The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-10-21
IDAHO

II. C.. Slayer, Moscow.
The warehouses at Moscow are piled
to the rafters with wheat
Moscow has been stirred up over the
charges against Postmaster Barton.
The Florence school district will be
bonded for $1,000 for the purpose of
erecting a new school house.
The jury in the Dorsey case a. lew
iston failed to agree and we're accord
ingly discharged by the Judge.
Moscow was treated to a genuine
snowstorm, and the ground was COW
cred to the depth of six inches. 1t has
done great injury to fruit trees.
The wheat crop in the vicinity of
Moscow is larger than was expected.
The grain hauled in since the first
rains is in prime condition and grades
No. /.
Rock is being hauled for the founda-
tion of the new Bellinger brick on ID
street, Lewiston. A force of men are
now engaged in removing the old build
ing.
The Herres-Sperry contest for quar-
ter section of valuable land at the
mouth of Big Canyon on the Clearwater
has been settled at last in favor of
HERES, who was the original locator.
Lewiston is having a genuine small
pox scare. Seven cases of suspicious
nature are within the city limits. The
majority of the cases have been pro-
nounced smallpox by the physicians in
charge.
Negotiations are pending now for the
purchase of mill site for the Samuel
Tiffany saw mill outfit, that was re
Gently shipped from the east on the
Powell ranch, about a half mile below
kendrick.
There is general rejoicing at Ken
drick over the success of the Nez Perez
exhibit in being awarded the capital
prize at Spokane, and Thomas Kirby is
the recipient of many compliments for
his hard work.
Bannister Brothers, while drilling a
we'll on the Billiard & Johnston ranch
near Squaw creek butte, struck a vein
of water at depth of 326 feet that
threw stream through their drill pipe
Is feet in the air, says the Independent
This is the strongest flow of artesian
water so far discovered in that section
of the country. where considerable pros
pecting has been done.
,. ID. D.. Reeves, of Moscow. is exhibit
ing a mammoth yield OF Early Thor
oughbred potatoes. The collection of
tubers range In weight from five and a
half pounds to few ounces and aggre-
gate Is pounds They were all taken
from a single hill. The largest potato
good deal of attention. The potatoes
were raised one-half mile west of Mos
COW on the Pullman road.
On the occasion of the return OF the
soldiers from Manila recently n hand
some flag, 12x18, the largest in Moscow,
was unfurled for the first time from a
staff specially provided for the occasion
by ]. Manwaring, a native of England.
and the pole from which It was flung
was provided, painted and raised by
+. l.. Koehler. a native of Germany.
Both of the gentlemen named are citi-
zens of the United States and in this
way have given expression to the love
they bear for their adopted country.
Last week was a busy one in the
county recorders office. at Wallace. 109
different instruments being placed on
record. OF these, &c were deeds, their
aggregate value being 23,C41. although
10 of them named 81 each as the consid-
Grafton. There was also one patent.
Thirty quartz locations, seven placer
claims and six water-right locations
were recorded. Two marriage licenses
were issued and four new companies
filed their articles of incorporation. The
business is increasing so that the re
corder has applied for another deputy