The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-07-23

Idaho.
Lemhi county has contributed S36S so
for the Idaho Omaha exposition fund.
Hereafter all barber shops in Lewiston
will be closed on Sunday The BARRIERS
petitioned the council and were included
under the ordinance.
Mrs. 5. L. Cowen of Gmngeville pre-
scented 10 strawberries to the Free Press,
raised in her garden and weighing nine
ounces.
p =. Shelby, president of the Southern
Fruit Growers Association, has returned
from visit to eastern markets. He has
arranged with a Chicago firm to send to
Idaho from California an expert packer to
teach the growers how to pack their
fruit.
The Lapwai industrial school has been
formally turned over to Indian Agent
Fisher and will hereafter be operated I'M
der his direction. AIR. Fisher will remain,
as heretofore, at the agency, and has
placed the active management of the
school in the hands of DR. O. j. West,
as assistant superintendent. There will be
no changes at the school, as far as known,
the transfer being merely formal pro-
cedure.
About midnight Thursday fire broke
out in the Episcopal rectory at Pocatello
and the building was completely Quilted
Rev. II. Murphy, the pastor, and his fam
lily lost all their furniture and clothing,
the only thing saved being a part of his
library. Two of Mr.. Murphy's children
were rescued with great difficulty. The
fire was caused by the explosion of a
small night lamp. Loss, about $1,000; no
insurance.
Samuel Martin, clerk of the Indian
agency, says that 100 drafts from the
treasury department, representing the bal
ance of the Shelby interest payment have
been received at the agency and are now
being disbursed. The total of the drafts
is about $4,000. The payments for the
next semi-annual payments have been pre-
pared, and he thinks the department will
hasten the issue of the drafts and expects
the payment to be made within six weeks
, or two months
The weather and crop conditions of the
Moscow section as reported by the United
, States climate and crop service are as
IOllOWS; Inc weather OI Ine past week
was somewhat colder than the normal !;
: the days were comparatively warm and
the nights very cool Light frosts oc-
CURED in scattered localities all over the
state on several dates, but no appreciable
, damage to crops resulted. The week was
= very dry, the rainfall being confined to
0 few widely scattered thunderstorms
e High winds have been an important fac
tor in drying out the soil, which is greatly
/ in need of moisture. All irrigated crop:
+ are doing well, though the growth has not
e been as rapid as during the previous week
owing to cooler weather. Dry land crop
is are showing effects of drought, but arr
l, still in fairly good condition. Grain i
d heading out and generally promises
d heavy yield; potatoes are coming alons
nicely, with some of the early planted
r crop blossoming; garden truck is yer.
IS satisfactory. Cutting of the first crop o
r lucerne was begun early in the week ant
< is becoming general; the yield is good
/ All fruits are doing well; strawberries an
gooseberries are ripe and plentiful, ant
lie currants ripening. The ranges are fresl
L and green and stock doing well.