The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1885-03-14
aLEANlNGs FROM THE ROCKIES.

aLEANlNGs FROM THE ROCKIES.
W.P. Garnett has been appointed by
Gov, Warren, Territorial Treasurer Of Wy.
oming.
The Laramie River Cattle Company,
Of Wyoming, with a capital Of 100000,
has been incorporated.
The Elko (Nev.) Indetende~t Office was
burned on the night Of the 1st inst. But
little of the material was saved.
Durango, Colorado, is working up
mining boom for ITSELF A number Of ricl,
gold strikes are reported at that place.
AT the election in Boise City in favor Of
aid for the extension Of the railroad to that
city the vote stood: For, 34o; against, l66.
A meeting Of Denver's chess lovers on
the 3rd inst took the preliminary measures
for the organization Of chess club in that
city.
Plans and specifications for bridge over
the Boise River, opposite Boise City, have
been approved. The bridge will have two
spans Of $50 feet each.
Word comes of another Indian rising in
Sonora, and considerable depredations in
the way of burning ranches. This time it
is the Mayes. The Yaquis have made no
further trouble.
The Taxpayers Of Portland, Oregon,
have voted school tax Of FIVE mills on
the dollar for the ensuing year, and they
propose to complete and equip the Port
land high school at once.
The Northern Pacific Railway Company
are negotiating for the lease Of Oregon
Railway and Navigation Company's line,
offering five per cent for three years, and
FIVE per cent for perpetuity.
A bill to move the State University from
Elko to Reno, Nevada, is causing great ex-
element in Carson City, as the bill was
considered in Committee Of the Whole
and will pass by twothirds vote.
Cheyenne, Wyo, is sore about the victo.
~ won over the city by the U. P. railroad
in the U. S. Supreme Court, wherein the
company restrained the city authorities
from the collection Of ST. 600 taxes.
During the last six months in Utah there
have been organized eighteen associations
Of stockmen in as many counties, with a
membership Of over two thousand. They
will hold Territorial Convention in April
Matters appear to be somewhat mixed
at Vienna, Idaho. 1t has been reported
that the miners there accepted the $3.50
per day and all was serene; but the Wood
River Times brings report that the Wen
ma mill and mine are closed down on ac'
count of the refusal of the miners to work
for $3.50 per day.
The Northwestern Stock Journal, o.
Cheyenne, contains reports from all parts
of the Wyoming range. 1t says: "Tht
outlook is quite encouraging, and the losses
not excessive. More or less concern is al
ways felt for the Northwest at this season
of the year, but from all accounts there ii
nothing at present to cause uneasiness."
The Phoebe (Nev.) Record is kicking. 1
says: ut may be all correct for the Nor
mons 10 examine the mails in the postotfi
ces out in Utah, but when it comes to Nor
mon authorities coming over into Nevada
and doing so, it is carrying matters LITTLE
too high.handed. There is not a postoffic'
in this county, in the Mormon settlements
but what should be closed"
Samuel Shaw's murder in Alturas, Mo
doc County, Gala, is being unraveled. Th'
crime was uncovered by the death of I
squaw, Capt. Dicks wife, at Smiths Fork
when it was revealed that two Indians
"Holder's Dick" and "Billy" shot Shaw
at close range with buckshot. They carries
the head seventy-fve miles, to Willow
ranch, where it was found and identified
The Indians confessed the crime, but sait
they were hired to do it by Looper, whit
was arrested at Philadelphia, where he hat
fled, and taken back to California. Th'
Indians are in Jail.
The Care of Children.