Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-06-02
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NORTH WEST INLAND NEWS
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bearing these and like statements
have been placed on all of the
churches OF Pendleton with the ex-
ception of the Catholic and Episco-
palian. and are no small part of the
battle waged by the temperance
forces In their Attempts to swing
Oregon into the dry" column at the
election. 1t is confidently believed
by the temperance people that they
nav won tn battl, while the saloon
element is saying but little and
working with but little organiza-
/ ton.
Occur d'Alene.-Citizens canvass
Ing to secure signers to petitions to
be presented to the district court,
preparatory to county seat re-
moval campaign report nearly 400
signatures. The law requires that
two-thirds of the voters at the pre-
vious election must sign this petit
ton. This means that voters equiv
| alent to nearly three-fourths have
signed. However it is expected to
continue the canvass.
Sunnyside, Wash-George f.
! kresse reports that from eight
gooseberry bushes he has picked 200
/ pounds of berries This averages 25
pounds, with market value of
about $1.25 to the bush. Planted
eight feet apart, nearly 700 bushes
could be put on an acre. and the in
come would approximate 1915.
Cottonwood.-J. L. Eckert, a
prominent stock shipper. will ship a
straight trainlOad of fat cattle to
the Chicago market next week, this
being the first large shipment ever
made from Camas prairie to an
Eastern market. The cattle have
been wintered on Camas prairie
ranches and since spring have been
grazing on the summer range.
Ellensburg. Whsh.-To promul-
gate feeling of good fellowship
among the residents of Ellensburg
and vicinity and to further the pub
LEFTY cause of the community,
which Of late has been given renew
ed support, the chamber Of COM
merce has arranged for a smoker
and social gathering to be held at
the rooms of the chamber on June 5.
North Yakima.-Little remains to
be done before the new 100000 Y.
M. c. A. building. which has been
erected on South Fourth street, near
Yakima avenue, will be in readi-
ness for the furnishing and interior
equipment. The interior finishing
has been completed with the excep-
ton of laying some flooring and
replacing of a small part of the wall
finishing.
Colfax, Wash.-The lid went on
promptly at midnight last night
without any protest on the part OF
the saloon interests, and for >the
first time in four years Colfax is ex-
periencing really closed town,
and for the first time in the entire
history of the place are the saloons
closed by order of the mayor Here
tofOre the drouth has always been
the result Of action on the part of
the county authorities.
Pullman.-The Whitman county
delegates to the annual meeting OF
the Washington State grange left
yesterday for Spokane, where the
eastern Washington delegates are tc
meet. Thy will leave Spokane over
the Northern Pacific, having special
cars for the delegates from Spokane
The train will leave Spokane at ar
early hour and run through to Van
couver by daylight, going over the
S. P. G S. road.
Tacoma, Wash.-Convinced tina
the state of Washington is Urgent,
: IN need of hospital for the crimf
i nal insane that will be separate ant
distinct from the state penitentiar,
at Walla Walla, Gov. Mead will
within the next few days name ;
nonpartisan board Of seven or min,
members to canvass the proposition
1 Rockford, Wash.-Tha report cur
| rent in Rockford that an inexhaus
| tible flow Of oil has been discovere,
] on the Hinch place few miles from
| here is believed to be recurrence
! OF the rumor spread a week ago tina
| the drillers had struck oil. At tina
| time it was ascertained that trace
| OF oil were probably only seepage
/ The foreman of the well-dril,in
| crew lives here, and attempts to ge