Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-02-26

the guard are no greater this year than
last. A. ]. Seligman, chairman of the
committee appointed by the Helena Bus
mess Mems Association to raise a fund
to defray part of the expense of the en-
campment. has secured $500 and expects
to raise $500 or $1,000 more.
There is talk of creamery at Boise,
Idaho
The state land board has determined
to sell the remainder of the school lands
in Bingham county.
Several bridge men will arrive i'll Lew.
iston about March lst to inspect the site
of Lewiston Concord bridge, and bid on
the contract for building the structure
The estimated cost of the bridge IS be-
tween $4,000 and 100000.
At a meeting of the state land board
held recently 239 fOrfeitures OF school
land were declared. The purchasers have
failed to maintain their payments and
the board will now take possession and
endeavor to realize on the property. The
land forfeited is in ii counties, Latah,
Ada. CANYON and Nez Perce having the
largest acreage in the order named.
Two Mormon elders are at work among
the people in the vicinity of Weiser, with
view of locating Mormon colony IN
that neighborhood. The elders have spent
a number of months in the northern part
of the county and it is about settled that
colony will locate on Bear creek and
probably one in Indian valley.
A map is being made in the surveyor
! generals Office that will be presented to
/ the war department at Washington by
Senator Shoup. together with other infor-
nation relative to Boise Barracks. The
map shows the outline of the states Oh
Idaho. Oregon and Washington with the
railroads principal cities and Indian
/ reservations The Umatilla, Fort Hall.
/ IIemhi and Duck Valley reservations are
shown 10 be Immediately tributary to the
! barracks here and more easily accessible
! than any other point where the army is
or NAV be stationed This information is
to be presented to the department in an
appeal to be made for an enlargement OF
the post here.
/ The recent rise of the wa ters Of the
! Clearwater has enabled the steamers to
make the run to the Lapwai agency, and
! two trips were made to that point yes
/ terdav for wheat. There are over 100000
bushels stored in the warehouses on the
river a bove Lewiston. The wheat is the
product of the reservation lands recent
! lv opened to settlement.
/ The first quarterly teachers eXamina-
ton for 1898 will be held at Rathdrum
on Thursday and Friday, February "a and
/ %. Applicants will be examined for all
| gra des of certificates On Friday evening
! Professor Gault of the state university
will deliver lecture before the visiting
teachers and the citizens of Rathdrum and
vicinity on the subject, "A Word to the
/ Youth of Idaho" The KOotenai County
Teachers Association meets on Saturday,
the following day. An excellent program
has been prepared, and a large number OF
teachers will be present.
kendrick reports that high water has
! interfered to such an extent with the rail
road work that instead of concentrating
/ the men at any one section they have di-
videa them into crews and are working
| tneHt dIoIlS Tie loule ~ IhS Sled'l " a'Si .
Track laying has been suspended for the
present, owing to the depth of the mud
in the newly made grade, which is almost
impossible. The surveyors have com
pieted their work to the Clearwater, and
are now establishing grades. Between two
/ and three hundred men art at work. and
the changes in the gangs, occasioned by
men having become dissatisfied or worked
their allotted time keep the tracks
lined with men tramping both ways