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Newspaper
Lewiston Daily Teller
Location
Lewiston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1905
Page
2
Representative Smith of Nez Perce leads the push to extend the present state textbook contract for six years arguing continuity is preferable to new selections though educators statewide deem current options unsatisfactory. The state superintendent and normal schools warn that books impede grade unity and proper instruction.
The Salt Lake Tribune piece mocks Smoot witnesses naming McConnell Holtzheimer Whitcotton and others as flowers in a garden of praise. It likens McConnell to a lily, Holtzheimg to a crocus, and Whitecotton to violets, praising their conduct and urging senators to keep the bouquet for a possible farewell tribute.
City officials face rising demands for crime protection fire and disease control and greater schooling while taxpayers protest high burdens. Municipal spending grows with sanitary advances, but revenue gaps persist as officials envy New York’s larger police fire budgets and expanded public services.
The piece notes Chicago’s annual school and city costs totaling 25 million, a sinking fund debt of 400 million, and calls for extensive borrowing to fund improvements. It quotes Mayor McClellan’s message about overcrowded schools despite new buildings, staffing shortfalls in police and fire, and a looming water system cost of 90 million. It argues population growth strains revenues, provoking tax backlash, and urges cutting waste and raising output before seeking more funds.
In a Walla Walla Union tale, Col Jim Ham Lewis brands removing a hat in a public elevator as boorish. He theatrically notes he never does so unless an elderly woman enters, a quip that mocks any standard of courtesy. The piece lampoons manners and age judgments amid a humorous discussion.
COE COMMISSION reports wheat and corn futures lifting in Minneapolis with May wheat at 11.17% before a drop amid large receipts. World shipments for the week total 7,232,000 bushels. Cash wheat holds strong. corn and oats dip slightly. Provisions stay firm with heavy hog receipts. Stocks open strong but ease. recommend purchases including St. Paul, Union Pacific, Missouri Pacific, The Tractions, The Steels and Copper.
Washington reports that gross postal receipts of the fifty largest U S post offices rose about nine per cent in December 1904 compared with December 1903. Peoria Illinois led with a twenty two per cent gain while Portland Missouri dropped four per cent and St Joseph Missouri slipped one tenth of one per cent. New York saw near six per cent and Chicago about fourteen per cent.
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