Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-05-27
NEWS Of THE NORTHWEST
ITEMS FROM ALL AROUND
rro.uect of a Large Fruit Crop
sorx Iocutinx an Extension
of the Vancouver. NhcA'"'
Yakima RailrOnd-Nork q" the
E<tension of the Pnlouse "r"hch'

Walla Walla merchants are shipping
LARGE quantities Of potatoes to Kansas ana
other states.
Thre,hing is progressing nicely north
Of maritime in Lincoln county, ana con
siderable of the grain proves to be but
slightly damaged or not damaged at all
The members of company b, First regl-
ment. \. G. W., at Seattle, have organized
bv electng c. II. Crane captains Johh
f. Carroll. first lieutenant; Thomas II.
Gamble. second lieutenant.
! Whatcom county reports that pros
meets for a large fruit crop could not be
better, and Judging from the appearance
of the grass the yield of hay will surmss
in quantity all expectations.
| Fruit prospects were never better thah
in this portion OF the Yakima valley, Is
,he report from North Yakima. Pros
pects are that growers will have to thin
down the crop by at least one-half. Spray
ing for the coddling moth Is now gong
/ on.
Lumber shipments by water from Grays
Harbor points during the month OF April
amounted to 100000 feet divided as FOL
lows: Hoquam, ten cargoes, 3,so2,ooo
feet: Aberdeen, eleven cargoes, 3,3Ss,Ooo
feet Cosmopolis, six cargoes, 100000
feet.
Notice has been given by Mayor Nick
Gus of Tacoma to the commissioner OF
public works, the chief of police and the
chief of the fire department to notify all
men in any OF their departments that any
of them who enlist may have the assur-
ance that their places will be reserved
for them and restored if the war should
close within the life of the present city
administration.
Thomas Lynch. an old soldier. and for
a number of years IA resident OF Golden
dale is reported to be with Admiral Dew
ey on the flagship Olympia. 1t is gen
orally believed he is serving as a barber.
Lynch served as drum major and bugler.
Edward Lynch, his son, is said to he a
sailor on the battleship Oregon, having
enlisted while the Oregon was on Puget
Sound.
At the annual meeting of the State Den
tai Society at Tacoma, the following Of
ficers were elected President, p. III. Car
lyon of Olympia; first vice president, W.
f. Bukh hart of Tacoma: second vice pres
ident, j. n. Prather of Seattle; treasurer,
j. f. Banks of Yakima. The following
were elected delegates to the National
Dental Association of North America to
convene at Omaha in August: b. +.
; Esheman, w. E. Burkhart of Tacoma
b. S. Scott of Ellensburg; c. A. Holmes
of Olympia.
A@arty of Is surveyors, connected with
the Vancouver, Klickatat & Yakima rail.
road, are in the vicinity of Trout Lake
: at work locating an extension of the road
They are on three weeks survey over
the proposed line Of the road. The prin-
cipal object of the trip is to mark out
"a practicable route through klickatat
pass it being the announced intention OF
the company to make considerable ex-
tension the present year. A portion OF
the crew are working toward this city
along the line of the old Hunt survey.
The war with Spain has made two va
cancies in the family circle of the Rev
Myron Eells, the we'll known missionary
) at the Skykomish Indian reservation, and
i writer of considerable prominence, espec
) tally on early life in the Northwest, In
+ dian customs and languages. His son
Arthur H., who was in Ellensburg wher
n the call for volunteers was issued, was
one of the first to respond, and inform;
his naraOtS nv hot k<, 10 4 l..
e front when his company gets orders. An
e other son, Chester, at school in Coupe
I vile, has also joined a company there ant
o is drilling daily, hoping to be called.
n Reports received from different part.
e of Clark county show there are most ia
e vorable prospects for an enormous Gro,
!. of prunes and all varieties of fruit til,
coming season. The climatic condition,
s. SO far this spring have been all that coulo
- be desired and contrary to the genera
d rule, no discouraging reports whatever
II have up to this time been received from
r any section. In the orchards near tn,
e Columbia and in the lower ATTITUDES tn,
s prunes are said to be already advanced
n beyond all danger Of damage by fros
Va >oiu IdiiSs anu lnpSe the hlUhe
lands, remote from the river, where tn,
!, frllt season is from one to two week
,, later, the damage is past.
$ Idaho.
n The sixth annual convention of tn
d Nomans Christian Temperance Union O
h North Idaho district, will convene at Lew
V lston on the first, second and third O
"a June.
Two Indians accomplished perilou
undertaking the other day on the Clear
water at Lapwai. They were anxious t.
n cross, and not wishing to take the tim
l. to 60 down the river five miles TO tn
l. ferry, they drove their horses into tn
!. river which is raging torrent, and hang
l. ing to their tails, reached the other sid
l. safely \ large crowd witnessed tn
l. foolhardy trick.
!. Work on the extension of the palous
branch OF the \. p. railroad is bein
pushed ahead, about $50 men being EN-
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