Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-10-22
THE INLAND EMPIRE ALIVE.
NEWS or GENERAL lNTEREsT
a Glance Over Washington, Nom
tana, Idaho ana British Columbia
--Industries Pushed BY Ge-Ahead
Pespls-Faets and Figures.
coma's city council has fixed the tax

Tacoma's city council has fixed the tax
levy at 10 mills.
The King county tax levy for 1897 has
been fixed at II mills.
The total wheat yield of Adams county
is about $500 900 bushels.
The weather bureau has established
volunteer station at Dayton.
The Seattle board of education has
fixed the tax levy for school purposes for
the ensuing year at "a mills.
The Everett school board has passed
resolution levying special school tax of
10 mills, which is the highest levy that
can be made.
1t is estimated 100000 bushels Of wheat
will be shipped from Rosalia this season.
Two shingle mills are to be erected at
Arlington, with a capacity of 100000
shingles per day
The courses Of study offered by the me-
chanical engineering department of the
agricultural college at Pullman are being
taken by larger number of students
than ever before. Electrical engineering
seems to be the choice of the largest num-
Der, while hydraulic engineering and
steam engineering have been chosen by
large number.
Treasurer Eichner Of Pacific county has
been figuring out what the delinquent
taxpayers will save if they take advant-
age of the law passed by the last legisla-
ture, which RENTS all costs, penalties and
interest in excess of 9 per cent on all UNI
paid taxes for years prior to 1896, if paid
before November 30. Every taxpayer who
has property that is delinquent can save
on 1892 or prior years at least 81 per
cent; on 1893, at least 241 per cent; 1894.
at least II per cent, and on 1895, at least
ii per cent.
United States District Judge Hanford
has rendered decision in the case of the
merchants and shippers of Spokane
against the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company. The decision was in favor of
the railroad company, and confirms the
report of Referee Sawyer, made about six
months ago The merchants of Spokane
sought to compel the railroad company
to give them the same rate from points on
the Atlantic and east of the Mississippi
as is given to the merchants of Seattle
and other coast terminals.
Montana.
The city tax levy for Helena for the
next year will be % mills.
The assessed value of all property in
Jefferson county is $3,25O,4l7.
Sixty workmen are employed at Fort
Yellowstone in pushing to completion the
work of charging the post
1t is stated at Great Falls that the
Great Falls 4 Canada railway will change
to standard gauge in the spring
Elmer b. Carter, the Billings stock
broker, has purchased in Fergus county
some $4,000 head of sheep, paying an av-
erage OF about 50 per head.
1t is likely that within few days the
new barracks at Fort Harrison will be &C.
cupied by two additional companies of
the Second regiment of the United States
infantry
Lewis county commissioners have fixed
the tax levy for this year at Is mills for
county purposes, of which are for the
bridge fund and mills for the road fund
The total levy for state and county pur-
poses is 81 mills.
The Sage Creek Sheep Company's clip
of wool, amounting to $4,000 pounds, has
been sold in Boston at l6a cents. "This,
says a commission house, sis, in our opin-
ion, the highest price for the secured
pound OF any Montana wool we have
Sold"
Messrs. Hilger and Barne of the land
Office at Livingston, Mont, report great
er volume of business for September than
for any month during their incumbency of
Office. There We're 81 homestead entries
made and 81 desert land entries, embroc-
ing 3036 acres The total cash receipts of
the Office were 1896 05.
Idaho.
At Boise Judge Stewart has decided
the case brought by Blaine county against
Lincoln county for an accounting, in ia
vor Of Lincoln county.
The tramway company at Juliaetta is
now running their cleaner night and day
and will continue to do so for the next
three weeks They have over 10000 bush
els of wheat to be cleaned.
The citizens of Gibbonsyille have sub
scribed sufficient amount to complete
the Bitter Root wagon road from that
place tot he Montana line, where Mon
tana people built it to last fall
Chris Thiessen, the leading sheepman in
northern Idaho, Thursday sold to San
Francisco firm Isl, 900 pounds of wool,
the consideration being $4,000. Mr..
Thiessen has been holding his product
several months and made several thou