Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-06-23

have decided to build two more
bridges on the county roads, one
across the Wenatchees river be-
tween Cashmere and Peshastin and
the other across the Entiat river
about six miles above the steamboat
landing ON the Columbia river at
Entiat.
Pullman, Wash.--The weather
continues the most peculiar ever ex-
psrienced here in June. Friday night
a severe frost cut down tender veg
etables in many parts Of the Palouse
country. the ground being white
with frost at sunrise Potatoes,
beans and other garden vegetables
were badly injured, in some cases
the loss being total.
Standpoint, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
are being made with the Humbird
Lumber company by large Eastern
firm to buy from the lumber COM
pany scraps from their sawmill for
the manufacture of matches. The
parties contemplate building a fac
tory which will employ at least %
men.
Connell, Wash.-HOward N.
Stockett, a homesteader living near
Skootenai Springs, has troubles Of
his own at the present time In the
form of number of rattlesnakes,
large, small and all sizes. They are
troubling him to such an extent
that he has applied to the land Of
flee for leave of absence from his
homestead for a time in order to
protect himself and family from
them.
Nezperce, Ida.-The Kerr-Gifford
company closed a lease for their
warehouse at Greer, which will be
operated by the Greer-Rochdale
company this year, the latter being
an independent cooperative COM
pany organized and capitalized by
farmers. Greer is and will continue
to be an important grain station,
and as the country surrounding de-
velops it will become more impor-
tsnt.
Portland.-Actual construction OF
Swift & Co.'s mammoth meat pack
ing plant on the peninsula will be-
gin as soon as the high water re-
cedes sufficiently to permit the pre-
liminary work of installing the
foundations to proceed. Bids for
the work will be opened this week.
and it is the expectation Of the rep.
resentatives of the packing plant
that all of the buildings and the
stockyards will be completed within
one year.
Rossland, B. C.-Eighteen black
diamonds and 60 diamond chips, the
| lot valued at about $4,000, were
stolen by thieves who entered the
workshop of the Diamond Drill COM
pany at Center Star mine early Sum
day morning. No clue has been
lad. The stones were owned by
Fred Stone and Mr.. Knight, both OF
Spokane, who have been notified.
Occur d'Alene.-A sensational at.
fidavit charging Mayor Hugh V.
Scallon, Police Magistrate Alex
Main and ]. T. Carroll, president
and manager of the Occur d'Alene
Lumber company with conspiracy to
ruin him financially was filed by II.
]. Baker, defendant in suit insti-
tuted by the state charging Baker
with keeping disorderly house,
when Baker asked for change OF
venue from the police to the near
est Justice of the peace court.
Wenatchee, Wash.-The city OF
Quincy is agitating the installation
o. a water system, and the question
OF the issuance of bonds will be sub
| mitted to the people Of that place
soon. The city council has taken the
matter up and has decided that by
bonding the city for $4,000 the sys-
tenn could be installed.
The matter of placing artesian
| wells is being taken up by the
farmers readily and committee has
been appointed to take up subscrip-
tions to experiment on the PROPOSE
ton. 1t is estimated that the great
est depth for an artesian well wouid
be 1900 feet.
Milton. Ore-Not to be outdone
by the pipe organ, piano or hand
organ, the n~oghophone has claimed
its own in Milton and Sunday made
doh,,f MORT NJ the mnSic1