Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-12-18

that was during the three months includ-
ing January, 1895, when occurred the big
powder explosion. The coroner's report
shows that during September, October
and November he held 81 inquests. There
were 10 in September and nine each in
October and November.
The first report of the Montana state
board of sheep commissioners shows that
since March last there were sheared in
this state %, l69, 92l pounds of wool, which
were sold at an average price of Has
cents per pound, bringing in the aggregate
$2,547 ,l07. In addition to their wool, Mon
tana sheep men sold since March l last
5S7,267 pounds of pelts, which, at the
average price of STA cents per pound,
brought them 500, 709.3l. No estimate of
the value of mutton consumed at home
or shipped abroad was made, but the
amount from sales was unusually large
this year.
The survey of the new canal of the
West Gallatin Irrigation Company has
been completed, and it is now definitely
settled that it will be built next spring
The length of the canal will be about 20
miles, and will be taken out one and a
half miles above Shedd's bridges, follow
around the hillsides, thence across God
frey's canyon, and empty into Camp
creek at the head of the lateral of the
upper tor old canal This canal will be
used to irrigate over 10000 acres of land.
Idaho.
j. II. Anderson of Weiser, the state au
ditor, has been elected president of the
Sentinel Publishing Company of Boise.
| The Sentinel is the state organ of the
peoples party.
W. b. McCraw sentenced at Moscow to
Is years in the pententiary for criminal
assault on Florence Cartwright, has been
released on $4,000 bail, pending an appeal
to the supreme court.
The dam and ditch for the electric light
plant is about completed at Salmon City.
The water will be taken from the Lemhi
about mile above here, near the flour
mill, and the power house situated near
the Lemhi bridge. The machinery and
supplies have been ordered and the work
will be carried forward with all possible
speed.
The Great Northern is the second rail
road company to pay its taxes i'll Koo-
tenai county for 1897. Assessor Callahan
] received the company's check for 1922
3349S, which is the total of it's taxes for
/ this year. Several school districts through
which that line runs get large slices in the
way of special school taxes. District No.
40 gets $1,000, No 1902 and No. IA ST To-
! British Columbia.
/ A company is about to develop the coal
/ mines at the north end of Vancouver
/ island.
A couple of enterprising Victorians
! have expeditions out visiting Indian vii
! lagos along the coast, buying such Alaska
/ dogs as they can find to supply to men
/ fitting out in this city for the Klondike
At the next sitting of the provncial
/ legislature John Cobaldick, mine owner
and capitalist, will apply for an act to
incorporate a company to develop and
! turn TO commercial use the rich iron de
/ posts ON the coast lines of British Co
lumbia The company proposes to con
! stluct blast furnaces and rolling mills
The entire line of the Crows Nest Pass
road with the exception of a little piece
/ near Goat river has been finally located
! Work on the Kootenay lake end of the
road is fairly under way and contracts
/ for 20 miles of the road from Goat river
east will be given as soon as Contractor
Armstrong can sublet the work. He is
finding no little trouble in getting men
who will accept sub-contracts from him
as it is stipulated that the men shall be
| maid only 81 so Der day