Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-10-29
NORTHWEST NOTES.

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The telephone line between Ely and
Eureka, Nevada, Is completed.
Missoula, Montana. experienced =
good building boom during the present
year.
A crusade against the gamblers has
just been inaugurated in Belt, Mon
tana.
Dave sterritt, al old time Montana
millman. died at De Lamar, Ida, lsst
Tuesday.
joseph Mutton, well known miner
fell 40 feet down q shaft in the Cook 4
Grey mine at Silver City, Nevada, and
was fatally injured.
In a quarrel over penny ante poker
game at Fort Missoula. Elias King, a
private in company g, Twenty-ffth in
fantry. shot and killed z. T. Bolton,
company a.
Thomas R. Denny, engineer at the
Mountain Con. mine is on trial at
Butte for manslaughter, 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 sheepman,
that his flock would have to be inspec-
ted IS hours before being driven into
Colorado.
Representatives Of three new east
ern syndicates have lately been in the
Casper, Wyo.. oil fields with the view
Of oil land purchase and development
The Philadelphia Oil company, F.
Stanley Pusey, general manager,
which is located at Grin junction. has
lately looked over the Salt Creek
fields and viii probably invest largely
there.
The eEttr- Cree tribe Of Indians,
who went across the boundary line
and settled in Canada several years
ago. are returning 10 Montana. where
they propose 70 remain Chief Little
Bear says that they will resist depOr-
tation with warfare If necessary and
he declares the Crows will help them
out.
The other day Chinaman cook at
the Catliu live stock ranch. near White
Springs, Mont. in preparing
one Of the eompany's fine Plymouth
Rock chickens for dinner discovered
gold nugget worth between $50 and
50 in the gizzard. The nugget was
worn perfectly smooth, and is pro
nouneed genuine by those capable to
Judge
John A. Ennis has started from Liv-
ingston. Montana, for Klondike. with
a four-horse team Of grays, He will
winter at Edmonton. Alberta, British
Column ia, and leave in February or
March, or as soon as the going IS good
He expects to take the Leard river
route to the. headwaters Of the Yu-
zon. and will take the horses as far as
the feed justihes.
Conservative estimates place the to-
tai Wyoming cattle shipments. says
the Sun-Leader, at 10000 head, Of
which number 90 per cent is actual
market beef, the remaining ten per
cent being prime feeders. The beef is,
taking it all in all, perhaps the best
ever leaving the Wyoming ranges, and
he entire 10000 will easily average
80 per head, or q total money value
# over So, 900, 900.
Roy Lambert, whose home is at Cas-
lie, Montana, and who has been going
lnder the assumed name Of Frank
Rider, was arrested at his home last
week by Under Sheriff Jackson. Young
hefts in the northeastern part Of the
ounty and finally stole horse and
eturned home, where he was arrested.
lie is not more than sixteen years Of
ge-
The Sutro tunnel at VirginiaCity, New
sps the c. &C. mine at point ten feet
bOve the i75O-foot level but the water
lands three feet below the I750-foot
vel. so that when 4 cage IS lowered
own until its upper deck is on a
vel with the door OF the 1880 station
lie lower deck IS submerged. A sin
1lar phenomenon IS observed at this
pint; that IS, an ebb and low of
aters as if they were directly connect
1 with the waters Of the ocean. This