The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-01-13

were $1,343, 4O596, and the expenses,
$40 800.
Frank Bassendorf, the returned
Klondiker, who was found in Tacoma,
was prominent in Genesee county, New
York, and his friends there are not
ready to accept the accident theory to
account for his death.
An effort is to be made by the Wash
ington volunteers to have a reunion
and suitable anniversary celebration of
the outbreak of the Filipino war on
February 4, 1899, when the first real
/ engagement in which Washington reg
iment was under fire occurred.
News of the governments intention
to fortify at once the entrance to Port
Orchard, across the sound from Seat
tie, where is located the navy yard and
one of the finest dry docks in the Unit
ed States, was received here today.
Construction work will be commenced
not later than Feb. /.
The total value of the SGT 200, 900 feet
of lumber shipped out of Washington
during the eleven months ending with
the close of November was $6,270, 900,
and of the 3,322,O00,000 shingles, S4,-
5000, with $611,0O worth of lath,
making a total value of S11, 1866, 900 in
the product of the immense forests
which was shipped by ship and rail to
foreign consumers.
The department of agriculture has
received a large number of cuttings
from superior hop plants grown in Bo-
hemia, celebrated the world over for
their wonderful aroma, and flavor.
These cuttings will be distributed
among the hop growers throughout the
United States, and northwest growers
desiring to give them trial, would do
well to send in applications immediate
ly.
The condition of the national banks
of the state of Washington, at the close
of business December 2, as reported to
the comptroller of the currency, shows
the average reserve to have been 1880
per cent against 43.7S per cent on Sep
TENDER z. loans and discounts increase
from $9,491 ,O55 to 11.224,445; stocks
and securities, from $1,437,619 to ST.
566,325; gold coin, decrease from ST.
544, 404 to $2,345,3 44; total specie, from
$2,7S7, 230 to $2,621,761; individual de-
posits, increase from $1S,7O2,972 to $19,-
774,S3S.
OREGON.
Articles of incorporation for an Ore
gon Railway up the Grande Ronde riv-
er.
Mr.. Lowell will not run again for the
judgeship of sixth judicial district of
Oregon.
The total number of fire alarms turn
edin in Portland during the past year
was 1885,
A number of Pendleton merchants
have agreed to close their stores at 6
o'clock D. m.
The police department of Astoria is
money maker and for years past has
been self-sustaining.
There is $6S,229.72 in the county
treasury to the credit of the 81 school
districts in Multnomah county.
S. w. Downing, superintendent of
the Clackamas hatchery, states that he
now has 2,750,000 salmon fry punted.
About 1900 Union county horses
have been sold this year at prices rang
ing from SIS to SIS. The average was
s27.
This year much more attention
should be paid to immigrants and visi-
tors than has ever been done before
The report of the insane asylum for
the month of December shows that
there are now ITO patients in the in.
stitution.
Mule buyers in Lake county have Sc
cured 40 animals and expect to get 20
more. "A sharp advance in prices" is
reported.
A farm in Josephine county brings
an annual income of between $4,000
and $4,000. The products are hay,
grain, potatoes and 400 head of fat cat
tie
The Wasco News runs laundry in
connection with the paper and admon-
ishes its subscribers to call and get
their wash.
Weather reports throughout the past
years at Pendicton show an apparent
increase in total annual precipitation
of moisture.
Over 10000 packages of green fruits,
berries and vegetables were shipped
from Ashland by freight and express
in the season of 1899.
State Treasurer Moore has filed his
semi-annual report, showing cash on
hand, July 1, 1899. 1892, S36.72; receipts
1901. 911S5; total, s1,734,749.57. Dis
bursements. s993,4S214. Balance on
hand, Jan. 1, $741. 316.4S.
AS an evidence that this is the most