The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1897-07-17
OVER THE NORTHWEST
NEWS ITEMS FROM WASHINGTON.
IDAHO AND MONTANA.
Hop Growers, Fruit Growers, Wool
Growers and the News of
other Industries.

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fourths of cent pound be the establish
ed rate for picking.
The receipts of the land commissioners
office at Olympia for the quarter Just clos
ed. are 2S,242.lO, as against Slo,65O for
the corresponding period last year.
A Mckee farmer hangs out lanterns III
his corn fields to attract the moths which
Law the eggs which hatch out into worms
in the ears.
General Hazard Stevens has received
from independence, Or, herd OF loO
head of Angora goats and 20 well-preu
Cotswold sheep, with which to stock ms
ranch. south of the city of Olympia.
The receipts for the school fund at the
office of the land commissioner for the
quarter ending June 30, aggregate S2S'-
242.lO. The receipts from Whitman coun-
nv alone for leases of school lands amount
ed to $4,000.
The books of the county auditor show
that the running expenses OF Pacihc couil-
tv. exclusive of salaries, for the fiscal year
ending June 80, were $754S.3S, as com
pared with $l3,O4649 the preceding year.
or a saving of $549Sll.
The reports of the viewers and survey
ors of the state wagon road proposed from
Buckley, Pierce county, on the west slde'
through the Matches pass, to point near
the mouth of the Matches river, ON the
east has been filed in the governor OF
fee. and has received official approval.
George Venabe Smith of Port Angeles,
has returned from Iowa and Chicago,
whittier he went in behalf of the State
Immioration Association. He states that
he has secured 1000 prospective settlers
who are getting ready to come to WASH
inoton. ard he has a few of them with
him, says the Seattle Times
The failure of the recent legislature 10
pass the proposed act abolishing the nsh
trans has had a more disastrous effect IN
Skagit county than even the most pessl-
mistic fisherman dared to predict. Be
tween 400 and 500 gill net fishermen who
Gained a livelihood in the Skagit river
district are going out of business now;
claiming that they cannot make lvlag
at catching fish at l cent per pound the
price at which the fish trap men are at
present more than supplying the de-
mand.
State Fish Commissioner James Craw-
ford has ordered the egg-hatching capac-
itv of the Baker lake sockeye salmon
hatchery to be increased from 100000 10
l2OOO.OOO. The enlargement, necessitat-
inc the erection of new quarters for the
men. will cost about $500, and the hatch
erv will be the largest in the world. The
increased annual cost will be about 500
Montana.
Sweetgrass county is building new
court house at Big Timber.
A large clip of wool has been sold a.
Billings for l34 cents, the highest price tC
date this season in Montana
A large number of horses are being
driven into Montana from points II
Washington and Oregon.
The wool season is about over at Malta
nearly all the clips having been sold a
prices ranging from % to IL cents.
An investigation into the affairs of tn
state reform school shows that each in
mate costs the taxpayers $34 per month
Convicts in the state penitentiary cos
about $1,000 per month.
A new garbage crematory is placed OF
wheels at Butte to be drawn around tn
streets and burn the refuse as 1t Is gath
cred, the crematory being fitted with
driving chamber and a combustion cham
Der. into which acids and liquid fuel ar
forced to destroy the animal portion c
the refuse and reduce the mass to ashe'
which can be dumped on the street.
During the month of June there wer
issued from the Butte free public librar
1868 volumes for home use and 229S fo
use in the library, a total issue of 800 vo
umes. This is an increase of 9O5 volume
for library use, or net increase OF az
volumes in the total issue as compare
with the record for June, 1896. Durin
the month 7sS persons registered as usin
the reference department as compare
with 776 in June of last year.
Advices from Helena report that Alto
ney General Nolan gives an opinion to I'll
effect that the anti-gambling law prohi|
its shaking dice for drinks, playing freez
out and slough in clubs for any consi'
Grafton of value, or for cigars for Il
crowd, and that if there were dispos
ton to enforce it it could be made to a
ply to card parties in private hous
where a prize is put up.
The Farmers Cooperative Canal Cor
pany of Burton, have completed the su
vev of their ditch from the Teton riv
and begun excavation work. Eighte'
teams are now employed and about tv
miles of the ditch has been complete
The length of the canal with branch
l. , l,o,,f ,,,ilac au1 II will have