Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1904-01-01

lieve that Lewiston was the objective
point.
The story as written gives interest
ing news in relation to the building OF
the Northern Pacific railroad east OF
the Rockies and the article is valuable
from a historical standpoint. inasmuch
as it deals with the early advancement
of the west as the future commercial
mecca for eastern capitalist.
Many other items of interest is
CLEANED from the columns and another
in particular deals with Joseph and
his tribe of Indians who at that time
were domiciled In the Willowa valley
and were resenting the intrusion OF
government agents as we'll as white
people. who as early as 1873 were be-
ginning to crowd the home of the Nez
Perez.
1t is very apparent from the card of
prices in the Signal" that printing and
other things were high in those times.
The Signal" was a weekly paper, pub
lished every Saturday and the sub
scription price was $500 per year, $500
for six months, $500 for three months
! and $1.00 per month by carrier. Single
copies were sold at rs cents, evidently
those days nickels and dimes were I'M
known here.
Legal advertisements brought prices
that would make the hearts of latter
day publishers weep for joy, could they
be maintained at this time.
Sheriff sale notices brought 500; dis
trict court summons. $40; and probate
notices. 500. Business advertisements
brought handsome returns for the pub
fishers also, and their motto at the
head of the paper: "Be Just and Fear
Not probably encouraged the many
advertisers to bear up under the bur-
den. The charges were, one column per
month, $40; one-half column per month
$50; one-fourth column per month, $40;
one-eighth column per month, So
Professional or business cards of one
square or less per month, $3.50. 1t is
particularly noticeable that all business
of this character must be paid in coin"
From some of the items mentioned
there must have been a positive dislike
to greenbacks those days and coin both
gold and silver were the prevailing ex-
changes
One of the interesting features of the
paper is the Official column which is
devoted to the Laws of the United
States passed at the third session of
the Forty second Congress"
This column is devoted, in this issue |
to bills passed by the senate and house
Of representatives and contains some |
bills which were passed |
during that session.
The article relating to Railroad |
Prospects is herewith reprinted and a |
of conditions now with |
those of thirty years before is good for
speculative thoughts thirty years hence.
Everybody seems anxious to know |
what is the program of the Northern |
Pacific Railroad company for the |
coming summer, especially for this
coast.
This solicitude is proper inasmuch
as the active operations of that COM
pany. If to be inaugurated, must of ne
cessity produce a revolution in business
among a large class of persons who !
may chance to be located in the vicin-
ity of the line of this road.
I'VE would be glad to fully and |
truthfully answer the above question
for the benefit of our readers, but we
can only give what we can CLEAN from
other sources with some of our own |
differences, and leave the reader to
judge of their correctness.
In the first place we will speak of
the road east of the mountains. At
meeting of the board of directors of
this company held in New York last
month, 1T vas decided to push for
ward the work with all possible speed |
during the available portion of this |
year 1878 and "a definite program was
arranged. to be adhered to as closely
as circumstances will permit The !
road will be completed in running order
to the Missouri river before the naviga-
ton of that river is open for the sea-
son, and two passenger trains per day
souri, river
80 soon as navigation opens, six
steamers will ply between this terminus
of the road and Fort Benton conveying
passengers and freight.
"Other steamers will connect this |
terminus of the road with Sioux City
below.
Wagon trains will take passengers
and freight from Fort Benton west
ward and southwark to all parts de-
sirable in Montana: thus Montana will
perceptibly feel the advantages of the
road the present season in point of Sc
curing immigration and the transmits
sion of goods to her borders.
"Second-So soon as the engineers
have completed their surveys through
the Rocky and Bitter Root mountains,
and the line of road is definitely To-
Gated. construction will follow imme-
diately, aud will be prosecuted with
unremitting vigor.'
"Third-Of the work on the Pacific
side the St Paul News from which we