Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-08-13
NORTHWEST NOTES.

the Klondyke.
The railroads in Montana protes
against an assessment Of more tina
$1,000 per mile
!. l.. Humble Of Corvallis, Montana
received the snug little sum Of $1,000
for his sheep and wool this spring.
The fruit crop Of Colorado this yea
will bring SO, 100000. About half o
the product is from the western slope
Al Heppner, Or, there is band
composed entirely Of women, which
furnishes music at celebrations foi
nearby places.
The Virginia & Truckce railroad Is
the victim Of spite work at Reno. Nu-
nerous fires have been started to de
stroy It's property.
The Spokane Fruit fair, claimed 10 be
the greatest OF It's kind west Of the
Mississippi and embracing exhibits
from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Mon
tana and British Columbia. opens DC
tober and lasting until the 18th.
A shooting contest at human targets
is reported 10 have taken place be-
tween some ranehmen living on Blue
Water creek. Red Lodge, Mont, last
week. Twelve shots were fred and
one man lost n finger.
Butte threatens to go crazy when
Bryan visits that city. There viii be
a parade from the city to the race
track, where Bryan will speak, and IL
IS proposed that every ablebodied man
in the city join the procession
After a broncho buclScd him from tho
saddle and kicked him in the head.
win Calhoun ran half a mile to over
take his wife and fell unconscious, re-
naming in that condition until con
veyed TO Phillipsburg, Mont.
Three Of the largest locomotives ever
made are being built at schenectady,
Tor the Butte, Anaconda & Pacific, that
handles the ore traffic between Ana
conda and Butte.
In Butte four children found wnSy
they thought 20 be n Roman candle
and the boys drove nail into it. A
girl was filed with broken glass and
metal and Clarence Terrell may lose an
eye.
A masked robber thrust a gun in the
face of J l.. Eaton, telegraph operator
at Helena. and demanded his watch.
Eaton drew q revolver with his left
hand and fred two shots, but did not
hit the robber, who took TO his heels
idaho has an attack OF klondyl,ltis /
The citizens Of Mountainhome have
stalSed two men and the state mining /
inspector viii take his departure soon.
Several men have also gone from Cald-
we'll
The management of the new coal
at Gebo, Mont, are meeting |
with some difficulty in obtaining the
right of way for their proposed eight
miles Of railway by the Indians own
ing three allotments through which
their survey runs.
William J Maber, miner at the
levcr Sweat mine of the Anaconda
ompany was fatally injured by the
explosion OF delayed blast on the
300 level. The shot missed fire and
Iaber ana J i Murray went back To
investigate. when it exploded Murray
iad two ribs broken.
Up ON Powder river, Wyoming,
attic rustler captured at the muzze OF
Winchester what proved TO be a
woman dressed in blue jeans overalls
nd flannel shirt She blushingly
banked her gallant captors and they
'olitcly tipped their soinbreros and
old her She could go
Peter Reynolds livinv near Sherl.
Ian. Wyo. has sold his ranch aud
took for $1,000 INA order 20 60 10 the
Alaska gold fields Reyaol Is hro,her' :
n-law is already az the mines and has
made winning, gnd Mr. Reynolds
viii 90 into partnership With him ia
working properties secured in the IA
nous klondyie.
The log drive has put in an appear
nee az Rocl, Springs The drive con.
aims over IL, 900 feet of logs, and as
he managers say. this has been an ex-
,eriment with low water, as they have
,een on the way forty two days and
hat time can be shortened consider.