The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1898-09-23
NORTHWEST NOTES.

''NH.N N'i'tt''N ~ "NN' NtiNiNNl
named Gus Kacl, ON Fox Creek. fifty
miles north Of Cheyenne.
The members Of the stockgrowers
association ~ Western Wyoming will
make application Tor membership to
the national Stockgrowcrs association.
Mrs. Matilda Bartine. mother OF ex.
Congressman Bartinc. died at Carson,
New, September q, at the advanced
age Of 81 years. Her father was a
soldier In the Continental army.
The contract for the construction Of
the new state capitol building NJ
Helena, Mont. has been let to Jacob
Soss, OF Butte, for 100000 There
were ten bids la all, running up to
slOi. 900.
The task OF moving 400, 900 sheep OF
the summer range In the Big Horn
mountains, In wyomiug,is now in pro-
grcss. The first snow Of the season
fell last week. The early winter will
cause much suffering among the nocks.
John j. Neary was instantly killed
and his cousin, J. 4. Ncary, received
injuries from which he died In n few
hours later, by n blast In the Green
Mountain mine at butte The men
were preparing a round Of ~ holes
which exploded before they could get
out Of the way.
Work Ia to commence at once on tho
Big Hole dam Of the Montana Power
company. II was suspended June ist
by a heavy rise Of water which threat
oned the new structure. The dam IL
800 feet wide and Is To supply electric
power for Butte and vicinity. IL will
be the biggest In the west
The big forest fires which have been
raging In the Laramie Peak region,
In Wyoming, have been eNtinguished.
A large force OF men, aided 10y the re-
cent damp weather, were enabled "a
cStinguish the flames, but not until
they bad burned over i've square
miles Of valuable timber.
The Wyoming petroleum industry .,
TO be enlarged by the introduction oI
new capital into that neld. An Eng
lish syndicate and the burlington a
Missouri railroad company are buyinl
up all the available oil land in th,
Casper district, aud the principal r.
fnery at Casper IL soon TO be enlarged
70 capacity Of 500 barrels per day.
Forty men are at work In the pre-
liminary construction OF railwa.
from White Cloud district, Humboldt
county, New, 10 connect with the Cen
trail Pacific at Loyclock or some con
vsaient point on that line for the put
pose Of shipping iron aud other ore'
The Union Iron works Of San Frar
cisco IL said 20 be Interested Ia th
project.
w. +. Campbell, superintendent o
the Wind River Indian school, wyom
Ing, at u, 400, has been transferred 4
a similar position at the Warm Spring
school, Oregon, at si,eoo, In place o
Eugene @, Nardin. transferred 10 Wine
River. Mira. Nardin has been trans
ferrcd from matron at Warm SPRING
10 matron at Wind River at 5000 pei
annum.
Quite n large number OF shecpmcn
Of Humboldt county, New, are dispos
ing Of their bands Of sheep as rapidly
as possible, principally TO Utah buy
era. They give a. their reason for .,
doing the fact that this season hsi
been 20 exceedingly dry Ia this eountr,
that they fear they would be unable
10 carry them through the winter. a.
the hot dry weather has left no grass
for them TO feed upon.
One OF the interesting features OF IN,
Trans-MlssiAsippi exposition Ia a Ne
braslta sod house, constructed under tho
direction OF Mira X. Bowscr OF Norfolk
Neb. II n au exact initiation OF Oh,
house in which Mrs. liowsor lived
when she frat took up her residence ia
the state, many years ago In thii
primitive structure the mistress server
coffee aud biscuits TO several hundred
visitors every day.
Daniel Palette an Italian miner
about 80 years Of age, was killed by 4
fall OF earth In the Original mine, Al
Butte, The accident occurred DO
tween the ilfth aud Sixth floors oyel
the 1000 level. Palette was working
with several other men mining on th,
fifth floor, when the pressure OF earth
on the timbers forced cave, aud
though all tho other men got away
the poor fellow was caught In the fall
OF earth and his life crushed out.
Tho York block, three-story brick
structure on West Park street, butte
Mont, collapsed, Sept, 10, carrying
down sixteen people, hurying some ol
them, but so far as can be learned
killed no one. The Gre department
and citizens went 10 work on the
wrecked building AZ once and every
available team was pressed Into service
20 take care OF the debris as fast as II
was moved OF tho fourteen workmen
eight were injured, their hurts consist
ing principally Of bruises aud cuts.