Tramway Cable Arrives in Summit and Warehouses Go Up
Summit receives tramway cable on three cars from the east. Two 15,000 pound coils and one car of attachments will be laid from a capstan atop the hill to the river rail line, with six thousand feet of wire to reach the work site. In two weeks the cable will be attached to towers and buckets fixed. At Summit three warehouses ready for grain. Lenore Trading Co plans a $15,000 stock opening next Monday in a new Summit store building. A. O'Gritman to set up a store for Lewiston Trading Co. The Franklin House hotel ready to receive guests. Harness stock arrived but lumber scarcity delays store and shop openings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prospect
Summit
Lenore
Lenore Trading Company
Pierce & Stewart
A. O’ Gritman
Lewiston Trading Company
Franklin
Bids Opened for Carnegie Library Building on Plan
The library commission opened bidding for the Carnegie library project at 4 PM Wednesday. Low bids exceeded the $10,000 fund after architect and superintendent shares were removed, prompting consideration of Carnegie donations or plan changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Library Commission
Carnegie
C. W. Shaff
Kress
Colby
Nickerson
H. A. Arnold & Co
Spokane
Charles Hahn
Lewiston
M. Isbister & Co
Naylor & Norlin
Childman, Edberg & Co
Sherhey & Franzman
R. C. McCaffery
Galbraith
Doctor Shaff
Deemed Prominent Contractor Dies by Own Hand
Lewiston area mourns Jacob Huber a Spokane born contractor once with Huter and Frazier who vanished after leaping from a Johnson buggy. Sent over Rimrock fields in fear he shot himself near Genesee in a demented state leaving neighbors and Sheriff Schuldt to piece together the final hours and travel to Payne’s farm confirming suicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Huber
Genesee
Ile
Uniontown
Lewiston
Jacob Huber
Rimrock
Mr. Huber
Johnson
Washington
J. A. Lyle
Huber
Mr. Lyle
Sheriff Schuldt
Peter Frazier
Martin Meuli
Schuldt
Fred Manning
Mr. Payne
William Payne
Vassar
Lyle
Blood Poison In Hands Attacks Mrs. Goldsmith
Mrs. M. L. Goldsmith, in the city from Spalding, received treatment on her hands over the last two days. Dr. Shaff, her attending physician, lanced three spots yesterday and warns of a dangerous attack of blood poison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L. Goldsmith
Spalding
Shaff
False Fire Alarm Jolts Hotel Guests at Gateway
Last evening at 6 20 o'clock the fire alarm was sounded and a hose cart pulled out on a false report. A roomer in the hotel gateway saw flames from a furnace in the foundry and assumed it was a burning building, triggering the alarm. Everyone returned after realizing there was no fire.
Ed Feehan Delivers Lumber to Lewiston Mill
Ed Feehan of Fairburn reports a season run of about 800000 feet at his mill and a contracted 200000 feet of dressed lumber to H T Madgwick of this city. He currently uses four six horse teams and aims to complete deliveries before roads become impassable from winter rains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Feehan
Fairburn
State Engineer to Visit Lewiston for Franchises Inquiry
Word reached the city last night that Wayne Darlington state engineer has finished plans for a trip to Lewiston and the Clearwater country to conduct the official investigation ordered by the state land board regarding the Clearwater franchise. He is expected in the city in a few days and will proceed to the upper river to examine the Idaho Improvement company’s proposed plans for the franchise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Darlington
Lewiston
Clearwater Country
State Land Board
Clearwater
Darlington
Ity
Upper River
Idaho Improvement Company
Fine Instruments Arrive for Lewiston Band Display
Three fine band instruments arrived Wednesday for the Lewiston band and are on display in the east window of Meuli & Lomax store. The $250 instruments include a double EF flat tube valve trombone and cornet. J. W. York & Sons of Grand See Mich. manufacture them, with potential purchase by Mr. J. B. Pollard if satisfactory.
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Lewiston
Meuli & Lomax
J. W. York & Sons
Grand See Mich
J. B. Pollard
Clarkston Faces Fire Protection Dilemma Amid Water Pressure Talks
Clarkston's city council debates fire protection as Vineland promises adequate pressure once big ditch work finishes. A proposal by C A Hastings to standardize hose size with Lewiston earns council support to aid in major fires. The hose and hydrant issue was postponed until mains deliver stronger pressure. The Teller prints the news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarkston
Vineland Company
C. A. Hastings
Lewiston
Hastings
Harness Theft Affects Bartlett and Cox Barn
A set of harnesses from Bartlett and Cox was stolen from their feed barn Tuesday night. Frank Prine found his team deprived of its harnesses Wednesday morning, with the loss at 25 dollars. Police report no trace of the thief. A pardon petition for Joseph Cook, serving time at Walla Walla for attempted hold up, circulated in Spokane and Lewiston amid governor’s deliberations.
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Bartlett & Cox
Frank Prine
Joseph Cook
McBride
Washington
Walla Walla
Joe
Spokane
R. H M. Farland
Cook
Olympia
Lewiston
Big Grain Sale at Lapwai by Loper Bros
Loper Bros sold 11 200 bushels of brewing barley at 80 cents per hundred to Vollmer Clearwater company yesterday. Barley grade is first class and grown on Tom Beal ridge. Field averaged 50 bushels per acre, with potential 60 if heads hadn’t fallen. The grain is stored at the Lapwai warehouse and about 200 acres of wheat are being threshed nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loper
Loper Bros
Lapwai
Raymond House Sold to Reed of Grangeville for 40000
Papers ready for signatures to finalize the sale of the Raymond house property by W K Timberlake & Co. to Geo K Reed of Grangeville. Purchase price understood at 40000. Sale pending since earlier in the week when Reed visited Lewiston. Davidson holds hotel lease until March next. Reed and Davidson may decide on lease transfer. Reed, a long-time Jersey house proprietor in Grangeville, may operate locally if Jersey house sale to Smails of Walla Walla closes and spring plans materialize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond House
W. KE. Timberlake & Co
Geo. K. Reed
Grangeville
Reed
Lewiston
Davidson
Messrs. Reed
Reedis
Jersey House
Smails
Walla Walla
Wash
Heavy rains at Nezperce bring farmers back to work
Three days of rain dimmed early week hopes in Nezperce but sunshine returned with no crop damage. Fifteen threshers resumed work yielding 40 to 50 bushels per acre, while Frank Aiment prepares his own crop with a newly received combine. Local businesses gear up for winter trade as infrastructure expands and schools plan a September start. news of Will Rooke’s arrest for horse stealing follows a sequence of warrants and transfers culminating in his capture at Cottonwood.
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Nezperce
Ffteen
Frank Aiment
A. S. Thurber
Lewiston
Kamiah Hill
Electric Light Company
Greer
William Larson
Goode
Farmers' State Bank
Kamiah Trading Company
Wm. Shoemaker
Will Rooke
Cottonwood
Grangeville
Foresman
Rooke
Eagle Creek
Hank Trimble
Westlaire
Neal Maynard
Trimbler
Salmon River
Reese
Schuldt
Westlake
Maynard
Forseman
Idaho County
Nezeree
Sfore
Idaho
Spokane
Thompson in Moscow for business venture
G. W. Thompson travels to Moscow for business purposes amid unspecified dealings. Confirmations or details not included in the fragment.
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Dent
Butler
CEL
Wholesale & Retail
E. L. Russell
Chase & Sanborn’s
United States
Main St
Foundry
Craig Mountain Lumber
G. W. Thompson
Moscow
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