Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-12-06

Engineer Mccullough Is surveying the
Morris addition on the hill this week.
The steamer Norma deranyed her rud-
der attachment on the trip up the Snake
last Saturday. The damage.was repaired
at the Nez Perez machine shops i'll this
city.
A freight car jumped the rail OIL the
main track just above the depot Monday.
1t was pushed over the ties to clear the
tract for the passenger train and the ef-
fort tried the strength of big eight
wheel freight engine.
The o. r. & N. surveyors are still OPP
posite the mouth of Salmon river on their
way down from the Innaha copper
mines They found the high water
mark at that point to be 81 feet above
the present water level, probably 70 feet
above low water mark.
Capt ] f. Atkins who has had charge
of the bateau fleet of the +. Il. Cooper
party of the o. R. & N. surveyors up
Snake returned home Sunday. Tie
manager of the surveying party decided
to cut down the river crew so the boys
all walked out or rowed out or hoated
out. At least they called for the r
checks and came home iu body in a
scow.
Otto Aiding, the mining man, was in
the city Monday night. He is interested
i'll the Dewey claim on South Fork. He
says his company has working fund Of
$4,000 and that a development shaft
will be sunk 900 feet just as fast as it car
he driven. The Dewey promises to Ii
one of the big propositions Of this dis
trict.
Rev. w. f. Cowdcn of Tacoma superin
tendent of the board of missionaries o
the Christian church, for the northwes
will preach next Sunday morning ant
evening at the Christian church OIL thu
hill Rev. Cowden is one OF the notet
pulpit orators of the country. The Lew
iston church people should honor hin
with large audience.
Mr.. ]. +. Trerise, the manager for 10
Letter, with r. d. Williams went to tn
upper Snake river Tuesday TO begi
work OIL the Great Eastern mine undo
the bond held by Mr.. Letter. The
{ took with them a force of II miners an
a supplies for all winter This promising
S copper property will be thoroughly de
: veloped without further delay.
w. +. Kettenbach of Lewiston an
5 Frank Reed and f. i. Gordon Of Grange
i vile have bonded the Hill Top group {
y mines in the Elk city district to ii.
Williamson of Chicago for 5000. M
y Williamson is the owner of DIR. We
> property adjoining the Hill Top and IL
IL purchase consolidates the two group
3 The bond runs one year.
- The steamer Norma returned from Wi
; Goose island Monday at II O'Clock. I'll
v trip up took all day till q O'Clock p. I
:, Fourteen passengers from Lewiston al
e six from Asotin made the excursio
oe Owing to the lateness Of the hou. OF a
If rival the visitors had not time to inspe
10 the mining properties of the vicinis
7, The reports, however, from the boys
n camp are all barren.
OF Captain Harvard made some measu
III ments of Wild Goose rapid last Saturd
~ evening while the steamer Norma was
Nc the landing. The fail at that place is
feet in 400 feet. This fall does not in
re cate a formidable bar to navigation,
greater falls are encountered in ma
u places over which steamboats, ina
II schedule runs by the use of lines a
'es capstans The captain thinks Wild Go
Use ca be pas sed by the use of long line
ey
in The first shipment of granite arrived
il this city Saturday evening, 1t consis
,,a two scow loads which were fioa
at down from the quarry in one day max
N. the run without difficulty through "
10, Goose and all other rapids on this ri
route. This is the first out put of I
vel industry that promises to become an
his por'aht one ". d" 'ii'''''
10, mountain of this very superior granite
in the upper Snake about IS miles from
o;,y