Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1898-02-26
THE NORTHWEST IN BRIEF
NEWS ITEMS OF THREE STATES.

NEWS ITEMS OF THREE STATES.
Wheat Shipments From Tacoma
Work on the Railroad Extension
to Lewiston-Money Distributed
Among the Crow Indians in Mon
tana-A Glance All Around.
Dwelling houses are in demand at
Northport.
Over 100000 bushels of wheat have
been shipped from Tacoma this season.
A lodge of Knights of Labor has been
organized in Colfax, with IS members.
There are six evaporating plants now
in operation in Whatcom-
The Fairhaven salmon cannery is to
double its capacity.
About $50 bales of hops are still in
growers hands in Lewis county. Few, ii
any, new yards have been planted.
The city council of Seattle has declared
forfeited the Frost street cable franchise.
the company having failed to run cars
according to the terms of its franchise.
Whatcom county commissioners have
let the contract for the Blaine -Ferndale
road 1t calls for the construction OF
seven miles OF road at a cost of over Sl3,
600.
There were q actions for divorce COM
menced i'll the superior court of Clarke
county during the year 1897, all of which
We're granted. This is a fair record. when
it is considered that there were 236 mar
riages in the county during the year.
There is little likelihood of an ice fam
inc in North Yakima during the sum-
mer. 1t is estima ted that probably 250O
tons of ice We're put up during the sea
son.
The customs receipts at Everett for 1897
were $780, The largest month was Oc-
tober. with $l6268, and the smallest was
August. with S735. January, 1898. is
larger than any month in 1897. and more
than three times as large as the cores
ponding month of last year.
The socialists in the vicinity of Palouse
are active and in Latah county. Idaho.
lust across the state line from Palouse
meetings are being held in all the school
houses and organizations of the social
democracy are being made i'll every pre-
cinct
Work has been resumed on the railroad
extension at Aberdeen. a settlement hav-
ing been reached with the city regarding
street crossings. Timber and piles are be
ing cut for the bridge across the Wish
kah The site for the new depot, near the
Pacific hotel. is about filled in.
With the constantly increasing crimin-
al business in Stevens county the county
jail has grown to be altogether too small
for the accommodation of the prisoners,
who now number eight. There are only
two iron cells and two wooden cells. be-
sides the main room. The county com
mssioners will be called on at the next
session to enlarge the structure The old
court house has also fallen far short Of
the demands of the county. and an old
brick building has been rented by the
county commissioners to receive the over
flow.
Joel Perkins. one of the earliest pio-
nee,s of the northwest. died Thursday
night at his home near Medical Lake. He
was SO years old. Up to short time
before his death he was in fairly good
health. The cause of his demise is given
as old age Mr. Perkins was born i'll
Barren county. Kentucky, January 10,
1910. He moved in his youth to Mar
shall county, Illinois, and in 1912. with
his family. he crossed the plains. In
1852 he made his home in Benton county.
Oregon. where he remained until 1862,
when he removed to Waitsburg. Wash.
In the spring of 1880, shortly after the
death of his wife. he removed to farm
near Medical Lake, where he resided nn-
til the time of his death.
Montana.
Over $4,000 was distributed among
| the Indians on the last pay day at the
Grow agency.
Before the rush is over ii is expected
that at least 100 persons will leave Ana
conda for the Yukon.
| The report of the state recorder OF
brands shows $4,000 now of record. 1000
having been filed in 1897. Many are dead
and the recorder recommends that steps
be taken to secure them by other stock
growers.
The university building commission has
/ awarded the contract for the construction
OF the new university building at Mis-
Il u hot
SOL 1,679. The contract for the plumbing
and the heating and ventilating plant was
awarded to the AIissoula Mercantile Com
pany for $500
Antoine and William Trottier have
been arrested at Fort Benton on a com
plaint charging them with having illegal lily
obtained the state bounty on wolf skins
The complaint was sworn out by Harr,
Lund. the stock inspector and detective
The Trottiers have presented 1876 hide
for punching swearing that the animal
were killed within the limits Of Choteal
county. 1t is believed by the detective
that they were killed outside of the coun
ty.
There seems now no longer to be an.
doubt that the militia will hold an en-
campment at Fort Harrison beginning
about July 8 and continuing six days
Although the state board of examiner
has not officially passed on the question
it is known that it will hold that part o
the appropriation for the contingent eN
penses of the national guard for 1898 IL
excess of the amount actually expended
for that purpose will be available for tn
encampment. Adjutant General Drenna7
maintained the guard last year on $4,000
at least. that was all the money OF tn
appropriation used, and as $4,000 wer
appropriated for contingent expenses 70
1893, about $4,000 will be available for tn
encampment, providing the expenses G