The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-01-15

December.
Not more than one-third of the wheat
stored at Cotton, Whitman county, has
been sold and shipped.
Stock raisers on the Wenas have been
feeding large bands of stock for the win
ter city markets.
Whitman county commissioners have
made cut in the salaries at the court
house, effecting a saving of $500 year
There is more cash on hand in County
Treasurer Silverthorn's Office than there
ever has been in the history of Douglas
county.
Garfield and Columbia counties have
about concluded an agreement whereby
the division lines between the two will
be reestablished. The old marks are
about obliterated.
The last floor of the Gray's harbor light
house has been put in place on top of the
brick tower, and it commands a fine view
of the whole harbor country.
Stock in Kittitas valley have been fed
for the past month and the present pros
poets are that feeding will continue for
some time yet, says the Ellensburg Lo-
caller.
c. f. Lind contractor of the Blaine
Ferndale road, reports the work progress
ing we'll He has a large force of men at
work at each end of the road. At the
Ferndale end the grading is all done and
about two miles planked. AT the Blaine
end grading and grubbing is the order.
Tacomas December exports were val
ued, according to the collector of Gus
toms, at 81, 1854 ,299s6. Nearly all, if not
all, of the commodities exported were of
American production. The imports for
the year of 1897 were $s,l2595S6l. Ex-
ports for the year were SO, 100, l77.22. Re
ceipts of the port from all sources were
$4,000
The action of the Whitman county com
missioners in settling with the Northern
Pacific Railroad Company for so per cent
of its taxes on unpatented railroad lands,
has resulted in others, who own railroad
lands, demanding the same rebate. At
the meeting of the county commissioners
which closed yesterday an order was made
authorizing County Treasurer Manning
to accept so cents on the dollar fer the
taxes on unpatented railroad lands owned
by the Vermont Loan and Trust Com
pany for the years 1893, 1894 and 1895
The same order was made regarding the
lands of the Bunnell & Emo Investment
Company. w. Hampton was refunded
$3.50 taxes which he had paid on inn
provements on government lands.
Montana.
The appOrtionment of the state school
moneys gives the Choteau county school
fund some $49l; Fergus county, 1920;
Teton county, $2l9, and Valley county
sos.
The mineral land commission has adj
iourned till January 20. Commissioner
Tomkins has gone to Arkansas and Com
missioner Hathaway will spend the va
cation on the coast.
Carbon county has been apportionet
the sum of $395.64 from the state schoo
income fund. This is on a basis of A.
cents for each of the 942 children of tn,
county according to the August census.
l.. ii. Brigham, a government freighter
died at Mammoth Hot Springs from thu
effects of injuries sustained by a fall from
wagon on December 20 while hauling
lItlRul llOil W IOli ltlOW
stone. Mr. Brigham was an old timer il
the service and about 20 years of age a
the time of his death.
Governor Smith has appointed the fol
lowing delegates to the Nicaragua cana
convention, which will meet in Kansa
City January II: John b. Losekamp o
Billings, j. II. Durston of Anaconda,
II. Monteath and f. +. Corbett of Butte
and r. r. Purcell of Helena.
The announcement is made that onl,
$4,000 can be expended in the running
expenses of the Great Falls schools Tn
taxpayers of school district No. !, whicl
includes all of this city, pays two-third
of the taxes to be used for school pur
poses in the county, but the city school
get back but little less than two-fifth
of the entire tax.
Fergus county this year has a delin
quent tax list amounting to 1887 .2S, o
which amount $4434.4S is due from tn
Northern Pacific railway, that corpora
ton refusing to pay taxes to the count,
on its government land grants until Z
pending suit in the United States court i
settled. The delinquency from taxpayer
other than the railway is $500 less thai
that of last year.
The stock owners of the Big Horn ba
sin report great destruction of their ami
mails from wolves and are raising a gener
Gus bounty by private subscription TO
the destruction of the pests. 1t is esti
mated that there are 600 of these ami
mails in the basin at present and tina
the killing of stock in consequence is un