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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1900-06-21

ing, clearing and macadamiliug and con-
StruCting stone cutters and concrete curb
ing, with brick siltwells and vitritied iron
stone pipe culvertS and stone Crosswalks,
i'll accordance with the plans and speCiti-
cations prepared therefor by the city en-
gineer of Lewiston and adopted 10y Reso-
luton No. 4, Street Improvement Series
"A, of the Common Council of the said
city. Said plans and specifications may
be seen at the office of the city engineer
and can he examined for further partiCu.
lars.
Said work will be paid for i'll warrants
of the City of Lewiston, Idaho, to he
known as Street Improvement Series
"A Warrants" which warrants are to be
paid for out of a special fund created by
| levy and collection of special assessments
against the property to be benefited by
such improvements i'll proportion 10 the
benefits derived theretrom, which assess
ment is to be levied i'll the year 1900, and
collected the same as other taxes are
| levied and collected i'll the City of Lewis
| ton, Idaho.
Each bidder is required to furnish a
certified check, or good and sufficient
bond with not less than two sureties, to
be approved by the Mayor of said city,
in an amount equal to FIVE per cent of the
estimated total cost of the work, as shown
by the bid, conditioned that he will
enter into a contract within five days il
he be awarded the work. The successful
bidder must furnish bonds, approved by
the Mayor, with not less than two per.
sonal sureties or with one surety com,
pany, in the sum of three thousand dol
lars $4,000, conditioned for the faithful
performance of the work i'll accordance
with the plans and specifications.
The City of Lewiston reserves the righ
to reject any and all bids.
Lewiston, Idaho, May II, 1900.
JAMES w. PoE,
10 City Clerk.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1900-06-21
LADIES,

I.ADIFS,
Buy your home made Bread, Doughnuts,
Cake, etc, at the Womans Exchange. II
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1900-06-21
NOTICE OF THE ISSUE OF COUNTY
FUNDING BONDS.

Notice is hereby given that in pursu-
ance of resolution adopted by the Board
of County Commissioners of Nez Perez
County, at its adjourned April meeting
on May ~, 1900, funding bonds of the
said county TO the amount of $4,000. 90
will be issued under date of July I, 1900.
The bonds to be payable any time after
ten and before twenty years, at the option
of the Board of County Commissioners.
The said bonds will bear interest at the
rate Of five per cent per annum, payable
semi Annually on January and July OF
each year, and will be made payable at
| the Office Of the New York Security and
Trust Company, New York. The said
bonds are Issued to fund and in exchange
for that amount of outstanding county
warrants Bids for the said bonds in ex-
change for such outstanding warrants will
be received by the Board of Commission
ers until 10 o'clock a. nj July IL. 1900.
The Board reserves the right TO rejec
any or all bids offered for said bonds.
| Lewiston, Idaho, May ~, 1900
Il S. G.. ISAMAN,
| Attest: LIS. Chairman.
p. L. STooKEY,
, Clerk.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1900-06-21

All that certain lot, piece or parcel of
land standing in the name of Ella NJ.
Murphy and William n. Murphy, her
husband, and the estate of Il. ]. Monroe
deceased, described as follows: All of lot 2
of block 80 of the city of Lewiston, and
having a frontage on f street of 80 feet.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1900-06-21
ELECTRIC LIGHT NOTICE.

Commencing Jure |, the Lewiston
Light Co. will resume their day service.
Anyone desiring electric fans should
leave their orders with w. A. Smith
superintendent. All light consumers
should see that their lamps are shut OF
during the day to save the life of their
lamps.
75-tf S II. REED, SeCy.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1900-06-21
VIM. F. Galbraith, Dentist, three
doors west of postoffice.
Houses for Sale.

Large modern house. Lot Ioox4oo on
Main street; also large house, and lot
about IOOXI2S, near town. Inquire of
James +. Babb, Lewiston National Bank
building.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1900-06-21
PROPOSALS FOR STREET WORK
IN THE CITY OF LEWISTON, IDAHO.

Sealed bids, or proposals, endorsed
proposals for street work ON r. street
and Snake River avenue" will be received
by the undersigned up TO So'clock p. m.
on the goth day of June, 1900, for grad
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1900-06-21
FOR SALE.

