, 1889-02-07

CuOuOmleu county cut AVV,VVV'VVo AovS
Of logs this year. Skagit comes next with
territory is 4S4, 500, 900 feet.
The sessions Of tho United States die.
trict court for the second district Of Mon
tsun will hereafter be held at Deer Lodge,
instead OF Buste, and the time has been
changed TO April and October.
A rousiug meetiug was held at Waits.
burg . few days ago 10 talk over the Hunt
railroad project. The unanimous conclu.
sion arrived ct was that the county COM
missioners should vote the necessary tax.
o. D. Jones and Bob Stevens are back
from Chloride. They report about 800
men In the district and building opera
tious active. Work on the Bonanza claim,
one OF the Weber group, commenced last
Saturday, twelve men being employed, all
from the Granite mine, near Philipsburg,
Montana. .--C9ur d'Alene Record.
Grading work on the Mullan extension
Of the Northern Pacific 10 nearly COM
pletsd. A considerable number Of the men
have already been Withdrawn ana nearly
all will be within two weeks. Theindica-
tions now are that most Of them will soon
be able 10 secure work on the reservation
division Of the Washington 4 Idaho.
]. w. Winslett. one OF the oldest and
most highly respected residents Of the Bit
tor Root valley, was brought down from
Stevensville Monday evening BY Constable
John Smith, and was examined before
Judge Landers az TO his sanity. He was
adjudged insane yesterday morning and
taken to the asylum.-Missoulian.
Probably the largest 2-year.old stallion
ever brought to Pendleton was the recipi-
ent Of many admiring compliments this
forenoon "a he vas shown on the streets
by his owners, Messrs. Pendleton & Brown,
trip to Canada. He 10 over seventeen
hands high and tips the scales at l74O
pounds.-East Oregonian.
The steamer Kootenai, the only one OF
the C@ur d'Alene Railway & Navigation
Company's boats that can now be used to
advantage, carries only four car loads of
ore daily, about forty tons. No wonder
some Of the mining companies are COM
pelled to temporarily suspend operations
when transportation facilities are not equal
to the hauling Of one-third the average
output for the past six months. s.--C1ur
d 'Alene Record.
Hon. ]. X. Toole sends informatio from
Washington, that In the next miscellane-
ous advertisement for postal routes, to be
issued some time in February, proposals
will be asked for mail service between.
Hotchkiss and Franklin, Mont. A petit
tion for the establishment of such route
had been sent in but In all our inquiries
failed to locate Franklin. We believe
there is no such place in this county, II in
the tsrritory.-Helena Herald.
John N. Armstrong came down from
Grantsdale on Monday and yesterday made
final proof on his ranch property In the
fertile Bitter Root valley He reports
everything in tiptop shape In the Grants
dale neck O. the woods. John, being an
old worker in the newspaper harness, al.
per q few words of encouragement to his
brother Observation-Disclosures.
In Northern Wyoming the wolves and
coyotes are committing great depredations
on the ranges. A Crook county ranch
man reports a loss Of $1,000 among his
pastured stock thus far from wolves and
coyotes. He says the beasts are becoming
very ravenous, and do not hesitate to tackle
q 3-year-old steer or large colt. These
pests are becoming q great nuisance, and
IL something is not done by the next legis-
lature it is evident that hair will fiy."-
Yellowstone Journal.
Rockford is to have new brick block
says the Enterprise, with frontage OF
100 feet, two stories. The rear end of the
building will present sixty-foot front.
The building will be arranged for large
store room in the lower story and Office
rooms, This building will be joined by
the G. A. r. building, which will be
40x80 feet, with o beautiful hall in the
second story and store room for rent be-
low. The G. A. X. building will be Joined
on the north by large store building, the
dimensions Of which We have not learned.
Tho brisk for the building has been Or
the erection of large two.story.
G. w. johnson, superintendent of the
o. r. & N. Co., informed the East Ore
yesterday morning, that freight trains
would hereafter leave Walla Walla at an
early hour in the morning, arriving here
at 8 or 10 o'clock A. M. The passenger
train will continue to run on the present
schedule The change in the freight
time will be very convenient to people
along the line of the Walla Wala branch
who wish to 20 TO Pendleton and return
the same day. and will be of great value
to Pendleton's business interests. The
change was made in answer to the request
of the Pendleton board of trade and
others.
The Snake River valley is pronounced
By Senator Hearst of California. and by
Jack Gilmer, the mining man and stage
line owner. as superior to anything on the
Pacific coast, Senator Hearst claiming that
this valley alone is capable of supporting
200, 900, 900 people.
Arminta Garder was taken to the in.
sane asylum last Thursday from Union
county. She is only l6 years old and has
been mother for the past fifteen months.
The author Of her shame, and also her in
sanity, is named Wigeins. and 10 serving
ten years sentence at the penitentiary
for the outrape She was and Ia n cripple