Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-10-11
T. NJ. Rulings Of Cedar Rapids. Iowa,


is guest at the Raymond.
Sam Slovenian, the Spokane mining
man, was in the city yesterday
Editor Kay l.. Thompson Of the Asotin
Sentinel spent Monday in The city.
Editor Lake, of the Grangeville Stand
ard, passed through the city Monday en-
route to Spokane.
Andrew Hilson. a sub-contractor on the
Clearwater extension of the y P, is do
ing business in the city.
Miss NJ. Louise Walker, formerly a
compostor in this Office, is now pursuing
course in the Normal school.
Mr and Mrs. Ed l.. Wiggiu took yes
terday mornings train for a few DAYS
visit TO the Spokane exposition.
Fl. II. Schwartz, special agent oil the
Commissioner of the General Land
Office has again returned to the city.
Chas. Lydon, Of the n. p engineering
corps, who has been enjoying a leave of
absence III our city recupcrating, left
Monday for Missoula, Mont, where he
will resume his duties as levelman with
an engineering party
DIR, J. b Morris, accompanied by his
wife, returned from Spokane Monday.
The doctor accompanied several of the
physicians who were i'll the city attend
! ing the meeting of the Idaho Medical
Society to the Spokane hospital, where
several difficult surgical operations were
performed
The contest case over a valuable
quarter section of land situate adjoining
townsite OF Peck which was captioned
| Sperry VS.. HERES has been decided BY
the commissioner of general land Office in
favor of HERES The decision by the
commissioner affirmed the decision o
the register and receiver of the local lane
office.
A, A. Anderson of Viueland recent,
had an assay made of sample of or.
FROM the Dolly Warden" in Imnaha dis
trict, The sample was from the surface
and assayed SI45 in copper, SIS in silvet
and 1897 in gold. He and his associate.
will leave in a few days to comtnenc,
development wolk upon their group o
claims.
The Normal School trustees. who me
Monday evening, after trausacting tn,
usual routine business, ordered that 500,
be spent for a physical biological equip
ment Other apparatus will be procure,
later on. The trustees state that the,
feel much encouraged at the good at
tendance at the school, and expect tina
the new dormitories will be finished
ready for occupancy by Nov. Ist.
Robert Fitzpatrick, who has had sub
rock contract on the y. p. Clearwater
extension twelve miles west of kamiah
has finished il and is i'll the city with hi
outfit ell route to Weiser, where he vii
enter the employmen, of the p. |. & y
Ry. Jack Welsh, better known as Tat
terjack, his foreman, accompanies him
lack is pioneer on construction, havius
worked in this line on all the principa
western systems while they were build
ing. Contractor Fitzpatrick states tina
he has worked gang OF Is men on
rock cut of 5000 yards which took ;,
days to complete lie stated that he wa
: offered more sub-contracting, but refused
the offers on account of the shabby treat
nent accorded his men when they becam,
Ill aud were sent to the hospital afte
paying exorbltant hospital dues.
/ The following dispatch from the St
: Paul correspondent of the Spokesman
: Review under the date of Oct. 9th, is o
vital interest to the residents of tn,
: Clearwater valley and the citizens o
Lewiston aud II now seems as though
the six months truce is liable 10 h,
broken at any time: President Melle,
of the Northern Pacific said to-day tina
there was no truth in the story that tn,
truce between the Northern Pacific an,
: the O. K. * y. has been broken. Thi
truce provided that the Northern Pacih,
( should make no further extensions thar
) those already under construction Nov
there appears to be some difference as /,
the understanding of this agreement
There seems to have been no limit fixe,
; as to wnen the work on the extension /,
the Clearwater should cease. The North
ern Pacific has continued building an,
. President Mohler of the o. r. < y. an,
, President Hill of the Great Northern
from whom President Mohler takes man,
of his tips, held a council here last weel
and declared that state of war exists il
| he Clearwater country"