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THE TELLER, I.BWI8TON, NORTH lD VUo.j SATURDAY..........................<>CT., : The OUR till. Teller makes its first appear ance this morning upon a small sheer. It will only increase in size as the in creased patronage will justify the pub lishers in incurring the necessary in creased expense. It is not our purpose to impoverish ourselves by supplying our readers with a large newspaper '•just for - The - i will tell its own tales in its own way, independent of ell partizan political or personal considerations and with the view of achieving tho ''great est good to the greatest number." It will not refrain from oomment or just eritioism where, in oar judgment, the publie weal of the people of North Idaho seems to demand at our hand eitfv# commendatoin or criticism. It will endeavor to be at all times a graphic as well as a truthful teller of the characteristic advantages of this section of our Territory, and industries of our people. It will suggest and urge, as occasion may seem to warrant, such improvements and changes in our '«stries habits os view of till experience teacheä us otherwise. good policy may dictate, sayiug naught in malice but with good will towards all. The pressât and prospective condi tion and advantages of the people of North Idaho, as well ss their general rpose to remain ss permsnsnt citisens >f lliia section of oountry, would indi cate that a good newspaper published here ought to find a liberal support by *3 patrons. 'We shall hope for this wheatHrop in tue east. From the mouthly report of tho De Luieut of Agriculture for the months igust and September, we learn le wheat yield in the states east locky Mountains, the present not be more than three 10 usual crop. The largest which we find reported, is .Indiana, which produced ah the larger acreage [er ten bushels per acre, [the yield is much below ]aie former years. The )regon made the aver usual. The report Reports from the Territories Indicate a promising crop." We Neither Washington or Idaho Ter sries mentioned in the report. East' la Washington and North Idaho have |fh produced rnuoh larger crops fcaan |^*nd the average yield per acre exceeded that of any of the j^Ry time, and we hope to con I* a similar yield for years of icTioN. —Dispatches 13th, say that the in Ohio is nine of six Congress the Democrats ituor by, from wln'.o the ur Congre»»* ta Ci t va. of •pu' LAND ACREAGE SURVEYED. Ry the permission of the gentlemanly receiver of the U. S. Land Office in this city, we obtained access to the plats and books of the office. From them we have gleaued the following statistics respecting the surveyed lauds in this district, outside the Nez Perce Reserva tion. The surveys made in forty, seven townships aggregate 581,987 acres, about three fourths of which is prairie land. The other fourth is timbered laud, and full four-fifths of the whole is well adapted to settlement and a high degree of cultivation. Of this amount there have been entered as homesteads 14,701 acres. Declaratory statements for pre-emptions have been filed on 33, 750 acres, and timber culture filings amount to only 766 acres, The Pie smption sales already completed, amount to 8,942 acres. A few abandonments of homesteads "and cancellations of pre-emptions have been made, which may aggregate to 5000 acres, leaving a balance now occupied by pre-emptors and homesteaders within the district, of 44,277 acres, equivalent to about 277 farms of 160 acres each. It is estimated that upwards of 50 other settlers have recently gone upon quarter sections, who have not yet re ported themselves to the Land Office for tho purpose of homesteading or pre-empting, but who will do so as soon as the vacancy of Register in the Land Office is filled. These will abacib 6000 more acres of the surveyed lands of the district, making in s all 50,277 acres, leaving as