House and lot 1870 foot front on Snake
River avenue. 5. WILDENTHALER.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-11-20

Owners of live stock grazing upon
the public domain will be Interested
in the state Supreme courts decision
in the case of Monroe against Can
non, appealed from the District court
of Lewis and Clarke county, as 1t in.
wolves the question of grazing stock
upon unfenced prairie land. Monroe
sued Cannon for 5000 damages grow
ing out of the latter feeding his sheep
upon Monroe's unfenced land. The
jury awarded a verdict of $500 and
Cannon appealed. claiming that plain
tiff had no right to sue because his
premises were not enclosed by legal
fence. The Supreme court does nol
agree with the proposition that there
can be no damages for grass eaten by
animals herded upon unfenced land.
IF appellant is correct" says the
court, mo man whose field or pas
ture, or garden is not enclosed by a
legal fence is entitled to protection
under the law from the trespasses of
any man who may desire to drive or
herd his cattle or sheep upon it. II
this is true in this case it is true in
any case where mans land is not
protected by legal fence. The laws
of the state provide that trespass is
not committed when cattle are run
ming at large upon unenclosed lands.
But 1t is quite different thing when
cattle are not running at large, but
in charge and under the control of a
herdsman, the employee and agent of
the owners, are driven and kept upon
| unenc.osed land against the will Of the
owners, and with full knowledge OF the
owners of the cattle"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-11-20
EUGENE THAT'S LAWT@N.

turess IN Joseph Arthur's Lost
River" which will be produced at the
Fourteenth Street Theater, New York,
early next season. Many golden en-
comiums from the press of her native
city precede Miss Lawton, and COM
petent writer's concur in the opinion
that in artistic conception and dra-
matte force she is exceptionally gifted,
while she has, in addition, great beauty
and intelligence and natural liking
for the profession which she has
adopted. Personally she is most agree
able in manner and conversation, and
displays no desire to dwell glowingly
upon her talents and achievements
thus proving that the exceptionally
strong tributes paid to her skill have
had no injurious effect upon her.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-11-20


"The strike situation in the Wy
oming (Pa.) valley is by no means sat
isfactory, less so than a week ago, as
rioting has occurred at several places,
miners continue to leave for other dis
tricts, SO that there exists some possi-
bility of production being affected and
shipments lessened. This is a con-
tingency that must be taken into con-
sideration by the buyer of anthracite,
and 1t Is one upon which advice can
not be given, as miners sometimes are
the most unreasonable of beings" /
clip above paragraph from the Black
Diamonds weekly market report. 1t
shows how the big operators and
carrying magnates size up the anthra-
cite situation. From the same jour-
nal take the following in regard to
affairs in Maryland: Regarding the
strike in the Georges creek region,
everything is quiet, though there is a
showing of violence on the part of the
union mobs daily marching from one
mine to another. 1t is anticipated,
however. that II the operators should
decide upon action, these intlmidators
would be suppressed AT the present
time the operators are giving the men
sufficient time to make up their minds
as to what they propose to do
Pennsylvania Grit.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-11-20


Science is the best ally OF agricul
Btra,ed. A case in point Is an exam
nation into the cause OF unproductiye-
ness in some of the so-cAlled "blacA
soils" OF Indiana. In central ma
northern Indiana there are black
humus soils known as bogus" In a
good many cases these were found In
places that had formerly been the
marshes nearly always covered with
water. The water disappeared long
ago, leaving the land in q condition
that made 1t possible to work It.
was asserted by the unskilled and
popularity believed that these lanes
contained alkali to a degree that made
it impossible TO grow upon them any
Kind of crop. Scientists went to WORK
10 ascertain the real facts. A chem
lcal analysis was made and showed
that the soil had none OF the char
acteristics OF alkali soil. Some of the
land was plowed and mixed with
KANT and cut straw. This certainly
improved the drainage, and crops be-
gan to grow. In short, it was found
that drainage WAS the key to the Sill
uation. Further investigation and ex-
pertinent demonstrated that il sys-
tenn OF drainage were put in to tap the
water-bearing gravel underlying the
humus soil and to lower the water
level to at least 40 inches, the cause
of the unproductiveness would be re-
moved and a permanent Improvement
would result
Thus the real difficulty was found
to be the high permanent water level
In some OF the soils examined tile had
been laid at the usual depth In the
humus layer of soil without any i'm
provement resulting, due to the fact
that the pores and joints of the tile
had been closed by the muck. Under
lying the humus layer at a depth oil
five feet or more was bed of sand OF
gravel Immediately overlaid by thin
bed of clay mud and carrying strong
flow of water. When holes were dug
down to this layer, the water usually
rose to within at least 30 inches of the
surface. 1t is very easy then to SEE
that If the permanent water leye
was so high the level during wet pc
riods must be so high as to render The
growth OF most plants very difficult
When we remember that most plants
root deeply we can easily see how i'm
portant is the question of water level
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-11-20
BORN I'M OLD KENTUCKY,

