The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1893-09-02

vance of the train Sunday morning, re-
ports the Medical Lake Ledger, bring
ing with them a supply of morning
papers, for which they found ready sale.
Montana mines have paid in dividends
since January 1, 1898, SSH, 625, divided
as follows: Bald Butte, $500; Bime.
tallic, 100000; Elkhorn, Sl5s.l25;
Hecla Consolidated, S1l5, 900; Hope,
$500 Iron Mountain, $4,000; Par
rot, $4,000
Montana is terribly in earnest over
the fight for silver. Everywhere an
effective boycott is organized against
eastern firms opposed to silver. The
Dakota congressman being counted for
unconditional repeal, Dakota -four has
been shut out of Montana markets.
An Indian named Thomas, who was
injured while horse racing az St. Joe
Wednesday, died Thursday night and
was buried at the mission. The
Tekoa Globe reports that Chief Saltice
went to St. Joe the other dav and is
sued an order stopping all racing for the
present.
The largest shipment of fresh fish
ever sent across the continent left New
Westminster Thursday for Montreal.
IL consisted of six carloads of salmon
aggregating 100000 pounds. The sal
mon run at New Westminster is heavier
than ever before known on the river.
Puget Sound is soon to be honored
with visit from Prince Ferdinand,
son of the archduke of the same name.
who is a brother to Emperor Francis
Joseph of Austria. The young prince is
making tour of the world, accom-
panied by large suite. He will arrive
about September s.
A wrecking crew are still at work on
the Annie Faxon. The engine and
other machinery has been recovered.
The Lewiston Teller says: The cylin-
ders and shafts are in good condition
and can be used again. new boat
will be built at once for this run, using
the old machinery of the Faxon and a
new boiler.
Salmon have been running up the
river and streams in the vicinity of
Port Angeles in enormous numbers
during the last few weeks. In one haul
OF his net on the Elwha, S. Goodwin
caught 5000 large salmon. It took a
team of horses and eight men to drag
them out of the water and it took nine
trips of large farm wegon to carry
them away.
AT the DeSmet mission schools there
are now 80 novices and go Indian pupils
who are taught blacksmithing, carpen.
tering' farming, shoemaking, ETC., in
addition TO their regular studies. In
the convent are 26O girls, 100 of whom
are learning dressmaking, and 100 mil
linerY. All are taught music, singing
and cooking in addition to other studies
and the mission church is said to have
a very fine choir. Some of the Indiar
girls are said to possess particularly
fine voices.
An exchange says: 'sThe state o.
Washington will have for export thi.
year $1,000, 900 bushels OF wheat, 3OO.-
O0O,0 bushels of barley and 1,5oO, OOC
bushels of oats. The yield of wheat /.
estimated at 80 bushels to the acre
The fruit crop is estimated to be worth
$1,000,O00 and is about 90 per cent o.
average" This isthe wildestyet. Tn,
entire cereal exports of the United
States will not reach these figures b,
half. Washington's exports of grair
this year will not exceed 10000, OOt
bushels and even that showing is won
derful and gratifying.
The widow Bosley and P. Browdet
while picking huckleberries on Cum
mons creek one day last week cam,
across an old bear and two cubs. The
cubs were chased up a tree, wher,
they were safely guarded by Mrs. Bosle,
while Browder walked to a mill, twr
miles distant, and returned with a gun
While the widow was standing at tn,