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Newspaper
Lewiston Daily Teller
Location
Lewiston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1901
Page
8
A brief notice describes The Mint offering liquors wines brandies cigars and a clubroom in the Clark Building on Main Street. No further details.
County assessor B. F. Basher launches enforcement of personal property taxes, with $75,000 owed and seizures planned. First item is a Studebaker wagon owned by C. H. Banning of Myrtle, to be sold at auction at the G. W. Basher farm near Summit, Idaho on Saturday August 16. Further seizures will follow under the law’s full penalties.
Inland Telephone Co plans a Culdesac line. Nez Perce county budgets 300 for a fall county fair exhibit. Cooper's casting iron work for the Scully building and hoisting gear for the American placer mine at Pierce City. N B Holbrook to build a 79000 bushel warehouse. Gas excitement at Troy with Prof Samuel Argheys favorable Northwest report and a 18 to 20 inch flame. Land held by J D Jolly and the Stinsons but leased to Rogers Sears Spokane. Cordwood shipments average five carloads daily from Troy along the Palouse branch.
F McKissick reports flax yield well above estimate with 1400 sacks from 75 acres about 3000 bushels and 40 bushels per acre. In probate court Judge Reese hears Bert Roby bid to remove her husband as administrator and executor of Jacob Whitinger estate amid divorce and claim to homestead.
Shipments from Snake River orchards rise to one to three cars daily with Lewis ton totals and two carloads by freight. La Follette orchard at Wawawai sent 715 boxes Bradbury plums and 378 boxes Early Crawford peaches to Sqobel Day New York, plus 506 boxes Bartlett pears. A prior week shipment earned over 1900 dollars. La Follette expects 75 cars this season, mostly peaches, with one car daily after this week. A second freight car to Minne enotie goes to G D McCloud Lewiston. Ends with last apricots of the season.
Nezperce is incorporated and its first town board meets. Trustees named Jno D Graham Thomas Mockler N G Harris J A Schultz and Carl Davis. Officers elected Mayor J A Schultz Treasurer J T Orbison City attorney and clerk C M Stearns. Plan to bond for a water supply. no fire protection yet.
In Lewiston Idaho a district court note reports an attachment issued against Schaefer and Crozier partners of Schaefer Crozier. The document dated August 1 1901 bears the clerk P E Stookey seal and attorney I N Smith and records high July temperatures and a 70 to 103 degree range in the region.
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