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Newspaper
Lewiston Daily Teller
Location
Lewiston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1877
Page
3
Owing to Tuesday night rain the Colfax excursion party aiming for Lewiston via Almota failed to reach the greamer at Almota. A small delegation of Lewiston ladies attended the arrival by boat but musicians were away. Colfax friends are urged to reschedule with better notice to ensure hospitality and dance plans.
Oregon newspaper notes a bipartisan push to open the Columbia river route from Astoria to the Columba and Snake rivers. It highlights a new enterprise to rehabilitate and establish navigation, enabling free passage as a major inland highway for commerce, with transportation updates from Me. Lansdon and Solon Hall facilitating travel between Payette Station, Indian Valley, Umatilla, Warrens, and North Idaho.
An Idahoan reports that strawberries and cream will be sown next month, indicating upcoming seasonal planting. The brief note signals readiness and local agricultural timing without broader context or details.
Troops under Capt. Whipple reached a temporary camp in Indian valley a week ago after a tiresome mountain crossing in heavy rain. They planned a ten day march to Grand Ronde river mouth and returned to Indian valley to prepare for summer. Captain J Stump arrived from San Francisco to launch a steamer on Snake river by harvest. Grand Ronde teams haul flour to Umatilla at one cent a pound freight. return freight is scarce. Oregonian notes boats to mouth of Grand Bend river for shipping.
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