Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-01-21

of wheat daily.
The treasurer of Skagit county gives
out the information that within the past
two months he has collected 100000 due
on taxes, 1927 900 of which has been out
standing as far back as 1885,
The aggregate ocean tonnage en- route
to the sound from various ports of the
world amounts to $4,000, a gratifying
showing over that of the two last years.
Many loggers and ranchers who had
logs in above tidewater in Chehalis coun-
ty are rejoicing that the big freshets
brought down their forest crop into the
booms, whence they can now be easily
marketed.
II. M. Ingraham was elected fruit in
spector of Lewis county at the recent
meeting of the county organization. Com
missioner Baker addressed the Centralia
meeting and says that much interest is
being shown in fruit culture throughout
Lewis county.
Pacific county commissioners have EN-
ployed w. A. Potter to expert the books
of the auditor, sheriff and clerk since 1893,
at So per day. Mr.. Potter is one of the
heaviest taxpayers in the county and is
now engaged in the dairy business, though
he formerly was an expert bookkeeper in
California.
Col. j. III. McLoughlan, deputy Unit
ed States marshal for the Seattle office,
has resigned the position. In letter to
Marshal Ide the deputy assigns the rea-
sons for his action in part as follows;
After fair hard trial of five months,
find it impossible to make living for my
family.
The Whatcom county teachers associa-
ton has appointed committee who are
now corresponding with teachers and ed
ueators in the northwestern part of the
state, with view to advancing the inter
ests of the Whatcom county normal school
in the next legislature.
The British ship Ditton, which has the
honor of having the largest tonnage of any
three-masted sailing vessel afoat in any
sea- has just cleared for Queenstown from
Tacoma. She carries wheat cargo of
73.4l5 bags, or l59,602 bushels, valued at
$l25,OOO.
The recent freshets did considerable
damage in the valleys of Skamokawa. The
shifting stream invaded the home of j.
b. Mcdonald at the midnight hour and
caused his family to make a hurried exit
to nearby shed. Mr.. Mcdonald, with
his oldest son, has been taking down the
house the past week, and preparing to
build more secure home on the bench
land.
Henry Craemer, the condemned MUIR
derer of Mrs. Muller and babe, who is SEN
fenced to be hanged March %, has been
removed from the north corridor of the
King county Jail to the condemned cell.
off the jailers office. The death watch has
been placed. A few weeks before the day
on which Craemer is condemned to die the
death watch will be increased to prevent
all possibility of suicide. As things are
now there is little danger of Craemer max
ing any attempt to take his life. He does
not believe that the order of the court will
be carried out, although his ideas as to
Just what will prevent it are rather vague.
He spends the day in making picture
frames out of cardboard.
Montana.
The Missoula Odd Fellows have just
celebrated the goth anniversary of the
incorpoa ton of their lodge.
The first dividend on the deposits of the
First National bank of Helena is being
distributed. 1t is 10 per cent dividend
and amounts to $4,000.
The Montana state university building
commission has adopted the plans and
specifications for the university hall and
science building at Missoula. The con-
tracts will be awarded in about 80 days.
In the past year Montanas mineral and
live stock product was equal to dividend
of $3.50 to every soul in the state-man,
woman and child. The total was $67 ,250,-
600, and is large increase over the figure
for 1896.
Judge Henry has made an order appor-
tioning the stenographer's salary between
the counties comprising this judicial dis
triet. Park county, with l0S cases, will
pay $996.92; Sweet Grass county, with
Al cases, will pay $37S.46; Carbon county,
with 46 cases, will contribute $424.62.
The most important warrant call in the
history of Montana has just been an
:, nouneed in the notice given by the state
treasurer that, as fast as presented, all
general fund warrants registered up to
December l last, will be paid, the call in
GLIDING warrants aggregating $225,00O
When they are paid the state will be near
err out of debt than it has been for years.
The Scandinavian church of Missoula
that has recently voted to become Congre-
gational does not lose its identity as a
church. 1t simply accepts the doctrine
and policy of the Congregational denomi-
nation, and will be recognized by coun-
ell and enter into fellowship with this
body. 1t is the first and only Swede
Congregational church in Montana.
During the year just closed Montana
stock inspectors recovered 1904 head of
strays, the value of which, three-quarters
of million dollars, was, or will be. dis
tributed to their owners. The board re