Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-09-10
'iiaNls1 TENTED
-, THE RESULT IN
. sos ..RyEsr FIELD
,s.ho and Montana
,r. r:.,. Item. .. f.. Interest
c''d.,:s.r the Reader

" ia .Or rsuOrts that grouse are
p 's' n the grain fields .,;. ~. 10.
Ibsat ''' ss;,v from the Blalock fruit
a walls Waiia, ,, county are
D. bop .s :s farmers for some OF their
mp. u p.'' wheat men are making a
Obioinn NJ for standard samples OF
si's% a great complaint among
lAtr = .mers of the scarcity OF ma
b's =, Thar harvesting and threshing the
ssr for hS'
a'p. = the abundant yield Of wheat
san a dubbed together and purchased
n ~, machines and will do their own
NJ ' " victor Stanley of Wisconsin
" -. ~ secured to take the place IN
usn ~ the state university at Sc
ss vacant by the resignation OF
nr George NJ. Dawson, who takes
0's y, large school in the east.
S, n.y. G. H. Neal has notified County
'u- Holcomb that he will hold a
i3e'l , form of court at Ritzville for
an,nose Of hearing equity cases only,
~ third Monday in September.
rs.,,y.four names have now been
-. .. to the petition to reorganize Com
.'sr N. G. W., at New Whatcom' and
y II. is the requisite number the new
.,nsny will hold a meeting in the near
s s,rrr and elect their officers.
'' i moyement is on foot at Colville for
nupose Of raising funds with which
hu;ld new court house. The county
,.,. the finest block in the city stu
.td in the central part Of town. Liber-
i donations of material are offered and
.hn,t all the money that will be required
=, be that necessary to pay for the
hbor.
Johnny Hogan left Yakima last year
With little money but plenty Of deter
uip,tion, and took up sagebrush ranch
mar Toppenish. This year he has 2OOO
hu.hels Of wheat for sale, and will be
abe to pay for his ranch, meet all ex.
pnes and have money left over.
Miss Emma Libby, daughter of Cap.
au Libby, Of the Puget Sound Tugboat
Company, recently caught 81 trout in
three hours. The remarkable catch was
made in Lake Crescent, south of Port
Angeles, with a seven-ounce rod and flies
tied by local dresser. The trout were
all Of the steelhead variety, and non'
d them weighed less than pound. Thu
average weight was three pounds, which
made total Of 243 pounds.
Idaho.
The Daily Patriot has begun publica
ton at lewiston.
hthdrum exports that oats are aver
aging 80 to IS bushels per acre, ant
wheat about rs.
kindergarten to be supported b,
public subscription is the latest PROPOSE
ton before the people Of Walla Walla.
The Idaho intermountain fair will b
held at Boise October u to 10 inclusive
II is the purpose of the management t
make it. in the fullest sense. stat
hir.
The state land board has authorize
two Of its members. the governor an
secretary Of state. to 60 to Shoshon
county to supervise the work of selec,
ing timber land for the state.
A Methodist Episcopal church ha
been organized at Standpoint with eigt
members. 1t is the first church in tn
place. Rev. Morton, the new pastor, hs
arrived ofrm Butte, Mont.
One Of the best yields of flax for IL
season comes from Potlatch ridge. job
Ehlen threshed 80 acres of flax ths
went % bushels to the acre. while h
wheat averaged 40 bushels.
A. MCPHERSON, the fruit inspector, h,
completed his work for this season "a,
n Custer county and in the Boise vale
ne now proposes to open a vigorous car
rlen on the pests and will require 9
nult nisen who have not yet attend'
% their trees to do SO at once. He "a
Ne Will not allow any shipment of fru
mat Is infested with any pest.
D. NJ. Clapp of the United States e
ense" Office at Seattle, is preparing
nume work of removing obstructio
" me Snake river. About $1,000 renal
nun last years appropriation for wo
Oawsen Lewiston mad Riparia and Il
sll De utilized in building a new sto
'!ks 1t Wild Goose rapids.
lhe number of children of school q
= Aootenai county. as shown by I
census Of 1897, is 2O42. This is an
aease OF 1876 over last year, and 4
"" " 1875. District No. l, which inclut
.o'ar dAlene City, shows an increase
osef last year and has 237 pupils
"noo age. Rathdrum comes second W
1io' which is an increase of 10 over /
~, and 30 over 1895. District No
" oandpoint shows an increase of
- .'r''on IL, State Line 10, and Leo
~ ~hile Bonner's Ferry shows a
Se OF I, and Hope a decrease of 2.
m Montana.
me school census 0 fDillon gives
Wal OF 57l. an increase of nearly
ri cent over last voor'a 6rv,roS