The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-04-09
NEWS OF THREE STATES
ARE PAYING OFF MORTGAGES.
Sales of Railroad Lands I'm Montana
-Fifty-Five of the $50 Names on
the Fremont County, Idaho, Jury
List Are Those of Women.


mess is almost failure, many fishermen
taking their nets out of the water.
The superintendent of the jetty work at
Gray's harbor entrance says that fully
1900 feet of work will be built this year.
Governor Rogers has appointed PROBES
sor l.. ID. Goshall of Everett member of
the board of regents of the state univer-
sity for the term ending March. 1904.
vice B. f. Houston, of Tacoma, term ex-
pired.
William Rice Dunbar, who has been APP
pointed register of the land office at Van
eouver, WASH was born in Schuyler
county, H., April Z 1899. He crossed the
plains with his parents in 1916 to Oregon.
His father, Rice Dunbar, was one of the
first pioneers TO file on a donation claim
in the Waldo hills, near Salem, Ore.
During the II months ending March 81
there were 1874 deaths in Spokane and 5l3
births While all deaths are reported and
included in this statement, large por-
lion of the births are not On these fig
ares it will be seen that Spokane, calcu-
lating on basis of population of 10000,
has death rate of S.35 and birth rate
OF 1882 in 1000.
The postofiice reports for the fiscal year
ending last night show wonderful in
crease in business at Colfax, and receipts
are now large enough to advance the of
6ee from third to second class. The re-
eeipts for the year were $S025. This will
affect the change in the class and increase
the postmasters salary from $1,000 to
$4,000 per year, beside increasing the al
lowance for clerk hire, rent, etc, about
5000 per annum.
Pierce county has begun suit against
Sheriff Mills and 400 other defendants,
who occupy OF claim some title or inter
est in 60 acres Of land comprising part of
the Tacoma "Nigger tract" The county
seeks to establish its right to an undivided
sne-siXth interest in such Us acres by
operation of the law of escheat. 1t al
leges that in 1875 one George Luviney,
who owned such one-sixth interest, died
leaving no heirs; that ID. b. Hannah was
appointed administrator of such estate
in 1883. and in 1885 the probate court
secreed that Luviney's interest escheated,
from which no appeal was made.
Out of a total of 1899 foreign born in
Tacoma but one first saw the light of day
in Spain.
The Vancouver saw mills have secured
a contract for 100000 feet of lumber
which will be used in the construction of
wharf at Fishers rock quarry
Wheat receipts at Tacoma for March
have amounted to $50 cars, according to
Inspector Wright's report for the month.
The total receipts to date, since Septem-
Der /, amount to 96l6 cars, or 1863, 69S
bushels. 1t is estimated that abor. p
1000 bushels will yet bes hipped before
the season closes.
Word has been received at Vancouver
OF the death at Dyea of Sergeant Major
Kelly of the 18th infantry He died on
the evening of March 10, OF cerebro-spinal
meningitis, after an illness of only three
days. A letter from Dyea says that he
was strong, robust and healthy up to the
hour of being taken with the disease,
and his unexpected and untimely death
has plunged the regiment into grief and
alarm.
John p. Anderson. more Familiarity
Pete Anderson, one of the Puget sound
pioneers, died the other day at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. Lee Rogers, after
y few days of intense suffering with
pneumonia. Mr.. Anderson was an old
steamboat captain on the sound and serv-
ed term several years ago as surveyor
of Snohomish county He was one OF
the pathfinders of this country, being ia
niliar with every square mile of its terri
tory, and for several years has followed
timber cruising and private surveying.
lie leaves quite large family of chill
sren, all grown, his wife having died
several years ago. He was about 81
years old
The lists of County Assessor Daniel
show that the sales of railroad lands i'm
Park County during the past year amount
to nearly 1000 acres.
The city council of Kalispell has re-
duced salaries. That of the police Judge
was cut form $25 to SIS, and the mar
shall from $50 to S75.
Complaint comes from Havre that the
poison scattered over the prairies for the
purpose of destroying wolves is playing
havoc with the hounds used for the same
purpose.
The longest telephone communication
in the world will be established this sum-
mer, when Livingston, on the extreme
east, and Portland, on the west, will be
connected by wire.