Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-01-19
NEWS Of THE NORTHWEST
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS ITEMS,
Review From the States Of wash.
ingtOn. Idaho. Montana and Orc
g0n-News Of the Past Week
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There Is no smallpox at Wardner.

There is no smallpox at Wardner.
The Pos!atch Is on rampage. The
report Is that Kendrick Is inundated
and several people drowned.
Wardner has experianced a sure but
steady growth this winter. amounting
almost to building boom.
Senator Shoup will introduce a bill
increasing the limit OF the cost of the
Boise public building from 5000. 900 to
100000.
Small 4 Emery have purchased a site
for their mill about q mile above town
TO the east They will move their
plant sometime during the next month,
Burglars at Lewiston entered
three buildings but got small booty.
Four revolvers few dollars and sledge
hammer comprised the spoils OF the
night
Four new smallpox cases have deyei.
oped In Moscow during the past week.
and the situation is becoming serious
Mrs Fred Heir. living on Third street,
has the disease.
AS the results of row on the Neg
Perce reservation Lee Phinney. Z half.
breed. is in serious condition. John
ny Low welded rifle and skipped.
George Woodland gave himself up. A
joyous trio.
Acting for the State Land Board,
Ben Gray has made a sale OF 400 acres
Of land in Blaine county, IL miles below
HALEY. to Frank X. and T. H. Gooding.
The land brought from $40 to $l3 per
acre. the total amount realized being
| $4,000.
A comparison of the records of Sho-
shone county for the past two years
shows wonderful increase in 1899.
particularly during the last six months
OF the year. after the authority Of the
state had been invoked to bring order
out Of chaos which had existed here 30
long.
| Section Director Blandford OF the
weather bureau has completed his re-
port OF the meteorological conditions
prevailing In Boise during the year
1899. 1t Is shown that the highest
temperature reached was l02 In July.
and the lowest 9 degrees below zero In
February.
Ploughing has been going on In Lew.
iston valley during the entire winter.
Hank Trimble, one OF the largest wheat
farmers in that vicinity. reports wheat
sown during the last ten days Is sprout-
Ing. Mr.. Trimble has 1900 acres In
grain. and looks forward to the harvest
ing of big crop this year
The state treasurer has notified Miss
French, superintendent Of public In
struction, that there Is $ll.36S.39 on
hand for the semI-annual apportion-
ment among the counties OF the state
for school purposes. This is $3.201
more than was ever before available IN
January for this purpose. This re-
suits from the effective work done last
year in leasing lands In the north for
wheat growing purposes.
Although county taxes become delin-
ouent ON the first Monday In January.
Assessor Daily. following the establish.
ed custom. has not yet added the penal.
ty. So far something over $50. 900 has
been collected. The total amount Of
the taxes is 3l0S,O00. The commits
sloners will decide how much time will
elapse before the penalty will take Of
feet
WASHINGTON.
The town OF Farmington has no doc
tor.
Robberies are quite frequent In Spo.
kane lately
A new sewer system has been start,
ed at Walla Walla-
A poultry show will be held In Walla
Walla In February.
All the houses in Walla Walla are be
ing numbered even TO the suburbs.
During the year 1899 there were 35o
no,arial commissions issued by Cover
nor Rogers.
An early closing movement OF busl
ness houses has gone into effect at Cen
tralia-
Col. John w. Pinkerton. for man,
years a prominent citizen Of Tacoma
is dead.
Charleston is now the name OF the new
postofice in vineland. formerly knowr
as Concord.
Ethel Perry. OF walla Walla. has beer
ordered committed TO the reform
school by Judge Brentz
Spokane police court paid . prom
last year. The nnes collected there e1
ceeded police expenses
Hot lunch is being served daily at th'
Spokane High School for the benent o
the pupils and teachers.
!. Orviile, Okanogan county. Wash.
has been made a money order onc'
with Spokane as its depository.
The depot OF the Washington = Col
umbis railway burned to the ground .
Waitsburg. causing total loss.
There are now $50 students enrolles
at the Washinton Agricultural college
the highest plumber in Its history.
Contracts have been let for the ma
!. soury Of the new Great Northerl
bridges at Spokane To st. Paul arm