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J ■# BLESSSDiBErTHSiMHNiWHOiPAVETHtTHEiPRINTGR. K VOLUME LGWISTON, IDRHO, APRIL 17, 1590. NUMBER 29. Telling* of The Week. „ „ _ , ~ ! -Geo. H. Lake, Jeweler, Lewiston. ! 8. E. Harris was down from Genesee Sunday. Freeh fruits a specialty at E. Tcxiers. Give him a call. j E. R. Manning was here from Port Und Saturday last. j Blrka Binnard made a trip to Rpok ane Falls this week. , —Don't forget Saturday is childrens day at Mrs. Silcott's. i —E. O'Neill has money to loan on beat terms and at lowest rates. 1 11 I j I J. D. C'arlan came in from Spokane Falla Sunday enroute for Mt. Idaho. —Watches.— Geo. H. Lake is agent for the celebrated Rockford Watches. —The best assortment of clocks in Lewiston can be found at Geo. H. Lake's. Clyde Parker, formerly with H. K. Barnett & Co., was in town a few days this week. A. E. Snell will remove his saw-mill now located on the Potlatch, again to Lewiston. I —At the O. R. N. Exchange you can get ' 'Moore" Whiskey. We mean Jesse Moore. —Jesse Moore Whiskey, of 1882, for sale at the O. R. & N. Exchange. Call in and sample it. —50,000 pounds of new Bacon, Ham and Lard for sale at the meat market of Clindinning & Dubuc. — Remember that cleanliness is God liness, and that Simpson sells three bath tickets for One dollar. — A full line of tin ami hardware in stock at Bunnell's. Have you seen the New Novelty Cooking crock? Harness and saddles and all fittings and furnishings, carried by a first class trade, are to be found on hand at J. H. Robison's. Willie and Grace Kettenbach left Monday to meet their parents at Riparta and will return with them by to-day's boat. Mr. J. B. Kemp, of Burlington, Vt., cousin of our townsman, George Morri son, came in Saturday and remained over Sunday. Commissioner Freeman brings down the report this week that the N. P. surveyors are laying off the town site of Latah City. — Glidden barb wire the best on the market. No torn and lacerated stock, perfect in every way, durable and cheap atC. C. Bunnels. 8. J. Genoways, Agent for the Pcar mont Nursery, is circulating about town this week busy in delivering trees and shrubs. —When you come to Lewiston do not forget to call on W. A. Simpson for a good shave, hair cut or bath. He has the only first class shop in the city. As we go to press news reaches us that the house of Mrs. C. V. Stevens, three miles east of this place, was burned down Wednesday morning. —On Saturday next Mrs. Silcott will show a beautiful line of Misses and Childrens hats, trimmed and un trimmed; styles and prices to suit all. The Coeur d'Alene butchers have bought this week forty or fifty head of beef steers of Lathrop & Lambert. The price paid was 4]c per pound on foot. C. E. Butler and wife are at home again. Mr. Butler expects to make Lewiston a permanent location for the future, and will go in business here soon. H. W. Mitchell, repsesenting Mitchell A Lewis company, of Port land, was In the city from Saturday until Monday noon, in the interest of his company. —Down went McGinty to the bot tom of the sea. But he wouldn't have been driven to the rash act if he had made his home happy by buying Dex ter A stove of Bunnell. — Horses ! Horses ! Horses!— Any one wishing saddle or pack horses, stock being sold off at a low figure, can secure a bargain by calling on the under ■igned, J. N. Lindsay. 3t It is reported from good authority that as soon as the railroad reaches Lewiston a large woolen mill will be erected by parties who have long had the project in contemplation. Once again the frame is prepared for the new Episcopal Church. If no real estate boom strikes in before the close of the week it's beams and timbers will atand erect upon the new foundation. L. A. Porter has leased the Silcott Bar at the mouth of Alpowai and will lay It out In fruit. This is the finest location on the river, and under proper cultivation can be made to yield a hand some income to the manager. J. Alexander left Monday the 14th j inst. for Europe. He will make a visit while g(m( . to hi8 h]nhvUcv Mnd early home, Adelsheim, Germany, and will jon his return briny: with him his two sisters. A new school superintendent has been appointed for the Nez Perce reserva tion, vice 1). W. Eaves, now in charge. The nt>w a Pl >ointee > H tt Mr - Harper from Wisconsin