Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-05-22
NORTHWEST NEWS AND NOTES.
Items of Interest From Idaho, Mon
tnna and Washington.

Items of Interest From Idaho. Mon
tnnn and Washington.
The Whatcom county salary warrants
for April We're sold for 90 cents.
The lOng-distance telephone line will be
extended from Everett to Arlington.
/ Island county reports a great increase
! in the potato acreage this year.
/ The April fees turned over to the treas
urer of Clarke county by the auditor,
clerk and sheriff amounted to $30469.
Klickitat farmers are taking advantage
of the good roads and spare time to maui
in their surplus wheat and quite luan-
tity of it is being received daily at '.he
Dalles.
The Chehalis Valley creamery worked
up little more than 900 pounds of
milk during April, and the quantity will
likely be third larger in May.
a Blaine man is endeavoring to interest
eastern capital in a plant for Blaine fer
utilizing the refuse from the salmon can
neries and dog fish for the manufacture
of commercial fertilizer.
Those desiring to take the examination
for the United States engineering depart
ment of the civil service can do so by up
plying to W. l.. Geary, secretary of the
examining board, room COZ Burke Dulld-
ing. Seattle. for application blanks.
Sixteen horses were sent from Port
Townsend last year to the Cook inlet
country to operate a pack train. and. al
though they had plenty of food, eight
head died from the effects of cold during
the winter. Another company operating
81 horses at the same place lost the entire
outfit. The horses were common caylses,
and it is said they paid for themselves and
their transportation north 10 times over
before succumbing to the cold.
State Treasurer Young has been de-
handing of the county treasurers that
they remit to the state not only the orig
inal assessment for the state taxes col
lected after delinquency, but the pen llty
and interest on such taxes as well. The
treasurers of the respective counties have
been inclined to resist payment of the adj
dition to the tax assessed but the assist
ant attorney general has just rendered an
opinion wherein he holds the state aas-
urer Is right in his demands.
Two meetings of the Baptist people Of
Washington and Idaho, which will be spe-
cially interesting to the people of TekOa
Will take place in the near future, says the
/ Times, The first is the annual meeting of
/ the Spokane association of Baptist
churches, which will be held at the church
/ in Tekoa June 10 to Is. The second is an
assembly under the auspices of the Pap
fist Young Peoples Union of eastern
! Washington and northern Idaho, 10 be
held at Chatcolet June 20 to July 8.
Idaho.
The high water in the river near Star
| destroyed about II acres of one mans
ranch.
! The eastern Idaho district Epworth
! League will meet in Pocatelo May rs and
/ continue three days.
The board of education of Boise has
made some changes in the salaries of the
teachers of the city schools which will
| take effect this coming year. The plan
! in view was to recognize the worth OF
| the present teachers and il any ad-
vance was made to give them the bene-
/ fit. The salaries of some of the posi-
tons have been reduced, as those will be
filled by new teachers whose value has
not been demonstrated
| The Ada county assessors are having
some trouble in collecting poll taxes, some
claiming that they can not De collected
under the law. Others say that they
were not compelled to pay them last year
and they think they can get off this time.
! There were only about 20 collected in all
last year out of a total os nearly 5000
voters. The assessors say that no one
will escape and that all must observe
the law in this respect.
Montana.
The outstanding warrants against the
general fund of Helena amount in all
to about $345. 900, and the entire indebted
ness of the city in bonds and warrants is
$736, S1255
Last year at Butte there were $50 per-
mits issued for structures OF the esti-
mated cost of 1888, 264, against 3O6 permits
issued the preceding year for buildings
costing 1914, S57
y bunch of six antelope have located
/ in the river bottom about j. S. White
! heads ranch near Chinook. They were
! seen within 80 yards of the Catholic
! church. Luckily for them the game law
! protects them and there are enough gall
/ liant sportsmen around town 10 watch one
/ another
( A live stock broker at Miles City re-
/ ports the following sales; 1860 yearling
ewes at 81 500 stock cattle at $23, 400 stock
cattle at $23. 100 stock cattle at $24. 5000
Texas cattle (three years. at $50. delivery
at Clayton, \. NJ; 1000 and 4-year-old
steers at $33. delivery at Miles City; 700
Gallatin valley steers, 2-year-olds, at So,
on cars at Bozeman, 200 2-year-old heit-
| ers at Bozeman, $l5; 1000 Idaho steers,
yearings. at SIG; rs at so; 5000 stock cat
/ tie al 500 small lunches of the stock at
/ $l9 and $50.
Regarding the wool crop this year,
sheep men arriving in Great Falls are
! of one opinion. ard that IL that the clip
/ for 1897 Will be much heavier than in 1896.
/ They also say that owing 10 the mild
winter weather wool will be of far bet
I ter grade.
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