Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1897-08-28
SOME NORTHWEST FACTS
ASSESSMENT FIGURES AND hAiS-
VEST DEVELOPMENTS.
Items of Interest Gathered froi" '
states of Washington, IdahO
and Montana.

in Whatcom county is SlO,23o,oio; OF thl'
S74s,00O is personal property.
The ruling price for pack horses at
Ellensburg has been $40 during the past
week, and still the tendency is upward
Work on the Notifications at Admit
raltv head will begin about the lst OF Sep
TENDER. About 100 men will be employ
cd.
The Island County Horticultural So
ciety has met and decided to hold talr
at Coupeville about the middle OF Septem-
Der.
Eli Bolic of Asotin Prairie has headed
and threshed 400 acres of his crop winch
Welded 1000 bushels of wheat and 1000
bushels of barley. A portion of this was
volunteer He has 200 acres of little club
wheat vet to harvest.
The Whitman Memorial Association
has appointed Hon. W. c. Painter, the
next toast, "The City of Buffalo Wei
comes the Grand Army Mayor Jewett
responded
The death is announced at MOntesano
of Mrs. Washington French, a pioneer of
Olympia, and one of the few original
pioneers who crossed the plains as early
as 81.
There has been large crop of currants
throughout Whatcom county and as the
demand is not large, great many farm
ers have converted what they raised into
wine
The Northern Pacific Railway Company
has been notified by the Pierce county
board of equalization that its assessment
valuation will be raised to $4,000 mile
on its tracks in Pierce county, and it has
also been notified to be present at the of
flee of the board to file its protest if it has
any to make.
For the year 1896 the valuation upon
which taxation for Thurston county
were based were: Real estate, $4,S05,-
600; personal, $596,0O0, total of S.
40l 900. The increase this year raises the
realty valuation more than 100000, plac-
ing the figures of the assessor at $4,930,-
600, and personal property valuations
have been advanced to 100000, making
the total valuations for this years assess
ment 5000 900.
Idaho.
Three carloads of cattle were shipped
from Genesee to the Klondike country
and four carloads to Omaha last week.
Peter Thompson, Potlatch farmer,
will harvest 1900 acres of wheat this sea-
son, which he estimates will yield $1,000
btsho1c He nop+,ootaJ Oh OOn bnsboll ~
90 cents.
Jacob Hoover, the old settler on the
South Fork of the Judith, has sold his
ranch, 100 acres, and homestead right and
40 head of cattle for $4,000 and will leave
in few days for Alaska.
The state has received the seventh diyi-
dend on its claim against the Columbia
bank of Chicago, in which Sl54359 of
state funds was tied up at the time of
the worlds fair. The total paid to date
is IS per cent.
The Spaulding company leased their
mill and water rights on the Lapwai to
outside parties, who will erect large
warehouse to buy and store the grain
of the reservation. The crop to be de-
livered at that point is estimated at from
10000 to 100000 bushels.
Superintendent Davis says the railroad
bridge across the Snake at Guffey is about
completed. The men are now putting on
the finishing touches and he believes
trains can be run across inside of 10 DAYS
and possibly sooner. As soon as the road
Is extended a piece beyond the bridge
passengers will be landed by the railroad
on the other side of the river. In fact.
the plan is understood to be to move Cuff
fey to the south side.
Two OF the soldiers at the post, Ser
geant McLain and Corporal Sutton of
Troop +, Fourth cavalry, are in Jail in
Nampa. They were dispatched to that
place on horseback after two deserters
When they found they had failed to in
tercept the escapes, the man hunters pro
eeeded to load up on Nampa red eye They
tinged the town bright, bright hue and
returned to the barracks the next morn
ing in sadly demoralzed condition. The
same day two officers came over from
Nampa and arrested the men. The sol.
diers are still in charge of the civil au-
thorities at Nampa.
The commissioners of Lincoln county
have retained counsel to test the CON
stitutionality of the stock assessment law
OF the last session. Lincoln county loses
large amount of revenue, as its sheep
range in Blaine some eight months of the
year Moreover. the rate in Blaine is
S74O while in Lincoln it is only 81
This works a hardship on the Lincoln
sheep owners. The law will be fought
under the recent decision of the supreme
court in the fee law case, if that decision
stands. If it is reversed some othel