Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1898-01-22
NEWS OF THREE STATES.
THE SOUND TONNAGE FIGURES
Last Years NOntana's Mineral and
Live Stock Production Equal to
$3.50 Per Cnpitn-Latnh County,
Idaho. to Import Phensants From
Oregon.
Pomeroy is shipping about Is carloads
of wheat daily.

quantities is to be shipped east
The new steam evaporator at Ferndale,
Whatcom county. has daily capacity Of
two tons Of fruit or one ton OF potatoes.
Adams county is considering a propo-
siton from the Northern Pacific to COM
promise S3l 600 back taxes for $4,000.
Bishop Earl Cranston being present,
5000 was raised to pay off the debt ON
the NJ. +. church at Davenport.
The treasurer Of Skagit county gives
ont the information that within the past
two months he has collected 100000 due
on taxes. S27 900 of which has been out
standing as far back as 1885
The aggregate ocean tonnage Ell route
to the sound from various ports Of the
world amounts to $4,000. a gratifying
showing over that of the two last years.
Many loggers and ranchers who had
logs in above tidewater in Chehalis coun-
ty are rejoicing that the big freshets
brought down their forest crop into the
booms, whence they can now be easily
marketed.
II. NJ. Ingraham was elected fruit in
spector of Lewis county at the recent
meeting Of the county organization. Com
missioner Baker addressed the Centralia
meeting and says that much interest is
being shown in fruit culture throughout
Lewis county.
Col j. H. McLoughlan. deputy Unit
ed States marshal for the Seattle office.
has resigned the position. In 4 letter to
NTarSl,a1 Ida tho Ian,,t fba
sons for his action i'll part as follows:
after fair, hard trial of five months,
find it impossible to make living for my
family.
Pacific county commissioners have EN-
ployed w. A. Potter to expert the books
of the auditor sheriff and clerk since 1898,
at Sc per day. Mr.. Potter is one cf the
heaviest taxpayers in the county and is
now engaged in the dairy business, though
he formerly was an expert bookkeeper in
California
The Whatcom county teachers associa-
tion has appointed a committee who are
now corresponding with teachers and ed
ucators in the northwestern part OF the
state. with a view to advancing the inter
ests of the Whatcom county normal school
in the next legislature.
The British ship Ditton. which has the
honor of having the largest tonnage of any
three-masted sailing vessel afioat in any
sea, has just cleared for Queenstown from
Tacoma She carries a wheat cargo of
734l5 bags, OF l59,602 bushels, valued at
$l25,O0O.
The recent frcshets did considerable
damage in the valleys Of SkamokaWa. The
shifting stream invaded the home of }.
b. Mcdonald at the midnight hour and
caused his family to make Il hurried exit
to a nearby shed. Mr.. Mcdonald, with
his Oldest son. has been taking down the
house the past week. and preparing to
build a more secure home on the bench
land.
Henry Craemer the condemned muir
derer of Mrs. Muller and babe, who is SEN
fenced TO be hanged March 25. has been
removed from the north corridor OF the
King county iail to the condemned cell,
off the iailcrs office. The death watch has
been placed. A few weeks before the day
on which Craemer is condemned to die the
death watch will be increased to prevent
all possibility Of suicide. As things are
now there is little danger Of Craemer max
ing any attempt to take his life tie does
not believe that the order of the court will
be carried out. although his ideas as to
lust what will prevent it are rather vague
He spends the day in making picture
frames out of cardboard.
Montana
The NIissoula Odd Fellows have just
celebrated the Goth anniversary OF the
incorporate of their lodge.
The first dividend on the deposits Of the
First National bank of Helena is BEING
distributed. 1t is a 10 per cent dividend
and amounts to $4,000.
The Montana state university building
commission has adopted the plans and
specifications for the university hall and
science building at Missoula. The con
tracts will be awarded in about 30 days.
In the past year Montana's mineral and
live stock product was equal to dividend
Of $3.50 to every soul in the statc-man
woman and child. Tie total was $67 ,25O,
GOO. and is large increase over the figure
for 1896.
Judge Henry has made an order appor
tioning the stenograrhers salary between
the counties comprising this judicial dis
trict Park county, with lOS cases, vii
pay S99G92; Sweet Grass county, witt
al cases, will pay $37S.46; Carbon county
with 4G cases, will contribute $424.62.
The most important warrant call in thu
history of Montana has just been an
nounced in the notice given by the state
treasurer that. as ftst as presented, al
general fund warrants registered up tt
December last. will be paid, the call in
Guiding warrants aggregating $2250oO
When they are paid the state will be near
Ell out of debt than it has been for years
The Scandinavian church of Missoul;
that has recently voted to become Congre
gational does not lose its identity as ;
church. It simply accepts ,he doctrin
and policy Of the Congregational denoml
nation and will be recognized by coun
Gil and enter into fellowship with thi
body. 1t is the first and only Swed
Congregational church in Montana.
During the year just closed Montan
stock inspectors recovered 1904 head 0
strays, the value of which, three-q quarter
of a million dollars, was, or will be, dis
tributed to their owners. The board re
ports the total value of Montana's stoc]
output for 1897 to be $9,5OOO0O. Durin
the year 1872, lG2 cattle were marketed out
side of the state, while about 6O,OO0 wer
consumed within it. The total output wa
about 1000 cattle short of the numbe
shipped during the season of 1896, but a
prices we've better during the year jus
ended, more money was received by tn
Montana stocllmen than the previous yea
The death of Lee Smith, familiarl
known as "Gun" Smith. ends the recor
of an old-timer of northern Montana. A