Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-07-22
NEWS OF THE NORTHWEST
ITEMS FROM THREE STATES.
Happenings In Washington. Idaho
and MOntana-CrOps Making n
Good ShOwinE-Cattle Ran Into
the River-Rendy to FOrtify Point
Wilson.

the RiVer-ReMdy to FOrtify Point
Wilson.
The $4,000 bonds voted by school district
No. SO tGarIieldl We're sold to Morris 4
Whitehead of Portland, Or. The bonis
bear q per cent interest, payable $1,000
six years after date of issue and $1,000
each year afterward. The bid of Morris
L. Whitehead was $4Os7 IS for the Issue.
The late rains, more particularly the
copious shower of July Is, are Of in
calculable value to the farmer and the
country in general. Within a radius Of
10 miles of Cheney the crops never looked
better. The straw is long and heavy and
the grain kernels are filling out nicely.
Harvesting of fall wheat begins this
week. Many fields will 60 40 bushels to
the acre. Oats and barley are all right.
Most of the potato fields have recovered
from the setback caused by the late frost.
The prospects for fruit Of all kinds are
flattering.
The harvest has never begun so early
as this year, around Colfax, and it Will
continue until very late, as there is much
wheat which is now only few inches
high, and will not be ready to cut before
October. The prospects all over the coun-
ty are excellent, and sales of harvesting
machinery are larger than ever before in
this country. All lines OF business are ex-
ceptionally good, especially the trade in
lumber, as an unusual amount of building
is being done in the country.
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States army engineers have been at Port
Townsend making preparations for com
mencing the work on the Point Wilson
Notifications. 1t is said that the con-
struction of these forts will not be let By
contract, but all the work will be done
by the government under the supervision
of army engineers, and that the work will
be commenced about the 18th of the pres
ent month, as all complications relative
to obtaining title to the land required in
the fort limits have been fixed, $4,000
having arrived recently and will be used
in paying awards Of the condemnation
proceedings.
At the meeting OF the Yakima Wool
Growers Association it was decided to
try to induce the county commissioners
to offer bounty Oh coyotes, the assOcia-
ton stating that they will be willing to
pay the same as the county for scalps.
The association also appointed commit
tee consisting of Messrs. Clemens, Peat
ross, Wright and Sam Cameron to appear
before the board of equalization and Ell
deavor to have the assessed valuation Of
sheep reduced. The assessor has assessed
their tlocks at 50 so per head, which the
growers deem excessive. in view of the
fact that in Klickatat and Kittitas coun
ties ~ is the fixed valuation, while in
Oregon it is but 81 so.
Judge Carusi of Olympia who acted in
the capacity OF chief clerk of the house
during the lest session of the legislature
has forwarded to the governor sampl.
of mosquito mask, an invention OF his
which he hopes to have adopted by the
war department to protect the soldier:
from the winged insects which are SC
plentiful in Cuba and the Philippines.
. Lemhi county has contributed $36S 81
for the Idaho Omaha exposition fund.-
Hereafter all barber shops in Lewiston
, will be closed on Sunday. The barber,
! petitioned the council and were included
!. under the ordinance.
Mrs. S. l.. Cowen of Gmngeville pre-
. sented IS Strawberries to the Free Press
raised in her garden and weighing nin'
ounces.
p =. y. Shelby, president of the Southern
;. Fruit Growers Association, has returned
from a visit to eastern markets. He ha
$ arranged with Chicago firm to send t,
!. Idaho from California an expert packer t,
I teach the growers how to pack the
n fruit.
u The Lapwai industrial school has bee,
+ formally turned over to Indian Agen
= Fisher and win hereafter he operated un
q der his direction. Mr.. Fisher will remain
II as heretofore, at the agency, and ha
n placed the active management OF th
!. school in the hands of DIR. .. J. West
3 as assistant superintendent There will b
u no changes at the school. as far as known
r the transfer being merely formal pro
u cedure.
e About midnight Thursday fire brok
II out in the Episcopal rectory at Pocatell
y and the building was completely Quilted
Z Rev. II. Murphy, the pastor, and his fam
It lily lost all their furniture and clothing
c, the only thing saved being part OF hi
q library. Two of Mr.. Murphy's children
Il were rescued with great difficulty. Tn
% fire was caused by the explosion of
s small night lamp. Loss, about $1,000; n
Il insurance.
Is Samuel Martin, clerk of the India
II agency, says that 100 drafts from tn
treasury department representing the bal
ance of the Shelby interest payment hav
been received at the agency and are no,
II being disbursed. The total OF the draft
H. is about 5000. The payments for tn
Of next semi-annual payments have been pr.
n. pared, and he thinks the department wi
r. hasten the issue of the drafts and expect
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