Assessors Roll shows county property value rising to five million
The Nez Perce county assessment to date shows total property valuation for taxation including railroads telegraph and telephone lines reaching at least five million dollars. Lewiston values are reported at about one and a half million with substantial gains in real estate and personal property contributing to the rise.
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Nez Perce
Lewiston
Independent
State Board of Equalization
Big Drive at Potlatch Logs Reaching Potlatch Creek
The first logs from Small & Emery reach Potlatch Creek mouth with about 2,000,000 feet of white pine cedar and fir in the river between Potlatch creek and Fir bluff. Logs will be rolled to yards to guard against fall freshets, mills to start as logs arrive, fifty men to be hired, and the wood to be turned into lumber shingles laths and moldings this winter.
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Small & Emery
Potlatch Creek
Fir Bluff
Clearwater
Clearwater Claims Another Victim
Leonard Sperry twenty two drowned Sunday afternoon in the Clearwater river near Spalding while swimming with Louis Rolston and John Walker. He swam to the north bank against his companions wishes and sank when cramped by cold water. A boat recovered the body but resuscitation failed. He lived in Nez Perce county most of his life, worked on the O R & N boat, supported his widowed mother, and was an engineer for John Walker. Funeral under Modern Woodmen auspices at Kendrick cemetery.
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Leonard Sperry
Clearwater
Spalding
Louis Rolston
John Walker
Leonard
Elmer Sperry
Peck
William Stoddard
Lewiston
Nez Perce County
Big Potlatch Ridge
Lodge of
Modern Woodmen
Kendrick
Kendrick Cemetery
Mohler to Host Harvest Entertainment on August 15
Arrangements are made for a Mohler harvest event featuring baseball races and other sports on Saturday August 15. It repeats a similar Mohler program from July 25 with hopes of similar success. The main attraction is a fast horse race with a $75 purse for the winner.
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Mohler
Smith brothers seek treatment at Spokane sanitarium
Sheldon Smith brought his brother Hiram to Spokane yesterday for treatment at the Spokane sanitarium. Both noted for suffered lung trouble, with Mrs. Smith accompanying the husband on the trip.
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Sheldon Smith
Hiram
Spokane
Mr. Smith
Mrs. Smith
Shot but not Fatally Injured in Grouse Hunt Accident
F W Kettenbach and his son Alfred were grouse hunting on Redbird creek when a bird flushed toward them. The boy fired, hitting the father in the head and shoulders at about 30 yards as he bent through bushes. He was only slightly injured and rumor of hospital visit proved unfounded upon inquiry.
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Lake Waha
F. W. Kettenbach
Mr. Kettenbach
Alfred
Redbird Creek
Albert
Kettenbach
Miss Morey Tops Carnival Queen Election With 675 Votes
Miss Morey leads the carnival queen contest with 675 votes. Miss Kemp has 400, Miss Gentry 218, and Miss Blyth 32. The voting closes Wednesday evening at go o'clock. The Spokane Trades council secretary will be in Lewiston Wednesday to arrange the queen elect reception.
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Morey
Kemp
Gentry
Miss Blyth
Spokane Trades Council
Lewiston
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Chicago Capitalists
James G. Trainer
Chicago
Fred T. Dubois
Blackfoot
George H. Storer
S. L. McFarland
J. N. Smith
E. H. Libby
Vineland Company
Waha
Libby
I. N. Smith
Colby
Waha Lompany
Storer
Summit Tramway Company
G. W. Basher
Summit
Basher
Lenore
Harbaugh
M.C Harbaugh
Jacques
Grangeville
State Land Board
Griffith
M. L Goldsmith
Norman Jackson
Land Board
Harabaugh
Court House
Idaho County
Mr. Goldsmith
Col. Miller
City Water Works
Pittsburg
San Francisco
Huber & Frazier
W. A. Smith
Lenore Trading Company
J. M. Vierce
Ed. Arant
W. A. Morey
Fararer
Geo. W. Basher
Dent
Butler
Hase
Sey
E. L. Russell
Chase & Sanborn’s
United States
Main St
A. S. Thurber
Potlatch
Spokane Sanitarium
Hastings
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