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Newspaper
Lewiston Daily Teller
Location
Lewiston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1901
Page
5
A Rathdrum audience wakes to three inches of snow in June shocking Idahoans who relocated eastward. The Kootenai County Republican voices amusement and urges patience before judging Idaho’s climate, noting new arrivals should withhold judgment until year’s end crop outcomes.
Large wool sales at Mountainhome disposed of over 700000 pounds at an average price of 164 cents per pound. Some lots sold as low as 7 cents, others up to 1114 cents. L L Ormsby owned the finest clip and highest price. Idaho Wool Growers association organized the sales with 1200000 pounds sold within 24 hours. Joe Strong of Ogden was a major buyer, purchasing over 7 0 0 0 0 pounds across events. The association estimates saving members about $10000.
Gus Scharfhausen drilled a 366 foot artesian well with a flow over two gallons per minute on his Little Willow Creek ranch, becoming the owner of four flowing wells. Nearby Mrs. Wackerhagen’s 787 foot well produced about 100 gallons per minute. Within twelve hours the Scharfhausen well’s output began to decline, and the cause remains uncertain. The Scharfhausen well has been plugged to test restoration of the Wackerhagen well’s former volume, with no report yet.
A report on N H Cottrell’s sheep shearing operation at Van Sicklin using a large machine driven by a 12 horsepower gasoline engine. The apparatus uses multiple clipped teeth and line shafts to remove winter coats rapidly, with each sheep fed into a dedicated machine. The proprietor notes an average rate of shear output as the process continues.
The text notes a daily output of 1500 to 2000 sheep with skilled workers and good weather, claiming significant wool savings per head. It cites Van Sicklin comparing hand versus machine shearing and cites Cottrell contracting to shear 40,000 head at 13 cents each, with sacks provided by an owner.
A collection of satirical observations on public life and current affairs. The author notes polite baseball conduct, a childless mothers congress in Columbus, Pennsylvania politics, and arbitration progress. Mentions President Loreé of the Baltimore and Ohio, California lynchings, Castro, Loomis, and a frontier novel with nine deaths in chapter one.
A Burlington Route notice urges travelers heading to the exposition or eastward to secure rates first. R B Wilson, traveling agent, Walla Walla, Washington, Hotel Dacres, invites calls or letters for full particulars.
Pullman company has issued the Pullman Ordinary Sleeper to meet tourist travel demand. Cars resemble regular sleepers but lack luxury, include bedding and light housekeeping, and are staffed by a uniformed porter. Trains from Portland carry these cars to Chicago and Kansas City. Granger offers a transfer to a similar car. Rates are lower with service near palace sleepers. For rates and folders write A L Craig Portland Oregon.
Wm F Galbraith, a dentist, operates three doors west of the post office, serving the local neighborhood with dental care in a convenient central location.
The notice advertises round trip fares from $38 to Buffalo and $105.40 for the Camelback route, with Burlington Route selling $76 round trips and two route choices across seven trains on sale dates. It promises quick travel, first-class service, stopovers, and reach to other eastern points with full particulars by contacting R. B. Wilson in Walla Walla Washington.
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