Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-10-01
LIFE IN THE NORTHWEST
ITEMS OF NEWS FROM WASHING
TON, IDAHO AND MONTANA.
ports and Matters Of General
Interest.

Edmond Heustls mas Deen appointed
cashier in the custom house at Port
Townsend. Salary, $500.
George Webster is convicted by jury
in Spokane of numbering Mrs. Andrew
Aspland May 5. Two of the jury have
signed statement saying that they
agreed to the verdict only because the
physical and mental strain of holding out
longer in the jury room was too much for
them.
The Walla Walla public library will
be opened about October l. The directors
voted to purchase $500 worth of new
books.
A contract has been closed by a Los
Angeles, Cal, party to establish large
fruit drying works in various parts of the
state of Washington, with headquarters
in Tacoma.
County Auditor Lewis is offering to
lease all the vacant school lands in Adams
county to the highest bidder for cash.
A shipment of 100 tons of hemlock bark
has just been made from Port Angeles to
a Victoria, b. c., tannery.
The Whatcom teachers have entered
into contract to sell their warrants ut
go cents. This is good deal better than
last year, as most of them received only
IS cents.
The shingle shipments by rail from
Washington for the eight months of 1897
exceeded those of the months in 1896 by
over 100000.
a number of fruit growers in the vicin-
ity of Mount Vernon, Skagit county. have
Just forwarded a carload of prunes to
Philadelphia.
1t cost $72l6.Sl to run the electric light
plant in Ellensburg for the year ending
September l. 1897. During that time
the collections amounted to $825998.
The pennant for the largest yield of
oats ever produced in Whitman county is
claimed by County Commissioner
Stephens, 10 miles west of Oakesdale. He
threshed l2 acres of oats that yielded 1875
bushels to the acre.
The city council has fixed the tax
levy of the city for 1897. The rate was
fixed at seven mills, based on the valu-
alton, for all taxable property in the
city, of 81 1921 ,953, as returned by the
county board of equalization.
1t is estimated by several prominent
fruit growers that at least 100 tons If
Whatcom county fruit will be allowed to
decay this fall because of the congested
condition of the market and the local lack
of proper means to preserve or handle
theh enormous surplus, especially of
prunes.
Work is being pushed on the telephone
line between Kellogg and Kingston.
Superintendent Clark of the soldiers
home reports that there are SO inmates
at the home at present.
The state auditor has finished sending
out statements to the different counties
showing their delinquencies. The total
amount for the entire state is $ll8,555.5O
Grangeville reports that the hog rails.
ing industry is receiving an impetus in
the way of good markets and fair prices
theh demand exceeding the supply and
merchants are shipping in eastern cured
meats.
Shipments from Kendrick are being
made daily of prunes and apples to east
ern points. About eight carloads have al
ready been shipped and it is thought
about six more will be loaded. The dry
ers are being operated and large guam
tity of fruit will be dried this season.
Troop F, Fourth cavalry, Captain Hat
| field commanding, has left Boise for For
Hall Indian agency. There was recent,
| trouble there over the placing of an In
dian girl in school. She had been mar
ried and the bucks thought she SHOULD
= not 60 to school longer. The girl wa
, sent to the school room, however, ant
now the agent wants help in arrestin,
the bucks who made the trouble.
Montana.
Livingston.--The United States ReoloQi
cal department is conducting series o
surveys in the Yellow stone national par]
under the direction of Walter H. Weed.
e The Thomas Cruise wool, at Billings
e consisting of three seasons clip an,
amounting to nearly $4,000 pounds, ha
been sold to San Francisco buyer. l
: is said that the price paid was Is cents.
). About 80 men are ut work on the new
college buildings at Bozeman-steam fit
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sons-and the work is rapidly nearing
completion. With favorable weather tn
!. slate roof will be on in about thre
u weeks. after which the contractors en-
rest easy for the finishing.
: Fort Benton-Harvest operations ar
progressing satisfactorily on the Shon
y kin. Most of the ranchmen expect t
harvest from 60 to 80 bushels of oats. an
20 to 30 bushels Of wheat to the acre.
The business men of Dillon have decid
! ed that telephone line into the Gras.
hopper and Big Hole basin country is
n necessity, and a committee has been ar
4 pointed to solicit subscriptions.
/. The Helena 4 Missoula River Railroa
e Company has been incorporated by Rict
Is ard A. Harlow, William j. Fuchs, Able,
It L. smith. John B. Clayberg and NJ. {
>. Gum OF Helena, with a capital stock {
e 100000. The company proposes to bull
y a railroad from Helena. Mont IN Carvo