Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-05-06

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begin a term of public school in that
place.
| w. F. Kettenbach sold acres of land
near Leland yesterday for $3.50 to A.
| Peterson.
Mrs. Hattie Parker closed a successful
school at Cameron last week, and re-
turned to her home in this city.
The o. R. N. Company's general
office has been removed to the room
formerly occupied by the real estate and
abstract company between the Lewiston
National Bank and Dent & Butler's
drug store.
/ Mark Masters returned yesterday
from an extended visit to the mines in
the Northern country about and beyond
the national boundary. He found all
the districts visited over run with miners
and prospectors.
| w. J. Bennett is now in La Grande,
Oregon Numerous creditors have taken
interest in his conspicuous absence from
this city. They may not care to know
his whereabouts, and some express
regret that they ever met him.
/, The o. r. & N. company has asked
the department at Washington for per-
mission to survey and locate a line across
the Bitter Root reserves to Buffalo The
commission recommends that the survey
Ike permitted and then, II construction
actually follows that conditions be con-
sidered.
The members of the state board
medical examiners have been announced
by the governor. They are as follows:
For six years, DR.. I.ucien p. Mccall of
. Boise and DIR. Robert l.. Nourse of HALEY;
for four years, DR.. George Collister Of
J Boise and DIR. J. Turner of Cottonwood;
for two years, DIR. W. w. Watkins of
! Moscow and DIR. !. r. Numbers of Weiser.
] The season is backward all through the
country, aud it is ridiculous to attempt
! going into the Hump country before June
list. Parties who came out to Grangeville
last Saturday report the snow as sixteen
feet deep, fully a foot having fallen dur
{ ing the preceding twenty-four hours.
! Deep snow covers the foothills south OF
Grangeville to their base, and It will be
! weeks before it will be melted.--Grange.
Vile standard
representative of the Fricke Ice
Machine company is in the city from
= and secure specifications for the machinery
= required to operate the ice plant to be
: established in this city. This work i.
y going forward in business like way
: operation in time to handle the fruit
h crop this summer. The company which
il promoting the enterprise starting
e out in practical way to warrant success
y Frank Taplin was in the city Sunday
e from the Mary X mine. He is engaged
on the tunnel on that claim which has
= been driven sixty feet. 1t will be con
tnued till it cross cuts the main ledge
" Mr.. Taplin brought down some fin,
e samples which he has encountered il
IL the progress of the tunnel. Assays from
y these samples were SO good that thu
v owners of the mine are figuring on ship
a ping the ore to Butte i'll short time
is The assays show both gold and cope
i'll values that are very satisfactory.
" ]. NJ. Justus, F.. II. Libby and F.. NJ
70 Pound, the latter known as "Klondike'
N Pound, who sold out on the Yukon 70
er half million to transfer his capital AM
10 foresight to Idaho, rejected an offer o
IN 5000 with 10 per cent cash payment
lie balance in 90 days, for the Waverly
which lies beside the Dewey, on tn
Clearwater, four and one half miles from
N Mt. Idaho. The standing of these gentle
Is men is guarantee for the fact that the
= have good thing, and having abundan
TX capital they will put crew of men a
IN work on the Waverly immediately
lie Grangeville Standard.
:. The preliminary examination of Viii
Rookie, Monday, before Justice Chase
on the charge of stealing cattle
> preferred by Indian Hayes, resulted il
- his being bound over to district cour
under 81 900 bonds. The state was abb
" represented by Mr.. Bartlett, aud MI
. Rookie was defended by Messrs. Reid {
= Worth. Public opinion is very muc
q divided over the verdicts as we are in
: formed that the charges were nc
T" substantiated by prosecuting witnesse
= one Of the states witnesses proving
strong witness for the defense.
vile Press.
'. Major Williams of this city spent som
time examining mining properties nea
W Grangeville on the Clearwater, Salmo
- and Snake rivers. He saw some goo
" copper veins there. In one claim he sa
vein from 20 to 90 feet wide, rich j
" high-grade ore. He brought out SON
specimens that go 10 per cent copper an
from 81 to $40 per ton in gold. On tn
Clearwater, within ten miles of Grang'
vile, he obtained specimens that COZ
tanned both copper and free gold, an III
on usual combination. He saw pieces
To native copper "a inches long and inc
or n. L. ~ .,