Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1897-10-23
THE Inland EMPIRE ALIVE.
NEWS OF GENERAL INTEREST
A Glance Over Washington, Mon
tana, Idaho and British COlumbia
-Industries Pushed by GO-Ahead
PeOple-Facts and Figures.

-lndustries Pushed by GO-Ahea(
People-Facts and Figures.
Tacoma's S city council has fixed the ta1
! levy at 10 mills
The King county tax levy for 1897 has
been fixed at / mills.
The total wheat yield of Adams count y
is about 100000 bushels.
The Seattle board of education has
fixed the tax levy for school purposes fol
the ensuing year at q mills.
The Everett school board has passed a
resolution levying special school tax OF
10 mills, which is the highest levy that
can be made
1t is estimated 100000 bushels of wheat
will be shipped from Rosalia this season
Two shingle mills are to be erected at
Arlington, with capacity of 100000
shingles per day.
The courses of study offered by the me-
chanical engineering department of the
agricultural college at Pullman are being
taken by a larger number of students
than ever before. Electrical engineering
seems to be the choice of the largest num-
ber, while hydraulic engineering and
steam engineering have been chosen by a
large number.
Urea Eichner of Pacific county has
been figuring out what the delinquent
taxpayers will save if they take advant-
age of the law passed by the last legisla-
t,lre, which RENTS all costs, penalties and
interest in excess of per cent on all un-
paid taxes for years prior to 1896, if paid
before November 80. Every taxpayer who
has property that is delinquent can save
on 1892 or prior years at least 81 per
cent; on 1898, at least 24A per cent; 1894,
at least II per cent, and on 1895, at least
IL per cent.
United States District Judge Hanford
has rendered decision in the case Of the
merchants and shippers of Spokane
against the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company. The decision was in favor of
the railroad company, and confirms the
report of Referee Sawyer, made about six
months ago. The merchants of Spokane
sought to compel the railroad company
to give them the same rate from points on
the Atlantic and east of the Mississippi
as is given to the merchants of Seattle
and other coast terminals.
Montana.
The city tax levy for Helena for the
next year will be 81 mills.
The assessed value of all property in
Jefferson county is $3,250,4l7.
Sixty workmen are employed at Fort
Yellowstone in pushing to completion the
work of enlarging the post.
1t is stated at Great Falls that the
Great Falls & Canada railway will change
to standard gauge in the spring.
Elmer B. Carter, the Billings stock
broker, has purchased in Fergus county
some 10000 head Of sheep, paying an av-
erage of about So per head.
1t is likely that within few days the
new barracks at Fort Harrison will be oc-
cupied by two additional companies of
the Second regiment of the United States
Lewis county commissioners have fixed
the tax levy for this year at Is mills for
county purposes, 5 of which are for the
bridge fund and mills for the road fund
The total levy for state and county pur
poses is 81 mills.
The Sage Creek Sheep Company's clip
of wool, amounting to 2l5,000 pounds, has
been sold in Boston at l6a cents. "This,"
says a commission house, sis, in our opin-
ion, the highest price for the secured
pound of any Montana wool we have
sold"
Mcssrs. Hilger and Barne Of the land
office at Livingston, Mont, report a great
er volume of business for September than
for any month during their incumbency Of
office. There We're 27 homestead entries
made and 2l desert land entries, embroc
ing 3O36 acres The total cash receipts of
the office were $3365.65.
At Boise Judge Stewart has decided
the case brought by Blaine county against
Lincoln county for an accounting, in IA
vor of Lincoln county.
The tramway company at Juliaetta is
now running their cleaner night and day
and will continue to do SO for the next
three weeks. They have over 10000 bush
els of wheat to be cleaned
The citizens of Gibbonsville have sub
scribed sufficient amount to complete
the Bitter Root wagon road from that
place tot he Montana line, where Mon
tana people built it to last fall.
Chris Thiessen, the leading sheepman in
northern Idaho, Thursday sold to San
Francisco firm Isl 900 pounds of wool,
the consideration being $4,000. Mr..
Thiessen has been holding his product
several months and made several thou
sand dollars by the increased price.
The Northern Pacific railway is not to
further its case against about
300 settlers, involving title to that part
Of the north portion Of the Occur d'Alene
Indian reservation, in Idaho, which had
been ceded by the Indians to the govern
ment About 100000 acres are involved
in the cases.
1t now seems certain that convention
Of all the settlers on the Nez Perce reser-
vation will be held at Nez Perce, probably
some time during the coming month, to
draft memorial :" be presented to the
next congress, uring the passage of the
measure known as the free homestead bill,
which is intended to give relief to home
steaders by exempting the payment of
1878 per acre for ceded lands.
The settlement of new lands in Nez
Perce county has reduced the pasturage
area and the result is now seen in the
moving of sheep and cattle to the grazing
district of the lower Salmon country. The
county assessor reported $4,000 sheep in
this county several months ago. These
sheep usually winter in the county, but
the past month over 10000 have passed
over the line to other ranges, and it is
doubtful if they will be driven back next
year.