Here and There Local Notes Mix of Commerce and People
Fragmented late 19th century notes describe salmon spawning, renovated Owl cafe, city saloon license rise to 750, new fashion at Gold Rule store, political nominations, illness, bank debt, beef and lard prices, a lumber bid, Mountain Gem steamer trip, cigar factory hiring, insanatorium site board reorganization, embezzlement case against Frank Lowe, legal ads, and job notices from Chicago wholesale firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owl Cafe
W. M. Morgan
W. G. Barge
Mos
Potlatch Lumber Company
Mountain Gem
Cottonwood Bar
M. B. Gwinn
Boise
Northern
Board of Regents of
the State University
I. F. Roach
George C. Parkinson
Preston
W. H. Ridenbaugh
W. L. Payne
Moscow
Frank Lowe
Culdesac
Starbuck
Riparia
Monroe
A. L. Thompson
B. P. Duffy
Columbus
Néb
Lewiston
Duffy
Golden Rule
Charles Monroe
Lowe
Justice Coburn
John Green
Temple Opera House
A. W. Kroutinger
C. H. Larkin
Colfax
Mr. Kroutinger
Northwest
Chas. Elmer
James McMillan
Elmer
Tribune
Statesman
Agnee
Joseph Pern
Terr- Pe
Sprague Wholesale Co
279
Avenue
Chicago
Heyburn's Work in Senate
Washington report details Senator Heyburn's notable impact in the last congress. As chairman of manufactures he steered the pure food bill, advanced forest reserve and land scrip reforms saving millions of acres, and pushed bills on Indian reservations water rights and mining laws. He also secured pensions for Idaho residents and introduced measures on government boards and land use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Heyburn
Congress
Santo Domingo
Idaho
Coeur d'Alene
Colville Reservation
Coeur d'Alene Reservation
Coeur d'Alene City
Fort Sherman
Snake River
Lewiston
Pittsburg Landing
Lemhi
Tidaho
P. H. B. Moulton
Emmett
Charles Reed
Henry C. Riggs
Geo. W. Sullivan
Wallace
Samuel A. Thomas
Hailey
Mary. Gilroy
Shoshone
Edmund B. Kanada
Moscow
Lucy Lytton
Boise
National Board of Corporation
Alaska
Fort Hall Reservation
Kootenai River
Panama Canal Zone
Affairs of officials and visitors pass through local city
A flurry of names marks a Spokane and Moscow driven week in the city. Politicians lawyers and agents from Idaho Washington and Montana visit or return home, including Black of the Normal Cheney, French of Moscow, Guheen before the supreme court, J. P. Gray of Wallace, C. J. Orland from Moscow, and N. M. Buick among others, while residents travel to Portland Spokane and the Meadows for business and family visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Dahl
Spokane
J. G. Wright
Culdesac
Ellis Small
Gilbert
President Black
the Normal
Cheney
L. Stannus
Orofino
E. Erickson
Kippen
J. H. Clear
Clarkston
Twin Rivers
Edgar Wilson
Freemont Woods
Boise
C. J
Wallace
J. J. Guheen
Supreme Court
Laurie Hastings
Hot Lake
Ore
H. C. Cullom
The
Land Office
Salmon River
EB. C. Burdick
Lower Snake
W. W. Brown
Brown
J. S. Vincent
Grangeville
F. Smails
Walla Walla
Felix Warren
U.S
N. M. Buick
Chas. Park
Idaho Falls
A. Marious
Dillon
Mont
H. & K. Cigar Factory
Co. P. Lund
A. FE. Gallagher
A. H. Featherstone
Pee
M. L. Goldsmith
Spalding
Grale
Geneee
Pasadena
Los Angeles
Michigan
Editors to Travel Boise to Portland and Seattle
Idaho State Press association plans a popular editors tour from Boise on June 23 to Portland to mingle with National Editorial association members at the Lewis and Clark exposition on June 25. The trip continues to Seattle Victoria and Vancouver B C for two to three weeks with a possible Sitka Alaska extension and optional San Francisco leg. Stops at Portland on both legs allow exposition visits and rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho State Press Association
Portland
National Editorial Association
Seattle
Victoria
Vancouver
B.C
Parker
Sitka
Alaska
Association
San Francisco
French Visits Lewiston in Idaho Congressman’s Stopover
Congressman Burton L. French and Mrs. French visited Lewiston, renewing acquaintances at Bollinger House, before returning to Moscow. He touted Idaho interests in Washington, opposed repealing the timber and stone act, backed northwest river and harbor funding, praised Columbia River improvements, and eyed Balies Celilo canal as a continuing project. He plans statewide travel to prep for next session, with arid lands reclamation a key issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton L. French
Harbor
Columbia
Balies-Celilo
French
Washington
Gavel of doubt on Oregon officials amid Washington talk
Colonel W F Butcher of Baker City Oregon argues in Washington that Senator Mitchell and Congressmen Hermann and Williamson are presumed innocent until proven guilty. He cites newspaper clamor factional Republican strife and predicts acquittal when trials proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Oregon
Mitchell
Hermann
Williamson
W. F. Butcher
Baker City
Congress
Sale in Thunder Mountain mining deal reported
George Lindley, a Central Idaho mining man, says the Grizzly claims on Big Creek have sold to Kansas City buyers for 70000 dollars and will be managed soon. The property adjoins Wordenhoff, shows a strong dyke, and is among Big Creek’s finest groups. Development on Sunnyside proceeds with new machinery, and mining is expected to boost production this summer as investment picks up in Thunder Mountain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Lindley
Idaho
Thunder Mountain
Grizzly Group of
Big Creek
Kansas City
Wordenhoff
Grizzly
Sunnyside
Lindley
Thunder Mountain District
Old Boat Lewiston Rebuilt Into Fast River Steamer
The steamer Lewiston will be remodeled at Riparia yards after going off the run. The old hull is discarded while the cabin and upper deck from the present ship are fitted to a new hull. The boiler is moved and machinery largely replaced. Ready mid May, the rebuilt Lewiston is aimed to be the river’s fastest boat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston
Riparia
Annie Faxon
John Gates
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kuhlman Co
Dept. W
Atlas Bldg
Senate
Paris Medicine Co
St. Louis
R. N. Dunn
J. S. Adams
Geo. O. Farr
Mrs. E. Lewis
Col. Butcher
Lewiston Furniture and Under
J. C. Harding
Dessie E. Harding
F. Kettenbach
J. Alexander
George N. Kester
Lewiston National Bank
Re Ee
C. C. Bonnell
J.B. Morris
W.J. Kettenbach
C. Beach George M. Kester
Grace Plafftin Kettenbach
United States
Europe
California
Idaho Trust Co
Geo. H. Lake
Main Street
A. G. Bagley & CO
Guernsey
Newton
Dent & Butler
Lewiston-Clarkston Co
Lewiston Water and Power Co
Clarkston, Wash
Lewiston, Idaho
Clarkston Bridge
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