The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1893-07-15

washington, ana It's acting governor
during much of the period marked by
Indian outbreaks and the Indian war of
1S53.57.
John Hobbins, an old-time sheepman
and who came to Montana in 1864, shot
Cora Brotherton on the Great Falls &
Canada railway Sunday night She
will probably recover.
The total grant of lands in the state
of Washington for all purposes except
the Indemnity school lands and the
grant for university purposes amounts
to 622, 900 acres.
Toe largest train of logs that was
ever hauled In Skagit county was
brought into Anacortes last Saturday,
and consisted of twenty-five cars that
scaled over 100000 feet, says the Amer
lean.
The department rifle competition for
the department OF California and the
Columbia will be held at Vancouver
barracks, Wash, commencing Aug. 81,
under the direction of Lieutenant-Colo-
mel Edward Moale, Third infantry.
Boiler Inspector Gundaker of Idaho is
busy man. The law requires that all
the engineers in the state shall be ex-
"hAhSo Wy mug. - anu wi. N1unudhGI Is
bound to accomplish that task if he has
to work day and night.
The state board of health of Washing
ton has passed a resolution that mem
bers of the board employ veterinary
surgeons to hunt down cases of CHAMBERS
and tuberculosis, and get permission to
kill the diseased animals or advertise
the owners.
AT the reunion of Polk county pioneers
at Dallas on the Fourth the gold medal
for the oldest pioneer couple was
awarded to d. r. Lewis and wife of
Lewisville. j. B. Embree, born in 1S47,
was given the prize for being the oldest
native born son of Polk.
County Commissioner Gibson reports
to the Palouse Gazette that all crops in
the southeast portion of Whitman coun-
ty are looking finely, the grain being
pretty we'll along, much of it having
already headed out. Summer fallow
blowing is all completed and having
win begin Aug 1. The squirrels have
quit their ravages.
Upon the silver dollar, says the Butte
Miner, appear the words, "In God We
Trust"-not for the other AZ cents. as
our funny goldbug friends will say, but
for ultimate Justice. Just now it is
contest between God and the goldbugs,
and no matter what day or a month
may bring forth, there can be no ques-
tioG as to the final outcome.
According to the annual report of the
city clerk Of Walla Walla the net debt
Of the city on June 30, 1898, was ST. ,127,
an increase of $l4,33I during the year.
The police department cost SIS ,973;
health department, SO, 2G6; street light
ing, IS, 343; fire department. So ,996, and
the street department, $23,037. The
total expenses of the city during the
year were $S5, 284.
UP to the present time there have
been used in the ietty at the mouth of
the Columbia over 600, 900 tons of rock.
When completed the jetty will repre-
sent an expenditure of SO per lineal
foot. The total length of the ietty, as
constructed from the receiving wharf,
Is four and three quarter miles, of which
four and one-quarter miles are the ietty
proper, and one-half mile is the APP
proach TO the wharf. This is believed
to be by far the longest jetty built in
the world.
The census just taken by Agent j. j.
Walsh of the Ceur d'Alene reservation
shows 44S CnUr d'Alenes and Al Spo-
kanes now occupying the reservation.
There are 1873 families who own 155
houses, many ia miles having two houses,
one on their ranch and one at De Smet
mission. There are SO school children.
Last year the Indians had 1880 acres
under cultivation and sold S4S 900 worth
of produce and stock. This year they
have about 10000 acres in crops or
nearly 100 acres to each family.
The townships which will be surveyed
by j. Il. Roberts include all the settle
ments of ranchers in Spring coulee and
Salmon river valley, part of Johnson
creek and the towns of Conconully and
Ruby. In the language of the contract
they include townships 33, "a and IS
NORTH range %, and township 80, range
26. The three former lie in a tier along
the Salmon river valley and the latter
one just east of 33. Township 33 Joins
already surveyed land an the Okanogan
township<35 extends as far north as the
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