The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-10-29
NORTHWEST NOTES.

rom the rental Of state lands.
The telephone line between Ely and
Eureka. Nevada, is completed.
Missoula, Montana, experienced a
good building boom during the present
year.
A crusade against the gamblers has
Just been inaugurated In Belt, Mon
tana.
Dave Sterritt, an old time Montana
millman, died at DE Lamar, Ida, last
Tuesday.
Joseph Mutton, well known miner
| fell 40 feet down a shaft In the Cook a
Grey mine at Silver City. Nevada, and
was fatally injured.
In quarrel ovor penny ante poker
game at Fort Missoula, Elias King a
private In company @, Twcnty.afth In
fantry. shot aud killed 4. r. Bolton,
company II.
Thomas x. Denny, engineer at the
Mountain Con. mine Is ON trial at
Butte for manslaughtcr, in causing
the death Of Joseph Duval, who was
accidentally killed on Aug. IL.
The Colorado veterinary and sAni-
tary board has notified the railroad
companies that they must desist from
turning sheep loose upon lands not
fenced. The board also notified Jack
Edwards, the Wyoming shecpmnn,
that his dock would have 10 be inspee-
ted ~ hours before being driven into
Colorado.
Representatives OF three new enst-
srn syndicntcs have lately been In the
Casper wyo.. oil fields with the view
OF oil land purchase and development.
The Philadelphia oil company, +.
Stanley Puscy. general manager
which Is located at Grin Junction, has
lately looked over the salt Creek
fields and will probably invest largely
there.
The entire Cree tribe OF Indians,
who went across the boundary line
and settled In Canada several years
ago. are returning TO Montana, where
they propose 10 remain. Chief Little
Bear says that they will resist dcpor-
tstion with warfare II necessary and
be declares the Crows will help them
out.
The other day Chinaman cook nv
the Catlin live stock ranch, near White
sulphur Springs, Mont. In preparing
pne OF the company's fine Plymouth
Rock chickens for dinner discovered u
Vold nugget worth between si.5o aud
e In the gilzard. The nugget was
worn perfectly Smooth, aud Is pro-
bounced genuine by those capable TO
Judge.
John A. Ennis has started from Lit-
ingston, Montana, for Klondike, with
four-horse team Of grays, He will
winter at Edmonton, Alberta, British
Columbia, and leave In February or
sisss''. .a- ~ coon as the going Is good.
lie expects 10 take the Lizard river
route to the. hcadwaters Of the Yu.
kon. and will take the horses "a far rs
the feed justifes.
Conservative estimates place the to.
tai Wyoming cattle shipments, says
the Sun-Leader, at 10000 head, Of
which number 10 per cent Is actual
market beef, the remaining ten per
cent being prime feeders. The beef is,
taking 1t all In all, perhaps the best
ever leaving the Wyoming ranges, and
the entire 10000 will easily average
$40 per head, or total money value
Of over 81, 100000.
Roy Lambert, whose home il at Cas-
tie, Montana, and who has been going
under the assumed name Of Frank
Rider, was arrested ut his home last
week by Under sheriff Jackson. Young
Lambert had committed n number Of
thefts In the northeastern part OF the
county and finally stole horse and
returned home, where he was arrested
lie is not more than sixteen years OF
age.
The sutro tunnel at virginiaCity, New
taps the Gao. mine at point ten feet
above the l71O-foot level but the water
stands three feet below the i75O-foot
level, so that when cage Is lowered
down until Its upper deck Is on "A
level with the floor Of the 1850 station
the lower deck is submerged. A sim
gular phenomenon is observed at this