Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-02-25
campment, has secured $500 and expects
to raise $500 or $1,000 more.
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There is talk Of a 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 in Lew.
iston about March LIST 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 238 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 III 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
a 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 Of
Idaho, Oregon and Washington with the
railroads, principal cities and Indian
reservations. The Umatilla, Fort Hall,
Iemhi and Duck Valley reservations are
shown to be Immediately tributary to the
barracks here and more easily accessible
than any other point where the army is
or may 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 waters Of the
Clearwater has enabled the steamers to
make the run to the Lapwai agency, and
two trips were made to that point yes
terday for wheat. There are over 10000
bushels stored in the warehouses on the
river above Lewiston. The wheat is the
product of the reservation lands recent.
~ opened to settlement.
The first quarterly teachers examina-
ton for 1898 will be held at Rathdrum
on Thursday and Friday, February "a and
25. Applicants will be examined for all
grades of certificates. On Friday evening
| Professor Gault Of the state university
will deliver a 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 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 d.
vided them into crews and are working
them along the route to the Clearwater
Track laying has been suspended for tho
present. owing to the depth Of the mud
in the newly made grade, which is almost
impossible. The surveyors have com
pleted their work to the Clearwater, and
are now establishing grades. Between two
and three hundred men art ut 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.