and is expected to ar '*' u Maj. Truax lias returned and, to Hit with \\ . P. Bell, is prejiaring 11 8Urve . v of the Baird and Weisgerlier tracts. Something over one hundred acres is being platted and will be put on the market at once at a reasonable figure. A bundle of Nashville and Gallatin paper» came to us this week, sent by Dr. A. H. Williams, formerly of Nez Perce reservation We understand . that Dr. W illiams has built up an ex-, tensive and lucrative practice at Galla- ; tin, cnmsscc. J —Mrs. W. B. Palmer wishes to an nounce to the ladies of Lewiston in gen eral, and her patrons in particular, that j shehas again opened a dressmaking and fitting establishment, and can be found in the Cooper building, opposite Vollmers. All work guaranteed. Rates reasonable. Our attorneys report a lively term at the Moscow session. A large amount of work was gotten through in a man mer entirely satisfactory to all concern ed. Judge J. H. Beaty will hold a spec ial term in Moscow, beginning July 20, to dispose of all cases in which Judge Sweet was interested as counsel. S. L. Thompson is remodeling and fitting over one of his houses on "E" street. That is a proper move. There is quite a demand already for the rental of resident property. There arc several empty houses it is true but as long as they remain in their present condition they are likely to remain empty. I. C. Hattabaugh and wife were in town from Sunday until Wednesday. It was a trip for business and pleasure combined. An old Lewistonian never forgets to pay his respects occasionally, and then Lewiston real estate will bear watching now-a-days, and Bro. Hatta baugh never fails to look after the main chance. The base ball fever has struck Spok ane in a heap, and she lias begun al ready to claim thc penant from the Northwest League. What is the mat ter with Lewiston's ball tossers who erst were so vaillant? The Slwash braves will be sending in a challenge soon. Why not organize and become familliar. We are glad to note the improve ments being made on "E" street. Re moving the cobble stones, filling and grading will add greatly, not only to the appearance of the street, but also to the comfort of the public. Why wouldn't it be a good move to straight en up and repair the sidewalks on the same street? We are indebted to Jean Bonnore for some new pictures of Lewiston. One is a fine view of the court house, the other a birds-eye-wiew of Lewiston from the Clearwater side. We saw also sketch of the "boys" taken by flash light. This is somewhat of a cu riosity and proves the assertion that you can't always tell what is coming even if you know. The magnificent looking draft horses that have lieen seen parading our streets this week are the pro perty of the Holdrege Importing Co., Holdrege, Phelps Co., Nebraska. The horses they have here are the last of twelve brought from Nebraska this spring to be sold in the Northwest. The breeds imported by this company are English Shire, Clydesdale and Percheron. Private advices lately received from a prominent western senator assert that the Idaho admission bill will come up and be passed within the next sixty days. The election for state officers will follow the admission with in 90 days as is provided in the Consti tution. There will not however lie two elections as some have asserted. The new state officers will hold over thus prolonging their terms a little beyond the two years. Our lawyers and attorneys returned early this week bringing with them the Judge, Clerk and reporters, and promi nent attorneys from Moscow. The whole coterie left on Wednesday for Mt. Idaho, where court will hold till the 8th of May, at %hieh time it is to convene iif Lewiston. We are assured by the commissioners that the new court house will he furnished sufficient ly to hold the May term there. Most of the furnishings have been shipped al ready and are expected next week. Notice that « display "ad" for Church and ( Mil partir All publish this week a j the Andrews School, Furniture Company. ; lesiring anything in this I line will do well to correspond with C.T. P. Bass, their agent at Wardner, Idaho. From [tersonal experience we know the Andrews school furniture to bo superior to any on the market und can especially commend it to trustees and school hoards desiring t M .vit iti ED. —Monday, Rev. .1. 