Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1894-07-28


in placer gold. A short distance below
this place is wide spread of new sane
several feet in thickness, which pros
poets as high as Is cents TO the cubi
yard. The water in the river is yer,
swift at this point, and the miners III,
are in possession of the bars are turn
lug it into slulce boxes running alous
the low banks, and turning it to gool
account.
LATE EVENTS AT WILBUR.
| Train Service-Deaths of Two Farmers
Land Matters.
WILBUR, Wash, July 2l.-Trains
three times q week arrive from Spo-
kane. Even this is encouraging and is
accepted with good grace by our people.
The timber in the mountains on the
Colville reservation, across the Colum-
bia north OF here, is on fire, and at
night makes Il grand picture.
VIM. Dwlnnell, a rancher near here,
died after long spell of sickness yes
terday. He only returned a few weeks
ago from California and the Arkansas
BOT Springs, where he had been in
search of relief.
MIR. Reeves, prominent merchant of
Hartline, died ut his home rather un-
expectedly yesterday.
Fixed Up Land Dispute.
The power of the press" has again
been fully demonstrated, this time in
very forcible ana exceedingly gratify-
ing style. -Four fractional townships
,e l,,, s., J>f l, :,l,-
located some of the largest and finest
fruit orchards in the county. was what
is termed "unsurveyed land" -Four
years ago it was surveyed the second
time by Messrs. Ashley Il Gray of Spo-
kane, but the survey mad never been
approved or accepted. The people who
settled on the land, several hundred in
humber, were naturally indignant
over the vexed delay. Messrs. Cole Il
Goshorn, publishers of the Register.
took hold of the matter about so days
ago which resulted in one John l..
Wilson doing good work at the de-
partment.
Fatal Wreck ON tho Air Line.
EVANSVILLE, July .0.-The wreck
of an excursion train at Nelpen, on the
Louisville. Evansville Il st. Louis (Air
line road today ibj ured four passen-
gers. The truck under the engine
tank broke, derailing the baggage car
and two coaches. The in ured are:
George Pitcher, Albion. scalp wound;
Aonzo Dickey, Albion. chest crushed;
Fl. Stanley. Albion, chest crushed.
probably fatally; Nj. Dius, English,
fracture of the leg.
DAYTON FOLKS SEEK COOL SPOTS.
Number of Parties Leave for Summer
Resorts.
DAYTON. WASH, July 22.-Mr. and
Mrs. II. E. Peabody and daughter, Mr..
and Mrs. w. T.. Cahill and Miss Car
rie Magin started Saturday morning
for months outing in the mountains.
A. Y. Van Allen and wife of Sprague.
brother-iE- law and sister Of Mrs. =. A.
johnson of this city, accompanied by
lhei" son and daughters, have spent
the past week in Dayton visiting
friends and relatives.
A party consisting of Mrs. !. Il.
Tnolnpson, Miss Iva Ellis, Miss Gertie
MagiIl ami Messrs. viii McClarey and
fer an outing Tuesday morning.
Another party left Thursday morn
ing for II weeks visit in the mountains.
The members of this party are Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard Walsh and children and
Misses Mary and Lettie Clark of Walla
Walla.
POLITICAL RALLY AT ELBERTON.
Arrangements for Good Time to Last
Three Days.
ELBERToN, July 90. = Extensive
preparations ere being made for
grand picnic and political rally to be
held here August ., 3 and 4. Invita-
tons will be extended to leading men
OF all parties to speak on the issues of
the day from their particular stand
point. The picnic grounds here are
the finest in the county, not only being
furnished naturally with excellent
shade water and grass, but also highly
improved by the grading of good
baseball grounds and race track and
the erection of fine pavilion and
speakers stand.
There will probably be two or three
speeches and several short addresses
made each day Of the picnic, and music.
sports, contests and various other
amusemen.s will be furnished to enter
tain the people during the intervening
hours.
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