Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1891-11-07
COUNTY NEWS.

L1FluRSGUu
r. P. Mcdonald of Red Lodge
was among visitors in Livingston
Tuesday.
The net land sales of the North
ern Pacific in Montana during the
year ending June 31st, was g.,
1896 acres, for which it received
$173,O19.42.
Twelve carloads of coal and coke
from Horr and two cars of lumber
| from e. Goughnour's mill on Null
herin creek, composed a part Of
Mondays Park train.
The Enterprise is indebted to
Miss Emma Yakeley, secretary,
for the comprehensive and interest
ing record Of the proceedings of the
teachers institute which appears
in this issue. -..-
A democratic club was organized
at Horr the past week with the
following officers; President, S. NJ
Fitzgerald; vice president, J. H.
Conrad; secretary, L. S. Taylor
treasurer, G. W. 1Niswell.
George J. Allen returned Satur-
day evening from Chicago, where
he accompanied his shipment OF
beef cattle. He was successful in
receiving good prices for his stock
as it was in first class condition.
The double train service over the
Northern Pacific will be discontin-
ued at terminal points today, tax
ing effect in this place Monday
next. This arrangement will be
continued during the winter season.
J. H. Conrad, president of the
Park Coal and Coke company came
down from Horr Saturday on his
return to Helena. He reports the
mines and coke ovens of the COM
pany still operating to its fullest
capacity with a brisk demand for
the entire output.
A government geological survey
party, in charge Of Joseph P. Idd
ings, passed through Livingston
Wednesday. They have been
spending the summer in the noun
tain range adjacent to the East
Boulder, and were on their way to
Bozeman to go into winter quar-
ters.
The paper on "School Manage
ment'' presented to the institute by
Miss Emma Yakeley, principal of
the Red Lodge schools, was spicy,
interesting and instructive, and was
received with the applause it richly
deserved. We congratulate the
people Of Red Lodge on the pos
session of SO able and efficient a
teacher.
J. L. DeHart, representing the
Minnesota Transfer, came in from
the east and spent Tuesday with
his family. He states that the
shipment of cattle from Montana
this year will reach nearly 200,-
600. The Northern Pacific had
carried out of the state, at the close
Of the past week 10000 head, and
orders have been placed for 1000
cars for future shipment.
J. NJ. Conrow returned Monday
from Chicago, whittier he went two
weeks ago with a consignment OF
beef cattle. He was fortunate in
striking a good market, and re-
ceived for seventy head of his cat
tie $3.50 per hundred. This lot,
together with several other selected
punches were purchased for ship
ment direct to the European mar
kets. Mr.. Conrow estimates that
the returns of recent cattle ship
ments for this place will aggregate
$4,000. ....
A gentleman of undoubted ver-
acity reports the discovery of petrol
cum in the vicinity of Red Lodge,
Montana. He says there is large
slouth or creek bed not far from
Red Lodge that is actually sticky
with the stuff, SO much so that wa
ter fouls sometimes lis ht in it and
are unable to again escape, owing
to the consistency Of the sticky
substance. Samples have been
sent to Pittsburg for analysis and
were pronounced the right stuff.
The man who made the discovery
has taken up the ground and will
bore for Oil next season. There
seems no reason to doubt the ex-
istence of oil in that section, which