Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-12-24
CHANCES OVER NORTHWEST
BIG OUTPUT OF APPLES IN IDAHO
Washington shippers Complaining
of a Lack of Cars-Freshets Help
ing the Log Drivers-Anteiope
Plenty in Teton County, Mont.

The Catholic church fair at Colfax net
ted 1882
The trial of Alfred J. Symes for the
murder of Lew Conlee has been set for
December - at Colfax.
The public library of Walla Walla has
been enlarged by the addition of about
400 new books.
The state law making it compulsory
for children above a certain age to attend
school is to be enforced in Pierce county.
Sunset lodge No. IL of New Whateom,
lodges, has consolidated with Sehome
lodge No. 81, under the name of What
com No. 100. Sunset was organized in
1888.
The freshets will result in big drives of
logs on the rivers in Snohomish county
About 100000 feet will come out on
the Stillaguamish and l. 100000 feet on
the Snohomish.
The Port Angeles Tribune-Times has
been sold by Charles Timer to NJ. j.
Corrigan, Mary A. Corrigan and Will A.
Sparks. Mr.. Corrigan is the newly APP
poinated deputy collector OF customs at
Port Angeles.
A mortgage foreclosure suit has been
filed in Pierce county against the Tacoma
Land company for $450,000, the amount
alleged to be due ON 100000 loan
made by the Provident Life and Trust
company of Philadelphia in September,
1895, to the Tacoma Land company.
While attempting to cross the Skyko-
mish river from the mines east of Index
in a small canoe Adolph McRea was
drowned. His brother, Budd McRea, was
killed in rockslide in these mines about
a year ago. Alex Jones had narrow
escape. He was taken out of the river
unconscious, but except for few bruises
he is all right.
A Gray's Harbor fisherman says that
the falling off of the catch in silverside
salmon there this season is fully so per
cent. The pack of the cannery at Aber-
deem is only 10000 cases, against $1,000
last year. The new hatchery on the Che
halls river will, it is expected, check this
diminution in supply and restore the in
dustry.
The assistant superintendent of con
struction of the Crows Nest Pass railway
announces that it is the intention to con
struct branch of the line into and be
yond Fort Steele, leaving the main line
at the nearest practicable point and go
ing beyond the town to the North Stai
and Sullivan mines.
The Thurston County Horticultural So
ciety has appointed a committee to con
fer with the board of trade, with view
to providing market for Thurston coun
!, ty fruit and to advertise this county as
horticultural section. The output O
fruit is greatly increasing here from yea
> to year, and the people are confronted
with necessity for either getting mar
ket abroad or working for the establish
ment of canneries and driers at home
Montana.
The next meeting of the Montana Stat
! Teachers Association will be held in Hell
: ena between Christmas and New Year
day.
, Rev. j. A. Jennings of Livingston
= = Mont, has accepted the call extended +
:, him by the First Baptist Church of Ana
conda, and will be located there BY DE
: cember l.
Tracklaying on the Gaylord and Rub
Valley railroad viii begin in a few day.
The road will be completed to Iron Ro
e this season. and if the weather permit
will be completed up to Twin Bridges.
T The Rocky Mountain Bell Telephon
n company has determined to extend il
= line to Teton county, and it is learne
that the line will start from Cascade, rur
;, ming thence, via Flowerree's ranch, t
= Augusta, and thence to Choteau, di
lance of 20 miles from the main line {
the company
10 DR.. Knowles, the Montana state veter
: marian, reports very little lumpy jaw i
the state and scarcely any tuberculos
among range cattle. He expresses I'll
,e opinion that tuberculosis will never |
II prevalent, as diseased animal cannot Ii,
y on the range through Montana winter.
&c According to the official records of tt
N Chicago stock yards, Montana furnishe
the market with 2l60 cars of cattle an
232 cars of sheep during the month of O
tober. The same authority states thi
= up to November western range catt
receipts this season We're 22l, ZOO hea
~ coilpdleu Will zOo,oUU nedu IN 1880.
The Willard Cattle company, which r
~ Gently made an assignment, has filed wit
y, the county clerk at Billings an inventor
of the eompany's property. The total Ii
g bilities are $l0S,273.35, of which all b.
! $5lS.SS is in notes. The assets, consis
- ing of real estate and personal propert
- aggregate 93,593.60.
= The equalized assessment of Montar
- announced by the state board of equaliz
- ton the other day shows an increase oy
- 1896 of $lO,059,584. Decreased valu
~ lions We're reported from only three cou
:, ties. The total assessment of the sta
"A is $l30,757 900. The railroad assessme
~ was increased $4,000 this year.
The Cruise wool clips of 1895 and Isl
were stored at the ranch on Flat Willie
until this season, and actually gained
n. weight during storage. The clips of thr
mr. years, amounting to about 1000
il pounds, were sold at Billings recently
v. Is cents straight. The Cruise ranch al
had big mutton output this year, sol
IL 900 lambs, selling at $l.75 per head
te j. B. Long, the sheep and mutton spt
to ulator of Syracuse, ILL.,, has purchased t
u entire sheep outfit of Frank McBrearl
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