Lewiston inter-state news. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1905-1906, 1905-05-09

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News They will visit the following
towns that have put in bids for the
location: Genesee Juliaetta, orohho'
CuIdesac. Occur d'Alene city and joel
William Stewart aud Frank Strohm
a couple of we'll known typographical
artists of this place. drove up TO Aso'i'
creek last Sunday morning for the
purpose of angling for speckled oeau
ties and to enjoy the refreshing air Oh
the hills, and as it took them from
o'clock in the morning until 3 in the
afternoon to drive six miles, the pal
ance of the print gang are now ca
ing all kinds of insiuations beca A"'
they lost the road.
Chas. Parker, the genial proprietor
of the Castle saloon, made the puf-
chase of fine mess of bass last sun
dav of Pete Frazier and a number OF
his friends who after closing the zeal
with Mr. Parker informed him 'hat
they had made a mistake and ieft the
bass in the river and the fish they had
given him was just plain decapitated
Mr.. Parker who promises to get even
in the near future.
The contractors yesterday began the
work of tearing away the old build
ings on the Vollmer lot on Main street
where the new building is to be con-
structed 1t is to be business block
of modern design, three stories high.
and with a frontage and depth of 80
feet each The lower floor will he d.
vided into three store rooms. and the
upper floors have been leased by Boil
linger & Bell as an annex for their
hotel. William Hogan has secured one
of the rooms and will fit up one OF
the finest barber shops in the north
west
Deputy United states Marshal L. D..
| Schattner is in Moscow this week at
| tending the term of the federal court.
He left Sunday with five prisoners that
| have been held here being bound over
by U. S. Commissioner O'Neil for trial
| at this term Most of these are whfs-
ky cases and represent nearly all of
the criminal business that is booked
for the present term. One case, at least,
will test Judge Beatty's construction OF
the new federal decision regarding the
right Of Indians to purchase liquor.
The local land Office has received a
decision from the secretary Of the in
terror in the contest case Of Charles
f. Scoles against Clara Ransom. by
which Miss Ransom wins. Miss Ran.
son is county school superintendent OF
Latah county. The land is on Whisk,
creek. near Orofino. Miss Ransom filed
timber and stone entry, and Scoles
offered a homestead and contested, al.
| leging that the land was more valuable
for agriculture than for timber. The
local land office, the commissioner o.
the general land Office and the secre.
Miss Rapsom.
Suit has been started in the distrc
court by I. ]. Sterrett against S. B
Sweeney for $11.436.57 claimed to b,
due on three notes given at Wall:
Walla. WASH. during the early COS
The first note was for 500. Of whicl
$195 has been paid. Ten shares o
stock in the Waila Walla Savings banl
was given as collateral on this note
but the bank went broke in the crisis
and the stock is claimed to be worth
less. The second note was for $4,000
! Of which $500 has been paid. and TIN
. third was for s1.7O0. of which $3.50 ha
7 been paid. The interest is alleged t,
bring the total amount up to s11.43657
Mr.. Sweeney lives near Lapwai an,
Is farming on an extensive scale there
Mr.. Sterrett lives in the southern par
of the state.