Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1898-07-09
NEWS Of THE NORTHWEST
ITEMS FROM THREE STATES
4 Missionary DrOwncd-Severe
FrOsts Around MOscOw-A Mys-
teriOus Murder in SpOkane-A
Round House Burned-Huckleber
ry Crop Good This Year.


Round House Burned-Huckleber-
~ Crop Good This Year.
A waterspout struck the vicinity Of
Mission, in Kittitas county, a few days
ago, striking near the residence OF A. 5.
Bnrbanks The path visited by the storm
was torn up badly, and boulders weighing
as much as a ton and half were tossed
about as if they were mere pebbles.
A large colony Of Dunkards has just
reached the Yakima valley. The people
are from Pennsylvania, Nebraska and Da-
kota, where there are strong settlements
OF Dunkards, and they are going to the
Yakima valley with the plan to build up
a strong settlement there.
Fire destroyed the round house OF the
Central Washington railway at Couiee
City last week, together with eng inc No.
697. When discovered it had gained such
headway that all efforts to eXtinglish the
flames were unavailing. There having
been no fire around the building, the
opinion is that it was Of incendiary origin.
The stockholders of the First National
bank of Waitsburg have resolved to go
into voluntary liquidation, and the local
stockholders with Levi Ankeny of Wallt
Walla have organized the Merchants
Bank of WaitSburg, with capital of
$4,000, all subscribed and paid in. This
change was made for the reason that the
National bank with its capital of $4,000:
and thereby heavy taxes and other eX-
penses, has been an Improbable instltu
ton. The officers OF the new bank will
probably remain the same as in the cid
organzation
The last issue of the ColfaX Gazette con
tanned an interview with Sheriff Sims III
which the latter states he has discovered
positive evidence against dakota Slim
which would prove him guilty of the mu1-
der of Orville Hayden. Two of the wit
ncsses who would give this evidence, the
sheriff says, are in the Philippine islands
who defended Slim, says he has equally
positive evidence that slim" was in an
other part of the world when the murder
was committed, but three of his witnesses
are, unfortunately, with Andree in his
balloon excursion to the north pole and
two others are in Cuba, but he will try
and have them here by the time the sher-
if1 secures his witnesses from Manila and
klondike.
Cheney is not famous for fish stories,
but here is one related by H. H. Hubbard.
Last Friday he, in company with Clarence
Martin, f. p Fellows and others, tried
novel method OF ca tching fish in a small
pond near Tyler. The outlet had dried
up, leaving great many plckerel en-
trapped in the pond, which was an acre or
two in extent and perhaps three feet deep
at the deepest point. They were polling
small raft along. The water being muddy,
the fish were unable to see, and in endeav-
oring to escape from the noise made by
the raft would Jump out of the water,
light on the raft and become an easy prey
to the fishermen. In this manner one hun
dred or more pickerel about foot in
length were caught in few moments.
The object of State Fish Commissioner
Lttle's visit to Dayton was to look up the
feasibility Of establishing fish hatchery
in Columbia County, probably on the up
per Tukanon. On the lower Columbia 1t
has been found difficult to handle the
early run Of Chinook salmon, and it $
thought much could be gained by the es-
tablishment of hatchery near the nat
ural Matching grounds. 1t is now the
practice to get the fish into pond nets and
hold them until ri pc for spawn. Although
fairly successful, .his plan is not satisfac-
tory. A hatchery is needed at the nat
ural spawning grounds, and if a sufficient
number of fish can be obtained a hatchery
will be established on the Tukanon this
season The cost of such an enterprise
will be between five and six thousand dol
lars. Quite a force Of men will be EN-
ployed, twelve men being required to
handle 100000 spawn.
The almost nude body of a young man
was found in the loft of small barn in
the eastern part of Spokane last Wednes-
day. 1T was in an advanced stage OF de-
composition. The body plainly indicated
that murder had been committed, the
head having been crushed in with an iron
pin that lay near the body. From the
story told by Mrs. II. I. Mitchell, upon
whose premises the barn stood, it would
appear that two unknown men committed
the deed a week before. The dead man
has not yet been identified.
The Nezperce News has suspended pub
lication.
The Moscow section Of the country was
visited by severe fro5ts two nights last
week The nights were clear but very
cold, and some damage was done to grow
ing products. Garden truck of all kind
suffered the worst, but it is not thought
that wheat or fruit has been damaged
enough to retard growth.
i. p. Harris, postmaster Of Harrison
has rendered his resignation, to take ef-
feet July !. After that time Esslel
Wheeler will serve the people in that ca
pacity. Mr. Harris has been postmaster
for four years, and now retires to take
charge of the new saloon, "1'he Senate.
He has purchased the Argo hotel prop
crty, leased the upstairs for hotel pur-
poses and prepared the lower story for his
saloon.
Major Brodie and Lieutenant Knox, the
gallant Americans who were wounded IN
the attack on the Spaniards at Santiago
Friday, are well known by number Of
the older residents of Lewiston. Brodle
as Ii utenant, was in Howard's command
during the Nez Perce Indian war, and
Knox was quartermaster at Camp Howard
following the hostilities.
Five townships on the Nez Perce reser
vation were formally opened for filing last
week. The rush at the land office was al
mo equal to the first rush for homestead;
on the Nez Perce cedcd lands The in
creased value, owing to the established
productiveness Of the reservation lands
has caused much land jumping this