The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-08-13
ITEMS FROM THE NORTHWEST
THE NEWS OF THREE STATES.
Happenings Here and There I'm
Washington, Idaho and Montana
Wheat, Fruit and Wool Promise
Well This Season.


Threshing of fall-sown grain has be-
gun near Pullamn, and the grain is turn
ing out better than was expected. j..
R. Ripley threshed seven acres of red
Russian wheat which averaged AZ bush
els per acre. He has 80 acres OF this
variety, the seven acres threshed yester-
day being the poorest OF the field, and
is certain the 81 acres will average is
bushels per acre The grain is of excel
lent quality.
Theodore Rixon has been appointed by
the secretary of the interior to make Il
geological survey of the Olympic forest
reserve. He will be accompanied in his
travels by Arthur Dodwell a Northern
cruising Northern Pacific timber lands
for the last two years and is county sur
veyor of Pacific county.
Fruit Inspector w. II. Brown of Seattle
has condemned as utterly unfit for use
nearly 400 boxes of pears and apples,
mostly the former, which reached the
steamer dock from San Francisco. The
pests in and on the fruit are the codling
moth and San Jose scale. The pears are
of the Bartlett and Alexander varieties
and aside from the worms in them looked
fine.
County Treasurer A. B. Dorsey of Port
Angeles has completed his financial state
ment for the year ending June 30, 1898.
A comparison of the financial statement
/ %, ba ~
the previous year shows gratifying in
crease in receipts and marked decrease
in liabilities. The figures are as follows
Collections, 1898, $50, 2SS 03; 1897, $52,-
5l7 81; total debt, 1898, $405,624 05
1897, S425,020 IS; net debt, 1898, $l24,
ls9 30; 1897, 800 lO5 IS.
The Hypotheekbank of Spokane, which
owns about $50 acres of land on WILDLY
island, north of La Common, has just COM
pleted the construction of a $4,000 dam
on its property, which reclaims from the
tides over 200 acres of valuable tide land
which has been of no account for the
past two years, owing TO the washing
away of the old dam. The new one is
200 feet long, "a feet deep, with 9O-foot
base, and its construction used up over
300 cords of brush fascines, $50 tons Of
rock, $500 sacks filled with dirt and some
10000 cubic yards of loose dirt.
Three of Seattles society women have
outftted and sailed for two years so
journ on tina Yukon, and they are Mrs
and Miss AlcC;raw, wife and daughter Of
Ex-Governor John H. McGraw, and Mrs
Carr, wife of General Z. NJ Carr, formerly
brigadier general of the state militia
Governor McGraw is now awaiting The
party at St. Alichaels. He and Genera
Carr have valuable mines on Little Mi
nook. The ladies will be accompanied
on their voyage by General Carr, who
returned from the district some weeks
ago.
Engineers Stirrud and Nasten of Sc
attic have two large parties in the fielC
under the supervision of Mr.. Nasten
working on government surveys. The.
have recently made corrections on town
ship 80, range 25, which includes tn
town of LOOMS, which was surveyed las
season, but found slightly defective. The,
have also made corrections in TOWNSHIP
40, range %, which was also surveye,
at the same time. These townships ar
very populous and have been in abey
ance since 1890 for various causes, an,
their completion and acceptance will b
a boon much appreciated by the settler;
IDAHO.
The county Jail at Boise has its frs
female prisoner, girl whose downfall
is attributed to the morphine habit.
The county commissioners at Blackfoo
have fixed the salary of county attorne
Ito be elected in November) at 5000 pc
year