The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1897-07-31

ready organized one at Horse Shoe Bend
which has a membership of p and anoth-
er at Pearl with a similar number as
charter members.
The Klondike fever seems to be affect
ing the placer miners of the North fork.
Two men have left for Seattle where
they will outfit So far the South fork
has taken little interest in the discover
les up in the frozen country, a common
remark being that the Occur d'Alenes
are good enough for any man.
There are at least 1900 acres of prunc
orchards directly tributary to Kendrick,
most of which are bearing, and at the
present time Indicate large yield. y
representative of a Chicago commission
house has made arrangements to handle
the entire crop of the section at figures
that will net the growers between GO and
70 cents free on board here.
A. j. Macnab, H. b. Eastman and A. A.
Richards have left Boise for Alaska. Mr..
Macnab states he will 90 through to
Klondike unless unlocked for obstacles
are met with He will spend the winter
in the land of gold Mr.. Eastman may
also go through, but he will be governed
largely by what he learns after arriving
at Juneau. Mr.. Richards intends to
reach the golden region at any cost
The Sunday school convention at Boise,
Idaho elected the following officers Pres
ident, II. T.. Neal Boise; secretary f. c.
Cook, Boise; treasurer Mrs. Burton,
Boise; corresponding secretary, Junius
Wright Boise; first vice president Mrs.
j. H. Barton, Caldwell; second vice pres
ident, f. f. Kirkland, Pocatello; third
vice president, J. j. Schwartz, Moscow.
Montana.
Governor Smith has appointed NJ. II
Bryan of Helena state fish and game com
missioner, to succeed A. j. Fisk of Hell
ena, resigned
The total value of all kinds of prop
erty assessed in Deer Lodge county, no
including the railroad assessments
amounts to $6,7l4.540.
The farmers between Sheridan ano
Twin Bridges are highly elated over the
prospects for a bountiful harvest mex
fall.
DIR. Moore has resigned as superintend
ent of the asylum for the insane "a
Blackfoot. DIR. j. w. Givens, the formc
superintendent, will probably succeed t
the place. The latter is now in Los An
geles.
The Northern Pacific has begun tn
construction this week of a new stee
bridge to span the Yellowstone at Li'
ingston, which when finished will replac
the wooden structure built in 1888. Tn
bridge will be of two spans, $50 feet eacl
Western Montana's crop record thi
year promises to eclipse all previously It
corded yields. Hay, grain and fruits al
all in prime condition, and the quantit
is something immense. The wheat an
oat crop will be particularly heavy, from
present Indications and the farmers ar
wondering what they will do with it ali
The state board of land commissioner
has sold 600 acres of public school land
in Cascade county to William c. Toomey
A. j. Shores, Lewis Stockett and f. {
Park for $4,000 The land is located
three miles south of Sand Coulee and adj
Joins lands on two sides owned by tn,
Great Northern Railway Company. L
was purchased for the railroad company
The land contains some coal. but no
enough in the opinion of State Ian,
Agent James NJ. Page, who recently made
IA thorough examination of it, to iustif,
the state refusing to sell it at $40 an acre
The total equalized assessment of thu
state last year was SllO,259,6l6. The to
tai assessment of the state this year Il
returned by county assessors, not includ
ing Cascade, the assessment for which ha
not yet been received by the board, i
SlO6,525,l7S. Cascade county's assess
ment last year was $lO,O2l BOB. 1t is es
timated that Cascade will report an in
crease in its assessment this year o
about 100000. If it does, the whole I'm
equalized assessment of the state will b
about S7,000,00O more than the equalze,
assessment of last year.