Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1897-09-18
NEWS OF THREE STATES
ITEMS FROM WASHINGTON. ORE.
Con AND MONTANA.
Rolls of Many Counties
News of the Harvest Fields
and the Granerfes.

Iowa after few carloads of cattle about
six weeks ago. is again back at Daven-
part, and wants to take out trainload
this time.
i II. NJ. Morgan of Chicago represent
ing the Central Associated Press. is in
Seattle and will leave Friday on the
Portland for St. Nichaels, thence up the
/ Yukon to Dawson City.
A hundred and twenty cars of wheat
We're received at Tacoma one day this
week from eastern Washington. This is
the heaviest shipment of the season and
indicates that the grain will from this
time on come in rapidly.
The wife of ID. W. TruaX, "the father
of Tekoa,' is sick, and her condition is
reported as serious.
E. c. Bayne, in charge of a party of
Northern Pacific land appraisers, is camp
ed near Browns lake, Stevens county
! Before leaving this section of country
they will appraise all lands of any value
This will be of great benefit to settlers
and intending settlers, as they can then
buy the land from the railroad company
and commence making permanent i'm
proyements.
A heavy frost occurred at Ritzville
Wednesday night. 1t left the sky clear
and warm sunshine. All the thresh-
ing machines in the country commenced
work anew and Will wind it up as early
as possible.
The greatest damage done at Garfield
! by rain is to grain standing in the
shock, but farmers are busy today re-
shocking the grain, and it is not beiev
ed much damage will result. Wednesday
the outside of the bundles was dried, and
yesterday they were being turned around
to give the other side chance to dry.
A japanese came down to Tekoa from
Harrison Wednesday evening and sought
the services of Dr.. James. He was badly
used up. and explained that he, in com
pany with about 20 other Japs, had gone
to Harrison, where they We're promised
work on the section, but upon going to
work the white men whose places they
had usurped set upon them and beat
them badly after which they were or
dered to leave the town. They hastily
obeyed the order.
Montana.
The charges of gambling against Ike
Moorehouse at Butte, under the gambling
law, have been dismissed after Il sensa-
tional trial.
Rufus Thompson, the Highfeld flock
master, left Billings Monday for omaha,
where he is thinking OF loca tfng for the
winter. While in this city Mr.. Thomp-
son sold his wool clip of $4,000 pounds
to SHERMAN Bros. of Chicago for II
cents per pound, and also disposed of 1900
lambs to Nebraska feeder for $l.75 per
head.
T. e. Van Dyke outftted two parties
at Red Lodge last week for the Yellow
stone and .Jacksons Hole country. The
first party consisted of doctors connect
ed with a Baltimore medical college, who
left with l3 saddle and pack horses in
charge of John Brown as guide. The sec
ond consisted of Boston bankers, who
went out with l6 horses for the same
destination. Both outfits will be gone
about six weeks.
Dulle Is lldN lily tIOuDiC Nlll HCl ptlN
ing, work on which has been in progress
week. City Engineer f. w. Blackford
discharged Inspector Ryan from the
work and installed G. G. Hobson in his
place. The paving crew Immediately
struck. Mayor Harrington removed
Hobson and replaced Ryan. Then the
city engineer resigned, and the trouble
is not yet over.
Peter Towey, late city editor OF the
Missouian, Tuesday commenced an ac-
ton in the district court at Missoula
against George f.. Boos and Henry 0.
Collins. members of the Missoula Coop
erative Printing Company. In his com
plant he alleges a misapproprlation OF
| the funds of the concern, asks for an ac-
counting, dissolution of the co-partner-
ship and the appointment of a receiver
S. G. Murray appears as plaintiffs attor-
ney.
The Lewiston tax levy for city pur-
poses remains the same as last year
water 5 IL mills, street mills, lights
- mills.
An Indian divorce case was filed in the
district court at Lewiston last week.
Geo. Niles charges Louisa Viles, his wife,
with infidelity, and asks for a severance
of the marital ties.
The Elmore county assessment roll for
1897 foots up Sl,lS3,57z17, making $780,
40. .7G more than the assessment for 1896,
c,1hcao1nnt
tries,
Arrangements have been completed for
the holding of four days racing event
to be neld September 20 and 30 and Octo-
Der and 2, at the Moscow driving park.
About 5000 has already been subscribed,
which will be awarded in prizes.
The trustees of the South Boise school
district will hold an election the latter
part of the month to vote bonds for the
new school building they contemplate
erecting. They found that there was not
sufficient property in the district to al
low of their voting $4,000 of bonds and
the amount of bonds to be voted for was
. put at S4OO.
While the rain of the last 10 days his
interfered with threshlng near hendrlck
many of the farmers who have threshed
their grain have taken advantage OF the
time between the rains and hauled then
grain to the warehouses. About $4,000
bushels of this seasons grain has been
hauled in. The amount of wheat thresh
Z ed and in the granaries of the farmers Is
f placed at from 100000 to 100000 bushels
$ Monday the executive committee OF the
e board of regents appointed A. S. Miller o
San Francisco to the chair of mining ane
metallurgy in the state university. MIR
e Miller comes highly recommended, botf
e for his qualifications as teacher and fo
e practical work.
: District court convenes at Lewiston
= next Monday. There are about 45 case
: on the docket. There are some importan
+ criminal cases to be tried.