Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-12-03
Chances OVER NORTHWEST
BIG OUTPUT OF APPLES m IDAHO.
Warrington shippers Complaining
of u Lack Of Cars-Freshets Help
ing the Log Drivers-AntelOpe
Plenty In Teton County, Mont.

The Catholic church fair at Colfax net
ted 1882.
The trial of Alfred J. Symes for the
murder of Lew Conlee has been set for
December - ut Colfax.
The public library of Walla Walla has
been enlarged by the addition Of about
400 new books.
The state law making it compulsory
for children above certain age to attend
school is to be enforced in Pierce county.
Sunset lodge No. II of New Whatcom,
one Of Washington's pioneer X. of p.
lodges, has consolidated with Sehome
lodge No. 62, under the name of What
com No. 100. Sunset was organized in
1888.
The freshets will result in big drives of
logs on the rivers in Snohomish county.
About 100000 feet will come out on
the Stilhguamish and II 100000 feet on
the Snohomish.
The Port Angeles Tribune Times has
been sold by Charles Timer to M. J..
Corrigan, Mary A. Corrigan and Will A.
Sparks. Mr.. Corrigan is the newly an.
poinated deputy collector of customs at
Port Angeles.
A mortgage foreclosure suit has been
MED IN Pierce county against the Tacoma
Land company for $4,000, the amount
alleged to be due on 100000 loan
made by the Provident Life and Trust
company of Philadelphia in September.
1895, to the Tacoma Land company.
While attempting to cross the Skyko-
mish river from the mines east of Index
in a small canoe Adolph McRea was
drowned. His brother, Budd McRea. was
Killed in a rockslide in these mines about
year ago. Alex Jones had narrow
escape. He was taken out of the river
unconscious, but except for few bruises
he is all right.
= Gray's Harbor fisherman says that
the falling off of the eaten in silverside
salmon there this season il fully so per
cent The pack of the cannery at Abcr
deem is only 10000 cases, against 81 900
last year. The new hatchery on the Che.
halls river will, it is expected, check this
d'minution in supply and restore the in.
dustry.
The assistant superintendent of con-
struction OF the Crows Nest Pass railway
announces that it is the intention to con-
struct branch of the line into and be-
yond Fort Steele, leaving the main line
at the nearest practicable point and 60
ing beyond the town to the North Star
and Sullivan mines
The Thurston County Horticultural So.
ciety has appointed committee to con-
fer with the board of trade, with a view
to providing market for Thurston coun.
ty fruit and to advertise this county as a
horticultural section. The output of
fruit is greatly increasing here from year
to year, and the people are confronted
with a necessity for either getting mar
ket abroad or working for the establish
ment OF canneries and driers at home.
Montana.
The next meeting of the Montana State
Teachers Association will be held in Hell.
ena between Christmas and New Years
day.
Rev. j. A. Jennings of Livingston
Mont, has accepted the call extended to
him by the First Baptist Church of Ana.
conda, and will be located there by DE.
cember l.
Tracklaying on the Gaylord and Ruby
valley railroad vii begin in few DAYS,
The road will be completed to Iron Rod
this season. and II the weather permits
will be completed up to Twin Bridges,
The Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone
company has determined to extend it's
line to Teton county, and it is learned
that the line will start from Cascade run.
ming thence. via Flowerree's ranch, to
Augusta, and thence to Choteau, a dis.
lance of 20 miles from the main line Of
the company
Dr. Knowles. the Montana state veteri.
narinn, reports very little lumpy Jaw in
the state and scarcely any tuberculosis
among range cattle He expresses the
opinion that tuberculosis will never no
prevalent. as diseased animal cannot live
on the range through Montana winter,
According to the official records of the
Chicago stock yards, Montana furnished
the market with. 2l6O cars of cattle and
2S2 cars OF sheep during the month of Oc.
tober. The same authority states that
up to November western range cattle
receipts this season were 22l 200 head
compared with 800 head in 1896,
The Willard Cattle company, which re-
Gently made an assignment, has filed with
the county clerk at Billings an inventory
OF the company's property. The total liza.
bilities are $l0s,273.35, Of which all but
$5lsSS is in notes. The assets, consist.
ing of real estate and personal property.
aggregate $93,593.6O.
The equalized assessment of Montana
announced by the state board of eaualiza.
ton the other day shows an increase over
1895 Of SlO,O59.564. Decreased yalua.
tons were reported from only three coun
ties. The total assessment of the state
Is $l3O.757,OO The railroad assessment
was increased $4,000 this year.
The Cruise wool clips of 1895 and 1896
were stored at the ranch on Flat Willow
until this season, and actually gained in
weight during storage. The clips of three
years. amounting to about 100000
pounds, were sold at Billings recently at
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