Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-05-28
NORTHWEST NEWS AND MoTEA
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whatcom county looks forward to N
abundant fruit crop.
tho long distance telephone viii b e3-
tended from Everett 70 Arlington.
The Island County Times reports =
great increase in the potato acreage this
The annual meeting Of tbs washinstea
Pioneer Association will b held IN -
About iseo head Of cattle. purchase n
washington. Oregon and idaho. were
shipped last week from spokane. to tn
ranges Of Montana and Wyoming.
Asotin county st0ckmen complain tnak
their most valuable geldinss are mlssen9
from tho ranges. and aver that Wnoee
lot Of stealing has been goins on duFsng
the past year.
The Beavsriand woo,growers' AssociA-
| tion has decided to- PAY shearers 8 ceae1
per head with board or cents per hs.d
wool.
The brickwork OF the state nosnsal
school at Dillon l. finished and the FOoG
OF the tower II being put on.
The state hand commission has grAnee0
$50 leaseS Of school land In various pASSe
in eastern Warrington since Nay ana
many applications are pending.
Blaine man IL endeavoring to tntaeee
eastern capital In plant for blaine 1or
utiiising the refuse from the salmon Can-
OF commercial fortilt1er.
1t IL estimated that there will b. up-
wards Of 1900 men employed In the nshing
industry In Whatcom county this eum-
alton In the vicinity OF Point Roberts. +
Is expected that several hundred gtll nets
will be used In the gulf below polnk Rob
erts and Lummi island.
; sixteen horses were sent from Fose
Townsend last year to the Cook lnJet
country to operate . pack train and a.
though they had plenty Of food. etght heaA
died from tho effects OF the cold duF1ng
the winter Another company operAetng
81 horses at the Same plaos Lost the entire
OUTFIT. The horses were common cayuooo
, and It II said they paid for Themselves ard
their transportation north 10 times OVER
before succumbing to the cold.
, Ell Hathaway who was = merchant n
whatcom in 1855. u trying 70 get the gov-
ernment to pay him for property Destroy
=. ed by Indians during IN inaurrectlon -
! that year. Mr.. Hathaway left his stcrc
and went out to nght the Indians. and
h while he was away the store was burned
4 to the ground. When congress pAseed Z
. law authorising the court Of claims to ID
J. judicate all Indian depreciation casee.
/ Mr. Hathaway failed to flle his claim nm
1 til after the expiration Of the time limit,
!. Montana.
q Comrades Of the Grand Army. depart
e ment Of Montana. will 90 to the national
i. encampment at Buffalo In consideeAboa
e numbers this year.
d Cincinnati capitalists have q 4o.0oo acre
tract set aside In the Big Horn baslE
which they propose to cover With q ditch
, that will cost about $4,000.
: Tho supreme court holds that the anti
. scalpers law passed BY the third Montaul
legislature In 1893. which Ii still on thu
statute books. In constitutional.
: Fleckmasters from Teton county aal
e that the lamb crop Of this season u tn
n greatest In the history Of the sheep Indus
4 try OF northern Montana, and that the In
II crease In many bands will be moro thai
3 100 per cent. while the loss III practicall,
- nothing.
a The outstanding warrants Of Helsua
: against the general fund amounts In All &
. $345, 3l2.55. making the entire indebtedness
: OF the city In the form OF bonds and war
- rants @7ss.Si255. There are due to the cit,
s from suspended banks @6s.5s2.l7.
a The Marias roundup has gathered MOS
=, Of the cattle that drifted south Of th
- Missouri during the winter, the outflt a.
!. gregating some 1000 head. The cattle ar
~ I. the year . circumstances which lead
- - stockmen to the conclusion that they WI
)" have early beef shipments for 1891.
Idaho.
- Hope people are catching hne trout.
A. Priest river valley 10 filling up with ssi
ID tiers.
n. Ranchers are becoming uneasy over tn
= rising waters in Pend d'Oreiile lake.
The assessment rolls Of Alturas count
Of figure up total Of S647,77l.76.
Of There has already been received tn
se season at Mountain Home over ha
Il. million pounds OF wool.
1T The trustees OF the Crittenden hon
Il have negotiated loan Of $780, with whic
IN they expect to be able to complete II
home by the first Of July.
A gambler has been fined 1900 by q
probate judge at Boise for violating "a
gambling law. The defendant immei
!. ately applied for a writ OF habeas corpu