1 ). Me- j Con key officiating, John A. Robison to j Caroline Ege, of Pomeroy. Both parties ; have long since passed the bloom of j youth and entered into the sere and j yellow leaf. "In the spring, it is said, a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love," but the poet doesn't place any hindrance you see on an old man's fancy. At any rate the old man doesn't propose to be restricted from flying fancies in the same direction. The current number of the West shorc , ms for this wwk 1V supplement sheet i|i us , ratilIg thc , )U , )lk . buildings, prominent business blocks and resi dunces (l f Moscow. It makes a fine dis play, complimentary both to Moscow and the West Shore. The residences are especially neat and tasty in design and finish. The West Shore artist has for several days been taking sketches of Lewiston. We will look forward with interest to sec ourselves as others see us. Hank Trimble, flie banner farmer of this section was in town Monday and reports that the grain prospect never has shown up better than this year. He will have during the present season three thousand acres of wheat. We notice that the Oregonian of a recent «late reports that the wheat crop of the Northwest was rather below the aver age of other years, but all showing both here and elsewhere in Idaho makes the prospect at I 21 per cent in advance >f last seas. .. r >p. Mu. Ei)ir,:.t:— Auf you blease ex cuse me, I rite you der news isboud me, mine.self. I yoost come by Ny Yorick und I like me to look arount und puy me der coundry out. I go up by Wall Street und ask der beeples der price auf gorner lots, dey tells me der brice; I guess I don't puy him, aint it. I go down by der Emigration Bureau und asks der feller vat keeps der shop, vat ist der best blace vere 1 can emigrate. He looks me up un«l says, "vat ist der matter mit Lewiston, by Idaho?" I gif it ub und den he says, "she vas booming, der railroad comes by dere next fall und auf you vants to see der pootiest liddle city by der Nortvest you go by Lewiston oud." I tink mebbe dot fellow lie a little, bud I puy me «1er ticket und start right avay pooty quick. I travel ein veek und see lots auf sehnow und ice und blenty gold vedder, py und py 1 come by der city here. I go by Snake river up und Clearwater down. I looks me around allofer der town, vy der railroad dont gom here before? Den I said, und vy vas der city haf always been dead? I see a feller on der street vat look like dor real estate man und I say to him, "ve gates mine friend," und he says, "yes ve gates gorner lots und bime py ve gates a railroad, aint it." I tells him yaw, und dot I saw some vegates der street up vat swung der sidevalk on dot vas so nice for a feller to bump his nose on veil it vas dark, he say neler mind, ve gates dem fixed veil der nd Iroad comes.— S n i de-r . Latah, No. 12017. Thc standard bred Hamiltonian stal lion, "Latah," No. 12017, and the im ported English .Shire stullion, "Can nock Admiral," No. 0898, will make the season of 1890, at the Lewiston race course, Monday, Tuesday and Wednes day of each week, and Thursday, Fri day and Saturday at Lydon Brothers' livery stable, Lewiston, Idaho. "Latah," No. 12017, is a Bay Stand ard trotting bred stallion, foaled 1884, by Indiaman 1242, (sire of Wineshade, 2-30); (Indiaman by Belmont 55; dam, Indiana by Mambrino Chief ) first dam Rose Whitman, by Volunteer Messen ger; Volunteer Messenger by Volunteer, dam by Durland Young Messenger Du roe. Second dam, Lady Whitman, 2-30, by American Star. Third dam, Nance, by Durland Messenger Duroc. "Latah," No. 12017, is a handsome, well proportioned bay stallion,15} hands high. He has never been trained, but is finely gaited and can show 1 considera ble natural speed. He is an exceeding ly well bred horse, combining the Ham iltonian, Mambrino Chief, and Ameri can Star blood through the best produc ing channels, and he traces to speed producing-danis on both sides. The Shire stallion Is a well bred and finely built horse, with good action and disposition. He is six years old this Sprmg-and weighs over eighteen hun dred pounds. For jiedigrec and particulars enquire of Thomas E. Atwater, who has the horses in charge. purchase. ! THE PORTLAND DEAL. j ~ " I 5116,000 of Outside Money Invested | at Lewiston—Full Particulars Concerning the Investment Made by The