The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1899-12-02

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Vile Indian reservation will be thrown
open for homestead settlement about
the end of January, 1900. AS Water
vile is the headquarters of the United
States register Of lands for that dis.
trict it is more than probable that the
information comes from some official
source.
Mr. John H. Ogden, who for the past
two years has been manager of the Spo-
kane branch Of the American Type Foun-
ders' Company. has resigned that position
to 60 into the job printing business with
F. M. Winship, in the old established
"Quick Print" at Spokane, doing all
classes of up-to-date printing. Mr.. A. D..
Alexander assumes the management Of the
Spokane branch. Horace Brown remains
as superintendent.
OREGON.
Eugene has the honor of being first
to organize a militia company Of re.
turned volunteers.
The prune crop around Myrtle creek,
southern Oregon. has been disposed of.
1t aggregated 739.050 pounds, which
averaged about IN cents per pound.
Walter Howell. Of Portland. aged IL
years. was run over and killed recently
at Selwood by an electric car ON the
East Side railway. The boy was on q
bicycle and rode across the track in
front Of the car, which was backing up
slowly.
Paul Kruger Is warned to leave Pen
dleton, but the pastor who occasionally
acts as deputy sheriff will not obey de-
mands.
The officers Of Pendleton, Ore, assert
that In the capture Of Isaac Ruddock
they have found the man who held up
the six people at the west limits of
Pendleton on October 81.
Frank O'Gara's bankruptcy petition
was denied in Pendleton. There was
too much money missing and cash
from proceeds Of sales Of which no &C
count appears ON the books. ~
The Pendleton high school students
are to play the Baker City high school
students on Thanksgiving day.
DR.. William Mclean, state veterin
arian for Oregon, is making q tour ol
eastern Oregon. He will see to the
enforcement of the rules of the dom
esti, animal commission recently
adopted for the eradiction and preven
tion of hog cholera.
A. Lawson, a colored bootblack, sho
and killed Hugh Younger, q gambler
on Front street in Baker City, in from
of the Mint saloon. A shotgun wa
Used and the charge entered the bod!
at the heart. Younger walked to th'
gambling room and fell dead. Lawson
gave himself up.
| MONTANA.
There are q few smallpox cases a
Butte.
The Scottish Rite Masonry had
four days session last week in Butte
The latest discovered will of John L
Airport was declared forgery by
jury at Boulder.
The police, detectives and friends Q
Daniel Agoa are determined to prob
the mystery Of his death, which o.
Cured last week in Butte.
Several Anaconda young men hav
banded together and will in the nea
future have enough members to forI
band to be called the Cadet" Q
come other appropriate name.
Wild geese, swans and other waite
fowl are reported to be remarkabl
plenty in the lower valley and on til
lake, says the Inter-Lake Of Kalispel
Mont.
J.K. Eveleth, formerly a well know
: assayer of Butte, is now In charge
, the assay department of big minin
enterprise in northern Mexico. owne
D by the Hearst estate and managed I
Ben B. Thayer, formerly Of the An
e conda company.
Abraham Antelle, Carbondale Co
( miner, committed suicide last week
r jumping down a 900-foot shaft of Il
i Carbon Coal company. His body WI
torn to pieces. 1t was case OF d
a liberate suicide.
$ The farming implement dealers
O. the state met at Helena and organic
II an association. About 40 dealers fro
various parts of the state were preser
$, A. w, Miles of Livingston was elect
d, president and Sewell w. Davis OF But
k second vice president.
ID Governor Smith has granted diml
utions of sentence to five convicts
at cluding Charles E. Wilson, sent fro
D. Silver Bow on March 80, 1898, for t'
I'd wears for assault, and John Searle, sc
tx rom Silver Bow on February 6, III
for one year for receiving stolen prt
We erty.
or Thos. Kinds & Co. has finished TN
10 ptreet paving contract Of 10.467 squs
IN wards in Butte. At 1919 per squa
ward the cost to the city is $3S,4l3.
An Ihe street railway has paved
,y. souare yards between its rails. bril
er- ,ng the years total of paved area
nd to 1857 square yards. The city
&c. now nearly 10000 square yards
paved ground, the total expenditure
ar. which was $132,720.S9.
,er Last week Butte was visited Dy
,sh first big fire she has suffered
It months, the Big Blackfoot Milling G.
INV pany. Losing their planning mill and 81
and door factory. Nearly every r
tbe dent of Butte attended the hre' wn
,ia. was located on Oklahoma ana Gai