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Newspaper
Lewiston Daily Teller
Location
Lewiston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1903
Page
2
The Lewiston Teller lists weekly subscription at 1.50 per year six months and three months for Asa Oe. Post office class mail entry noted as second class.
Idaho reports 700000 acres under cultivation and irrigation with an assessed agricultural value of 31.25 dollars per acre. Fruit suitable land is valued from 50 to 500 dollars per acre, reflecting regional productivity and market potential.
Secretary Shaw, in Chicago, voiced confidence in the nation's financial and industrial stability. He warned that any disaster would be psychological, not logical, and noted no single fact or combination points to collapse, a view likely displeasing panic producers amid halted building plans and suspended railroad projects.
The Northern Pacific reports 1903 net earnings of 22 million dollars, up two million from 1902, with Clearwater country singled out as a key contributor. Lewiston merchants and retail distributors largely rely on the line, fueling debate over service and rates amid Spokane competition. In Jersey City a new Peoples Palace church plans extensive amusements to lure souls, while Indians face pressure from progress in Spokane as education advances.
A Milwaukee audience moment at Uncle Josh Spruceby leads to a quip about not exposing ghosts. Milwaukee’s milk purity buzz, Northern Pacific earnings, Lewiston streetcar plans, Idaho fruit, Seattle vacancies, and Lewiston pride appear in a whirlwind of brief notes and local color as the football season nears and life’s basics loom for the tensorial artist’s children.
Franklin I. Shissler of Newsom died Monday at age 73. Born in Sanbury Pennsylvania he trained as a machinist in Trenton New Jersey and lived in Peru Australia and other lands. He was among California argonauts in the early 1850s and went to Idaho in 1862. He settled in Florence for 11 years then moved to the prairie and five years ago to Newsome. He leaves several sons and was known as a typical pioneer by old timers.
In Grangeville the jury quickly found Max Geidl guilty of horse stealing after an hour of deliberation. Geidl and Robert Brown traveled through Idaho and Nez Perce counties last fall, stealing horses and were captured near Missoula Montana. Brown received a 12 year sentence at Lewiston. Geidl awaits sentencing.
Salem to Portland report says the State Board of Portage Railway Commissioners ordered the Attorney General to begin condemnation proceedings against the O R and N Co to obtain a portage road right of way near Celilo. Engineer Hammond will supply data on the proposed route and its 35 foot to one mile encroachment. He noted eastern Oregon backers offered to raise at least 50 000 to secure the project if needed to lower freight costs.
Miss Ruth Bryan, daughter of William Jennings Bryan, is to wed William Homer Leavitt, a New York portrait painter, on Saturday October 3. The engagement follows a publicized family struggle with her father over the match, with invitations to the ceremony expected to be sent by the Bryans of Lincoln, Nebraska.
Several legal notices including a dissolution of partnership with Jordan continuing as agent, a sheriff sale of Nez Perce County real estate in Lewiston Idaho for taxes due from 1891, and a bankruptcy discharge petition for Samuel L. Perrine with court orders. Also includes a public land filing notice for Happpie Mason and witness list.
Real estate in Clarkston and Vineland has surged 50 to 500 percent in recent years. A rare chance where both wealthy individuals and those with little can profit in property, with cash discounts and easy terms for building homes. Lewiston Water & Power Co offers the viewing without obligation.
Public notice compiles multiple filings for final proofs on land claims in Idaho and Washington Territory. Names include Charles E Leachman Marion Rich Melita Hausman Luella Phina and witnesses from Lewiston, Lapwai, Genesee and Walla regions. Proceedings list dates October 1903 and November 1903 with locations Lewiston and Genesee for proofs and filings under timber and public land acts.
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