Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1898-01-01
SHUT DOWN OF sHINGLE MILLS
,.r.. Payments of Delinquent Tax
es-Shipping Horses TO hO"oi"'"
Irrigation Project I'm Montana
More Townships to BE Opened Tor
Filing In Idaho.


two million feet
II il estimated that the mills of Sno-
bomish county, numbering 40 or more,
annually consume l0O,OOO,OO0 feet oil
timber.
Work has begun on the erection OF
bu;ldinp 24xlOO and wing 24x5O for the
evaporator works at Puyallup.
party has been formed at Mount
Vernon for the purpose of operating
sawmill at Lake Bennett next season,
The extension of the Palouse branch to
Lewiston before spring is generally ac-
cepted as true by the people in the Pot
latch country.
A prominent sheep man and farmer OF
Klickitat county says that everything
looks exceedingly favorable for another
prosperous year for farmers and stock
men.
John Kinney of Goldendale has receiv-
ed a letter from his son Jshn, who has
been in Alaska for the past two years,
stating that he had made a rich gold
find.
Out of the 207 single mills in the
state of Washington, no fewer than lS5
are shut down and will make no output
until after February |. The daily prod
net of the 207 mills when in operation is
l2.5G0000 shingles.
South Bends tax is reduced one-half,
being $405370 this year as against
SS4sl 80 for 1896. The same is also true
OF llwaco, where the taxes for 1897 are
1851 %, as against $l02594 for 1896,
The Whatcom county treasurer re-
ports about 100000 in taxes paid TO the
date of delinquency, December |. A great
deal of this was for the three preceding
wears, and the amount is about three
times the sum received each of those
years.
An Ellensburg man shipped carload
of horses to Honolulu the other day. The
car was made up of roadsters, some three
or four inside the 2;30 limit, and some
French Percherons. The heavy horses
went 1900 to 1900 pounds, and were con
tracted at S400 to $3.50 per span,
The foreign lumber trade of Gray shQr.
--io,', 4tor -,dg ytaf loGrrs 20t per- cent
larger than the trade of any previous
year In 1896 / vessels sailed from
Gray's harbor with cargoes OF lumber az
gregating 100000 feet During 1897 p
vessels have cleared from the harbor
carrying 10 900 feet of lumber, valued
at $4,000.
Pacific county's tax rolls for 1897 show
the total amount of taxes levied to be
S62, lS2, or S6Ss6.2S less than last year.
The taxes would have been much less had
not the levy for state purposes been in
creased nearly onehalf. The taxes levied
for county, school, city and road pur-
poses in 1897 amount to $40,263.90, as
compared with $50 ,33207 last year, or
reduction of $l0,068.l7 in local taxation.
For county expenses alone there has been
reduction of $2733,S7, the total amount
levied for 1897 being $4,000 .35, as com
pared with $Is.73622 for 1896.
Montana.
1t is proposed to put under irrigation
a large tract of land south of Big Timber
The Montana Society of Engineers will
hold its eleventh annual meeting in the
city of Butte January and 8, 1898.
The attendance of the college in Boze-
sideraby increased, This does not in
clude the students of the high school,
some so in number
About dozen or fifteen old timers met
at the Boulder hot springs the other day
and effected an organization by electing
George Benjamin president and P. B.
Mills secretary and treasurer
IaI; Ia rcH
county for the year 1897 is lower than it
has been for many years past, The
amount collected by the county treasurer
amounted to $ll5,534.72 December II,
leaving balance of 50l7l0 yet to be col
lected, most of which is due from the
Northern Pacific Railroad Company and
the West Gallutin Canal ompany.
In his annual report for the fiscal year
OF 1897 State Land Register H, d. Moore
suggests Il new policy for the state land
department. He recommends the with
drawal of all public school and university
lands from the market, on the ground
that 1t would be more farsighted pol.
icy to lease the lands and to secure an
annual income from them than to dispose
vi 'hViH HN"Hy through safes. mat poi
icy was first suggested by Governor
Smith in his message to the legislature
last January.
Up to December 6 last Treasurer Gar
rett of Lewis and Clarke county collect.
ed 224,35l.4G. The aggregate tax of the
county, based on the equalized assess
ment, was $256,24S95, so that there were
delinquent at the close of business De
cember G ISL ,S97,49 of taxes, BY far the
greater part of that amount will be col
lected Collections as a whole were much
better than they were last year, although