Portland Capitalists. Rumor lias been rife for several weeks concerning thc real estate deals being made by W. F. Kettenbach in Fortland. Telegrams have come and gone. Vari ous reports have been afloat. It was evident from the sales made that a large deal was, hut to whom and for what ul timate purpose we could but conjecture. The following, direct from W. F. Ket tenbach, will in a measure, satisfy all queries as to thc extent and efl'ect of these sales. "1 have sold land in and near Lewis ton to the following parties: W. II. Holcomb, vice president of the U. 1\; J. S. Cameron, chief of construction; V. G. Bogue, chief engineer; A. L. Max well, traffic manager, and C. J. Smith, general manager,— ill ITdon Pacific officials; to Charles W. Knowles, Jon athan Bourne, ('. A. Alisky, l)r. Dar rin, Dr. McKenzie, C. E. H. Wood, it. !.. and George Durham, W. K. Smith, Chas. F. Beebe, and T. W. Symonds, capitalists. The total amount of sales will aggregate $116,000. A Water and Light company has been organized and papers sent to Lewiston. All those in clined at Lewiston, are at liberty to sign for what stock they want in the company and the residue will lie made up here. 1 think the future of our town is assured so long as all pull together." Nothing has occurred that gives greater stability and assurance of the prosi>ective growth of our city than knowledge of these sales. The land was not bought to be held, or to bar others, but to be developed immediate ly. It was sold to parties who have pledged themselves to improve at once, and who are willing and abundantly ahje to do so. / This fact is evidenced by their prompt action in regard to the Water and Light plant. Tile articles of corporation have been here, a franchise has been asked and granted by the City council. Ten thousand dollars of the stock was taken by citizens and the paper returned to have remainder subscribed below. The incorporators of the company are W. F. Kettenback, C. J. Smith, C. E. S. Wood, J. B. Morris, F. W. Kettenbach and C. C. Bunnell. The capital stock is 830,000. The following officers were chosen at the first meeting of the com pany, April 11. President, W. F. Ket tenbach; Vice President, C. J. Smith; Treasurer, C. C. Bunnell; Secretary, F. W. Kettenbach. At the same meeting the president of the company was authorized to a;> point a surveyor to make surveys and estimates of the work contemplated. The work to begin immediately. This sounds very much like business. The Lewiston boom has not been on the market many weeks but it has made rapid strides to permanency and secur ity. Tile extent of these sales shows thc faitli and confidence others are wil ling to put in Lewiston. To have out side capitul interested here is a big thing, but to have it actively interested is a greater thing. Every dollar ex pended in the development and im provement of this land, every dollar expended in the erection and muintain ance of this plant is an udded dollar to thc material worth of every property holder in the city, and a dollar wisely expended for the health, comfort and convenience of all. Parties who have made this purchase are ready to make permanent improve ments at once. The water company pledges itself to begin work within within ninety days and to have the plant in operation in one year. The water to be used is to be taken from Clearwater at the Lindsay place V A Singular Case. Boise Statesmen. Surveyor-General Straughan is at work on a singular case. More than fifty years ago the government gave what is called donation claims of one section of land to such as would remove and settle in Oregon, by which name all of the possessions of the United States west of the Rocky Mountains were then known. Among others Sam uel Phinny settled upon lands which June 9,18(13, became part of the Nez Peree reservation. Understanding very well the position in which these men are placed, neither the Indians nor their agents have evinced the least dis position to evict them. A few of them have undertaken to correspond directly with the Secretary of the Interior, who has given no decision, but evaded doing so. Mr. Phinney, one of this class of claimants, came to this city some months ago, and visiting the Surveyor General, requested him to order a speo ial survey of six hundred and forty acres, the amount to which lie was