Eugene That's Lawton was born in
Louisville, KY, June 10, 1880, and
made her professional debut at the
Masonic Temple in that city, May 49,,
1899, appearing as Galatea. In the
fall of last year she played scenes from
THE Lady of Lyons" and Romeo
and Juliet at her testimonial benefit,
which occurred at Macauley's Theater,
Louisville, and subsequently sac por-
trayed Lady Macbeth. During the
winter her time was given entirely to
study, and recently the announcement
of her engagement with Liebler & Co.
was made, thus assuring her a speedy
appearance in the East, where she will
make her inaugural bow as the adven-
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-11-20
A Sensible Notion.

A paragraph has been drifting about
in the newspapers of late to the effect
that Sarah Bernhardt's idea of holt
day that is worthy of being called a
holiday is ito go to bed in a quiet
room, stay there during the day read
ing and doing, dine in slippers and
dressing gown in the evening, and as
soon as convenient thereafter go back
to bed" There's little too much of
the one bed--in this pre-
scription to suit all constitutions. but
as Nine Bernhard doubtless intended
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-11-20

Fall River (Mass) correspondence
New York Herald: Because of the pre-
vailing unsatisfactory condition of
the print cloth market. the treasurers
of three corporations. with a working
capital of $10.OOO.0OO, have decided
unanimously to close down the ma
chinery for one month.
The magnitude of this move on the
part of the mill owners can be under
stood by a glance at the figures repre-
benting the loss to be sustained by the
operatives When the steam Is shut off
for 30 days there win be thrown out
lof employment not less than 10000
mill hands-men. women and children
about two-thirds OF all the textile
operatives in this city. Their earnings
aggregate about $111.00 week, and
THE total loss for the months vacation
win reach $4,000.
With few exceptions these opera
tives depend upon their weekly wages
to keep the wolf from the door. The
Eone bright aspect of the case is that
most of the mills will close down on
alternate weeks, and by this arrange
tnent the operatives will be able to
hive without actual want in the great
majority of cases.
A majority of the operatives belong
TO labor unions. which. under wist
management, have accumulated large
sums of money. 1t Is within the prov
fnce of the unions to pay their mem
bers small weekly sums for assistance
during strikes and shut-downs. II 1t
becomes necessary for a prolonged
stoppage OF the mills the unions will
come to the aid of the unemployed
The hum OF more than 100000 spin
dies will be hushed. This number in
cludes two-thirds of all the cotton
spindles In the city. and represents an
output of 1000. 900 pieces of print cloth
for the idle time. During the vaca-
ton the loss of the sum Of money mem
toned will be severely felt by every
local merchant and every local indus
try. for Fall River is pre-eminently de-
pendent upon the cotton mills for its
commercial activity.
York, owner of the largest plant In
Fall River. stands by the operatives
and refuses to close his factory. He
employs 5000 hands and pays about
100000 a week in wages. Not being
AFFILIATED with the Manufacturers AS
ISOLATION, Mr.. Borden has not Joined
that body In attempting to put life into
an alleged sluggish market at such
tremendous cost to the operatives
From the standpoint OF the mill men
the shutdown Is the only remedy for
the situation, which they say was des-
perate enough, since no prints of the
regular make have been sold on the
local market since December. 1899. The
mills were kept at work on contracts
made prior to that date. and wher
those orders were filed the stock be,
gan TO accumulate. with no demand
This made curtallment of the pro
duction imperative
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-11-20
American Horses In switzerland.

