The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1899-03-24
NORTHWEST NOTES.

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The Grand junction foundry F"
Grand junction. Colorado, was destroy
ed by fire on the iith inst Loss 81
900, with insurance Of $1,000.
D. c. Corbin, Of Spokane, and hsso'
ciatcs. will establish bect-sugar iao-
tory near Fairfield. Wash. one thou
sand acres Of land have been secured
for a site.
Frank Il. Pellet. a Great Northern
freight conductor. was killed at Adrian
twenty miles west Of spokane. lie
was on the caboosc into which light
locomotive crashed.
A huge avalanche Of ice and snow on
the Great Northern railway near Wei
lington has done such damage that trat'
fic between Seattle and Spokanc was
suspended for several days last week.
Mrs. Eichstad, Of olympia, Wash,
threw herself under Port Townsend
Southern train near Tumwntcr aud
was instantly killed. She was about
90 years Of age and OF unsound mind
At Grand Junctlan. Colorado. two
non-pnrtisnn tickets are In the field
for the voters TO choose from nj the
municipal election, and the Democrats
are contemplating putting up ticket
The first train TO reach Como, Colo,
from Denver since February 81, steam
ed into that city ON March 10, and was
enthusiastically received by the citi-
zcns OF Como The train had been an
entire week coming from Grant, n dis
lance OF 20 miles.
The train that has been snow.bound
on the Cheyenne & Northern railroad
for the past four weeks, was aband-
oned ON the 18th. The passengers
were taken In wagons from A.tus TO
Horse Creek, where they were trans
ferred TO n train and taken TO Chcy-
ennc.
Railroad men report that casterners
are coming TO the northwest In greater
numbers than ever before, even than In
the boom days of isss.g They have
been coming for thirty days, though
the stream has not been particularly
notable till within the past week or
ten days.
"Red" Piplsin. leader OF the gang
which held up Santa Fc Pacific train at
Grouts Station, New Mexico, on March
90. isos, has been lodged In Jail at Win
ncmucca. Nevada. Piplsin admits his
identity and signed paper waving a
requisition. lie will be taken TO New
Mexico for trial.
Residents OF the mining town Of
Hayden llill, Lassen county, Gala, in
the extreme northeastern portion OF
the state, are greatly excited over an
exceedingly rich strike OF gold ore.
The vein Is about 10 inches wide ut 20
feet from the surface. and II Is said
prospects from $1,000 TO si2,Oo per
ton.
Messrs. Keefc & bradley, OF chey-
enne, who are putting up the govern
ment building, have been given con-
tract to repair and rebuild the govern
ment palace in Havana, which Is 10
be used as n United States government
building. A force Of worlSmen will go
from Cheyenne TO Havana at once to
work on the proposed changes.
Serious range troubles are imminent
In eastern Laramie county on the range
between Salem and Horse creek be.
tween Mark Goad aud c. j. Icysham,
large stockmen, who recently placed a
large number OF cattle In this district,
and n number Of small ranchmcn who
occupied the range for several years
The small ranehmen have given the
newcomers notice 10 vncatc, or prepare
for trouble.
Robert Pillson, a noted character OF
the Platte valley, died at Saratoga,
Wyo., last week aged 80. Pillson was
an old.time freighter aud Indian
fighter. Lately he has been In part
nership with Lord Roll, wealthy
Englishman, In the stock business.
Pillson weighed over 900 pounds, and
nine years ago, under his personal d.
rection he had an immense coffin for
himself made which weighed FOG
pounds, and In which he was buried.
The Wyoming state board OF equal.
zation has raised the valuation upon
live stock for purposes OF taxation 80
per cent over last years rates. Range
cattle are raised from si5 to $40 per
head range sheep from si.75 to e2.25,
and other classes Of stock, excepting
horses, which are unchanged, are
raised In the same proportion. The
/ raise In these valuations will increa
the assessed valuation OF the state OF
Wyoming s2,oOO,OOO-
Al Cripple Creek last week, John
Buzanez. aGreek miner, shot and killed
Robert Shaw, another miner. Shaw
fired the first shot, when Buzanez re,
turned the fire, the bullet cutting al
artery in shaw's leg, from which h,
bled to death before hysicians arrived
Andrew A. Grome, the Democratic