Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-07-29

are on the market. Garden ,u,.,
good condition generally. Thu uek j. in
crop is doing we'll Outline a ae fruit
crop OF lueern is nearly compets s,e hs.
hay crops in the northern and Ali
sections are apparently short. but " !;
eastern they are fully up to tho na. III the
The second crop of lucern is a'efasc
we'll. growing
lhe1c are now about 7OOOoo ,.,
OF wool in the warehouse at Cbinoppl Iunds
the rest is coming in RAPIDLY 'n and
Friday is sales day. Every
Dick Dean of Townsend has o,..
a contract from the Northern p,, o.alned
widening the ro,dbed and ra; st,nc Tor
track between Livingston and p;,,; The
distance of l2O miles, ''hss'
During the month of June n..
county issued bounty certificates 'on
$ss' tor i25 wolves and 2O4 coyotes r %l
the first Is days of July certi6cstss sc. 'W
issued for 500 for four wolves Vs., were ae
coyotes. 81" y
A new ditch company for the ,,r,
OF taking water from the west fork Of 49,
Milk river is being organized AVID ~. ~,
soon add more acres to the aericultr.I
land of Choteau county.
The jefferson county assesso.
total OF $2,2O2,2l7 in assessabla No., 49,
~ IN that county, of which 81 a5,2a,
is real and $s46,9s3 personal. Tho .s.''
assessment is $751; ,04l less than last Wv.
the decrease being $ll5,4s on rea, s s
Al .557 on personal.
Granite county's assessment mi. r...
is $l.7S9,OOl, the real estate and imnrors
ment valuations being 1924 oA and
personal property $494,947. As con,
pared with last years assessment ,h...
is loss 81 $25,os9 on realty valuatio..
and OF $Ns,562 on personal, making !.
total decrease of $l79,65l in the prona,,v
valuations of Granite county.
| Assessor Cowan of Bozeman has +,,,
ed in his assessment figures for tho vo.r
The following figures were taken from nj.
books: The value of country real estate
and improvements is s2,139,9l5: yaIue
of city real estate and i'm.
provements. $l,344,6+O. Total Will.
OF all real estate, Improvements
and personal property. 1918, 4O.-per.
sonal property being valued at $l,Sos,44
The Northern Pacific engineers ere
pushing their survey for the branch
railroad on to Brdger coal mines, sx
miles south of Gebo, and it is expected
that grading work will be continued
from that point without interruption.
The slope in the Bridger mine will be *.
tended for an additional 1000 feet anil
the property put in shape for shipping
coal as soon as the railroad is completed.
The total property valuation Of Deer
Lodge county, including real estate and
personal property, exclusive of railrosds
and railroad rolling stock, which are o..
portioned to the counties by the state
board, is 81 ,459,6Ol. The railroad prop
erty in this county last year was valued
by the state board at $62l 800. That i.
to say, the right of way was valued at
that sum. The assessment this yal
shows an increase of about $4,000 Oyei
that Of last year.
| Information has been received that the
secretary of the interior has decided the
case known as the Boulder townsite
contest" involving the entire townsite d
Boulder, the county seat Of jefferson
county. The decision is in favor Of the
inhabitants of the town, and for the first
time since the town was founded give
the property holders a clear title to thu
premises they have held under cloud all
the years Of the tendency Of the action