Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1897-10-09
NORTHWEST NEWS AND NOTES,
Items of Interest From Idaho, Mon
tana and Washington.

i Gambling has been stopped in Dayton
for while at least City Marshal Yoe
backed by public opinion, has given the
gamblers no quarter
During its first year, which has re
Gently closed, the Chehalis valley cream
cry has handled little over 100000
pounds of milk, for which about $4,000
in cash was paid.
A. 2. Lechier of Lexington, Cowlit7
county, threshed seven acres of oats last
week which averaged los bushels pei
acre. At the present price of oats his
crop will bring him $3.50, OF s37 per acre
Almost one-half of the new crop of tea
imported from China into the United
States comes through Puget sound Tc
be exact 1926 per cent of the entire crop
was entered through the Puget sound
customs district.
The farmers of Klickitat are becoming
awakened to the fact that good wagon
road to Lyle will be great benefit, and
at the county's expense good wagon
road will be built from the lower portion
of the klickitat valley to Lyle, following
closely the railway survey.
James d. Hoge, Jr., who has been for
the past four years manager of the Seat
tie Post-1ntelligencer, has left for New
York, whence he will start for London
After attending to some business there he
will spend few weeks making a tour Of
the British isles and then proceed OH a
journey around the world, returning to
| Sea tile in five or six months.
The state university trouble took on a
new phase when it was announced that
President Edwards did not propose to ac-
Yuiesce in his deposition by the board of
! regents. President Edwards contention
is that he has a specific contract to man
age the institution until August l, 1898,
and that the action of the regents is of
no legal force. The matter will probably
be taken to the courts.
Mrs. Mary L. Sinclair, one of the pio-
neers of Snohomish county and Snohom-
| ish City, has gone to Skaguay. She ex-
poets to take a position as cook for a
club of business men there Mrs. Sin
clair is large property owner in Sno-
homish City, and, owing to the excessive
valuation at which it was assessed, due
to the inflated prices, her taxes have been
so large that she can not pay them. How
ever, she proposes to pay her taxes and
is making no bluff about expensive law
suits. Mrs. Sinclair is lady we'll ad-
vanced in years, but she is full of vigor
Idaho.
The free kindergarten at Wallace open
ed with 25 children.
Five thousand rainbow trout have been
liberated in Spirit lake.
1t is estimated that 10000 bushels of
grain have been sold at Moscow thus far
this season.
Two baseball teams have been organ
ized among the convcts in the peniten-
tiary at Boise.
The fall meeting of the Lemhi County
Fair and Racing Association will take
place on October I, and 8.
The contest for queen Of the inter
mountain fair has closed. The success
full candidate is Miss Bessie Vollmer,
daughter of John p Nollmer of Lewiston.
She received 1918 votes. The second in
the contest was Miss Rae OFarrell of
Boise, who received POOP votes.
The death is reported at the soldiers
home in Boise of Joseph lie Grand. He
was born in Germany October Is, 1886.
He enlisted in Company c, Fifth United
States infantry, as private April 3, 1858,
and was discharged as corporal February
4, 1868; re-enlisted February 4, 1868, in
n
try, and was discharged as sergeant July
ID, 1865. By profession he was an ac-
countant. He enjoyed a good musical
and literary education and held several
local offices of Importance at Wallace |
before surrendering to i'll health. lie was
No. %, Wallace, Idaho
Montana.
The wire is being strung for the tele |
phone line from Leonia to Sylvanite.
Preparations are being made to estab
lish a telegraph service along the line of
the Montana railroad.
The Florence Crittenden home for way
ward girls which was started at Butte in
May, 1896, has Just been closed.
George w. Gile, Jr., of Smith creek
has just completed hauling over 300 tons
of hay for this winters feed for his bands |
of sheep.
Frank Hughes has closed up the sale
of his halfinterest in 5000 sheep and two
ranches on the N1arias to J. V. Davies
and Frank Cady for Sll 1000.
T. j. Fleming of Smith river valley
says The Rock creek roundup has shrunk
from 25 riders to three, owing to the
changes from cattle to sheep.
The Goodwin ranch on Cherry creek
has been purchased by White CALDWELL
late sheriff of Gallatin county, from the
administrators of the estate. This ranch
is about $40 acres in size.
Charles Klein of Miles City says that |
off 40 acres he had seeded to alfalfa he
has cut four crops this year, and expects
to get another crop if the weather con-
tinues as good as usual in the fall.
Baled hay is being loaded out from
Chinook in large quantities for Benton,
Great Falls, Harlem, Butte and Malta.
The farmers are getting $3.50 per ton on
board the cars.
From official sources it is learned that
over 5000 people visited the Yellowstone
Park this season, hailing from 80 states
of the Union and from England, Ireland,
Scotland, France, Germany. Austria,
Hungary, Switzerland, Belgium, Den
mark, Italy. China and India
cL AIMS THE HORSE is A RINGER.
Case Which Will Proba-
bly, Become Famous.