Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-05-15
NORTHWEST INLAND NEWS


Tekoa. Wash.--Work on the con-
trete abutments for the big steel
bridge on which the Chicago, Mil
waukee and st. Paul railroad will
cross Hangman creek and the tracks
OF the Oregon Railroad and Naviga-
ton company Is in progress. and the
abutment on the west side of the
creek is completed. More than q dog
en- concrete piers have been built
from bedrock, ranging from 10 to 20
feet above the ground and IL feet
square have been built. The France
work of the mammoth steel bridge
will rest on these,
North Yakima.-John Schmidt,
Gus Leedy and John Amison, ranch
ers of Mob Hill and Wide Hollow.
were yesterday arrested on warrants
charging them with allowing water
from their irrigation bitches to
flow over the, highway. The county
authorities are getting after all Of
tenders against the road law.
Spokane.-William Powers, a bar
tender at the Needmore saloon, was
fined $40 and costs in the police
court yesterday on the charge Of
violating the Sunday closing law.
The most important exhibit in the
case was glass of beer. which was
confiscated by Officer Willis Sunday
morning when he arrested Powers
and which has ever since been care
fully slowed away in the big vault
at the station.
Cottonwood, Ida.-Cottonwood Is
to have market day May %, when
an auctioneer will sell surplus pro-
duce free Of charge. The plans have
been perfected by J. b. Thompson.
The business men have subscribed
to defray the expenses.
Ellensburg. Wash.--The tendency
in the real estate market is toward
the division of farms into small
tracts, which are sold to prospective
fruitgrowers, rather than the sale of
land acreage of sufficient size for
hay or grain, according to E. G..
Craig, one of the principal real es-
tate men Of Ellensburg. A number
of large farms have been subdivided
this season and sold in 5, 10 and 20
acre tracts. The result Is that the
farming territory around the city Is
becoming more thickly settled.
North Yakima-Yakima archi-
tects are up in arms against the 10
cal building contractors, who are
hanging out signs, "Plans cheerfully
furnished" and allege that their
business is being taken from them
by contractors who do not know how
to design a building. The school
board is also an object of attack for
having recently directed building
firm to draw plans for an addition
to the Summit View schoolhouse.
Sumpter. Ore.-An important
mining deal is reported here today,
involving a change in the ownership
and management of the Imperial
mine in the Cable Cove district. A
New York syndicate headed by Ed
ward Greenlee has control Of the
property and intends to start over
atoms May Is. Barney Kempher,
formerly fore1Dan, will be superin-
| tendent.
Grangevilie.-A heavy wet snow
and rain storm has been prevalent
throughout Idaho county for more
than a week. All mountain trails
and roads are reported in bad con-
| dition, and travel to the mines IL
rather difficult, as much snow haf
| been falling in the mountain coun-
try. The rush to the new strike on
Four Mile creek still absorbs the at
tention of the mining men. P. H
Leach. owner of the Jay Gould, re-
ports that rock sent to Lewiston to
| be assayed has been reported going
1872 to the ton.
Tekoa, Wash.-Last night was sc
| cold that ice froze more than an
eighth OF an inch thick, and 1t Is
feared serious damage has been
done to the fruit crop. Apple, cher
ry and plum trees are in full bloom
Ellensburg.- appropriations for the
annual spring roundup OF horses on
the ranges in the Kittitas valley
which will begin the latter part OF
this week and continued until about
the end of June, are being made. Ac-
cording to the estimates OF some OF
the oldest horsemen of the county
between 1000 and 5000 head Of
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