Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1898-03-26
NORTHWEST NEWS NOTES
THE NEWS OF THREE STATES.
busy Farmers in I<ittitas County
The Sound Reports an Immense
Demand for Fish to supply the
Eastern Market-IdahO Reports Il
Scarcity OF Good Work Horses
Montana DecisiOns.

Tacoma fishermen using purse seines il
the waters of the sound Just off the oceal
shed dock are making successful hauls o
tyee salmon.
Rev ]. Y. AIilliean has begun his pas
torate with the Presbyterian church Al
Elensburg.
Flowing, narrowing and seeding are II
full swing all over kittitas valley.
Alpowa reports that apricot trees ar,
white with bloom and peach buds are ius'
ready to open
The Indians in Kittitas county are con
siderubly worked up over the proposition
oi removing them to the reservation
Those especially who have farms here d'
not axe kindly to the idea.
Bellingham bay fishing firms state that
! there is an immense demand for fish tC
supply the eastern trade during Lent
Hundreds OF boxes are being shipped out
and still orders come in from all parts o
the country.
Inc Washington state land commission
proposes to put ten men into the field i'm
melntely to select 1000 acres remain
ing unsolicited for all the state land
grants Several cruisers will follow late,
for the same purpose. Besides the grants
there remain school indemnity lieu land.
to a large amount to be selected.
During February the number Of ship
hn n,.t,.
towns amounted to 20 cargoes, consisting
OF 1,O56,0OO feet, Hoquiam sending Out
nine cargoes of 3,2l7,o0O feet; Aberdeen
seven cargoes, 100000 feet, and Coslno
polls four careocs Of 100000 feet. These
figures do not include large shipments
east by rail from each OF the three places
\ new liquor ordinance has been adopt
ed at North Yakima providing that here
after an application for liquor license
must state where the business is to be car
ried on, and ii the applicant desires tc
carry on his business on Yakima avenue
or First street: he must present Il petition
signed by the owners Of more than hall
OF the lots i'll the same block and also the
their agents, stating that the owners dc
not object to the use Of such premises iui
such purposes. The amount OF the iccll-,
remains ut $1,000, and in other particls-
lars the ordinance is the same az he old
0ne.
2. c. McFarlane, whose death occurred
at the numbering camp at Sara, Wash
the other day, was born in Bel,amie>
county, Canada, in 1850. He came to tn,
United States when yet Il small boy. with
hia parents, who settled in Michigan
Through the death OF his father young
McFarane was thrown practically upon
his own resources when but ! years oi
age. At the age OF II he became engaged
in the lumebcrine business i'll Michigan
This business he followed with varying
success all his life. He settled in Van
couvcr, Wash. in 1888. and with Judge
". +. Wells and Charles r. Gray, both
" in the lumber business IN that county
Boise. Idaho, is to be connected by tele-
phone with the Twin Springs mining dis
tilet.
The Idaho State Sunday School Associ-
alton will convene in Boise May 25 and
hold three days session.
The foundation of the new convent
building to be erected by the Sisters OF
Visitation. on Normal hill. Lewiston. has
been commenced.
The executive committee OF the board
OF regents OF the university have contract
ed fol- the erection OF Il green house on the
campus at Moscow. 1t is expected to have
it completed by commencement. III June.
The state land beard has ordered the
sale of parts OF two sections of school
land in Nez Perce county. The land to be
disposed of is in section Ii, township 3,
north, range 8 west. The sale will be
held April IL.
kendrick reports good work horses are
scarce and general advance in price is
tending TO SOW ii in the small lakes alon.
the lower part of Occur dAlcne valley.
Wild rice is claimed to be the most at
tractiye food known to ducks, and when
once started it continues to grow forever.
" hile it will cost considerable in time and
money to get it started here, the members
Of the club think that the increase in
the number of ducks which will be occas-
ioncd by the wild rice will repay them
for their outlay.
boJ
neerine parties now engaged in survey
work between Lewiston and Riparia
along the Snake river are i'll the employ
OF the Snake River Valley Railroad Com
pa1ty. The company is organized under
the laws OF Oregon and an instrument
was filed in the county auditors office to-
day giving notice of such organization. 1t
is generally understood that this is a
move on the part OF the o, r. L n. to
meet the Northern Pacific's extension
from Juliet!a to Lewiston.
o. F. Smith, orchard Inspector for the
Seventh district Of the state, including
Bingham, Bannoek. Oneida. Fremont and
Bear Lake counties, in his report for 1897
says: "The year 1897 witnessed a good
deal of activity i'll my district in fruit
planting. a large proportion of the or
chards are not yet in bearing. People are
waking up to the fact that many things
can be grown in the different countries
that, until recently, We're considered out
Of the question Small fruits do we'll in
all parts Of my district, and in several To-
calities are proving very profitable. Peo-
pie are Just beginning to realize that the
apple in particular can be successfully
grown, even in the greater attitudes of my
district, if the right varieties are planted.
The green aphis is the most prevalent pest,
especially in Bannock. Bingham and Ere
mont counties, and the Goblin moth most
troublesome in Oneida county. Vigorous
measures will be taken against these
pests this coming year. The following is,
l think, close approximate OF the or
chard acreage in my district: Bingham
county, 52J; Oneida county. $40; Ban,
mock county, mostly apples, 10; Fremont