Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1899-03-31
NORTHWEST NOTES.

'Ciy liz III iOoScS VI StOCh uuIluS thC
| past month.
The cold weather and snow at Fort
Laramie, Wyo., is unprecedented in the
past thirty-two years.
Fourteen new families arrived last
week to make their homes in the White
River valley, Nevada.
About five or six miles south of Sill
yer Peak, New, are sand hills which
are known to contain gold ranging
from so cents to So per ton, and there
are millions of tons of it.
1t is reported that the big seventy
foot ledge at the Drinkwater mine in
Silver Peak district. New, will not be
idle very long, as the whole ledge
averages about SIS per ton in gold.
A ledge of gold bearing quartz was
discovered while grading for the Sierra
railroad near Chinese Camp, in Tou-
lumne county, Cal. Great excitement
prevails and some of the men are put
ting in extra time in banning out gold.
Governor Gage of California has at
tached his signature to the Morehouse
bill requiring all articles, except tele-
graphic dispatches, published in the
newspapers and periodicals of Cali
fornia referring to individuals, to have
the true name of the writer affixed.
On boulder of brown granite, near
Vista, Nevada, have been discovered
some nseroglyphics which some people
claim are the expressions of an ancient
language. The characters, signs, or
letters vary from one to seven inches
in length, and were evidently chisled
with some pointed instrument.
Inquiries in all portions of job nson
county, Wyo., regarding the condition
of live stock show that the results of
the winter on live stock interests have
not been ,unfavorable. The foresight
of the farmers in providing large
amount of forage is in a large measure
account ia BILE for the small loss of stock.
The Union Pacific company has pur-
chased the King coal mine property on
the road between Fort Steele and Sar-
atoga. The purchase indicates the
probable building of the line connect
ing Dillon, Colo, and Fort Steele, and
opening up to railway communication
the mining districts of North Park and
Grand Encampment.
1t has been ascertained that the en-
tire shortage in the accounts of
Captain J. M. Neal of the Fourth cav
airy, who recently returned to his post,
did not reach S., 1000 and this amount
was made good by Mr.. Mackey, who
has known the captain from the latter's |
boyhood and with whom he was a
favorite.
The Big Horn forest reserve officers
at Buffalo, Wyo., have received orders
from the interior department modify
ing prior order which prohibited |
grazing sheep ON the reserve. BY the
modification grazing will be permitted
on all parts of the reserve south of the
cludes all of Johnson county except
the northern three tiers of sections.
w. II. Davis, OF the Powder River,
Wyoming, country, has discovered
spring on his ranch property which
yields pure lubricating oil. He has
sent number of samples to merchants
n nd ic fulx inn 0rIo for he al ~
the product in barrel lots. The oil
comes from the spring free from grit
and needs no refining process to make
it suitable for use for lubricating pur-
poses.
The first verdict at Leadville of MUIR
der in the first degree in twelve years
was in the case of Robert Strickland
He stabbed and killed Barney Carr of
Mauch Chunk, Pa, on the night of
February 10. Why he killed Carr is a
secret still in Stickland's breast. He
set forth that he was being held up at
The time, but the testimony shows
,old- blooded murder. SticlSland's wife
tainted when the verdict was read.
Rain fell in all parts of northern
California during last week. News from {
the valley sections shows that the
rivers are rising, but there is little
damage of flood just at present, unless /
he weather should become warmer, &
n which case the snow in the noun !
aims would melt more rapidly than !
he water could be carried off. Efforts Q
ire being made to harness the surplus {
water and prevent a repetition of the :