Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1897-06-19
NORTHWEST NEWS AND NOTES.
Items of Interest From Idaho. Mon
tnnn and Washington.

Items OF Interest From Idaho, MOn-
tnnn and Washington.
I The new town of Nelson in Stevens
county already has 10 buildings.
t La Conner is shipping two tons of
salmon daily to Seattle
There are about 100000 feet of logs
in the bay at Shelton and 10000, 900 feet
in the Port Blakely boom near New
kamilehie.
Grasshoppers are causing some dam
age in Asotin county.
Variety theaters have been closed by.
the city authorities at Spokane, and
the proprietors of gambling resorts no.
titled to quit. -.
The Aberdeen postoffice will be made
an international office after July 5
next
Within the last two weeks 2700 head
of cattle have been sold from Mont
gomery ridge and Asotin creek ranges.
Total collections at the custom house
at Tacoma for the month OF May We're
$5059.S6.
The Homeopathic State Medical AS
sociation at it's annual meeting at Ia
coma elected the following officers.
President, DR.. w. w. Misner, Tacoma;
vice president, Dr. Sturgis. Vashon;
secretary, DR.. Baldwin, Seattle; treas
urer, DR.. Kimball, Seattle.
Blaine is to have a new cannery with
a daily capacity of $4,000 cases. The
company will not operate any fish traps
this year, but will buy their salmon
from the fishermen for the seasons
output.
Governor Rogers of Washington has
appointed ]. E. Baker of Tracyton,
kitsap county, horticultural commits
sioner; w. P. Adams, New Whatcom,
commissioner of labor; William Black
man, Seattle, assistant commissioner OF
labor. The two, with one other, yet to
be appointed, will compose the new
bureau of labor.
During May the Chehalis Valley
creamery received $4,000 pounds of
milk, from which 4377 pounds of butter
and $500 pounds of cheese We're made
The farmers are paid for their milk on
a butter basis at 81 cents net. The
May payroll was almost $1100 says the
Chehalis Bee.
1t has been discovered al South Bend
that the leaf of the record book in the
county clerks office which contained
copy of the bond of eX-County Treasur-
er Lockwood for $4,000 has been cut
cut. The original bond has been miss
ing for some months Suit has been
pending for nearly two years to recov-
er from the bondsmen
Assistant Attorney General Vance
has advised Auditor Cheatham that he
is authorized to issue certificates of
Indebtedness against the penitentiary
revolving fund and the state grain in
spection fund. There have been no
appropriations made by the legisla-
ture to pay expenses which should be
paid out of those funds
Suit has been begun at Seattle by A.
A. Denny against the Northern Pacific,
Yakima and kititas Irrigation Com
pany John Collins, nj. V. B. Stacy and
George Brown and L. 3. Wallace of Ia
coma, as administrators of the estate
of Paul SchulZe, deceased Mr.. Denny
loaned the company large sums OF
money, and now asks for judgment
against Stacy for $64 7O202 and interest,
against Collins for $50650.S1 and inter
est, and against the irrigation COM
pany for $4,000.
Idaho.
Dwelling houses are reported scarce
at Harrison, Idaho.
William Alley, Boise, United States
deputy surveyor, has left with gang of
eight men to work on surveying con-
tract in the northern part OF Boise cQuil-
ty, embracing three townships.
A project is on foot to raise the Lap
wal Indian school from an agency
schooi to department school, with au-
thority and facilities to receive pupils
from all reservations in the Pacific
northwest.
Two prisoners in the county Jail at
Pocatello broke out the other after
noon. The prisoners were in the jail
yard exercising. Jalor Cunningham
was with them, but they suddenly
knocked a hole through the corner of
the Jail fence and made dash that
carried them to freedom.
The supreme court of Idaho holds
that failure to take out license by
mortgage company does not invalldate
mortgage, but simply makes the COM
pany liable to a fine. The court also
finds that the interest coupons bearing
interest themselves from maturity are
compound interest and contrary to law.
Montana.
Merchants National bank will be or
ganized at Glendive with a capital of
$50 900.
The close of the second school year
of the Montana State university at Mis-
soula shows an enrolment of 176 stu
dents, an increase of 41 over the frSt
years enrolment. There is every In
dication that the number will be large
ly increased during the next school
year.
The state supreme court of Montana
decides that the law requiring muni-
cipalities to purchase existing water
plants before going into the water busl-
ness on their own account is uncOnStl-
tutional and void.
Jacob Leob has been presented with
a veterans jewel by Excelsior lodge NO.
5 of Helena, of which he has been,
member for many years. Mr. Loeb was
the first Odd Fellow initiated in Mon
tana He joined the order 80 years ago
in Helena and has remained member
in good standing ever since.
Acting Governor A. e. Spriggs has
appointed three delegates at large
to represent Montana at the Farmers
National congress which will be held
in st. Paul August 81 September /, 2, 3,
4, 5, 6, next. The delegates will serve
two years. They are: Caldwell Ed
wards of BoZeman; State Senator Alex
Metzel of Puler Springs, and Henry
Whaley of Canton.
The police report of Butte, for
May shows that there were 495 arrests
made, 327 males and 16S females. OF
this number $50 We're for violating city
ordinances and 1875 under the state law.
Convictions obtained in city cases
317, dismissals and complaints with
drawn 40, cases pending 4. .Conylc-
tions obtained in state cases so, dis
missals and complaints withdrawn 34
cases pending q. During the past
month ga persons have called at the
city Jail for lodging and have been ac-
commodated.
SURVIVOR DIED OF YELLOW FEVER.