Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-07-08

most equal to the first rush for homestead
on the Nez Perez ceded lands The ia.
creased value, owing to the established
productiVeness of the reservation lands,
mas caused much land jumping this
| spring. Contest case hearings are almost
c,ntinuous at the land office
Dr. i. Danforth of Standpoint has the
honor of having two sons, CLYDE l.. and
William ii. Danforth, in Troop c, Roose-
welt 5 Rough Riders, which made such a
gallant fight near Santiago dc GuDa last
Friday. The boys were enlisted from Ari-
IONA.
The new war revenue measure struck
Wallace. the past week, when an agree
ment was reached by the scent beer
houses to raise the price to l2l cents. 1t
is evident i'll this case who pays the tax
r. u. Gates, expert timber estimator
and appraiser employed by the state to
estimate and appraise the timber on the
white pine lands in the northern part of
the state, has arrived in Boise from Ar
kansas. Mrs. Gates accompanies him.
They are guests Of Secretary of State
Lewis. Mr.. Gates will go north in few
days to proceed with the work. He will
be accompanied by some members of the
state land board.
A letter from Camp Merritt, San Fran
cisco to the Boise Statesman contains the
following paragraph: sour beautiful flag
arrived on the 18th and Mrs. A. II.
Boomer carried it through camp amid
the cheers of all the boys. And right here
we want to say that there has been no one
that has equaled Mrs. Boomers attention
and work for the regiment. She has been
deservedly named the Mother of the Reg
iment." Today Major Higgins is calling
on the boys for small donation with
which he intends to get remembrance
for Mrs. Boomer, and it is with joy that
the boys respond"
On the lower hills near Wallace, there
is an occasional ripe huckleberry found
and it will not be long until there will
be plenty Of them. Higher up the mount
aims they are later and ripe ones can bt
found at any time from now until hare
frost, come next fall. The crop promises
to be an abundant one, the bushes ev
erywhere being loaded with green berries
1t is only once in two or three years tina
there is full crop. the frost usually kill
ing them except in favored localities
In good seasons they are found almos
all over the mountains, and they may b
gathered for 80 long time that the crol
is one possessing considerable value
There is little likelihood Of any weathe
to injure them after they are as far alon
as NOW.
A Cascade county company in Montan
has just sold its clip Of wool at Is cent
At the Episcopal convention at He
ena, Bishop Brewer said that contrib,
tons for parochial objects during the yea
were about $1,000 more than for the pr
vious year.
For the first time in the history {
the city of Butte, the city council hs
appropriated money for a Fourth of Jul
celebration. voting 5000 from the eme
gency fund for this purpose.
Clark Rros have filed their bill OF dan
ages against the Northwestern Nations
bank at Great Falls. The total is $lsl
O55 so. This amount makes the suit Il
!. largest ever tried in this county.
W. II. Cochran, on his return trip fro
:, the Big Hole basin, encountered a grizz
near Dixon's place, near Dillon. lie tot
the animal to be calf at first, but upt
closer inspection he discovered his mi
take, and concluded not to linger unne
=. essarily in that immediate neighborhoo
Rev. +. A. Riggin of Great Falls, Mon
will open the Beaver City camp meetln
;. in Fergus county, on June 80. He W
!. have charge of the meeting and will
= assisted by a number of men from t
Montana mission. The season will CO
tinue until July s.
Another promising young man OF
e arently good habits, of previous go
u character and holding a good positi
/" which he might have retained indefinite
= has gone wrong and last night he sic
: behind the bars of the Deer Lodge pc
~ Tertiary, says the Anaconda Standa
): He is Alfred l.. Duffy, cashier tor
- Anaconda Copper Mining Company, lu
~ her department. He has confessed to e
n bezzling $3.50 of the companys funds
y Ben Durrell and Henry Shufelt
~ Nashua have lost over a dozen head
Young cattle from blackleg this spri
!" saws the Glasgow Gazette. The amin
III they say are affected by swelling VIII
. is usually confined to one leg of the
T. nal and never extending over the bo
eo The member so affected becomes hard
nc stone, almost bursting the skin. SIEVE
Oh of Ed. Stevens cattle have died OF
nc same disease They are now vaccinat
III their young stock as preventive.
ia Father Pendo. for many years
eei sionary among the Grow Indians
Al drowned in the Big Horn river the OF
day. He had been 20 Prior creek miss
and was on his way home in light
b. and had reached the slough on the v
side of the river, opposite st. Asvier.
as Indian children, boy and a girl,
.st with him. In attempting to ford
nv river the wagon was upset and all II
W. occumnts were thrown into the wa
nd The priest sank almost Immediately
hit was seen no more. The boy was an ex
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