The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1898-04-16

been there II or II yeara Two Of then
are Snake River Indians, and the rest ar.
supposed to be Rez Percea. just VIM
they located at that isolated point Il MOI
known. The Indians themselves win n [
explain the matter, but the superstition !,
that their settling there was result d
some feud. Two Of them named Charlie
father and son, each had an eye pnn.ispa
out BY the tribe, supposedly ior rrfnsns
TO go on the warpath al the time Of ths
JosePh outbreak. The elder Charlie died
last winter, and the son is the head Of th.
settlement. There are several families
numbering all fold about 20.
A Chinook farmer will plant an acre o
sugar beets for the Bozeman experiment
station.
Fruit men Of Hamilton nay that th.
fruit tree buds were not advanced fai
enough 10 receive injury and were In goot
shape to Withstand the reeeRt cold.
Helena's chief Of police reports that dur
ing March the department arrested 50 fou
violation Of city ordinances and i6 for vi
olating state laws. The chief collected
600 for dog licenses during the same pc
Rod.
The total Of the saving Of expenses n
the routine departments Of the city gov
eminent in Helena in the calendar year
1897, as compared with the calendar yeai
preceding, Is shown by careful examina,
ton Of the books Of the city clerk to hav.
been s26y6TsA6.
The death rate among the wolves and
coyotes Of Montana is increasing. During
March there were filed in the Office Of Sec
Rotary OF State Hogan county certificates
aggregating S7l94, or &lsT2 more thar
were filed in March, 1897. More claims
were filed last month from Choteau conn
~ than any other. Custer county being
second on the list and Valley county third
DuPnyer reports that the preliminary
survey on the Birch creek canal is pro
crossing as rapidly as could be expected
the bad weather and deep snow being
taken into consideration. The party an
eaInped in SOber-up coulee, a little ovel
eight miles from where the proposed ditch
Is 10 be taken out Of Birch creek II i.
expected that the preliminary survey viii
se completed in few dayA
Three posts of the Grand Army, at Hell
ena, Great Falls and Anaconda, together
a'ith many confederate veterans. Of thoss
places, have Joined in requesting that they
be sent to the front, and the Montana
brigade Of the Uniform Rank of the
knights Of Pythias, through Col. Duane
has asked TO be sent out for service. Ths
latter organization numbers $50 men
-Four companies OF the Twenty fifth in
fantry, which have been station at Fort
MissOuia for several years, left Sunday fol
chickamauga and probably from there
Kill be sent TO Key West or Dry Tortu.
gas, Fla. Other companies of the regi
nent which have been stationed at As
sinnaboine and Harrison will be sent over
the Great Northern to st. Paul. where the
regiment will unite before proceeding
south Colonel Burt is very proad Of the
record Of his regiment. He says that in
an experience Of 30 years he never left
a garrison before where all men were
promptly on hand when the order e
march was given. and where he did not
have to leave a squad to pick up drunk.
and straggleTs. The abandonment Of Fort
Missoula means loss to Missoula of fully
$1,000 a month.