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Newspaper
Lewiston Daily Teller
Location
Lewiston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1877
Page
4
A collage of quips and small anecdotes from Philadelphia Boston and Oregon era papers. Jests about sheriffs offices crooked lawyers and crooked morals mingle with estimates of Snake River country output and Portland land values. Miscellany offers light humor and regional observations with names and places of the era.
The Chicago Times London Special reports a London press push for Britain to defend interests in the East, with war fears rising over Turkey, Russia, and potential conflict. Liberals plan a Birmingham rally for Gladstone, while merchants brace for war risks and Suez traffic declines. Telegraphs from Vienna, Berlin, and Paris warn of a general collision as Parliament contemplates instant war to protect British interests.
A moral on trustworthiness and punctuality. The faithful worker who keeps every engagement gains money and steadiness, while the unreliable one loses opportunities and cash. A young mechanic who forms punctual habits early will prosper in life and work.
In Whitman county at Union Flat a man reports striking it rich while land hunting. He says 160 acres of alkali free, brush free fertile ground exists, saying it could be turned into a prolific harvest in a single season. He notes paying 40 dollars an acre would not suffice and plans to file at the Land Office with his sons to become farmers.
May 29 Ipano LAND Register in Wasuina Ton reports the President has appointed Edward McTimoney of the District of Columbia as register of the land office at Boise City Idaho for Oregonian.
C W Moore reports to the Statesman about the Empire mine in Owyhee where a narrow vein of gold rock, eight to fifteen inches wide, shines with gold. Fifty feet along the vein reveals glittering pieces as large as a man’s head. past work yielded about 60,000 dollars, with current superintendent Townsend finding even richer returns. Expenses run about one hundred dollars daily, Moore offering to cover costs for any gold he can pound out in a common mortar. No other site in Owyhee approaches the vein’s wealth.
A Oregonian notes to Yamhill Reporter about the Palouse country. Surface features are abrupt buttes with rich soil and high fertility if tilled. Best agricultural land lies in small named valleys. Immigration is rising with rail and wagon traffic, and Willamette Valley settlers are moving in, boosting population quickly.
On recommendation of Commissioner Williamson the land office at Beaver Utah will be discontinued and the district consolidated with Salt Lake. Orders for several similar consolidations will be issued in a few days.
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