The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-04-23


than they have ever before.
Sunnyside farmers, in Yakima county,
are all busy with their spring work, and
quite number are preparing to SOW large
areas Of alfalfa.
Farming is well advanced in the Bick
elton country and some are about done
seeding. Sheep camps report good lamb
ing this spring.
The organization of a company of vol
unteers has been completed in New
Whatcom by the mastering of 80 mem
bers, SO of whom are sons of veterans.
Cargo shipments of lumber from
Gays Harbor during the month of
March were: Hoquiam, IL cargoes, 4,553,-
900 feet; Aberdeen, 6 cargoes, 2,l75,0OO
feet; Cosmopolis, 6 cargoes, 100000
feet; total, S,748, 900 feet.
Treasurer Huntley of Centralia has just
issued his quarterly report. The city has
$30675.44 in warrants outstanding and
$4,000 in bonds sold for the purchase of
the electric light plant two years since.
This is the entire debt OF the city,
amounting to $i3,67544.
Six healthy, husky, energetic Salvation
ARMY Onlttlo Will ltdNt 0lOhAnt Way
for the Klondike. They go on relief
expedition, but one not like those that
have preceded it and failed. Theirs is to
carry the gospel to the people of the Yu
on; their mission to relieve and lessen as
far as possible the evil influences of
wild frontier life.
Fees were collected by Clarke county
officers during March and turned into the
treasury as follows: Auditor, $234.25;
clerk, $l3005. One hundred and ten in
struments were recorded by the county
auditor during the month, as follows:
Deeds, patents, bonds for deeds, etc, 60;
mortgages, liens, etc, 80; mortgage salts
factions, &: miscellaneous, ii.
There were rs deaths in Seattle last
month, number larger than has ever
before been recorded in any one month,
except in March, 1891, when there were
50 deaths. 1t is also important to note
that is people succumbed to pneumonia
alone. Seventy-one cases of infectious
diseases were reported, as follows: Diph-
liberia, 10; scarlet fever, IL; measles, "a;
typhoid fever, 4; whooping cough, T.
Thomas IL. Cavanaugh, formerly sur
veyor general of Washington, now at De
troit, Mich, has written letter which
has been filed with the president tender
ing his services in the event of a war with
Spain General Cavanaugh desires an APP
pointment as captain and assistant quar-
termaster. At present the president and
the war department are giving no heed
to the very numerous offers from all
over the country of those who desire to
be officers in the coming struggle, for
peace will be hoped for until the last
hour.
Jesse Kerns, being of mechincal turn
of mind, has conceived a plan to capture
the willy sea otter. In the shop of n. S.
Sorenson, in Hoquiam, he has built
uniuqe craft 1t is IN the form of a big
log "a feet long, with both ends tapering
down to one foot. 1t bulges out in the
middle, large enough for a man to stand
up, for the purpose of shooting the otter
In the center is also propelling and
steering apparatus.
The lumber industry in Tacoma is
thriving. The mills are humming filling
orders from the east and locally for car
building material, and orders from coast
wise and foreign ports for general mate
rial. The building of thousands of rail
road cars throughout the country has
created very strong demand for the fir
OF this state. and the mills have in many
instances accepted contracts for heavy or
ders from various roads.
Idaho.
Plans have been accepted for a $4,000
theater at Lewiston
A telephone line from st. Anthony to
Dubois will in all probability become a
materialized fact in the near future.
The plans and specifications for the
l-aw Episcopal church at Boise are about
completed.
Elaborate preparations are being made
at Albion for the organization of an ar
tillery company under the direction Of
Colonel r. S. Wood and others.
Early Friday morning fire destroyed
Pages hotel at Wardner with its con
tents. A man supposed to have been JOIN
Gallagher lost his life in the flames. Tn,
loss is estimated at $50 900, insurance So,
600
Judge Stewart at Caldwell has sen
fenced Joseph Sprawl to two years in tn,
penitentiary. Sprawl was indicted sew
eral years ago for stealing a valise from
a train at Payette but he escaped anC
was not apprehended until recently.
Very important developments are tax
ing place in upper Boise, where the Twin
Springs Placer Company and the Uppe
Boise Hydraulic Company have been put
ting in large plants for working the higl