Consul Clifford writes from Basel to
the department of state: For several
years past American saddle and driv.
ing horses have been imported in large
numbers into Switzerland. This sprins
the business seems to be assuming un.
usual activity, and one shipment oil
seventy-two American animals has al.
ready arrived in Basel. These are of.
fered to the public exclusively as draft
horses. The Swiss importer obtains
for them about 1,400 francs (S270)
each, and UP to this time they appear
to have given satisfaction. They are
bought up all the more eagerly, since
1t is thought that further opportunities
for such purchases may not be fire.
quent in the near future. 1t is report
ed here that the demand for American
horses for South Africa has Cccasioned
a scarcity which may render expoI Ia
ton to Europe impraeticable for the
present.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-11-20
g., ,,.,. rmu,.ion for narn.s.,

California climate Is little hard on
harness unless II Is well taken care Of
q w Tar,eton, pioneer orchardist oil
San Jose, several years ago discovered
bv accident a very fine way OF clean I
ing I'D and putting harness In order.
He had been spraying with Kerosene
emulsion. and by chance dropped some
cd straps into his spray barrel, where
they remained for some time, and on
removing them was pleased to see how
easily the dirt and grease came on.
leaving the leather clean and pliable,
While I'm this condition he applied
gone harness oil and the pliability be
came permanent. He gives the de-
tsils Of his method which he had fol-
lowed ever since:
Take one bar of good strong wash
ing soap, dissolve in quart OF water
and bring to boiling. To this add one
mint of kerosene oil, and stir, beat and
CT urn the whole until 1t combines into
a creamy emulsion. Have tub OF
warm water, into which mix the emul-
sion, and into this place the harness
and let it soak for some time; then
with q stiff brush rub and brush the
ssraps thoroughly and they will come
c, can very easily. Let it dry a little.
until it seems dry on the outside, and
then apply tie harness oil. l uss
either neatsfoot OF fish oil, and ! think
the fish oil rs just as good. mix
about one-ffth kerosene into the Oil
and then give the leather a good OH
ing. TO make 1t black, mix a little
lamp black up with the kerosene and
mix it with the oil In fixing leather
carriage tops l find 1t necessary to
wash over several times with the
emulsion to get It damp enough to Oil;
then apply the oil as in the harness
1 find old straps which had become
SO brittle as to crack seriously when
bent are restored TO their original SOIL
ness and pliability by the treatment
If a new harness is treated twice 3
year In this way it will always keel
soft and in good order. / have soma
| old harness which l thought almost
| ruined restored to good looks and
service in this way, and 1t ought to be
| generally known.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-11-20
a snccessful stoneeutten

Mr.. Lawrence II. Fitzgerald recent
ly demonstrated what one man can do
If he has snap. Mr.. Fitzgerald is a
member of the executive board of the
Journeymen Stonecutters' Associa-
ton for the western states and por-
ton of British Columbia. At Helena,
Mont, a new capitol is In course of
construction. The boss of the job had
fired the union stonecutters and sup
planted them by non-unionists. Mr.
Fitzgerald went to Gov. Smith of Mon
tana, told him that unionists had elect
ed him, and expected that union men
should build the state capitol. Gov
Smith said he could do nothing. Mr..
Fitzgerald didn't go begging at all, he
simply told the governor and contrac-
tors that he was through for the pres
ent. but that later he would return to
the state and make a campaign against
all politicians whose perfidy made pos
sible the employment of non-union la
Dor on the structure. He did as he
promised, and stirred things up. Gov.
Smith then found that he could do
something, and treated for a settle
ment. Mr.. Fitzgerald dictated the
terms, the governor and contractors
accepted them, and union men are
building Montana's capitol.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-11-20
A warning Araln.t Fraud.

