Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1900-02-16

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Anaeortes Doasla q . clam canning
factory.
The Art Engraving co. is one of spo
.kane's new enterprises.
Mabton, Yakima county. has been 4
shipping &C Arload Of hay daily,
Lewis county has just made 2 ship
ment of lumber to- Jacksonville, Fla
The Centralia Commercial Club has
perfected its permanent organization.
The Gallanu-Burke brewery boycott |
has been declared of by the unions at |
Spokane.
The delinquent tax list. Of Kittitas
county, January !. 1900, amounted TO
$7O,75257.
Spokane plans widespread improve,
ments this year and will spend $l35,000
in pavements.
| The wheat market at the present
time Is in sluggish condition unpar
alleled in several years.
Large quantities of baled hay Is be-
ing received in Tacoma daily to be
prepared for shipment to the Philip
pines.
The annual report of County Treas
urer Wilson shows a decided improve
ment in the financial condition of Che
halls county.
Superintendent j. M. Layhue, of
Puyallup, reports that there are II
more pupils in attendance than at this
time last year.
The building permits issued at Sc
J attic during January were greater
than for any similar month In the his
tory of the Office since 1898.
The annual report of the county
auditor which has just been issued,
: shows San Juan county to be in most
excellent condition financially.
3 A project is on foot at Tacoma for
| History structure, 112-13O or 120x12O
3 feet, the building to have IA storerooms
$ and 664 offices, and to cost 100000.
The gross receipts from the sale OF
i stamps, box rents and postage on pa
;. pers and periodicals at the Seattle
r postofice during January amounted tt
d $14,912.99.
The idea of having the Tacoma cham
r Der of commerce and business men gen
h orally guarantee a certain amount o.
n business to Cape steamers Is becoming
} popular in that city.
: Daniel Downing, who was unde
a sentence to be hanged at Montesan'
n February 2, has stay of execution
y for 80 days, caused by notice of appea
l. to the supreme court.
b The amount of raw cotton In bale
e shipped from the port of Tacoma sine
y the list of December, 1899, amounts t
IT 24,542 bales, or 12,562,655 pounds
y worth at least $1.O67,S25, says tn
D. Ledger.
Frank Roye. the man accused of mul
e der and arson, was found at his home
He was taken to Waitsburg and is noN
,e in jail. The charred body of the eide
ID Royce was found in the ashes of hi
dwelling
o. The Island County Times says ths
BE Coupeville needs creamery, and ther
are many other communities whic
III will be compelled to establish one G
&c more of these useful institutions If W
are to become the butter makers of tn
Id Pacific islands and the Orient.
of The farmers institute, which we
held In Dayton recently. proved a su
w cess far beyond the expectations {
a. those who interested themselves MOI
no in securing the meeting, and who ha,
been busy arranging the details.
NC OREGON.
ed The school attendance in Portlar
has passed the 10000 mark.
wv The total receipts at the Oregon Gil
s.. land office for January were $8,651.7
la A Wallowa stock man has sold /.
head of hogs at his ranch at cen
en- per pound on foot.
err George Childer's 2O0-acre farm, fo'
ye, miles from Island City, has been so
IN to John Blochland for $500.
The January report of the board
he health of Portland shows: Number
ar births reported to February 6, "a; nul
a Der of deaths, go.
its Mcdonald Bros, cattle men of w;
Iowa, will inoculate their entire bal
a of 300 yearlings with Pasteur vaccir
ny to prevent loss from black leg.
Ter The Peach dairy, in Union count
ne has made 144,0 900 pounds of butter sin
ro- it was started in 1888. The farm CO.
prises 1,04O acres, 900 being meadow.
he The Hardman Homestead reports
ms, farmers sale Of 20 head of horses
ice North Dakota men, who are buying (
in the eastern market. 1t says furth
that horses are increasing in vail
IN | and tha domoud FOR fhaY, a nrroaK