Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-01-15
NORTHWEST POINTERS.
STATISTICS OF THE PAST YEAR.
Cut in Salaries at CoifnN Court
House-Big Horn Stock Owners
u.nort Grent Loss of Their AMI
mails From WolVes-Pnlouse EN-
tension of Northern Pacific.


December.
Not more than one third of the wheat
stored at Cotton, Whitman county, has
been sold and shipped.
Stock raisers on the Wenas have been
feeding large bands of stock for the win
ter city markets.
Whitman county commissioners have
made Il cut in the salaries at the court
house. cirecting a saving of $500 year
There is more cash on hand in County
Treasurer Silyerthorns Office than there
ever has been in the history of Doug as
county.
Garfield and Columbia counties have
about concluded an agreement whereby
the division lines between the two will
be reestablished The old marks are
about obliterated.
The last floor of the Grays harbor light
house has been put in place on top of the
brick tower, and it commands fine view
of the whole harbor country
Stock in Kittitas valley have been fed
for the past month and the present pros
poets are that feeding will continue for
some time yet says the Ellensburg Lo-
caller.
Henry Craemer has been sentenced to
he hanged March % for the murder of
Mrs Philipena Mueller and child. This
is the third time that sentence of death
has been passed on Craemer Craemer's
only hope now lies in Governor Rogers.
G. T. Lind. contractor of the Blaine
Ferndale road reports the work progress
ing well. lie has a large force of men at
work at each end of the road. At the
Ferndale end the grading is all done and
about two miles planked. At the Blaine
end grading and grubbing is the order.
Tacoma's December exports were val
ned, according to the collector of Gus
toms, at 81 1854 ,2908G. Nearly all, if not
all, of the commodities exported were of
American production. The imports for
the year of 1897 were $8,l25,95S.6l. Elk
ports for the year were $9l99, l77.22. Re
ceipts of the port from all sources were
$5.26664.
The action of the Whitman county com
mssioners in settling with the Northern
Pacific Railroad Company for so per cent
of its taxes on unpatented railroad lands,
has resulted in others, who own railroad
lands, demanding the same rebate At
the meeting of the county commissioners
which closed yesterday an order was made
authorizing County Treasurer Manring
to accept 80 cents on the dollar for the
taxes on unpatented railroad lands owned
by the Vermont Loan and Trust Com
pany for the years 1903, 1894 and 1898.
The same order was made regarding the
lands of the Bunnell & Emo Investment
Company, w. Hampton was refunded
$3.50 taxes which he had paid on inn
proyements on government lands
Montana.
The apportionment of the state school
moneys gives the Choteau county school
fund some $49l Fergus county, 1920;
Teton county, $2l9, and Valley county,
sos.
The mineral land commission has add
iourned till January 20. Commissioner
Tomkins has gone to Arkansas and Com
missioner Hathaway will spend the va
cation on the coast.
Carbon county has been apportioned
the sum of $4,000 from the state school
income fund. This is on a basis of ~
cents for each of the 942 children of the
county according to the August census.
l.. II. Brigham, a government freighter,
died at Mammoth Hot Springs from the
effects of injuries sustained by fall from
wagon on December 20 while hauling
freight from Cinnabar to Fort Yellow
stone. Mr.. Brigham was an old timer i'll
the service and about 20 years of age at
the time of his death.
Governor Smith has appointed the fol-
lowing delegates to the Nicaragua canal
convention, which will meet in Kansas
City January II; John b. Losekamp of
Billings, j. II. Durston of Anaconda. j.
II. Monteath and f. f.. Corbett of Butte,
and X. r. Purcell of Helena.
The announcement is made that only
$4,000 can be expended in the running
expenses of the Great Falls schools The
taxpayers of school district No. l. which
includes all of this city, pays two-thrds
Of the taxes to be used for school pur-
poses in the county, but the city schools
get back but a little less than wo-tifths
of the entire tax.
Fergus county this year has delin-
quent tax list amounting to $9527.2S, of
which amount $44344S is due from the
Northern Pacific railway, that corpora
ton refusing to pay taxes to the county
on its government land grants until a
pending suit in the United States court is
settled The delinquency from taxpayers
other than the railway is $500 less than
that of last year.
The stock owners of the Big Horn ba-
sin report great destruction of their ami