Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-06-25
NORTHWEST BREv|T|ES
~ DEVELOPMENT OF
PROGRESS ,<TRY,s RESOURCES.
..-,e. and Matters OF Gen.
New ID" in Idaho. Montana
and Washington.

n,,l estate transfers in Seattle since
'f". =, ! amount to 1881 ,9OO96.
'anu'' now single mills are under con-
~" ,;on at Porter, just over the Thurs
s'iu' souuty border, in Chehal's county,
ton n. 'ol IN grading the state road be-
WIN pucklev. Pierce county, and the
tween p' r;yer in Yakima county, will
sa .aln,o soon after July !.
be Es sacommendation of the State Dent
VI ;stv Governor Rogers has appointed
al '' . Darling OF New Whatcom. ID.
la y rsnrston of Spokane, and +. w. Rees
y Walla Walla on the state board OF
dF ma Grand Army encampment at Van
~. alected John NJ. Mclean, Walla
w ,a department commander; n. =.
""'"' vancouver, senior vice; II. II.
Waffle, Dayton, junior vice; T. H. spencer
Houuiam, chaplain
iiu T[a o;tizens of Port Townsend have on
.a, a nlan to complete the wagon road
..om Port Townsend to Port Discovery,
~ aonuect with the Clallam county road
.S.t has already been built to the Jefier-
.On county line
An application for writ OF haoeas cor
,, hos he.n filed in the federal court III
rfa.,tle on behalf of Henry Craemer, the
condemned murderer. The respite OF
1a,,b sentence granted Craemer by Gov
'.nor ROGERS will not expire until July
marty of Columbia college scientists,
;,olud;uc Professors Calkins, Harrington
and Griffin, has arrived at Port Town
Sand 70 prosecute the research Of the
marine life of Puget sound, begun last
vaar and continued several months I'M
Ior +he able direction of Professor Bash
Word Dean.
me six pairs of Monaghan pheasants
purchased bv the gun club arrived Sun
dav and were taken to Shoups ranch
and turned loose
AGENT Irwin of the Fort Hall agency
| has gathered in 600 horses belonging to
Marsh valley ranchers and is holding
them for payment for grazing privileges.
10. Nixon of Lewiston, Idaho, has
been appointed surveyor of lands on the
Nez Perez Indian reservation, Idaho, at
$500, vice James Stewart, resigned.
The Boise land office has received an
important decision relating to proving
I'D on arid land entries. The department
has decided that anyone getting water
upon his land whether by a perpetual
water right or by annual rental of water
from a ditch company can prove up on
his claim. Heretofore it was necessary
for one to have perpetual water right
before patent would be issued to him.
Montana.
CO. johnson, the absconding Silver
Bow county treasurer, has finally been
located He is in Johannesburg, South
Africa. or was just month ago.
When the next school term begins lO1
pupils who have finished their time in
the grammar grades of the Butte public
schools will enter the new high school
building.
The law requiring mine owners and
managers to enclose the cages used in
vertical shafts of more than 300 feet
depth is being enforced in Butte. 1t
went into effect June l., and already some
Of the largest mining companies in the
state have complied with its provisions.
Major McLaughlin's bonds as agent OF
the Blackfeet Indians have been prop
erly filed out and returned to Washing
ton, where they will be approved at once
and commission issued. The new agent
will probably relieve Major Steele about
the first of July, as the work of checking
up and turning over government prop
erty will occupy week or 10 days.
The Helena land office has received in
structions from Commissioner Binger
Hermann of the general land office that
hereafter no permits for timber cutting
on public lands will be allowed to in
elude more than $50 acres. Formerly
the limit is four sections, or 256O acres,
and the ruling is of great Importance to
the large concerns that have been cutting
lumber heretofore by virtue of permits,
State Auditor PoindeXter's report
shows that the fire insurance companies
authorized to do business in Montana col
lec'ed in premiums last year from Mon
lana patrons $666,9Sl, while the losses
were only $24O,0S5. During the year
there were policies written or renewed
agsregating $3O,S57 ,OO5. There were re-
celVed in premiums $425,s96 more than
were paid out as fire losses. The
amount OF loss however does not include