Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-01-19

"0eAt market AZ COllax. aud several ex-
tehsise farmers are selling their crops,
In few days every street will have
suitable signs placed. showing the In.
tersecticn Of every stree In Walls Wal.
la.
Fish Commissioner Little has mr..
ranged to plant a carload Of eastern
Holsters In Puget sound waters a. an
experiment.
J. A. Dennis. OF Dryad. states that he
intends either moving his shingle plant
from Dryad or will put In a new cutf.
at Montesano.
There are in King county - road su.
pervisors. who have immediate charge
OF as many different road districts
| within Its limits.
The quarantine against smallpox at
leavenworth had just been declared
OF and people were beginning to feel at
ease. when another case broke out.
c. l.. Harris. OF Billings. Mont.
agrees to furnish water for irrigation
purposes at Pasco. II the land owners
will give him half OF their land when
the water system shall be completed.
Columbia county made q record In
the collection OF taxes for the year 1898
The books have been checked up and
show that only per cent OF the levy Is
still unpaid
SO far as known In Walla Walla, the
whereabouts OF Clapp are still mys-
terry. II is generally believed that he
has left the country. The theory OF
foul play has lost creience.
One OF the largest individual sales
Of wheat this year was that OF b. r
Manchester. u farmer living eight miles
southeast OF Colfax. who sold TO Chas
de France ll.700 bushels OF wheat
stored in I he warehouse at Mackene-
ma, for 80 cents per bushel.
Reports submitted to the charity or.
ganization society OF Seattle show:
The number Of applications for aid and
assistance during 1899 amounted to 373,
exclusive OF the casual callers or the
migratory class OF single men that
have been reported from the residence
portion OF the city.
OREGON.
The Lawton fund was increased last
week by $3i9.S5 from the citizens OF
Portland.
Fifty-two scalps Of wild animals. pre-
sented for bounty during December.
were counted In Medford.
The month OF December was lively
one for the land once At Oregon city.
The total amount received from cash
sales was sl3.36522 fees and commits.
sion. 3l552.59.
During 1899 Beverton shipped 392
carloads OF produce. including 81 cars
Of onions and 322 OF wood
| A new Masonic temple on the corner
OF East Morrison street and Grand nv.
enue, Portland. Is proposed. II. s.
Rowe is president OF the association.
The Grangeville creamery. In Wash
ington county distributes another $1,000
In dividends to its stockholders This
dividend is from 1000 pounds Of butter.
Men in touch with the sheep industry
in Umatilla county report that wool
growers very generally refuse to make
contracts for the sale OF the 1900 clip.
The same is true Of Morrow county.
The Oregon Agriculturalist is author.
ity for the statement that the produc.
! ton OF wheat for the state OF Oregon for
the past ten years has increaser more
proportionately than the population.
General Summers has received let.
ter informing him that cannon sur.
rendered at Manila to the Americans
when the city capitulated on Aug. 18th
1898. is on It's way TO Portland as gift
to the Second Oregon volunteers.
MONTANA.
The wolves are again getting num.r
GUS on the range In the vicinity Of For,
Benton.
An unknown man was drowned in
the Missoula river and up 10 the pres
ent time the body has not been recover
ed.
During the past year with the Count,
clerk and recorder OF Cascade count,
we're filed patents for record OF over 26.
900 acres OF land.
Major J. +. Edwards. Grow IndiAr
agent. is advertising for bids for ths
manufacture OF 500. 600 feet OF assorted
lumber. The timber 10 TO he cut frou
the reservation forests and manufac
tured In the government sawmill at thu
Grow agency by Indian labor.
There are now In the Hearst librar!
at Anaconda 5lgs books OF all classifi
cations, which Is s2l more than were OF
the shelves at the close OF 1898. Th'
next consignment OF new books vii
number 400 These have been ordere,
and will be ready for cataloging abou
the close OF he presen. month.
According 10 the report Of Count.
Treasurer W. L. Steele, Lewis ant
Clarke county. began the new year witt
4la57sSsi In bank. During Decen
ber the receipts were As follows: Take
Ss7Ts73. licenses Si4si. county ofncer'
fees Slls372. other sources S250s.S5
total ll,s30.50. The county treasure
, during the month paid out Slos.Sss.7
in cash.
Word has reached Livingston OF th
death OF William Jump. which occure