rn titled under the donation act. General ttraughun could not find that lie had any authority to do so, and is preparing a case and asking the commissioner of thc general land office for instructions. Thc western part of the reservation is very choice land, but the eastern is not so valuable. The claims upon which these settlers reside are the liest, they having been taken first, and the pos sessors thereof having theirchoice prior to any one else. It is very probable that when the In dian reservation was laid off ill 1803, the authorities lost sight of the donation claims and failed to make provision for their possession. No rule of practice living laid down by the regulations of the land department for eases of the like, no one knows how to proceed. The government has ceded the land to the Indians and cannot take it away from them without their consent, or at least until after rocompeneing them. Its ob ligations to its white citizens who have upon the faith of a legal enactment made by Congress, gone on and settled the claims, is equally as strong. It is very likely that to avoid thc complexity arising out of this matter the department would like very well to tide the decision along for a time, until the Indians shall bcalloted their lands in severalty, and then it would lie an easy thing to provide for the sec tions due to the early settlers. There would be no difficulty witli the Indians as they would not choose any of the land the white men lived upon. They understand the situation as well as any one else. Surveyors are nlready upon the ground cutting the land up into le gal sub-divisions und it is likely that an arrangement will lie made some tiling in the nature of what we have stated, satisfactory to all concerned, though all khow how slowly the gov ernment moves. School Report. RejMirt for the month just closed, showing percentages and Honor Roll. It will lie noticed that we have this year lost less by removals during the spring term. This cannot be too high ly commended. It shows a better In terest in the school work and results from an effort both on the part of the parents and teachers to create an in terest and hold the pupils in school. HIGH SCHOOL I1EPARTMENT. Number enrolled, 34; girls, 20; boys, 14; average attendance, 91 per cent; average daily attendance, 31. Roll of Honor—12th grade: Harriett Eaves, Mabel Kestcr, Mary Benson. Eleventh grade—Ada Hatcher, Clar ence Robinett. Ten til grade—Ralston Vollmer, Chas. Brearley, Will Kettenbach, Claire Quacken bush, Mamie Robinett. Nineth grade—Gussie Benson, Zoa Nye, Carrie Alexander. GRAMMAR DEPARTMENT. Average daily attendance, 35; whole number in attendance during month, 39; percentage of attendance, 92. Roll of Honor—7th grade: Laura Wood, Delia Lindsay, Mary White, Grace Akins, Lizzie Jones, George Frost Eighth grade— Allie Quackenbush, Lizzie Cook, Maud Wildenthaler, Ger tie Kettenbach, Will. Kitsmiller, Lou ise Alexander, May Cooper, Becca Hastings, Charlie Simpson. Kate Purcell, teacher. INTERMEDIATE. Whole number, 42; girls, 13; boys, 29; average, 39; percent of attendance, 95. Roll of Honor—Sixth grade: Erie Rhoades, Claudie Van Pelt, Alta Frost, Genevieve Vollmer, Eva Cook, Bertie Thomas, May Wildenthaller. Fifth grade—»John Denny, Charley Monroe, Louis Baird, Jessie Wishard, Willie White. Fourth grade—Cora Coburn, Harry Holt, Henry Hanson, Nosh Wayland, Lester Holt, Johnie Lindsey. Mrs. Wayland, teacher. PRIMARY DEPARTMENT. Number enrolled, 36; girls, 14; boys, 22; average daily attendance, 33; per cent of attendance, 96. Roll of Honor—3rd grade: Iva Mil ler, Eldred Lowe, Stella Reed. Second grade—Charley Wildenthall er, Hattie Gray, Veva Miller, Willie Kling. First grade—Milton Grostein, Alon zo Lowe, Otis Monroe, Ikle Grostein. Chart grade—Mamie Cameron, Vln nie Pierstoff, Willie Lanstrom. Emma Louden, teacher. Attention Teacher! Notice! The next regular quarterly examln a tion for teachers will be held Wednes day, May 7th. Examination will be held at the public school building, third floor. All who expect to attend must be on hand promptly at fdook, a. m. 8. G. Is am an, County Supt. The Academy. Most of thc citizens of Lewiston and the surrounding territory may feel In terested in some data of the first year's success of Latah Academy. As is well known, thc writer contemplated, and