Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-02-11


his annual report of the mortuary record
for the city Of Butte for the year 1897.
The report shows the total number of
deaths during the year to have been All,
or little less than per cent Of the city's
population. The report further shows
3l3 were males and 1873 females. As class
flied among diseases or causes the report
shows AZ have resulted from pneumonia;
mining accidents, 49,; other accidents, 3;
consumption, 80; suicides, 20.
The late w. G. Latimer was a pioneer
of pioneers in King county. He built the
first house that was used for school pur-
poses in King county. 1t was located on
the back end OF the lot where the Sullivan
block stands now. Mr. Latimer built the
house in 1853, and in the spring of 1854
turned it over to Mrs. ID. +. Blaine for a
school house. 1t was in Mr.. Latimer's
house that the first regular church SER
vices were held in Seattle. Rev. ID. i.
Blaine was the officiating clergyman. His
first sermon was delivered on the first
Sunday of December, 1858. Mr.. Latimer
was one of those who helped load the first
vessel that sailed away with load of
Puget sound lumber. He served King
county as treasurer from 1882 to 1890.
Idaho.
The officials at the Nez Perez agency are
now engaged in preparing the rolls for the
semi-annual Indian payment. The dis
bursement, amounting to about $4,000,
will be made about March lst.
The bonded Indebtedness of Kootenai
county, as shown by the treasurer's re-
port to the board of county commissioners,
is $l44,000 OF this amount $4,000 bears
8 per cent, $4,000 per cent, and the re-
mainder 6 per cent interest. The entire
sum becomes due within the next IL years.
The greatest amount to be paid in any sin
gle year is in 1906, when $l9,246 becomes
Idue.
The record of mortgages released in La
tab county during December shows that
fully 100000 of mortgage Indebtedness has
been discharged. 1t is estimated that
fully $l50,000 of mortgages has been paid
during the six months from July to Jan
uary. With considerable proportion OF
the wheat crop still unsold, it does not
seem an exaggeration to put the amount
Of mortgages that will have been paid i'll
the year following July l, 1897, at $780,
900 to 100000.
The report that three men were drown
ed in the Pend d'Oreille river near Mr..
Markham's ranch has been confirmed. The
names of the men are Carl Hagan, G.
Randall and o. Hawkland. The three
men were in boat which became fouled
in some thin ice. R. j. Sage, who lives
down the river, heard the men shouting
to get to them, but found that impossible.
The empty boat was afterward recovered,
with some letters and Swedish Bible.
The bodies have not been recovered.
The justices of the supreme court, who
are the custodians of the state law library,
Ire making energetic efforts to improve it.
They have recently secured a full set OF
the Lawyers Reports, annotated. The
funds for the improvement of the library
have all been derived from the fees paid
by attorneys, but new resource has just
been discovered. Section s07 of the Re
vised Statutes makes a continuing appro-
priation of $3.50 a year for the library,
Since the admission of the state this ap-
preparation has not been drawn until now
The matter was recently taken up and the
justices have directed the auditor to cred.
it the library with the appropriation fol
all the intervening years. This will give
the library something over $1,000, which
| will be Immediately available.