Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-09-27
namas Block 8
Northwestern News Notes.

The COMMENCEMENT VI ''e 'e"' -"
,10 market bare of supplies, while the
a.msud increased rather than
diminished
The Irrigs tion Congress convened at
Nlssoula, Mont, Monday last and
sbould conclude its labors to-day. In
late wars great interest is being taken
in the irrigation of our arid lands aud
the day is not far distant when this
will really lie an issue Of the day.
The New West Trade says: Millinery
onenjngs have been the order of the
day for the past week and the interior
If feminine heads has been dazzled
while the exterior has been rendered
dazzling by the wonderful aud b :
yilderlng new styles and shapes.
tennessee citizens have plans well
laid for Il two days rOusing reception
to be given Go. D Idaho volunteers up
on their return home.
A large mining deal was con. um
mated last week for mines i'm tie
vicinity of Ashland, Oregon. The con-
slderltion for which was $l20 ,G30. The
Montreal & Oregon Gold Mines Omit.
ed, Canadian coIp,ratioh of which
Charles e. qntfith is manager, are the
purchasers.
p Harrington, ex mayor of Butte,
was arrested the other day in that city
on the charge Of selling liquor at retail
without license. He plead guilty.
Jim Stevens, of Choteau, has com.
pleed fiat bottomed boat i'm which
be PROPOSES to float down the Teton to
the Missouri and thence to New Or
leans, via the Mississippi.
Fifteen additional rooms that are
under construction at the state
university at Moscow will soon be
completed. Tncy are to be used for
recitation ard labratory work and were
much needed at the institution.
The three O. Id Fellow Lodges of
Wslla Walla are bearing the expenses
Incumbent upon the return of their
bone company Of Washington vol
unlsers from Seattle to Walla WalIa.
A carload of prunes We're shipped
last week by the Earl Fruit Co. from
Boise to Germany.
Articles of Incorporation have been
NED by Colorado Capitalists with
secretary of State Patrie. The com
pahy Is to be known as the Sulzer
Fora Mining Co., capitalized al $780,
W They will operate in Washing
lon county.
The 18th Infantry U. S. V. now at
'ancouver barracks Wash. will Ie-
f'se TWO months pay in advance be-
'e e'''oarRing tn the transports at
'''anu i"r the Philippines.
Tue Linton SHELTERS, situated nine
a'''es below Portland on the Columbia,
nave oeen purchased by the f ,glish
ue'e'opment Go. It'd, Of London, Eng.
lucy VIII spend several thousand dol
A' ehiarglng the plant, aud the
manager asserts that halt million
s'"as VIII be sed as a fund to carry
"'e ouslness. This + ,glish COM
aas operates shelters at Swansea.
Wales and Mexico.
Apasseuger rate war is in nrogress
wren The o. R. & n. pats and the
S so'u"ola River Railway between
car A'u aud Astoria. Passengers are
'''eo no miles Tor fifty cents.
4. ,nor Morgan, night yard master
|w. '"e Northern Pacific at KaIama,
ma "'' was declared insane last week
D..s "''hilted to the asylum. HIS
.I.aa' Is attributed to the loss of
~ep aud over work
.0 n"s, deer of o,egon has named six
v.a" n'sslonrrs three ladies' and three
10 the Paris Exnosition
', |, Pit'ock, manager of the
dah Is chairman aud Mrs. ]. N.
I p"' Widow of the late ex-senator
"'N Is also member.
k,ti, "e following facts in regard tn the
We s '' points in WaIlowa county
Ill.,. "'sned to the Ii Grand.
.ro,,. se'' Lostine, $500 feet En.
s5o TO-, o'oo feet; WalIowa lake,
.sl ~ Aneroid peak, 5000 feet; Cane
I, ~ , ~ feet; Crater peak, 12,ooC
I,r,, ""iowa lake, which has been
(st de- s'''iiated at from 80 to l0O
-" sp' vas sounded and found 10
N, :, ''e. al the deepest point. Enter
/. .. - ieet higher than Kameia
OF the Blue mountains.
NJ ''essor Charles Piper, of the Pail
,n,at s'naitural college has Leen
I'm Ia year. leave of absence, and
.aa u'y in Harvard this winter
next summer In Germany.
|s,., NFVens has been appointed
'>'rf at Blackfoo,
blbv 'T"sions have been granted a.
'ei utah Decbant, Boise IS