Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1900-01-10
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The smallpox scare at Wardner is
dying ont
Gangeville installed an electric light
plant last week
. ,.xes collected in Latah county |
.,.;no the month of December aggregated
Eer $4,000
/ FIRED White, the Idaho county assessor
,sno,ts over s37 900 in taxes paid in that
oun,y during the month of December.
THE agricultural department is pre-
..;,, 70 send out seed of various forage
.l.n,s for experiment in southern Idaho.
The post office at Burgdort's springs
mar Warrens has been re-established.
The name chosen is the former one,
Resort.
Surveys were accepted by the general
land office of 7SS, 5o3 acres of public land
which have been surveyed in the state OF
Idaho last year.
The lighting capacity of the university
has been increased by the addition of
40 light transformer, which was placed
on the fifth flour Wednesday.
Married-In New York city December
~, 1900, Mr.. Hugh T. Boyd and Miss
Delphine Perrault, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Perrault of Boise.
The Oregon Short Line paid last week
to the assessor of Blaine county check
sIq,94s.e6 that being the full amount OF
the company's taxes in Blaine county for
the year 1899
The state of Idaho is entitled to eight
! clerkships in the census bureau. Pour
4 Of these are to be named by Senator
/ Shoup, two by Senator Heitieldt and two
/ by Congressman Wilson.
4 In the las three years the members of
the Columbia band in Boise have paid
for instruments $II57.33, for uniforms
$,ao, for instruction $rcS2, for music
Sos; total amount expended, $2667. 80.
The P. & l. N. railroad has been COM
peted to Cambridge. Work for the
winter will stop with this extension.
Cambridge wi il be the terminus till
spring when the main line into the
Canas prairie country will be continued.
The following notaries were appointed
yesterday: F. f. Ensign of HALEY, M.
P Stephens of Juliaetta, Levi Staples of
Houston, H. R, Elliot of Cambridge,
Samuel Gray of Troy, William Hunter
Of Moscow, James M. Canary of Middle
Valley, J. J. Johannesen of Idaho Falls
and William w. Wright of Lookout, Nez
Perce.
Two hundred and two interpretations
filed articles in the state of Idaho during
1859, of which number So appear on the
records of Shoshone county. A few of
them were railroad or telephone COM
panies which also filed articles in other
counties, but of the total number over
forty per cent will confine their business
solely to Shoshone county.
The force of men employed in the De
Lamar tunnel broke the worlds record
Tor tunnel driving last year by driving a
NINE tunnel 1872 feet in 40 days during
which time they made 436 feet in 80 days.
They did this in competition with force
oil men employed in the Florida; Noun.
tain tunnel by Col. Dewey and by SC
doing they won New Years Banquet
wagered by the manager of the defeated
miners.
congressman Wilson has introduced q
Dill providing for the taxation of Indian
lands II provides when the Indians te
whom lands have been allotted become
entitled to the benefits of and are subjec
10 the laws of any state and when suct
lands shall become part of any count,
organization, and when the Indians shall
ENJOY their equal privileges as citizens
.ne lands shall be subject to state ant
iocai taxation the same as any othe
lands.
The citizens of Pocatello are elatet
over the prospect of the Oregon Shor
'ahf rebuilding and enlarging of thei
'aops at that point. At present the shop
employ nearly 400 men, and are fitte'
WIN many modern improvements Blu
'heY are far short of the needs of tn
'oaa and new buildings and appliance
VIII be needed. The cost of the ne,
pant viii be probably 5000, 600. Poca
'eiio Is the center of all the main lin
uaihc OF the Short Line and the junction
point OF the Oregon Short Line prope
anu The old Utai & Northern so that tn
ne" plant would serve both the presen
'uaho and Montana divisions.
idaho ranks ninth among the state
ahd Territories of the Union fer 1899 l
.he Production of gold. Colorado ii frs
ahiornia second, South Dakota thiro
montana fourth, Nevada fifth, Alask
SKIN Arizona seventh, Utah eighth an
'uaiio ninth. But Idaho is making rapi
''''ues to increase its yield. Not alon
uere great activity in quartz miniu,
oe' The new method of working til
PAGERS by dredge. boom and -hydraul
eVator will materially add to the GU
put Tor the present and ensuing year