even liegan arrangements for a similar school at Lewiston; which, but for a previous pledge, made to the citizens of Latah, Washington, he would have carried out. The school was begun in atah at the time appointed, the 7th. of October of last year. It enrolled sixty-two students. It had a corps of three regular teachers in the recitation room, and three memliers of faculty outside. One of these is teacher of orchestral and band music, one of piano and organ, and one is a special lecturer on Anatomy and Chemistry. The names of the faculty are as follows: Rev. W. Scott Walker, Chaplain Com mandant; Capt. H. A. Ellis, Principal Commercial Department; Lieut. Flavus Brooks, Intermediate Depart ment; Lieut. L. H. Thayer, Teacher of Music; Mrs. Thayer, Teacher of Music; Dr. Chas. James, Special Lecturer as above. The last named is a young graduate from the Trinity Uuiversity of Toronto, Canada. As will be seen, the school is con ducted as a military school. This la one of its liest features. The order was perfect. Promotions were made during the year for good conduct, scholarship, and sjiecial achievements; and the fol lowing are worthy of special men tion, viz: E. W. Gibson, of Pomeroy, who served during the entire year as orderly sergeant, and was, at the end, promoted to a second lieutenancy and given a place on the faculty; Mr. C. P. Gammon, who served as quarter master, and who manifested ability; Mr. M. E. Hall, and Mr. Charles Campbell. The management sent to Boston, Mass., and obtained arms; and the dis cipline and exercise of the year did much to acquaint the young men with the science of arms and to give them an upright and manly bearing. The financial success of the work was also a matter of agreeable surprise to all concerned. This style of school is the most popular of all; and the outlook now is that the school will double its number next year. W. 8. Walker. The Prospective Crop. Bail« Stafeiman. A well known farmer residing In Boise Valley says that there has not been as much grain sown this year as usual and that many fields that have formerly been devoted to raising, grain have been sown with hay seed. Al though there was a panic In the hay market a short time ago, experience has shown that the crop was sufficient even with the past long winter, the like of which it is not probable will visit this country again in a quarter of a century at least. The new ditches will increase the amount of land for cultivation and there will have to be one year when hay will scarcely be worth the hauling before the fiqpien of Boise Valley will learn that other crops can be raised profitably. Pota toes have been bearing a big price In Idaho during the past winter and have been imported from Nebraska, while most farmers of the Valley had con tented themselves with raising hay crops. On the first pageof to-day's issue will be found an article oopled from a Wood river paper showing the immense profits that could be realised from a potato crop. It is not expected that any one will heed the words of the editor. Most men will learn from experience only. The crop always brings a good price in the market. During the last fall and winter grain has been shipped from Nebraska to keep the grist mill within the Boise City limits running, notwithstanding the fertility of the land of the valley. When hay sells for from three to five dollars per ton, the attention of the farmers will be directed to raising homes im food for men as cows. well E. D. Briggs who is employed to make' surveys on the Nes Perce reset 1 - vation, came over from his home at IV taha this week, and went on to Fort Lapwai to continue the surveys of the land assigned by allotment He re ports that fully one-third have already been allotted lands and that the remain der can be readily disposed of tide year. The government flinushee wire to oar close the terms laid off. - Fmployeee at the agency Bay that they have lamed wire to quite a number already, and that they are fencing their lands, plow ing and sowing with greats* evident it than "they have ever bed—. * * Mise Fletcher will arrive fcm^May », The latest information The work last year waa attended wtth some difficulty. The Tnrttsne had tu be worked into the spirit of the matter, but the skill of Mist manifest by the are showing in * The tide has set and no ftirther