Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1897-09-11
NORTHWEST |TEM|zED
HARD WORK AND THE RESULT IN
THE HARVEST FIELD.
Washington, Idaho and Montana
Contribute Items of Interest
for the Reader.


plentiful in the grain fields.
About $4,000 pounds of fruit are be-
ing shipped daily from the Blalock fruit
farm at Walla Walla.
The hop yards of Whatcom county are
repaying the farmers for some Of their
losses in past years.
California wheat men are making
strong demand for standard samples of
Washington wheat.
There is Il great complaint among
Palouse farmers of the scarcity of ma
chinery for harvesting and threshing the
large crop.
Owing to the abundant yield of wheat
in Adams county a number OF the farm
eIs have dubbed together and purchased
threshing machines and will do their own
work this year.
DR.. NJ. Victor Stanley of Wisconsin
has been secured to take the place i'll
the faculty of the state university at Sc
attic made vacant by the resignation OF
Professor George NJ. Dawson, who takes
charge of a large school in the east.
Judge c. II. Neal has notified County
Attorney Holcomb that he will hold a
special term OF court at RitZvile for
the purpose of hearing equity cases only,
on the third Monday in September
Twentv-four names have now been
signed to the petition to rcorganize Com
pany f, \. G. W., at New Whatcom, and
as this is the requisite number the new
company will hold a meeting i'll the near
future and elect their officers.
A movement is on foot at Colville for
the purpose of raising funds with which
to build a new court house. The county
owns the finest block in the city stu
ated in the central part Of town. Liber-
al donations Of material are offered and
about all the money that will be required
will be that necessary to pay for the
labor.
Johnny Hogan left Yakima last year
with little money but plenty Of deter
mination, and took up sagebrllsh ranch
near Toppenish This year he has 2Ooo
bushels of wheat for sale, and will be
able to pay for his ranch, meet all ex
penses and have money left over.
Miss Emma Libby, daughter of Cap
tain Libby. of the Puget Sound Tugboat
Company, recently caught 81 trout In
three hours The remarkable catch was
made in Lake Crescent. south of Port
Angeles, with a seven ounce rod and flies
tied BY local dresser. The trout were
all of the steehcad variety, and none
Of them weighed less than a pound. The
average weight was three pounds, which
made total Of 243 pounds
Idaho.
The Daily Patriot has begun publica-
ton at lewiston
Rathdrum exports that oats are aver
aging 80 to 30 bushels per acre, and
wheat about 25.
A kindergarten to be supported by
public subscription is the latest PROPOSE
ton before the people of Walla Nalla.
The Idaho intermountain fair will be
held at Boise October II to l6 inclusive.
1t is the purpose Of the management to
make it, in the fullest sense, state
fair.
The state land board has authorized
two Of its members, the governor and
secretary Of state. to go to Shoshone
county to supervise the work Of select
ing timber land for the state.
A Methodist Episcopal church has
been organized at Standpoint with eight
members. 1t is the first church in the
place. Rev Morton, the new pastor, has
arrived ofrm Butte, Mont
One of the best yields of flax for the
season comes from Potlatch ridge. John
Ehlcrs thrcshcd 32 acres of flax that
went 32 bushels to the acre, while his
wheat averaged 10 bushels
A. Mcpherson the fruit inspector, has
completed his work for this season save
in Custer county and in the Boise valley
He now proposes to open a vigorous cam
paign on the pests and will require all
fruit raisers who have not yet attended
to their trees to do 50 at once. lie says
he will not allow any shipment OF fruit
that is infested with any pest
j. NJ Clapp of the United States en-
ginecrs' office at Seattle, is preparing to
resume work of removing obstructlonS
in the Snake river. About $1,000 remains
from last years appropriation for work
between Lewiston mad Riparia and this
will be utilized in building a new stone
dyke at Wild Goose rapids.
The number Of children Of school age
in kootenai county, as shown by the
census Of 1897, is 2O42. This is an in
crease Of 1876 over last year, and 43t
over 1895. District No. |, which includes
Coeur d'Alcnc City, shows an increase OF
AZ over last year and has 237 pupils OF
school age Rathdrum comes second witt
ZIG, which is an increase OF 10 over last
year, and 80 over 1895. District No
of Standpoint shows an increase OF l6
Harrison II, State Line 10, and LeonlS
27; while Bonner's Ferry shows de
crease of I, and Hope a decrease OF 2.
Montana.
The school census o fDillon gives
total of 57l, an increase Of nearly IL
per cent over last years figures.
The school census for the kaslispel
age Of q, and $50 Of these under 81,
years.
R. D. Smith OF the Shields valley
near Livingston. has one and one-fourtl
acres of sugar beets and estimates tina
the yield from that tract will aggregat
10000 pounds.
Sam Heron, formerly stock inspecto
with headquarters at Fort Benton, an
an old resident of northern Montana, j
now located at Dyea, Alaska, where h
is postmaster and chief packer for tn
transportation company managed by hi
father-in-law, John j. Healy.
A dividend of rs per cent to depositor
in the Merchants National bank of He
ena is to be declared as soon as the schcd
ules can be prepared and the checks sen
to Washington for signature. The dc
positors who have proved their claim