Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-06-24
II T u,rr;s ia a now arrival in Gen

f.. E. Harris is new ARRIVAL IN ueh'
esee from Oklahoma. Mr.. Harms was d
sooner" in that country during the mao
rus h of IA few years past. but Ike lhe INA.
| iority of those who went there tireu o'
irving TO exc out an existence. lie state,
that he has induced large part! VINO
are travelling overland in nine wagons
to follow him TO Genesee. he states
that IF many other settlers in that GOD
forsaken country knew of the oPPortuni'
ties and openings for industrious people
in the Inland Empire they would foilo"
suit"
CAPTAIN Fem has written home 10
Boise that Company II Is accumnlatlne
library to take with them which VIII ma
terially relieve the monotony OF their
long trip to Manila. The Whittier club
has sent them donation OF money LOT
the purchase of books.
Deputy United States Marshal Coax
lev went to Idaho Falls to serve papers
instituted in a suit against John y Nelii,
Hugh O'Neill and the Idaho Falls Canal
& Irrigation Company. The action Is
brought to secure revocation OF patent
issued for large tract OF land, when,
it is alleged. was obtained by fraud. lhe
affidavit filed to secure patent stated
sufficient water had been obtained to IT.
rigate the land, which the government
claims is not true. The United states
also asks that the money paid by the
defendants be forfeited
The report of the enrolment and at
tendance of the Moscow public schools
for the past year reaches the high water
mark in the history of the schools The
number enrolled was s9,. record that
can not be approached by any city in the
state outside of Boise. Eighty-elght per
cent of the census enrolment OF the dis
trict attended the city schools. and COM
bined with the number attending the
university. shows that over 30 per cent
of the children OF school age have at
tended school. This is an excellent show
ing and Moscow is proud of it.
The county commissioners let con-
tract at Rathdrum to Oliver Brothers OF
Spokane to erect bridge over the Spo'
, kane river at Fort Sherman. Idaho. Seal
ed bids had been advertised for by the
board. but Oliver Brothers We're the only
bidders. They are to erect the bridge
furnish all labor and material for $1,000
to be paid by the county. and $l415 by
the citizens of Occur d'Alene City.
The matter of testing the validity OF
the bonded debt of Shoshone county
seems about to come to head The
semi-annual interest is due in New York
on July l, and it is the practice here te
make the remittance here about the 18th
of this month. in order to have it there
on time. The county treasurer has beer
enjoned from making the remittance. II
is anticipated that when the county re
fuses to pay the interest the bondholder'
will Immediately take steps. to test thu
validity of the bonds. The commission
ers evidently prefer to act on the defen
sive and force the bondholders to com
mence action. While the validity of tn,
!
having been issued by the commissioner,
without submitting the matter to a vot'
of the people. it is scarcely hoped thai
the county will be relieved from the pay
ment of the whole amount.
| Montana.
| Prairie schooners pass through Boulde
every few days Ell route to the Black
foot reservation and Canada. They us,,
ally have plenty Of horses, cattle ant
babies with them.
c. Bachant of kalispell has received
check for $277O for wheat he has deliv
cred at the roller mills here during tn
past two weeks. This is undoubtedly tn
largest check given to one man for grail
at one time in the history of the county
George H. lilly, night chief of tn
Western Union office at Helena, who wa
recently appointed by the president a
first lieutenant in the volunteer sigma
corps, has received his commission. H
expects to receive orders to report t.
General Merritt at San Francisco, il
view of the fact that General Merritt
having difilculty in the filling of the sig
nal corps that is to accompany him t
the Philippines.
Two covered wagons bearing famil
OF eight people halted in Miles City tn
other day. These people have been tray
cling since the spring of 1897, having lef
Kansas with their wagon train in Apr
OF that year. The elderly grandfather @
the party said he was from Indiana orig
inally, and had emigrated to Kansas i
the early Sos. but gave up agricultur
there after finding out to certainty tina
good crops were five to seven wear
apart, which he said was too long an in
terval for profitab BILE farming The part
wintered on the Rosebud in 1897, an
from there pursued their course west
ward to Idaho, returning to Rosebud las
fall.