expense involved apparently
stands in the way Of its acceptance
Councilman Baker suggests that the
street cleaning be taken from the juris.
diction Of the health officer and placed
with the superintendent of streets. The
health officer Is agreeable; what the
street superintendent thinks of it Is no,
yet known.
The Herald cannot see that there
would be any guaranty of better work,
unless there is change in the system
1t does not appear that any attempt
is being made to solve the problem in
business-like manner. If busin ess man
had 100000 to expend annually he would
distribute 1t according to the needs of
the various departments Of his business.
The division would not be arbitrary, He
would take from one department ard
put into another according to the needs
Of the immediate occasion, or as the
best returns were promised.
Is 1t essential that the cost of the
street cleaning shall be divided as it is
now? Cannot a larger sum be devoted
to cleaning the downtown streets with
out seriously discommoding other parts
Of the city? Is 1t not possible to do the
work more in accordance with business
principles?
1t has been nearly two weeks since a
new inspector Of street cleaning was
appointed, but nobody would ever know
it from the condition of the down towu
streets. The Herald does not wish 10
make any unfair accusations. but 1t
really looks az II there Is too much poll
The herald., 1897-10-02
Real Severe

Our struggling contemporary is po-
litely informed that Long Beach has
done more for its own advancement
than any five towns of its size in tn
state and carries advancement all over
the outside of itself so that everybody
half awake ought to see it. The city has
advancement, prosperity, new build
ings, bank accounts, land buyers, new
churches and schools, sprinkled streets,
museums, newly arrived residents a
daily paper that furnishes news for The
Herald, electric light plant, water COM
panies and public-spirited citizens to
throw at the birds and to bury the afore-
said Herald so deep that neither hus--
ling correspondent nor the arm of Om-
impotence could ever reach it. We
agreed, by actual subscription, to
sprinkle the streets. light the pier, Build
a museum and maintain the park for the
luxury of visitors. And we did it. What
more do you want?-Long Beach Eye.
The herald., 1897-10-02
A HOLE IN THE WALL

There is hole in the Chinese exclu-
sion act 1t is mot as deep as we'll mol
as wide as church door, but 'tis enough
twill serve"
1t appears that some time in 1896 Attor-
ion that is making all the mischief
During the past five months about 40(
The herald., 1897-10-02

knowledge, and urging the study Of the
we'll prepared literature in order to be-
come interested and intelligent workers.
During the afternoon session Mrs. Har-
grove was constant, ready, efficient In
suggestions and appeals, presenting the
work Of the society In detail at different
times.
Mrs. @. A. Oates was elected editor
Of the society for the year. The various
committees made reports. Several
r.aunes were enrolled on the "baby roll" "
The herald., 1897-10-02
No Close Season

The supreme court has decided that
poultry running at large is wild gama
and may be legitimately killed as such
by the parties upon whose grounds the
fowls trespass This will start the shot
guns going all over the city. This vari-
ETY. of hunting will have the advantage
of most kinds, from the fact that there is
plenty of game and no close season.
San Bernardino Sun.
The herald., 1897-10-02
TWO POINTS OF VIEW

Said the grave gray goose to her eosling
gay:
Don't walk so queer and jerky!
Just glide, or people along the way
May mistake you for a turkey!
Quoth Madam Turkey: Don't walk so
fiat!
Do move with more animation,
My son! They'll think you're a gosling!
that
Would be such mortification!'
Minnie L. Upton in Independent.
The herald., 1897-10-02
A Good Suggestion

The county already has three wells.
with windmiIs and tanks, between Los
Angeles and Santa Monica-one about
one-quarter of mile this side of the
city limits Of Los Angeles, one abou.
one and half miles this side, and one,
about half way-from which the water
it procured for sprinkling the road.
Now II they would have a watering
trough placed at the halfway we'll and.
another at either Of the other two, 80
that drivers Of horses could water their
animals. they would receive the thanks
Of all the teamsters who travers tha
road.-Santa Monica Signal.
The herald., 1897-10-02
tics and too little business in the man
agement Of street cleaning affairs.
DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM

On March 25 while discussing the tariff
bill, its author. Nelson Dingley. jr., from
away down in Maine, said in the house
Of representatives.: "Our problem is te
provide adequate revenue from duties
on imports to carry on the government u
Rhody." who had charge Of the bill in
the senate. said:
The adoption Of a revenue bill which
should fail in this purpose, which
should create an additional deficiency
in the immediate future, which would
require a further issue of bonds to
meet current expenditures, would GER
certainly be fatal to the hopes of future
success of any political party RESPONSE
BILE for such legislation.
If Senator Aldrich knew what he was
talking about, and, meant what he said,
he and his Republican colleagues in
congress would better get out Of officeand
go to raising cabbages. as the Emperor
Dioclesian did Of old. The results of
the Dingley bill fall far short of solving
the problem which the Maine statesman
says he had before him. 1.-THE addi-
tionar deficiency In the immediate fu
ture" which the Rhode Island senator
said would blast the hopes Of any po-
litical party. is fact.
Taking the receipts Of the government
and its expenses for six weeks, August
1 to September Is, for three years here
is the way the figures read:
Revenue. Expenditures. Deficit.
1897 ..... .$26, 1888 s43. 996.047 17,16,S S5S
1896 ....... 34,S7s,S5S 45,O9S,e7e 1O,71S,s17
1895 ...... 3S,627,474 43,054,s sS4 4.42s, ,9O9
You failed to solve your problem, Mr.
Dingley, jr. Go to the foot of the class
These problems seem too difficult for
young men. Mckinley, jr., tried it and
failed. Dingley. jr.. is as far from the
correct answer
Mr.. Aldrich and his crowd should abdi-
cate in favor of better arlthmeticians
and ADLER statesmen
The herald., 1897-10-02
Helping the Heather

Some Of "the best known citisens" Of
the Arroyo Grande valley, in San Luis
Obispo county, brutally beat two Chi
nese laborers the other day, demolished
their camp, and, it is intimated, stole
their money. One of the Cinnamon will
probably die. Arroyo Grande, we pre-
sumo, contributes its share toward the
support Of American missionaries among
the heather Of China.-San Jose Mer-
curry.