Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-05-25
ORPHAN TOOK
FRENCH LEAVE
Brought Back by the Sheriff.
Interesting Budget of News
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Especial to Evening Teller.)
RAWSONVILLE. May 23-James
Dilman, the 14-year-old adopted son Of
Matt Harrigan of this place, appro-
priated one of Mr. Harrigan's horses
Thursday and undertook to run away
by going to Pullman where ne tried to
sell the horse as he was without money.
The Pullman marshal arrested him on
suspicion when ne attempted to dis
pose of the animal and telephoned to
Sheriff Keane. at Moscow The sheriff
went to Pullman and brought young
Dilman back home.
The boys parents are dead. Mr..
Harrigan adopted the boy and his 10
year-old sister, about two years ago.
1t is generally known that the children
have been very ill-used and but few
take the foster parents part
L. X. Strong will divide his land
holdings near here into ten-acre tracts
and sell to farmers or others who may
want to own their wood lots and get
wood or poles when they wish. Some
of the tracts contain considerable
cedar. The prices win be 800 to $500
per ten-acre tract. depending on loca-
ton and amount of timber. Timber
near here ia rapidly going and becom-
ing more valuable every year and this
is an opportunity for all to secure their
future fuel and be independent.
Frank Burch is suffering from an in
tured patella. Some six or seven years
ago he was accidentally struck on the
knee and the periosteum was injured
to such an extent that the synovial
fluid coagulated and thus failed to per-
form it's duty and has resulted in
partial stiffening OF the knee joint.
Several relatives of Mrs. Amos Rog-
ers will arrive in a few days to look up
residence location.
The Randall baseball nine will cross
bats with the Thorncreek team next
Sunday on the Thorncreek gridiron.
Moscow has twice been defeated by the
latter team recently and our boys stand
a poor chance Of winning against such
crack players.
L. X. Strong Is offering his cord wood
at from $3.50 to 1925 per cord at the
stump. 81 per cord more IL wood is de-
lievered in Moscow. In a former COM
munication we predicted a great slump
in the wood market this season and
from present prospects we did not ex-
aggerate in the least
Ernest Fleiger has had two valuable
mich cows shot by an unknown person
within the past fortnight Several head
of cattle have been thus disposed Of
and are always found dead along a
certain mans fences. Mr.. F.. will fol-
low his cattle and learn whether or not
this suspected person has been guilty
of such inhuman deeds.
Mrs. w. s. Matthews. of Avon. is So
journing here this week
Mrs. VIM. Sponsler, who has been
quite low for some time. is GONZALES
cling.
Thomas Kellar is making his home
with Edward Randall.
Ed. Rawson, of Lewiston. but form
erly of this place. has just received
or fifth patent granted Mr. Rawson.
The current issue of the Scientific
American very ably discusses the i'm
proved planer. 1t says in part: "On
this instance the Improvement relates
to wood working machinery: and the
object is to provide a planer arrange
ment to permit a slow or fast feed OF
material. to be treated in either a for
ward or backward direction. and to al
low convenient adjustment of the feed
rolls and the cutter head to treat ma
terials of different thicknesses without
stopping the machine"
Mrs. Martha Byers and family have
been declared a county charge and
were admitted to the county home at
Moscow. Mr.. b. has been In the asy-
lum twice and Is now domiciled therein
by order Of the county authorities.