Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-12-18
NEWS OF THE NORTHWEST
a GLANCE OVER THE FIELD
Tax LeVies in Several Counties NJ
Observation-Disclosures Enter
prise i'm Observation-Disclosures Liyh,
Plant at salmon City.

~eluhpla county treasurers office during
the last 30 days has been remarkable.
DIT is estimated that the receipts from
taxes IN Chehalis county for the last quar-
: ter will amount to between 100000 and
100000.
Cowlltz county's tax levy for 1897 will
have to be sufficient to raise the sum of
S79,72S for state, county and school pur-
poses.
In Srohomish county the total amount
of taxes levied for all purposes is $751;
o29O, and the average rate of taxation
is SO mills.
The fifth annual meeting of the Wash
iHgton State Dairymen's Association will
be held in Seattle December %, 90 and 30,
at the rooms of the chamber of commerce.
The butter and cheese exhibit will be
held at the same time and place.
The levee just completed in the Klam-
>rath river bank, which will prevent the
escape of Klamath river water through
the slough into Lost river, will not only
reclaim thousands of acres of land in the
Tule lake valley, but will reclaim many
acres of bottom land that has heretofore
Been overfiowed by slough waters
Prosecuting Attorney Magill, in Cow
ltz county, is holding up the settlement
made between the commissioners and the
Northern Pacific Railway Company for
delinquent taxes. The prosecuting attor-
ney is holding out for at least $35 900
instead of settling at $4,000, the price
agreed upon. There is some question as
to the county's right to collect the tax.
County Treasurer York did land Of
Zee business at Everett in the last two
days of November. He took in almost
$4,000 in taxes in these two days The
mails alone brought in about $4,000.
Thirteen men in different parts OF
Whatcom county have been cited to APP
pear before the superior court on Decem-
Der II for not sending their children be
tween and Is years old to school three
months during the year. Many more eli
tations are to follow The fine is not less
than $40 in each case.
The highest charter rate paid for Puget
sound wheat loading for four years has
lust been given for the British ship Jor-
danhill, 2l67 tons, due from Melbourne
She gets 49s Cd and is chartered for Eu-
rope.
The citizens of Elberton are taking
steps early in the season to prevent the
flooding of the lower part of town, which
usually occurs when the water raises IN
the Palouse river. A large force OF men
and teams have been at work building a
dyke along the bank of the river next to
the town. The dyke, which is several feet
high, was made of fallen tres and brush
covered with dirt.
A milkmans trust has been formed at
New Whatcom, all the retail dealers OF
milk in the county being in 1t.
The Palouse country reports an adj
vance in the price of farm lands.
Montana.
petition for a survey of lands on the
eeded Crow reserve is being circulated
throughout Sweet Grass county.
The Shoshone Irrigation Company has
instructed General Manager George l
Beck to get out the lumber and materla,
Cor the construction of a Touring mil
at Cody early in the spring. =,
The buildings at Fort Buford were sold
1T nublic auction the other day, most OF
them being knocked down to nnchers
living in the immediate vicinity Tor
mere nothing.
Two horsemen from Wisconsin are on
A. Madison in search of smooth, blocky
horses. weighing from 1850 upward iney
are paying $25 for wild horses niiins
these requirements
ST Marks parish OF Anaconda, organ
;uea by J. B. Dosee, +. e. Sargent D. II
Drrston and Others, to build a church ano
maintain a Protestant Episcopal religious
society in Anaconda. has just been III
eorporated. -, -, cows +bot
A dispatch from Glendale says tna'
u,b;le coming down Lion mountain JONI
plonnerbasset and Frank Weber, miner'
- +be Hecla Consolidated, started snow
aide which killed them, making 20 "h'
have been lost in snowslides since 'h'
ros established. Blennerhasset nae
family at Lowell, Mass, and "eooe'
family in Slayer, Iowa.
o~,,orol mountain streams in the upper
oo,rtrv have been choked VIII
small ice gorges, which are Oacklhs III n
.ho water. and small new chahners az
heina made all over the district lra'e
20 aor+od to be extremely dangerous
N ler Montana stockmen have beer
onroaed in gathering up their COWS anl
calves for winter care During Cn' hav,
summer several large stockmen nav nnt
srected sheds, ETC., for this purpose, a4 ~
s sfr[r accommodations to those who no arr
I not prepared, at a fixed price OF % PEI
n nv, and calf for the winter season. !;
cow W. a' county coroner has submitted hi'
,enort to the Silver Bow colnin .;a LII