Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-11-18
NEWS Of THE NORTHWEST
ITEMS FROM THREE STATES.
Here and There Happenings In
Washington, Idaho and Montana
Roy Lost in the SHOWS of Idaho
Cattle Thieves Worked In q Non
tana Storm-General News.

The Blaine and Point Roberts came
ries have put up 10000 cases OF salmon
this season.
The Oregon Telephone Company is TO
start Immediately to connect every town
in Clatsop and Tillamook counties with
Portland.
Three lots at Chehais and 95 bales on
the Cowltz, less than 450 bales, are all
that remain in Lewis county of the %
hop crop.
The business of the Tacoma postOtfce
for the month OF October is Is per cent
greater than for the corresponding month
in 1897, notwithstanding the fact that the
Klondike business was then at its height.
Victor A. Roeder of Blaine shipped
half carload OF apples to Seattle few
days ago, which Melted him forty-twu and
a half cents per box. They were the
King of Tompkins county and the Col
den Ball varieties. and were grown on
his ranch at Everson.
Company A. of the new National
Guard of Tacoma, expects to receive its
full equipment before the month of No
vember closes. The company has already
received an assurance that the equipment
will be ready to issue before December /.
and as the Tacoma company is the senior
company in the new guard, it will be first
served.
H. E. Benedict of Asotin is in receipt
of sugar beets that were raised by him
and sent to the United States department
of agriculture, which is as follows: Aver
age weight of beets, 20 ounces; sugar in
the beets, per cent, l4.4; sugar in the
juice, per cent, 1872; coefficient of purity,
$751;. The latter number is the percent
age of sugar in the solid matter in solu-
ton in the juice.
With the close of October there has been
more coal shipped from Seattle thus far
than during the whole of last year, by
2S,794 tons. or 10 per cent, and as COM
pared with the first 10 months of 1897
the increase was 7l,4sO tons, amounting
to 30 per cent. The total for the year,
up to November !, was 3lO.307 tons. as
against 23s.s27 tons for the correspond.
ing period OF 1897, and 2Sl ,5l3 for all of
that year.
During the month OF November the re-
manning taxes for 1897 fall due, and the
days from now until December l will be
busy ones in the Office of the county trea-
surer of Pierce county. The total amount
of the tax levy for 1897 was 1922
OF which there was collected up to the
first of October $433,34l, leaving $359,S75
remaining unpaid. There is also bal
unpaid not to mention the balances re.
naming from prior years. 1t is expected
that about 100000 will be received this
month.
The total enrolment in the Haley
schools for the first two months and 10
date is pol, an average of 80 pupils in
each room.
Steps are being taken toward organic
ing Y. NJ. c. A. free reading room in
Gnngeville, Idaho.
a movement has been started to organ.
ize branch society OF the Y NJ. C. A.
at Lewiston. Idaho.
Isaac Blake's party have completed
their tramway from the old Peacock mine
to Snake river. in the Seven Devils coun-
try. The surveyors are now said to be
working on Snake river. near Pine creek.
The exact date for letting the contract
for the construction OF the Kootenay val.
ley railroad has not yet been fixed. Sew
eral contractors are viewing the line now
preparatory to putting in their bids.
Several changes are being made in the
line. Nothing has been done yet on
cross-section work.
A man apparently in a demented con-
dition is at present roaming through the
forests near Bonner's Ferry. When last
seen he was in the vicinity Of Badly
mountain. He had 800 upon his person
His parents live in Montreal, and he had
been in the employ OF the Crows Nest
railroad. A reward is offered for his cap.
ture, and two posses are in pursuitA
For some time a large bear has been
coming into the orchard of w. s. Clark
near Clearwater 1t ate all the fruit it
wanted during the night and would go
away until the next night Mr.. Clark
finally set gun with string to the
trigger on the trail where the bear came
over the fence. About 10 o'clock a re.
port of the gun was heard, and next
morning Mr.. Clark found lying in front
of the gun a brown bear dead, weighing
400 pounds. The orchard has not been
bothered since.
J. n. Rice. who has just arrived at
Lewiston from Buffalo Hump with
party, reports that Fred Jones, a l5.year.
old boy, formerly of Asotin, is probably
lost in the mountains. As Mr.. Rice and
party were coming out from the HUMP.
about 10 miles from Florence. they saw
first tracks of horse that had turn
ed toward the breaks of the Clearwater.
A terrible snow storm was raging at that
time, and the rider and his animal had
probably lost the trail. When the party
reached Florence they found that Young
Jones had started to the Hump with
telegram. A searching party was imme
diately started out after the boy. There
were two and one-half feet of snow at the
Hump when Mr.. Rice left, and the wea.
Their was very stormy.
MONTANA.