Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-05-22

Brooklyn, N. Y, asking for a fran
chise to construct and operate a
street railway system in this city, |
and to generate and sell electricity |
for manufacturing purposes. The
life Of the ordinance to be 40 years. |
MISUNDERSTANDING operations
for the discovery of oil will be re-
sumed near here July 1, when Miller
Brothers, Independent drillers, of
Ellensburg, will set up their machin-
cry on G.. w. Weaver's place seven
miles west of town. Miller Brothers
have machinery to sink hole 1901
feet, but the believe oil will be found
in 800 feet. The parties interested
ar hopeful because of the favorable
location Of the Weaver ranch.
Grangeville.-E s. Sweet of Sweet
& Overmann. shipped TOO head Of
hogs to the Spokane market yester-
day. The firm will ship cattle and
hogs about every two weeks through
out the summer. The Bales g. Jones
company has been incorporated with
capital stock of $4,000. The
stock is held by w. T. Bales. r. H.
Jones. W. A. Jones, R. L. Maxey and
Mary Bales.
North Yakima.--Dr. VIM. Gray of
Wisconsin has purchased a five acre
orchard on Mob Hill and will erect a
residence and bring his family here.
North Yakima-The difference be-
tween the real estate men Of the city
who are members of the North Yaki-
ma Real Estate association and those
who are not members have arrived
almost at the stage Of an open out
break. The Fl members of the assO-
citation have carried full page ads in
the local papers setting forth the
objects of the organization and the
conditions under which real estate
firms may become members and those
not in the exchange have been print
ing statements of their reasons fol
not Joining.
Occur d'Alene.-The officers begar
an investigation today to enforce thu
Sunday closing law in another re
spect. They claim there has beer
dancing in the Russell hall on Sat
urday nights until the Sunday morn
ing. They also claim that on severa
occasions the dances have resulted II
free-for-all fights, which they coul,
not reach in time to make arrests
They have given orders that hereai
ter the dances must stop at IL o'clocl
Warden. Wash.-Warden Is tn
first town on the Chicago. Milwaukee
& st. Paul railway to ship wheat
; Ten cars have been loaded and ship
ped out in the past few days. Tn
opening of the new road is a grea
boon to farmers, as heretofore the
they were obliged to haul their graf
% or 80 miles to Lind, requiring tw
days to make the round trip.
Harrington. Wash.-At the cas-
end of Main street near the Grea
Northern railway a tabernacle larg
enough to sect 1000 persons is bein
erected for the revival meetings @
) Evangelist I. E. Honeywell. who cam
from Davenport Monday and Wi
conduct services for a month.
Wenatchee, Wash.-Ten squar
inches Of healthy skin were giraffe
upon the arm of Robert Edmunds c
Leavenworth Sunday by DR.. McCo
. OF this city, the skin being donate
by Guy Hamilton, a friend of the sic
man. Both Edmunds and Hamilto
, are progressing we'll. Some time ag
. Edmunds was accidentally shot I
the arm. through the explosion Of
revolver. He was brought to til
hospital here lowering between Iii
and death. blood poisoning havin
developed. When the arm began I
fheal the wound remained raw an
IT was to cure this that the Skin
grating was successfully atempte
Z Pullman.-The 900 or more farm
/ ers who attend the tri-state CONVEX
. ton Of the Farmers' Education'
J land Cooperative union Of Washing
ton. Idaho and Oregon June Is ar
j1s will b. royalty entertained