The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1900-07-06
NORTHWEST NOTES.

positions Of postolice clerk and carrier
will be held at Reno New. August T.
The electrical works and machine
shop Of Flint & Iomax, Denver, Colo.
were damaged by IRE Sunday after
noon 10 the extent Of $4,000,
a discovery Of gold paying gravel.
paying $50 day with the dry wash
ing process is reported to have been
made Ia Esmeralda county, New, about
thirty miles east OF Silver Peak
4. Garden Of Seattle. manager for
the j. o Adams company system Of
warehouses along the Great Northern,
estimates Washingtou's wheat crop,
barring bad luck, at 10000, 900 bushels.
The steamer Aberdeen reports tn,
suicide at Nome Of Ben King, said to
be a member Of a prominent Montana
family lie shot himself with n revolt
yer because Of a quarrel with a woman
with whom he lived.
The safe Of CosgriG Bros ut Meii-
cine How. was blown open Wednesday
night by unknown burglars and tho
contents Of the safe were carried of.
No trace OF tue burglars has bees
found
Investigation shows that thcrr is nc
truth In the story sent out from Boise
that Wood River boy has lcprosy.
The "son Of IN Episcopal clergy
man" mentioned evidently means
young man who has no symptoms OF
the disease
The Pacific Coast BoraN works. con-
trolled 10y "BiraN King" smith, have
been shut down indefinitely, throwing
100 men out Of employment The shut
down is attributed to heavy advance
In the freight rate ON crude boraN
from Death valley.
In Tacoma, Wash, Gre destroyed the
warehouse Of the Puget Sound Lounge
aud Mattress Factory, the buildings OF
the Union stoc,yards, and damaged
Northern Pacific property In the com
pany freight yards Loss. $4,000.
Two frcmen were hurt.
The Floriston paper mills Of Nevada
are now employing about ijn men. The
mills are at present making only brown
wrapping paper. but when the ma
chincry gets In good running order all
kinds Of paper will be manufactured
and about 400 men employed.
The reduction works Of the Detroit
Copper company at Morcnci, Aria, has
been destroyed by dire The works.
consisted OF n i5O.tou concentration.
smclter, furnaces and convcrtcrs. The
ire will throw large number OF men
temporarily outof employment.
Night Foreman Jack corlslsh OF the
April Fool mine at DE Lamar, Nevada.
was fatally injured 10y premature
blast lie was standing directly over
the loaded hole when II exploded.
Corltish was to have been married ON
the sunday following the accident
The southern Pacific has authorized
the employment agencies In Ogden To
furnish 200 men for work on that road.
From fifty to 100 men are being sent
out OF Ogden to work on the various
lines Of railway running out Of this
city aud yet the demand cannot be
met
Smallpox has broken out In tho
family OF the postmaster At Alpha.
Wash, and a young man handled tho
mails at the time he had the eruption,
a ease In Chehalis Is the result, aud
other cases have been traced to Alpha
postolllce. Fumigation Of mails pass
ing through Alpha office has been or
dered
At the solicitations OF Senator War
rcn the supervising architect win at
once advertise for bids Tor completion
Of the United States public building ~
Cheyenne. There is available for COM
plotting the building si75,OOO, and !.
bids not exceeding this amount are Sc
cured work will commence on the
huluAhk WlNNlh NNltt noutUhs
General John Pierce. pioneer and
prominent railroad engineer aud sur
vcyor Of Denver, Colo, died last week.
lie surveyed several great railway
lines and was the first suryeyor-Pen-
cral OF Colorado lie was first presi,
dent Of the Denver Il Pacific railroad
with the construction OF which he was
prominently identified.
Attorney Patrick Reddy Of San Fran.
cisco, is dead, Mr.. Rcddy was wei
known throughout the northwest
When the mining unions OF the Coeur
d'Alene country, Idaho, became in
volved with state and federal authori-
ties during their great strike Reddy
was the man chosen to defend their in
terests in the courts and he distin-
guished himself against the best lega
talent OF the northwest In the numer-
Gus cases which grew out Of these
labor trnuhlea