Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-10-07
Northwestern News Notes.

treaty lines arouhu the hiah''''' gym
indian reservation has discovered that
s,ooo acres of what is known as the ex-
.,rded lands were squatted upon by set
,,.-s Uncle Sam will paw the Indians
:, cents an acre for them. This means
the distribution Of S5oo,o 900 among them
in the near future.
The Wardner News says that the in
mates Of the bull pen have been on
bread and water for eight days, for re-
ms,.q to fill the drift which they made
IN the hope of thwarting the ends of
;nstice. They are becoming more docile
under this treatment.
Ten thousand sheep were shipped from
peudleton, Oregon the other day by
lanes Wright, an eastern buyer.
North Yakima Episcopalians will
shortly begin the erection of a $1,000
rectory.
The Fairhaven Land Company of
Farhaven report better prices for city
realty than has been realized since the
crash after the boom.
Representative Tongue of Oregon will
make several stump speeches for the
republican ticket in Ohio.
Five hundred citizens of Baker City
have had an injunction brought against
the school directors estopping them from
erecting SIS 900 school building.
1t is estimated that IS car loads of
prunes will be shipped from Payette this
season which will give net return to
growers of something III the neighbor-
hood Of $40, 900.
Puget Sound horse buyers are buying
heavy horses i'll Canyon county. They
are paying fancy prices in one instance
they paid S275 for one animal.
The owners of the Gold Bug and Ban
ner group of mining claims situate near
Florence will shortly apply for U. S.
patents.
Since the opening of navigation, ac-
cordlng to local passenger lists, 9,447
people have left Dawson and 2,89o have
arrived there. This aggregate does not
include 1000 or 1900 men who foated
down the river to Cape Nome. 1t is
estimated that there are 5000 "broke"
men In the klondike who must get out
Of the country or become objects of
CHARITY the coming winter,
A bunch of IS Indians were recently
arrested at North Yakima by the police
and were all booked for drunkenness.
Inc Northern pacific received and
shipped over 100 carloads of shingles
from Castle Rock, Wash, for the month
ofSept.
a iamhill county, Oregon farmer is
harvesting 30 acres of onions and they
are Yielding $50 bushels to the acre.
Although figs are tropical fruit, they
negrown very successfully in the Cow
''0 valley, says the Cowletz Advocate.
H. Huntington has tree we'll loaded
WIN this fruit this season. r. +. Mash
'''o mas tree with number of we'll
n'atured figs on it.
'He fendleton Wool Securing Mills
Expects by Dec. Ist to have secured since
r,' Isl 5'ooo,o pounds of wool. The
p'''ue' was shipped there from eastern
oregon, Idaho and eastern washington,
'oflland building contractors are
sOn'pia'hlng of the scarcity of good
's'''a'iics which has caused much DELAY
"'ompleting their contracts ON time.
''p'er' Oregon has dozen saloons,
O"e church edifce, and no resident
pastor. nv ''' ~
me starbuck Signal says tina, over 90
a.: es VI steele has now been laid from
nv, ~ Vi The Snake river valley rail
between Grange and Wallula. In
vii; "'eN or 10 days, the tracklaying gang
.n -" move to Wallula end again, to re-
-''' work left off about p miles ont.
4 Cob s0id output of the Cripple Creek
hsr ' hllnlng district during Septem-
a all oah'ed to $,73I 900, surprising
r. erofos' The production of gold in
in . 's'rict from the time ofits discovery
S' 10 date is s6a,o57,2s2
Ci,, publishers Of the Portland, Ore.
bo. :, 1''ee'ory for 1899 and 1900 which
ROf ~ -, oeen issued give the population
~ ihe Elgin Oregon Recorder reports
h,,r. es OF mixed cattle to different
Exb;ch '''s season at $500 head part of
,,a are vet to be delivered. Bradley
be.. a'ehiens of Asotin county were the
EI0o - BUYERS they having bought
Epor population of skagway, Alaska is
eun;as -" al 1000 and the townsite &C.
4pes 400 acres.
u cor,.s on Short Line Ry. have closed
Eoots 1S' with the representative of the
boz, locomotive Works for eight new
knecb.ni .es They are huge pieces of
,,I 1aH'sn and will be rsed for the coal
kav;,;s :" 'ne FIRST district which is the
Nome between Granger, wyo. and
tener, Idaho.