Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1898-02-05
NEWS OF THREE STATES.
POINTS IN SEASONS BUSINESS
Record of Crimes and Accidents,
Together with a Summary of the
happenings in This Part of the
Country-A Look All Around.


will lie shipped from Palouse, Whitman
comfy, this season.
A Wha tcom county man has started a
new desiccator, which is producing 5000
pounds of evaporated potatoes daily. Two
crews are employed and the plant is run
the entire "a hours.
About s00O,000 eggs have been put in
the trougEs Of the new fish hatchery on
the White Salmon in Klickitat county.
Port Candles total foreign cargo ship
ment, in December were 1881 feet OF
lumbcl, lO5,3775 lath and 25OO00 shingles.
The total coastwise shipments were ,746,-
9S4 feet of lumber 529 400 lath and 29,-
800 shingles
The Washington state fish commission
er. A. c. Little, is making an examination
of the Des Chutes river at Tumwater with
a view to putting i'll a fish ladder for
which an appropriation of $500 was made
by the last legislature.
Fish Commissioner Little has been pre-
pairing his annual report of the fish and
shellfsh output OF the state of Washing
ton for the past year, His report will
show the salmon pack of Puget sound as
494 9o6 cases. against 3l2,36l i'll 1896, an
increase of 1866 cases. or over 53 per
cent.
A large panther was killed the other
day near Ludlow by farmer OF that
section and taken to Port Townsend. The
animal succeeded in killing five of the
courtlyman's COWS before bullet ended
lis career Heavy snow and consequent
scarcity of food in the mountains is driv-
ing the pantheis into the valleys. But re-
Gently one was seen in the suburbs of
Port Townsend.
The total indebtedness of the city OF
Montcsano on December 81. 1897, was
$47,t47.4l. Since the city clerks report
was made. the county treasurer has re-
mitted to the city Sl.73s.94, amount OF
taxes collected during last quarter. This
would reduce the debt to $45, ,30S.47. De
cembeT 81. 1896, the debt was S45,O19.O6;
December 81. 1895, it was $40, ,ll9.ol.
Centralia-C County Treasurer Maynard
has lust completed his annual statement
of receipts and disbursements for 1897.
Total collections. $l4l 1920: disburse-
ment,, SllG,426.36. Receipts. state school
fund, Sll,47S.65 state general, Sl2.-
sG2 county general, $23. 1886: county
bridge. 81 / ,6l7.36: county school .Sl674.75: !:
special school, $l6,52s.36.
Superintendent Brintnall of Thurston
county is in receipt of numerous appllca-
tons from country districts in Ihurston
county for teachers. Quite number OF
the country districts Of this county will
have eight months of school, and almost
none of them will stop short of six months
of school for the year. The scarcity Of
teachers gives wages an upward tendency
Thurston county teachers have been
teaching for az average Of S23 to $50 per
month in the country districts. The
wages now offered range from $50 to $40
per month. says the Olympian.
Montana.
There are l22 dentists authorized to
practice in Montana.
William +. Cody, better known the
world over by the cognomen of Buffalo
Bill, with party Of friends is ell route
for his ranch in the Big Horn basin.
Tn preliminary organization of the Flat
head County Fruit Growers Association
has been effected at Kalispell, Mont
Twc.ltv-thgee names were enrolled as
members.
United States District Attorney Leslie
has Instituted in the United States court
IA suits against parties accused OF illegal
II lcncing the public lands. Most OF th'
suits brought are against parties living II
Teton. Cascade and Choteau counties.
A ,orthern Montana wool growing firm
that shipped a clip of about 64,oO'
pounds to Boston last July, has Just re
ceivcd returns on the consignment. J.
sold for lS5 cents in the original bags
netting the owners 1910 cents, which j
the best result yet reported in this Vi
entity.
Range cattle in the Milk river countr.
are picking up, but need water badly
Ranch cattle that have been fed and wa
tered are in splendid condition. Wolve
and coyotes are still numerous on tn
range, and those who have hounds hav'
had good sport killing these pests.
In an opinion addressed to Rev. Georg
G.. Stull Of Billings, a Methodist ministe
Of The gospel, Attorney General G. B. No
Ian holds that all property of churches
except places of actual public worship
are subject tc taxation. AS such churcl
property as parsonages has been consid
cred exempt in almost every county in tn
state. the opinion is of decided interest
~ - II, c1,,
in Montana. I'm conversation with Rev
Mr.. Stull some time ago the attorney gen
eral expressed the opinion that such prop
crty rs parsonages, where the pastor OF
church resided, were exempt from take
under the constitution of the state. bu
upon inquirng into the subject he foun
that the courts have unanimously he'll
that all church property not actually use
as places of worship is subject to stat
and county taxes, unless specially eS
emptcd by the constitution The constltu
ton of Montana makes no such provision
An effort is being made to have Bols
designated as one of the United State
railway mail terminals.
Oscar and Ammi Joslyn, aged 10 an
l2 years, SONS of Musician ')oslyn OF tn
Sixteenth infantry band, Fort Sherman
were drowned Sunday while skating o
the lake. Two other boys went throug
the ice with them. but were rescued.
There are now 1877 patients in the II
sane asylum at Blackfoot, 100 males an
G7 females Six months ago thre WEI
ia males and 50 females Since then
males have been received and ii females
Is males and two females have been dl
charged and four males and one femal
have died. The bills allowed at the mee
ing for the last quarter amounted t
$lO.2GG 80, divided as follows: Gel
eral expense, $8s,Ss6.5 so; Improvement
1896 80. The appropriation for the ma'l
tenance of the asylum for the two yea1
was $4,000 The amount expended du
;nr +hct vnar was $40 73l 80 .4s