The Dickinson press., 1898-06-11
A Letter from ]. II. Gelafoya.

Lewiston, Idaho, Just across the river
fF0m heFe: TIC has a Large contrast far
putting Ap barn on 4 hig wheat farm
neaF unieR1ewn, Washington, ahou,
eight miles northwest Of here.
understand A; billiard has a brother
N pnl0Rtowm in the banking business.
! have not INST him hut met q brother Of
Joe: AFeene,
Inc G0nhtrY is very rough and mnuia=
famous along such large slreams as titr
anake, halm0n and Clear Water rivers.
They claim thai Lewiston is a,son tsst
lower than a hill 81 mountain wiese tap
is tour 81 i've miles distant by road. Il
does npt iaak " he Oyer a mills TIA the
top, This balance nf the eeUn,ss seems
tn be yery hilly hu, is very temils and
nearly Ill fagmed mostly whsle
The Gilmate is very misf especially
near the streams and isxv downi hu,
near the meuntalns 1hert. is more SNOW
and II is Golder. We t4g potatoes and
eayT0ls aut at the garden and ate them
on lhe 10Th nf April: " sccmed 10 ne
the ground troze sniY An inch through
through the wiaser. They had no ice
here last wiN,as.
Wheat is Mlsed III abundance froM
AZ To % bushels pcS asre-hVl it is .
ponr Qsb,iiM: The saiar is nearly white
and u is nat hard enough ,a make good
h@Aa. The priee ct whea, 4 few days
ago WAS % GEMS and -four ss,so to sa.6a.
fhat is ahoW Me price today perhaps
a Wiae lower.
Cattle are very high -especilly steers:
lsYear=alh steers SSH tfam az to sla;
l~=Yeaa-old heltets, tM sl4 to si5i COWS
bring SIS VI, Coed hlg waFk ha9ses
seemte he " geod demandi smatt hegses
and panles are nunAernus aud Al prices
" SUIT the tNstomer-s4 to sl5. Sheep
arc very aalnetous hut net much is said
Ah"W1 them. a gepd pvlee asked with
net M9eh sale. Wool is Nery lew and
ne aae selling. Shearihg is nearly ALI
daRs- ihe priee ter steAFing is the
ssme as in Dickinson last year,
There is fgWlt in abundance, strawher-
Hes ANA fhe'E'es en'n'ng IN IN the naF-
heS hnW, understand thai eW leads 81
HNt se !" waste every wear ana &c hal
"pnp' y w VIZ eAtS WAY "a ses'lhs N eAl
81 here IS hy steamtaAt and they are IN
epAlhceupA VIVA Ne y n; y n y. N
TINS fSh'pF'a owns Ne peass 1Ass RAM N
eW supplies and haul out oUr wheat,
VIVIAN y Al ~ sseNs AM lAlea Np W.
'sAHAAss AM N pA WAREHOUSES; a gepa
atai ~ pNRAM ANes Aha penes we've
F'sa Wy ~ PAAesH sen'e SeNs ago.
pasN'p !" '~ NJ VIA HeAesee
hpA1 2~peAsAr y sNpbesea 70 pc N acre
}NlS tAe gsAae IS SlEeAay COM
pheNea tM' Nhe phHsse SeFpss IAs clean
"A'ei fNS' y pelAs keel hack ny HIS
AAps q 'efttpHS s%hs Gaiteht Faf's Aha
y eoeh"iAss CANA ana khoekEhgs eAt sae
pehss
haVe hoE seen ANY soea GRASS SINCE
FEW pAkola aAa sc noA expect ta see As
seea anN%AsIe n ths Country: the
ranges seem 70 nave a kFna 81 weed n
psaees-hA eleaf grass As II pAkotias
NSV1ensap %lll SO pettef "a lHako1a than
Up AsEe z sheePneA NH GO yuAsst AS
%eth RtheA %Ril Qnly %AtSh thhe1F stosk
ana PfoSlds tW lhepA and keep them ~ n
= oAshef country TEAM some asEe IA no%.
sAeS VIII 90 pettefh, haye tass1ef aAnd pet
EeT mmntkoA aAha petteEf anqfd p %oephF;
1nete aAFe sAaeep ranches RPeEe that asfe
soo Fopsh 70 Pp6 4 Wasen iAi' tQAell stunt y
PaeAed IA On RoFsss mostly
eapnos giSe a lulll dessFipAloA ct the
fnqlaA reservation here, pvt MIL gtEe yoA
tRAe peneiA qt What ! haSe ieaEqaad1, 1he
reservation MAS bought by taes govern
~ept lrom the Indians ard each llpqdtifapp
MAS SiNeh luoa acres; pm lfPey CANNOT sell
Htae. Land toF 2oyeaESs, A homestead can
I tahke Fo ACRES appaea pqaaatke PIoot PN Pay'ns
/ sSz5 R shhs government No pqtto&Ss-
tag a1'ak Is alaowed oR the. reservation,
tpts %ou4iH not SUIT All of epd people
Anss lpaddpla aF9's are Well! dressed, ssooqqqles we'll
equSateds have psW ss}sdlPStfAAess and rfidSie
5000 h'2fsss', Wearing cowpoN bats; soHe
! FF'HpEe, ~ toP, buggles-hlghs PRICED wagons,
Y lpookkst queer Y see a faaaailiN Of lpnaddllaqn
F'pp'iag ia top rig, II looks as Though
tNhSsNs hHfaaa k.Eked out the Wh,llttess and taxi
eA, P0ssssalpp, Of the f'g themselves
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