Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-12-24
NORTHWESTERN CHANCES.
PAYING DELINQUENT TAXES.
PrOrress ON the Washington State
Road-Surveys of Townships i'm
IdahO-COst Half q MILLION to Run
Montana state Government.

About 20 men have been set at work
at Aberdeen on the new schooner A. j.
West. This vessel is to have a carrying
capacity of 100000 feet of lumber.
The treasurer of Chehalis county says
that during the quarter just closed there
WAS about 100000 in taxes paid in,
about one half of the amount being for de-
linquent taxes and that nearly all OF the
slOOOOO was paid last month.
The British ship City of Hankow has
finished loading and cleared at Tacoma
the 35th cargo of grain loaded on the
sound this season for foreign destination.
The SO cargoes amount to 3,S75,OOO bush
els, valued at 1921 900.
Mrs. r. Walker of Dayton, who got
verdict of $4,000 in damage suit against
the O. r. & N. company, and afterward
compromised the case with the company
for $50, 900, has just received a check for
$26 900 in payment of her claim. There
was $1,000 interest included in the check.
1t is said that the sentence Of two years
and half given to ex-Mayor Jameson,
who forged the Chehalis county war
rants, was so that Portland people who
were swindled could take the matter up.
Had the sentence been for a longer time
no arrests could be made hereafter. An
other batch of forged warrants, amount
ing to 1898. 10, has been received by
Treasurer Wilson.
Prosecuting Attorney Magill, in Cowlitz
county. is holding up the settlement made
between the commissioners and the
Northern Pacific Railway Company for
delinquent taxes. The prosecuting attor-
ney is holding out for at least $35, 600,
instead of settling at $4,000. the price
agreed upon. There is some question as
to the county's right to collect the tax.
The citizens of Elberton are taking
steps early in the season to prevent the
flooding OF the lower part of town, which
usually occurs when the water raises in
the Palouse river. A large force of men
and teams has been at work building a
dyke along the bank of the river next
to the town. The dyke, which is several
feet high, was made of fallen trees and
brush, covered with dirt. 1t runs along
the left bank of the river entirely through
town, and is valuable improvement.
State Road Commissioner H. j. Ernest
returned home to Colville from Olympia,
where he has been in attendance upon u
meeting Of the road commission, which
met there last week to wind up the bust
ness of the state roads for the year 1907.
Mr.. Ernest, who has supervision over the
road leading west from Marcus to Okla
hogan county, has made a showing of a
surplus of over $500 on the portion of the
appropriation intrusted to his charge.
The month of November witnessed the
transaction of business in the Olympia
district land office aggregating $l474.6O.
Four hundred and forty acres of land
were sold, at $1,000. The fees on 10 home
steads netted $85. Commissions on some
343.sl acres, $79.7s. Commissions on 81
final homesteads, 337l.4S acres, $22l.35.
Fees for reducing testimony to writing,
$49.93. Timber land filings, $50 Tran
script Of records, etc, So.
Walla Walla reports that fully 50 per
cent of the largest wheat crop Of the
country remains unsold. Today the huge
warehouses of the railroad companies,
built down every few miles Of road, espe-
cially between Walla Walla and Dayton,
are packed to the rafters with thousands
of sacks of grain. Some of that remain
ing represents whole ciops, but generally
speaking there were but cs:- men in the
country at the beginning of harvest who
could afford to keep intact their crop,
awaiting a satisfactory price. The grim
mortgage faced the farmer and the wheat
was soon sold.
! Idaho.
George w. Bail, United States inspec-
tor of surveys, has left Boise with his as
sistants for Shoshone, from whence they
will 60 over to the Snake to inspect some
seven townships of surveys made the
past season.
Jack Wedel, the freight conductor who
lost his legs in wreck at Green river
has brought suit in the United States cir
cult court against the Union Pacific and
Oregon Short Line companies, in which
he asks for damages to the amount OF
$4,000.
The will of the late james H. Bush has