a balance of the surveyed lands of the district open for settlement by pre-emption and homestead tho sum ^ 5 ' 31 710 acre8> fuU 400,000 acres of ] which is we U adapted to settlement and cultivation, and equally as good as that now occupied. Hence North Idaho offers to farming immigr: its 2500 farms of 1 GO acres each, at t' „ government price, not one ot which but w 'at is either well timbered, or not removed more than fifteen miles from good build ing, fencing and fuel timber, and where water is not upon the surface, it can be obtained at a depth of less than from ten to eighteen feet hçneath the surface, sufficient for all fafcmmg and stock pur >oses, and where no irrigation is re quired. It is the finest body of wheat and now unoccupied upon this coast. Indian War.— The war made by the whites on the Sioux Indians has thus far been attended with but little than disaster to the whites, and it will always be so as lofig as those in charge of the Indian policy at Wash ington direct operations of the troops in the field. The whole present treaty and reservation system of th« Govern ment with Indians is a manifest hum bug in the estimation of every eulight ened citizen who is conversant with the Indian character, and is annually cost ing the Government millious ot dollars without any apparent benefioial results, save to Indiao agents and contractors for supplies. Salmon. —The salmon product, of the lower Columbia, the past season, was 528,780 oases, equivalent to 20, 600,000 fts. OOD MOV*.—The Ureg -u Senate ha^k passed a bill, appropriating $50, 009 Cb wards the construction of a wu goo-v^d from the mouth of .the Sandv »ugh the Cseead«» to The lw cur Ockan Navuiaion.— It- _____ rcntly reported that litis Freeman Esq. formerly agent of ha Pacific Mail Steamship Company V about to place a line of opposition •tea'ysh ps on the route between Puget bqod and Eau Frau cisco. an •P Nez Perce Indian Consul salon. Wasuimutos, Oct. 13— Many oubsNet Perce Indians have never been pfties to any treaty, aud serions difficult!« arisen between the white set Idaho and Eastern Oregon, the Bureau is now preparing o send a commission to them with a \iew to «ettlh; all questions in dispute aud avert turihe trouble. The committee will consist of Gen., O. O. Howard and Major H Clay Wood, his adjutant, Wm. S'ickney. secrc tary board ot ludian commissi: ners. D. il. Jerome, of Saginaw Mich., aud probably A. C. Barlow, of Providence, R. I., who leaves Washington to day and the Eastern members of the commission will rendez vous in Chicago on Monday uett. LEWISTON MARKET, Lewiston, Idaho. COBURN & WARDWEU, DEADERS IN BEEF, PORK, MUTTON, HAM», BACON, \ LARD,, EGGS, FLOUR, V EG LT ARLES, ETC., ETC., ETC. ' . .. iJlH'TSliil - - — I In fact everything to bo found in airst-cla».« Butcher Shop. 0. P. COBTRN, 1). WARD}'ERL. 1-tf JOHN p. muss, Wholesale and Retail Drulerji OF ALL KINDS. 4 general assortment k \)\r \ Goods, Clothing, Groceries,' reifer tud Glassware. Cutlery. Tol.ucc«* M^«ri r ALFRED DAltptS, WBOLBtALR A »ST11L GENE R -Axs mekchand:s Forwarding and Coniiission Goods Stored In Fire-Protrt rftora^ /jS#"Money Advanced on Consignent* / Lewiston, Oot.. 21. 1876. i-tf J. C. BALD VIN. Whole*»le »nd Retail i>^ !, r I gen^r v l HERCIIUMM LEWiSTGN * itf L 0 EWENBIR 8 BEOS. * k Wholesale and Retail Dealers V* IN GENERAL MERCHANDISE, LE WIST OX, IDAHO. , t A \ A I.R'iK AN ui WELL ASSORTE!* STOCK Fall aal Winter Goods, Consisting vf D R "ST Q O O AMD 0X8,0013 It IJE TOBACCO AfiVciBAPs) Hardware and Crockery BO -ki S H O e.] THIN AND 1 urniVjin j Good« in threat Variety] Outfits*. \ Ladie^and Misses 9 :f-a.3stg^ goots. Our Stcclo^ the Largest and,. Best Ass ited ever shipped to this Mjrket. Particular attentA>nhas been given to j the seh otUm Lavas' aud Misses' Wear. I* f»ct everything 'ko hm-elM, Whoîwale h J __'.OK • ! I0OT AN] b-Ofrc; iTt;; . 'i. it-K ,-ID J' w : H