The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-03-27


his control.
The Lewiston Trading Company ha.
purchased lot in the lie Francois add
ton and will erect large warehouse
where their machinery and implement
supply can be stored direct from the cars
The lot has frontage of so feet on {
street and depth Of l9o feet. II lies Iii.
rectly north of the new store.
Samuel Knepper. brother of Presiden,
George r. Knepper. arrived Tuesday af-
ternoon from Iowa, aud is seeking a To-
cation in the west. It is twenty years
since the brothers had met. Mr.. Samuel
Knepper is q successful Iowa farmer who
believes in the future of the great north
west and has come out to locate.
The Lewiston woodward company,
composed Of Warren Truitt Of Moscow,
A. S. Butterfield and A. Jansen of Lew.
iston, now have over 1000 cords Of wood
cut and piled for seasoning ON the school
section adjoining Troy. They also have
several hundred cords piled on their
yards in Lewiston and in Vineland.
{. f. Arney, warden of the Idaho state
penitentiary, was a visitor In Lewiston
Tuesday. having come to convey Michael
Kelly to the penitentiary. When Kelly
is incarcerated the state prison will have
1870 inmates. In March 1901, Mr.. Arney
began his term as warden and recipted
for I2S prisoners. The number remains
about the same the constant accessions
being offset by the. departure of those
who have completed their sentences.
Mr.. F. S. Durbin returned Sunday from
Ohio where he went to bear the remains
Of his brother for burial at the family
home. The funeral was held Sunday.
March and. and the body opened in the
old home was found to lie in perfect con
dition. notwithstanding the Eve days trip
across the continent. The enbalming
was done by l.. G. Neal and the grief
stricken parents were doubly grateful for
an opportunity to take sad farewell Of
their beloved son.
The Lewiston mills began grinding
this week after months shut down dur.
ing which time the company has received
and installed some new machinery. They
have added another stand of double rolls
aud new reel. The plant Is now equip
ped with six stands of double rolls and
has the capacity ofI7s barrels every a
hours II run continuously. The growing
demand for the product Of the Lewiston
mills necessitated the increased capacity
given BY the new machinery.
Stock shipments from the Lewiston
country during the past month aggregate
100 carloads. The shipments include
cattle. sheep and hogs. All the stock is
grown and fattened in the interior coun.
try and the greater portion of il is sent
to the Seattle and Spokane markets.
Shipments east are limited to train load
lots Of sheep and cattle. OF these Hank
Trimble's train Of stall fed steers is the
largest individual shipment Of the month.
He shipped "a carloads TO Chicago.
Crude petrolem Is spray for scale did
not prove satisfactory to the fruit men
who tried that remedy last season and
this year the spray, used is the old com.
pound Of lime, sulphur and salt. Some
recent experiments made at the apricul.
tnral experiment stations show that the
salt is hardly necessary ingredient to
the solution. Some Of the largest grow.
ers ON snake river this season are spray
ing with sulphur and lime only. and the
saving made is several hundred. Of dol.
lars on each orchard.
The Lewiston Normal debating team
won the decision in the contest last Fri.
day night against team from the Che
ney. Washington. Normal. The oues-
ton debated was 'Would it be polite for
Congress to pass the ship subsidy bill,"
The Lewiston team, Fred Cox, Joseph
MCGEE and John Mcdonald, held the
affirmative against Clarence Martin. Drx.
ter Adams and Ethan Smith. Thi, il
the second time q decision has been
reached for the affirmative of this CUES.
tion presented by Lewiston Normal de.
baters, and the general feeling is that
congress should be notified of the result.