Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-08-10


COEUR D'ALENE.-T. H. whalen,
a prominent mining man of the Occur
dAlenes, made a record trip of 10
miles from Wallace to Spokane at a
cost of 81 per mile in order that he
might catch a train to bear him to
dying relative.
WALLACE.-The police department
has arrested three men on charges of !
robbing freight cars, the men having
been caught in the act by the wife of |
one of the officers making the arrest.
WALLACE. - Pleading with the
court to be sentenced for at least 10
days in the county Jail, Red" Weston
presented a most pitiable spectacle as
he appeared before - Probate Judge
Worstell and told how he had been
drunk for three months and knew of
no other way to sober up.
Observation-Disclosures are rush
ing harvest with all of the labor that
can be secured The cloudy and damp
atmosphere Is believed to foretell early
rains, and it Is the purpose of the
farmers to harvest as much of the crop
as possible before the rains commence.
WALLA WALA.-Over one-half of
the wheat crop of Walla Walla coun-
ty is now under cover and within 10
days practically the entire crop will be
saved. The COOL cloudy weather of
the past 10 days has caused considera-
BILE alarm to many Of the large farm
ers, who realize the damage that would
result If early rains set in.
WALLA WALLA.-The farmers of
the Eureka Flat section have launched
the second scheme to beat the farmers
out of their excessive warehouse
charges by erecting a large platform
at Pleasant View upon which the
wheat will be piled preparatory to
shipment The farmers Of this section
recently inaugurated a plan of ship
ping their grain directly into Port
land, and several carload shipments
have been made.
WALLA WALLA.-Becoming con-
science stricken on account of the
county assessor failing to assess his
law library, County Attorney Otto
Rupp has appeared before the board Of
equalization and asked that he be tax
ed upon 5000 library.
wALLA wALLA.-The top price re-
ported in this section has been re-
ceived by Charles Rice, who sold
1000 sacks of bluestem for 1914 cents
per, bushel. Mr.. Rice has about 10000
sacks remaining, which he will hold for
the later market.
PALOUSE.-The local grain buyers
have decided not to advance the ware
house charges at this station as has
been done at almost every other wheat
shipping point in the Inland Empire.
! The action of the warehouse men is
fully appreciated by the farmers.
COLFAX.-The county commission
ers of Whitman county have appro-
| priated $500 to assist in paying the
premiums offered by the Whitman
| County Fair association. A feature of
| the fair will be an "out- of-debt" cele-
'bration, at which time the 100000
mortgage on the county will be burned.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES to the de-
mands of the farmers, the firm of Litp-
petit brothers, grain buyers. will not
advance the warehouse charges as has
been done by many other warehouse
men in the country.
NORTH YAKIMA.-The prices of
laundry work have been materially
advanced, which is said to be due to
| the advance in the cost of labor. The
new schedule will take effect next
Monday.
| wALLACE-The Snowstorm Mining
company has declared dividend No
s, amounting to $4,000, or cents per
share, This makes a total of $4,000
this year, and grand total of $405,o00,
/ SPOKANE.-The city police depart
ment, during the year ending June go
1907. arrested $40 persons, all of whom
were on city charges except $50. Near
ly half of the offenders were between
the ages of 81 and 80, and more than
half were American born.
J.
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