The Ohio Experiment Station has
Just received the following letter from
Marion County:
There is company of men can
wasting this territory for fruit trees.
They are putting in what they call a
model orchard. They claim TO be
working directly for and in the inter
est of your station. which gives them
quite leverage with q great many
farmers"
To this letter we reply that this sta
ton sells no fruit trees of any descrip-
ton, and all persons who claim to rep
resent it in the manner indicated are
swindlers and should be arrested for
obtaining money under false pretenses.
Ohio Agricultural Experiment Sta
ton. Chas. S. Thorne. Director.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-11-20
vo,asrrn, Growth Of Un,onism.

The accessions to the ranks of organ
ICED labor are so great that it is an
ticipated that If the present rate is
maintained until the end of the year
there will, on Jan. 1, 1901, be 100000
union men in this country. OF this
number, the greater part will be affili-
ated with the American Federation OF
Labor. The knights of Labor are nu-
merous, but far below the Federation.
Then there are the railroad organiza-
tions. that have a large following.
There are four Independent national
bodies that do not affiliate with the
American Federation of Labor, while
two railway organizations, the Order
of Railway photographers and the Or
der of Railway Trackmen, are affili-
ated with the Federation, and their
membership is included in the report
of the same. The figures given out for
the four Independent organizations are
as follows: Brotherhood Locomotive
Engineers. $4,000; Brotherhood Loco
motive Firemen, 10000; Brotherhood
Railway Conductors, $1,000; Brother
hood Railway Trainmen, $4,000: total.
10000.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-11-20

Balloons are used for drying linen in
Paris laundries.
The Kansas City Produce Exchange
has adopted plan for selling eggs by
weight instead of by the dozen.
The largest increase in mileage on
any English railway for the year end
ing July l was 145 miles on the Great
Northern.
According to the report of the labor
commissioner of New Hampshire, the
shoe output OF that state last year was
s22.OOO.O 600.
A Worcester (Mass.) man has invent
ed a typewriter for writing music. He
claims 1t will be OF as much service In
putting musical scores on paper as the
ordinary typewriter is in producing
manuscript.
A school for employees has been
started in one of the shops of the
United States cast iron pipe and foun-
dry company in Cincinnati The com
pany has fitted up room with draw
ing apparatus. Instruction will be
given at the expense OF the company,
and the men will be allowed their time
while studying
In New York state $40 persons were
killed and nearly 10000 crippled In
shops. factories and industrial pur-
suits in the year 1899. In the war with
Spain $50 Americans were killed and
1857 wounded. Based on the figures
the total of killed and injured annually
in industrial pursuits in the United
States would be nearly 10000 killet
and 900 900 injured.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-11-20
just to neat somebody Else.

People toll and plan and stew,
Just to beat somebody else;
Brown beats Jones and Jones beats
you
just to beat somebody else;
When the robber comes at night,
When the soldier goes to fight,
When the poet mounts the height.
It's to beat somebody else
Lovely woman sweetly sways
Just to beat somebody else;
when the artist wins your. praise
It's to beat somebody else;
LIES a game at which we play
Never resting day by day
Always in the same old way,
just to beat somebody else.
IS. e. Kiser.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-11-20

A certain amount of grain feed is
needed to grow hogs with the g&atest
profit, and still more is needed to fat
ten and fit them for market, but it
should be used only to supplement the
feeds which the hogs harvest for them
selves in the field. Pork can not be
made economically when all, or even
a larger proportion, of the feed comes
from the crib or the mill. The hog is
an omnivorous animal and needs
''roughage" and fresh green feed for
his best health and growth and to pro-
duce meat of the best quality. When
young his grain feed should be such
as will furnish material for bone and
muscle, and not such as win produce
an excess Oh fat; while, as the animal
approaches maturity, fat-producing
foods should be given more literally.
No one kind of grain feed can be used
economically from weaving until the
full-grown animal is slaughtered, and
there should be a gradual change from
the heterogeneous, muscle-making food
given to the pig to the earbonaceous,
fat-making food, which is more profit
able for the last few weeks before
killing. The young animal must have
good bone and muscle before it can
carry the heavy load OF fat desirable
for the butcher OF develop the
strength. vigor, and health necessary
in a good breeding animals. NJ.
Tracy.