Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1898-05-21
NEWS OF THREE STATES
CROP PROSPECTS ARE GOOD.
The War Spirit Seen Everywhere
ThrOughOut the Pacific Northwest
Action Looking Toward the
Sale Of the White Pine Belt-Out-
fitting for Alaska.

e Lewis county reports the prospect of a
t immense fruit crop. .....-
h quired control Of the Central Washington
Railroad.
: Two Yakima boys are connected witt
! Admiral Dewey's fleet at the Philippine
: the son of Mrs. Coleman of this cit,
and the son of Charles Stevens of tn
: Ahtanum.
, Captain C. H. Phillips of Goldendale'
disbanded militia company is organizin!
company whose services he will otfe
, to Governor Rogers for enrolment for th
Cuban war.
Judge Keen at Tacoma has refused t.
grant divorce to ex-Mayor or Mrs
Fawcett. The Judge gave for his reasol
that both were equally in the wrong, ane
it would be better for them to make III
:, their differences. No sensational feature:
were brought out in the trial of the case
John McLeroy, an extensive stock rails
er and influential citizen of Adams coun
ty, had the honor of serving under Ad
miral Dewey, then First Lieutenant Dew
ey, on board the United States frigate
Mississippi during the civil war. The Mis-
sissippi participated in numerous battles
the most noted Of which were the stormine
of Fort jackson, Mobile, Pensacola, New
Orleans and Port Hudson.
Tacoma parties have purchased the old
Duff shinge mill at kelso and are tear
ing the old structure away preparatory
to erecting the largest shingle mill on the
coast. They propose putting in two ten
block machines, besides some double block
machines for the purpose of working the
timber all up They are to have the mill
running in 60 days.
Charges Of most serious nature hang
over the head of A. A. GiTlis, United
States court commissioner residing at
Weolley, Wash. Gillis was arrested sew
eral days ago on warrant issued from
the bench by Judge Hanford upon the
application of District Attorney w. X.
Gay, in which he is charged with having
accepted fees from settlers in the vicinity
of Woolley for the transmission of final
proofs to the land office in Seattle. 1t is
charged that Gillis failed to transmit the
proofs placed in his possession as an Of
| ficer of the law and also withheld the
fees, which should have been forwarded
to the office here.
California's fruit crop, like her wheat
crop is to be almost a total failure. The
dry spring has wrought great havoc with
her orchards. Her production this year
will be cut down to the smallest amount
This offers opportunity for Washington
fruit to become popular in the great mar
kets of the east. Last year the orchard
lists Of the Inland Empire sent few
shipments to Chicago. There the com
mission men reported the fruit to be GER
tainly of better quality than the Cali
folnia fruit, but because Of un nunfo1m
and inferior packing it commanded a less
price than the California product. This
matter of proper and uniform packing
and grading is one to which our orchard
lists can not pay too much attention. The
sale of the fruit depends on it. Uniform
and attractive packages and a proper
grading does more to find purchasers than
quality alone If in methods of packing
our orchardists come up to the California
orchardists a sale at high prices is as
sured this year. Without good packing
we will lose our chance of taking the place
of California in the eastern market
The resignation of Charles A. Clark as
superintendent of the soldiers home is
in the hands Of the governor. 1t was
handed to that official March 25, to be
used at his discretion. Recently, however
Mr.. Clark has desired to be released, and
now wishes the resignation accepted.
George E. Steunenberg, brother of Gov
ernor Steunenberg, has arrived in Boise
from Silver City, where he has been en-
gagged in mining. Mr.. Steunenberg served
three years in the United States navy
and was yeoman aboard the Boston at
the time of his discharge. He will leave
for New York in few days with the
hope of enlisting on one Of the auxiliary
navy vessels.
Lieutenant Walsh of the Fourth cav
airy has received q dispatch from Colonel
Wood, commander of what is known as
the Roosevelt regiment, offering him a
commission as captain in that command.
1t is probable he will accept, as he is very
desirous of getting to the front. Colonel
Wood knew Lieutenant Walsh in Arizona
when the latter was in active service
against the Indians, and knows that he
would be great addition to the regiment
of rough riders which has been recruited
for service in Cuba.
Ed Smith, chief clerk of the state land
board, is member Of the national guard
He has felt it his duty to resign and 60
with the boys, the Lewiston company
Consequently he rendered his resignation
much appreciated, the board felt that it
would be impossible to release him with
out causing much confusion and possible
loss, as he is the only one familiar with
the details Of the states complicated land
business. Consequently the board refused
to accept the resignation.
It seems probable from the action of
the state land board at Boise, that the
states holdings in the white pine belt
will soon be placed on the market. This
will be followed, if a satisfactory price can
be reached, by the speedy completion of
the Moscow & Eastern, and the building
of immense saw mills for the manufacture
of the timber. After full discussion Of
the matter the following resolution was
adopted: Resolved, That the lands here
tofore selected by the state in what is
known as the white pine belt, in Latah
and Shoshone counties, and aggregating
1920 acres. together with the timber
thereon, be appraised at the earliest pos
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