Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1897-10-02
NORTHWEST NEWS AND NOTES.
Items Of Interest From Idaho, Nom
tnna and Washington.

A lath mill has been established OF
Prouty creek, five miles east of Colville
Edmond Heustis has been appointed
cashier in the custom house at Por
Townsend. Salary $500.
George Webster is convicted by a ur,
in Spokane of numbering Mrs Andrew
Aspland May 5. Two of the jury hav.
signed a statement saying that they
agreed to the verdict only because the
physical and mental strain of holding ou1
longer in the Jury room was too much fol
them.
The Walla Walla public library viii
be opened about October l. The director:
voted to purchase $4OO worth of new
books.
A contract has been closed by Los
Angeles, Cal, party to establish large
fruit drying works in various parts of the
state of Washington, with headquarter,
in Tacoma.
County Auditor Lewis is offering tc
lease all the vacant school lands in Adams
county to the highest bidder for cash.
A shi pment of 100 tons of hemlock bark
has Just been made from Port Angeles tc
a Victoria. b. c., tannery.
/ The Whatcom teachers have entered
into a contract to sell their warrants at
% cents. This is good deal better than
last year, as most of them received only
So cents.
The shingle shipments by rail from
Washington for the eight months of 1897
exceeded those of the months in 1896 by
over 100000.
4 number of fruit growers in the vicin-
ity of Mount Vernon, Skagit county, have
Philadelphia.
1t cost S72l6Sl to run the electric light
plant in Ellensburg for the year ending
September l., 1897. During that time
the collections amounted to $S2599S.
The pennant for the largest yield OF
oats ever produced in Whitman county is
claimed by County Commissioner
Stephens, 10 miles west of Oakesdale. He
threshed II acres of oats that yielded l25
bushels to the acre.
The city council has fixed the tax
levy of the city for 1897. The rate was
fixed at seven mills, based on the valu-
alton, for all taxable property in the
city, of 1921 ,953, as returned by the
county board of equalization.
1t is estimated by several prominent
fruit growers that at least 100 tons Of
Whatcom county fruit will be allowed to
decay this fall because of the congested
condition of the market and the local lack
of proper means to preserve or handle
theh enormous surplus, especially of
prunes.
Work is being pushed on the telephone
line between Kellogg and Kingston.
The state auditor has finished selding
out statements to the different counties
showing their delinquencies. The total
amount for the entire state is SllS, $3.50.
Grangeville reports that the hog rails
ing industry is receiving an impetus in
the way of good markets and fair prices
theh demand exceeding the supply and
merchants are shipping in eastern cured
meats.
| Shipments from Kendricl are being
made daily of prunes and apples to east
crn points. About eight carloads have al
ready been shipped and it is thought
about six more will be loaded. The dry
els are being operated and large guam
tity of fruit will be dried this season.
Troop T, Fourth cavalry, Captain Hat
field commanding, has left Boise for Fort
Hall Indian agency. There was recently
trouble there over the placing of an In
dian girl in school. She had been mar
ried and the bucks thought she should
not go to school longer. The girl was
sent to the school room, however, and
now the agent wants help in arresting
| the bucks who made the trouble.
Montana.
Livingston.--Th United States geologi-
cal department is conducting a series OF
surveys in the Yellowstone national park
under the direction of Walter H. Weed.
/ The Thomas Cruise wool, at Billings
consisting of three seasons clip and
amounting to nearly 100000 pounds. has
been sold to a San Francisco buyer. 1t
is said that the price paid was l5 cents.
/ About 80 men are at work on the new
college buildings at BoZeman-steam fit
ters, electricians skaters, carpenters, ma
sons-and the work is rapidly nearing
completion. With favorable weather the
slate roof will be on in about three
weeks, after which the contractors can
rest easy for the finishing
Fort Benton-Harvest operations are
progressing satisfactorily on the Shon-
kin. Most Of the ranchmen expect to
harvest from 60 to 80 bushels of oats, and
25 to 80 bushels of wheat to the acre.
| The business men of Dillon have decid-
ed that a telephone line into the Grass
necessity, and a committee has been ap-
pointed to solicit subscriptions.
The Helena & Missoula River Railroad
Company has been incorporated by Rich
ard A. Harlow, William j. Fuchs, Albert
L. Smith. John B. Clayberg and NJ. S
Gum of Helena, with a capital stock OF
100000. The company proposes to build
a railroad from Helena, Mont, to Canyon
Ferry in the event that the contemplated
| Peck concentrator is built there
A Fort Benton Mont. wool growing
firm, whose clip was shipped to Boston
about six weeks ago, is in receipt of an
offer of II cents per pound for the con
signment, which is about equal to l4}
cents at the point of shipment. The best
offer received in the local market at the
end of July was l2l cents.
There are 25 sections of the endow
ment rank in Montana, with 1862 mem
bers and $637 800 endowment. Con
cerning the uniform rank in Montana
the grand chancellor at the grand lodge
X of P. in session here, said: ''In thi.
branch of the order / have not an exact
report of its condition at hand, but there
are five companies which are practically
in effective condition. These companie:
are located at the following places: Bill