Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-04-01


pug me defendant guilty, providing the
sNiuehce wars CREDIBLE -f
General Manager David $. Murray .,
=, r',t Lake OF the Rocky Mountain Bell
ie.eppone Company, has rlospd IA contract
WIN tue mill All HERON. Mont, for 4Os,
telephone poles to be used in the constr,c
,'on OF line from Ntis,ouk to Mullan
idaho, which will close. a eap of lp5 m;h.S
t.n the connection between LIVINGSTON
Mont, on the extreme east. and tho D..
cine eoast.,and when completed will give
f'he longest telephone connection in tho
fwt,rld r. So. ID 'he
The comptroller of the currency has
made frplie anfabstradt Of the rers,f ~
the condition. on February is of the d M
'.'''"' banks IN Montana. 1t shows that
since the date of the last report, Decemhe,
10, total resources decreased from Sl663l
feo TO S4,slS,0ll; loans and di4counts
decreased from $7.737,5 $40 to 81 49, $40
reserves decreased from 81 1876 O3O to So =.
oe2'eaa' OF which gold holdings increased
nom $64o,7l1 to $73s,932. The deposits
decreased from $ll,ll9549 to $9,97G.ll6.
ana the average reserve held decreased
'fom 1870 per cent to 4Ol4 per cent.
"A large number of Montana horses were
purchased by the government "A few wear.
ago for the cavalry said State Veteriua.
''rtn NJ +. Knowles the other day. ,"and |
understand that they proved entirely sat
istactofy. OF late years the government
has been securing good share of its
horses in Kentucky. Montana can fur.
nlsh as good horses as any state in the
Union. Any kind of horse can be found
here. for there are well bred horses as well
as cayuses. Teton county has many horses
that would be suitable for cavalry service.
There are some excellent horses in Custer
county. For that matter, good horses can
De found in every county in the state. Our
native1bred Montana horses will stand
more hard work than those of any other
section of the country, in my opinion
One OF the largest transfers in ranch
and stock property for some time past
was consummated recently between Jur-
gen kuhr and Ernest Schluter, both of
Cleveland Mr.. Schluter sold his ranch
OF ldO acres patented and 32Oacre des-
ert claim for $4,000, and 5000 sheep at
S4.25 head. The sheep were good
bunrh, made up of young ewes straight.
Asa Abbott has begun the publication OF
the Silver Blade at Belvue.
The Baptists at Cottonwood = have
broken ground for a church building.
y Governor Steunenberg hus issued a proc
lamation offering reward of $1,000 each
for the arrest and conviction of each of the
members of the mob that murdered Fred
erick d. Whitney at Gem on December %,
1897.
,Apetdtioh has been sent to Washington
asking thatsmaa seh'ice be established be
tween Riddles and Mountain City. via the
Duck Valley Indian reservation. If this is
granted, it will make mail connection con
tinuous between Mountain Home and
Elko, New, a distance of about POO miles
There are at least 100000 sheep winter
ing near Raft river. in southern Idaho
Mr.. Mccormick has $4,000 there, another
owner 10000, and besides these there are
numfrou, smaller focks Of several thou.
s;snM each The grass got such a good
start last fall that now the sheep refuse
the hay fed them, trample it under foot
and 60 in search of the fresh green grass.
r. W. Eosler Of Hacfoot has secured the
bif for tl,el next -four years ON the mail
contract from Red Rock, Mont, to Sal.
mon City. He has bought up the stock,
stages and complete outfit now on the line
belonging to Emerson Hill. who has had
the contract for the past four years or
more, and entered into possession of the
line. In the transfer the sum of $4,000
changed hands. 1t is one of the best lines
in the country, owning and controlling
its own eating houses on the line Mr..
Nogler will also run the line from Salmon
City to Gibbonsville from july /, The
officers of the company are: +. w. Vog-.
Ter, president and genr;l manager; f. Hill,
vice president; Mrs. V. c. Vogler, secre-
tary and treasurer. -e,i4e5s..s
A petition has been sent to Washing
ton asking that mail service be establish
ed between Riddles and Mountain City.
via the Duck valley Indian reservation.
If this is granted, it will make mail con-
nections continuous between Mountain
Home and Elko, Nevada, a distance of
about 200 miles.
United States Judge Beatty has APP
pointed Fred W. Bacorn of Butte, Mont,
as receiver of the American Developing
and Mining Company. This company has
been operating extensively in Montana
and Idaho. Mr. Bacorn had already been
appointed receiver for the company in
Montana by Judge Knowles.
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