The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-12-18
NEWS OF THE NORTHWEST
A GLANCE OVER THE FIELD
Tax Levtea In Several Counties Of
Waahington-IrriEnt Enter
prise In sIontnnR-Electrie Light
Plant AZ salmon City.

The killing Of large numbers Of sage
hens is reported from Kittitas valley,
The way tax payments have rolled into
Columbia county treasurer's office during
the last 80 days has been remarkable.
IL IL estimated that the receipts from
taxes in Chehalis county for the last quar-
ter will amount to between 10000 and
100000.
COwlitx county's tax levy for 1897 will
have to be sufficient to raise the sum OF
f0,TsS for state, county and school pur-
poses.
In Snohomish county the total amount
Of taxes levied for all purposes is $751;.
O02-9O, and the average rate of taxation
Is SO mills.
The fifth annual meeting of the Wash
ington State Dairymen's Association will
be held in Seattle December %. % and so,
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-
ath river hank, 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 overlooked by slough waters.
Prosecuting Attorney Magill, in Cow
litz county, IL 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 $4,000,
instead OF settling at $4,000, the price
agreed upon. There is some question as
to the eounty's right to collect the tax.
County Treasurer York did a land Of
fee 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 $1,000
Thirteen men in different parts OF
Whateom county have been cited to ap-
pear before the superior court on Decem-
Der IL for not sending their children be-
tween and Is years old to school three
months during the year. Many more CT
tations are to follow The fine is not less
than so in each case.
The highest charter rate paid for Puget
sound wheat loading for four years has
Just 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 EIberton 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 FalOuse 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 milkman's trust has been formed al
New WhateOm, all the retail dealers Of
milk in the county being in it.
The PalOuse country reports an ad
vance in the price of farm lands.
Montana.
A petition for a survey Of lands on tbs
eeded Crow reserve is being circulated
throughout Sweet Grass county.
The Shoshone Irrigation Company ha,
instructed General Manager George 7
Beck to get out the lumber and materia
for the construction of a Touring mil
at Cody early in the spring.
The buildings at Fort Buford were SOLD
at public auction the other day, most o.
them being knocked down to raneher,
living in the immediate vicinity for q
mere nothing.
Two horsemen from Wisconsin are or
the Madison in search of smooth, blOcky
horses, weighing from ll5O upward. They
are paying S25 for wild horses filling
these requirements.
st. Marks parish CT Anaconda, organ
lied by j. b. DOsee, F. E. Sargent, j. H
Durston and others, to build a church and
maintain Protestant Episcopal religion:
society in Anaconda, has Just been in
eoTpoTated.
A dispatch from Glendale says that
while coming down Lion mountain Johr
Blennerhasset and Frank Weber, miner
in the Hecla Consolidated, started a snow
slide which killed them, making 20 who
have been lost in snowslides since ths
camp was established. Blennerhasset had
family at Lowell, Mass, and Weber
a family in Slayer, Iowa.
Several mountain streams in the uppel
Teton country have been ehoked with
small ice gorges, which are backing III
the water, and small new channels art
being made all over the district. Travel
is reported to he extremely dangerous.
Northern Montana stockmen have beer
engaged in gathering up their COWS and
calves for winter care. During the past
summer several large stockmen have
erected sheds, etc, for this purpose, and
some have been made sufficiently large tC
afford accommodations to those who ar,
not prepared, at a fixed price of S. Der
COW and calf for the winter season.
The county coroner has submitted hi.
report to the Silver Bow commissioners
covering the three months ending with
November 30. 1t shows that the record
for violent deaths in Butte during that
period was equaled only once before, and
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 22,lG9,92l pounds of wool, which
were sold at an average price of lI.4s
cents per pound, bringing in the aggregate
Ss,547, lO7. In addition to their wool, Mon.
tana sheep men sold since March / last