The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1904-12-20
GOOD WORDS
FOR CLlRkSI0n
Vast Work Of Lewist0n.C CIselE-
ton Company Reviewed
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BY W. E. wills

BY W. E. Wills
SPOKANE, Dec 1s.-The Chronicpe
says w. E. Willis, editor OF the Clar1a-
ston Republican, il in city. enroute tor
California. where he goes to spend tn
holidays with his family.
Our locality is forging right aheadE
stated Mr.. Willis.
"It is not BOOM hut q steady sub
stantial growth. There are no vacansE
houses to be had for. residence o. ppsts-
ness purposes. On the contrary many
number are living in tents while great
number Of new buildings are In c0sirse,-
Of construction. Al d natural ccnaer
.auencee there are no. sials, wqEkmen. butt
rather. q. scarcity of skifll Wechanics-x
Charleston boasts big manufactur-
ing plant-the Valley Lumber = MAn-
ufactur,ng company-uhich not ealE
turns out all the Anishsd material nse-
essary for the construstiOn Of tho
many buildings, but It likewise giveE
employment to A. snail army Of msns.
making quite ntce payroll;
.,sMiiss sf, ferasnf flscsss
Perhaps the largest UNDERTAKING. yaE
launched in our locality win Be the sdas-
struction Of many imiles sof csmnnG
fumes by 1.-The e4LewistQp -Clarkatosfs
company. This work win be startedT
about the first of the new year.,
giving employment to q host Of men,
The promoters of this enormous work
expect to expend something like q mill
lion and half dollars In making whAA'
will be one OF the most perfect irrfgE-
ton systems to be found anywhera ma
the west. or perhaps in the world.
"E. H. Libby. the energetic president
and manager OF this organizations has
been putting forth his best efforts to-
make this as near perfect as II II poes-
sible for 1t to be made. To this end Mse-
has spared no pains or money to ascer~~
tain what is the best in use elsewhere.
and he has secured the ablest engineer
ing skill to consider and plan for the
great undertaking.
Six Hundred Pupils
We have an exceptionally fine classs'
of citizenship. As natural conse--
auence our public schools are very fIne.
Already the 900 mark inattepdance hRes
been reached. and every two weeks the
school board has had to order n@ww
seats In order to accommodate the c6ns-
| stant stream Of new pupils. Now ar~--
other building is Imperative. alt11o8gas
the commodious new high school buifds~-
ing and two of the church ediffces arc
being used. Then too. we have lots of.
substantial church buildings and am
these denominations seem to be grow.
ing nicely. -
An Empty Jail. u
Ground is now being broken for an
other new house OF worship with fcrcs
to follow. But our new city jain rr~
mains empty. and with poor prospects
or being much in use. A crusade
against the two saloons In being carriefy
on by the w. c. r. u.
No Room for Saloons
There is clause In all deeds tn
Charleston and Vineland property which.
forbids the use of the land thus deedefy
for saloon purposes, and a test case
mas been pending in the superior court
Tor several months. But the good ladies'
are tiring over the laws delay and have
taken the matter up and are pushing III
along in a lively fashion.
AS an indication that we have ar
thrifty class of people. and also that.
they are all doing well, it might be.
SAID that we really have no worthy
poor in our midst When a collection
Tor charitable purposes was taken -
the big union Thanksgiving meeting a.
was found that the goodly sum reaiixs.ta
would have to be sent to the state home.
TOT 1riendless children, as there were NOS
destitute people in enr midst. n
Hopes Of Railways
Editor Willis reports that there fs a.
strong probability that his sectior -,
soon 10 experience a veritable boom fr,
railroad building. Both the Nmths-,,
Pacific and the O. r. & N. people bav,-
surveys already made for pronos.,s,
lines and an electric line is also srr-
Veyed. He states the people up thar
way are greatly interested in the talked
OF electric line to Moscow and on tn
the snake river country, which Jaw p
Graves and other capitalists are corr
sioering. he says that it is a most in
s'tins held and that the first companv~
10 come VIII be given the preference.
ne states that Charleston is fast be-
coming known as a health resort ana
'ha'' owing to the exceedingly mild css-
mate many people from Spokane ana
other parts of this great state are com.
ing there Instead of going to far or
Eaiiornia. to enjoy the flowers ana
sunshine.