The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1897-07-17
OVER THE NORTHWEST
NEWS ITEMS PROM WASHINGTON.
IDAHO AND MONTANA.
Hop Growers, Fruft Growers, Wool
Growers and the News %
Other Industries.

The receipts Of the land commissioners
Office at Olympia for the quarter just cIOs-
ed, are &2s,242.lO, as against sISy65O fOI
the corresponding period last year.
| A Mckee farmer hangs out lanterns in
his corn fields to attract the moths which
lay the eggs which hatch out into worms
in the ears.
General Hazard Stevens has received
from Independence, Or, q herd Of 100
head Of Angon goats and Is welI-bred
Cotswold sheep, with which TO stock his
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 &2s,-
242.lO The receipts from Whitman coun-
~ alone for leases of school lands amount
ed 70 $1,000.
The books Of the county auditor show
that the running expenses of Pacific coun-
~. exclusive Of salaries, for the fiscal year
ending june 30, were $7548.3S, as com
pared with sl3Oa649 the preceding year,
or saving Of $549s.lI.
The reports Of the viewers and survey
ors Of the state wagon road proposed from
Buckley, Pierce county, on the west side.
through the Matches pass, TO point near
the mouth Of the Matches river. on the
east, has been filed in the governors Of
Gee, and has received official approval
George Venble Smith Of Port Angeles,
has returned from Iowa and Chicago.
whittier he went in behalf Of the State
immigration Association. He states that
be has secured 1000 prospective settlers
who are getting ready TO come TO Wash
ington. and he has a few of them with
him, says the Seattle Times.
The failure Of the recent legislature 70
pass the proposed act abolishing the fish
traps has had more disastrous effect in
/ Skagit county than even the most pessi.
mistie fisherman dared to predict Be
tween 400 and 500 gill net fishermen who
gained livelihood in the Skagit river
district are going out Of business now
claiming that they cannot make living
at catching fish at cent per pound, the
price at which the fish trap men are at
present more than supplying the de-
mand.
State Fish Commissioner James CAw.
ford has ordered the egg -hatehing capae-
1 ity Of the Baker lake sockeye salmon
hatchery 70 be increased from 6,OO0! 900 to
100000. The enlargement, necessitat-
ing the erection Of new quarters for the
men, viii cost about $500, aud the hatch
cry viii be the largest in the world. Tbs
increased annual cost will be about 500
Montana
Sweetgrass county is building a new
court house at Big Timber.
A large clip Of wool has been sold q:
Billings for l3l cents. the highest price tC
date this season in Montana.
A large number Of horses are heinz
driven into Montana from points in
Washington and Oregon.
The wool season is about over at Malta
nearly all the clips having been sold al
prices ranging from 81 TO ii cents.
An investigation into the affairs Of IN.
state reform school shows that each in
mate costs the taxpayers $Ss per month
Conviets 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 it is gath
cred, the crematory being fitted with 1
drying chamber and a combustion cham
Der, into which acids and liquid fuel an
forced TO destroy the animal portion Q
the rcfusa and reduce the mass TO ashes
which can be dumped on the street
VI Al r
issued from the Butte free public ibrar,
SECS volumes for home use and 229S 70
use in the library, total issue Of 905 vol
umeS This is an increase Of 905 volume
for library use, or q net increase Of 90
volumes in the total issue as compare,
with the record for june, 1926. Darin.
the month TSS persons registered as usina
the reference department as compare,
with 776 in June Of last year.
4 Advices from Helena report that AttoF
ney General Nolan gives an.opinion to tn
effect that the anti-gambling law prohib
it's shaking dice for drinks. playing freeSC
out and slough in clubs for any consid
Grafton Of value. or for cigars for tn
crowd, and that Il there were q disposi
ton TO enforce Il Il could be made to ar
ply to card parties in private house
where q prize Is put up.
The Farmers Cooperative Canal Com
pany of Burton, have completed the SUI
vey Of their ditch from the Teton rive
and begun excavation work. Eightee
teams are now employed and about tw
miles Of the ditch has been completed
. The length Of the canal, with bnnchc
, will be about II miles. and il will have
, carrying capacity Of 5000 inches Of va
ter.
While there are more sheep in Montan
/ In the year 1897 than there were in ls7:
the net profit per head will not be 50 Larry
by a great many per cent In that yea
! wool at Helena brought 10 cents poun.
and IL was common. course, low grad
/. stuff, such as wool buyer would scarcel
. look at today. Mutton sheep sold readil
! for - and $40 head, and lambs broagl
. a good stiff price also. But rs years AZ
: there were less than 5000 sheep in Il
I whole territory Of Montana, while now
|, Is estimated there are more than 4.0O0.0 o.
, head.
: ST. Alphoasas hospital at Boise, has
!. patients at present
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