Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-06-18
NORTHWEST BREvITIES
PROGRESS IN DEVELOPMENT OF
THE COUNTRY's RESOURCES.
New Industries and Matters of Gen.
eraI Interest In Idaho. Montana
and Washington.

La Conner is shipping TWO tonS VI
salmon daily to Seattle.
There are about 100000 feet of logs
in the bay at Shelton and 100000 feet
in the Port Blakely boom near New
Kamilchie.
Grasshoppers are causing some dam
age in Asotin county.
Variety theaters have been closed by
the city authorities at Spokane, and
the proprietors of gambling resorts no
titled to quit
The Aberdeen postoffice will be made
an international office after July
next.
Within the last two weeks 2700 head
of cattle have been sold from Mont
gomery ridge and Asotin creek ranges.
Total collections at the custom house
at Tacoma for the month of May were
$5059.86.
The Homeopathic State Medical AS
ISOLATION at it's annual meeting at Ia
coma elected the following officers.
President, DR.. w. W. Misner, Tacoma;
secretary, DR.. Baldwin, Seattle; treas
urer, DR.. Kimball, Seattle.
Blaine Is to have new cannery with
a daily capacity of $4,000 cases. The
company will not operate any fish traps
this year, but will buy their salmon
from the fishermen for the seasons
output.
Governor Rogers of Washington has
appointed j. e. Baker of Tracyton,
Kitsap county, horticultural commits
sioner; w. p. Adams, New Whatcom,
commissioner of labor; William Black
man, Seattle, assistant commissioner OF
labor. The two, with one other, yet to
be appointed, will compose the new
bureau of labor.
During May the Chehalis Valley
creamery received $4,000 pounds of
milk, from which 4377 pounds of butter
nd 6E00 mounds of cheese made
The farmers are paid for their milk on
a butter basis at 81 cents net The
May payroll was almost $1100 says the
Chehalis Bee.
1t has been discovered at South Bend
that the leaf of the record book in the
county clerks Office which contained a
copy of the bond of ex-County Treasur-
er Lockwood for $4,000 has been cut
out. The original bond has been miss
ing for some months. Suit has been
pending for nearly two years to recov-
er from the bondsmen.
Assistant Attorney General Vance
has advised Auditor Cheatham that he
is authorized to issue certificates of
Indebtedness against the penitentiary
revolving fund and the state grain in
spection fund. There have been no
appropriations made by the legisla-
ture to pay expenses which should be
paid out of those funds.
Suit has been begun at Seattle by A.
A. Denny against the Northern Pacific,
Yakima and Kititas Irrigation Com
pany, John Collins, M. v. b. Stacy and
George Brown and T. B. Wallace of Ia
coma, as administrators of the estate
of Paul Schulze deceased. Mr.. Denny
loaned the company large sums OF
money, and now asks for judgment
against Stacy for $64, 02 and interest
against Collins for $50,650S1 and inter
est, and against the irrigation COM
many for S14 600.
Dwelling houses are reported scarce
at Harrison, Idaho.
William Alley, Boise. United States
deputy surveyor, has left with gang Of
eight men to work on surveying con
tract in the northern part of Boise coun
ty, embracing three townships.
A project is on foot to raise the Lap
wal Indian school from an agency
school to department school, with au
thority and facilities to receive pupil!
from all reservations in the Pacific
northwest.
Two prisoners in the county Jail a
Pocatello broke out the other after
noon. The prisoners were in the Jail
yard exercising. Tailor Cunningham
was with them, but they suddenl.
knocked a hole through the corner o
the Jail fence and made dash tina
carried them to freedom.
The supreme court of Idaho hold
that failure to take out a license by
mortgage company does not invalidat
a mortgage, but simply makes the com
pany liable to fine. The court ais
finds that the interest coupons bearing
interest themselves from maturity ar
compound interest and contrary to law
Montana.
Merchants National bank will be or
ganized at Glendive with capital O
$4,000.
The close of the second school yea
of the Montana State university at Mis-
soula shows an enrolment of 176 stu
dents, an increase of Al over the frs
years enrolment. There Is every In
dication that the number will be large
ly increased during the next schoC
year.
The state supreme court of Montan
decides that the law requiring mum
cipalities to purchase existing waite
plants before going into the water bus
ness on their own account is unconst
tutional and void.
Jacob Leob has been presented wit
veterans jewel by Excelsior lodge M
of Helena, of which he has been
member for many years, Mr.. Loeb wa
the first Odd Fellow initiated in Nor
tana. He Joined the order 80 years ag
in Helena and has remained membe
III BOOu ever SlnCS.
Acting Governor A. E. Spriggs ha
appointed three delegates at larg
to represent Montana at the Farmer
National congress which will be hel
in st. Paul August 81. September l. 2,
4, s, 6, next. The delegates will serv
two years. They are: Caldwell EC
wards of Bohemian; State Senator Ale
Metzel of Fuller Springs, and Henr
Whaley of Canton.
The police report of Butte. fC
May shows that there were 495 arrest
made, 327 males and 16S females. {
this number $3.50 were for violating cit
ordinances and 1876 under the state Law
Convictions obtained in city cast
317, dismissals and complaints will
drawn 40, cases pending 4. Convi'
tions obtained in state cases 80. di
missals and complaints withdrawn 3
cases pending 81. During the pa;
month "a persons have called at III
city Jail for lodging and have been a.
commodated.