The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1903-06-05

B. F. Bashor and family are enjoying a
visit this week from father and mother
Bashor. who reside at Lewiston.
The Peck and Cavendish baseball mines
crossed bats at the Peck diamond Sunday
last, the score standing 80 to 26 in favor
of Peck.
Dennis Mckay was down from Central
Ridge Wednesday to meet his father-in-
law and other relatives upon their arrival
from Linn. WASH, for a few weeks visit.
Miss Loretta Stodgill, the accomplished
and business-like milliner of the town
spent the Sabbath with the home folks on
Angel ridge and visited her own fine
ranch there.
Rev. Pine of Lewiston is here this week
holding a series of religious meetings
Fairly large congregations attend. Mr.
Pine is of the denomination known as the
Disciples of Christ
Messrs. Thompson & McCarty of Mel
rose will open up in the merchandise bus.
mess IN the near future at Melrose with
the 5000 stock of goods just purchased
of Shelburn & Co.
Sam Porter, Gene Ferry and o. M
Dickinson were arrested Wednesday af
ternoon upon a warrant sworn out be
fore Justice Hoag. of Russell ridge by
Bud Riggs. The crime charged is gam
bling. Full particulars not known.
A. Warlick and sons, assisted by Homer
Titus, have been engaged the past week
in manufacturing the timber on the LAND
south of town into saw logs for the War
lick sawmll. This mill expects to turn
out half million feet of timber this sea
sou.
A vast amount of blasting has recently
been done across Canyon creek to the
north of town upon Ed Fairley's farm
and your reporter learned from Mr.. Fair
ley that he was prospecting for lime. II
is claimed by those on the inside that he
is developing a rich ledge of gold bearing
quartz.
Monday at the annual school meeting
Mr.. Bailey Rugg was elected school di
rector, and a special school tax of ten
mills was voled for school purposes. A
very enthusiastic meeting was held, there
being about six of the voters of the dis
trict at the election.
The town was enlivened considerably
Tuesday afternoon by a game of baseball
between Kendrick and Peck, in which
Kendrick came out second best in a score
of I6 to "a. The Kendrick nine is COM
posed of a manly set of well-behaved
young gentlemen, who departed tor home
Wednesday morning. A return game
will played on the Kendrick diamond
The Shelburne stock of goods is being
invoiced this week, and will be moved to
Melrose as soon as the invoice is COM
pleted. Avery c. Pickrel of Melrose is
assisting Thompson & McCarty, while D.
v. Dowd is helping the Shelburne side.
Whether true or untrue, it is reported the
Shelburnes will open up with new stock
of goods in time to catch the summer and
fall trade.
In a recent interview with Mr.. A. T.
McCarty, rancher stockman and mer-
chant of the Melrose section, learned
that the proposed tramway from the north
end of Angel ridge across the Clearwater
river, one half mile below the Peck ferry,
is an assured fact. The people of the
Melrose section are very enthusiastic over
the proposition, claiming that over Iso, 900
bushels of grain will travel annually out
of the country over this tramway.
We are called upon to announce the
death of Mrs. Susan Flora, wife of Will
liam Flora, which occurred at her home
in Jacks canyon last Sunday afternoon.
The remains were laid to rest in the Mel.
rose cemetery Tuesday, the funeral cere-
monies being conducted by Rev. Brock
of this city. Mrs. Flora was thoroughly
Christian in every act, word and deed,
and just before she passed away expressed
the beautiful sentiment that "she was not
afraid to CO." She was a daughter Of Mr..
Boyd and sister of Mrs. Bailey Rugg
and Mrs. Washbnrn.