Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1901-03-22

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Keith, over the body of Maggie Hun
sucker, who died while undergoin,
treatment for the morphine habit, Ar
thur B. Ford, secretary of the Wash
ington Sanitarium; Mrs Chariot,
Morgan and Burt Chapman were ar
rested charged with being criminal,
responsible for the woman's death.
The state will buy the Thurstor
county court house for $250,000, re
model the building and use it for {
state capitol building. By majorit!
of six votes the house gave its sanction
to the Ruth bill, which provides fol
purchase Of the building. The meas
ure passed the senate three weeks ago
Governor Rogers has recommended
the purchase twice in his annual mes
sages, and all doubt has now been re
moved that Olympia will continue tt
be the capital city.
OREGON.
The Umatilla river Is flowing bank
full.
1t was reported in Salem that the
postofice in Marion was robbed last
week.
Governor Geer has vetoed the Port
land charter bill passed by the late leg
islature.
William Beagle has shipped lot OF
draft horses to Skayway for w. F.
Matlock, designed for the Alaska in.
terror haling.
Paul Showaway, chief of the Cayuse
tribe, Is preparing to visit Washington,
D. c., during the coming summer at the
head of deputation of Indians to
make another demand on the secretary
OF the interior for the money due the
Indians as interest on the fund kept
there which was realized from the sale
of reservation lands.
G.. w. Ellis, a Mckay creek rancher,
asserts that in a band of 200 horses
pastured near Pendleton he counted 70
that showed plainly evidences of being
diseased with the mango.
Albert Minthorn, an educated Indian
on the Umatilla reservation, asserts
that the Indians are again indulging
In the spirit dance, cutting and slash
ing themselves in the frenzy which al
ways accompanies such evolutions.
Articles incorporating an exposition
which will celebrate the centennial an
niversary of the arrival in Oregon of
the Lewis and Clarke expedition in
1905 have been filed with the secretary
Of state. The incorporators are: H.
W. Scott, H. B. Bellinger, L. B. Cox,
H. w. Corbet, Henry Hahn, Samuel
Connell, e. Ehrman, R. w. Lewis and
]. M. Long.
At meeting of the Tillamook Dairy
Association recently, at which large
number of stockholders were present,
the secretary's report showed that the
association received 2,52S,S31 pounds
OF milk last year. The average test
was All. This produced 1O4,971 pounds
OF butter fat at an average price of 23
cents per pound. The amount of but
ter manufactured was 120,S88 pounds,
which brought 2O1s cents per pound,
to $24,7S2.O4.
MONTANA,
Jack Wade of Butte knocked out Kid
Lee at Helena last week.
Patrick McAtasney, known as
Mickey the Creek" died recently in
Butte.
There has been considerable agita-
ion in Missoula over the subject of
Ealing grand jury.
Another chapter in Butte history
obbers held up Canton & Sons saloon
gently and got $14.
The indications are that there will
'e very successful jockey club in
in active operation before
weeks.
William Fault, a pumpman in shaft |
70. OF the Boston & Montana mine
.ged 80, fell to his death in the shaft |
asst week.
The United States grand jury re-
'orted to Judge Knowles last week
nd were discharged. Six true bills
we're returned.
A man named Charles Maynard, aged
bout so, was found dead in his bed at
ne Jervis hotel in Bear gulch recent
Y. Due to heart disease.
John Adamick, 35 years of age.
married. and father of a 14-year-old
oy, residence '10S Anaconda road. has
cen missing since Jan. 80.
News has been received of the death
Capt. Charles B. Schofield, of the
econd United States cavalry, which
at Matanzas, Cuba, Feb. 1.
[eart disease was the cause. Cant
chofield was well known in Montana.
Il. b. Bower, aged 35 years, was in
.antly killed recently near the DEN
yer mill at Stevensville. He was rid
lg on load of logs which upset at a
pint near the mill. Bower was
lught beneath the load and killed in
antly.
The Montana Central is still run
Ing water trains to a number of its
INKS where the supply depends on .
ellis or reservoirs. The large resor- .
Dir at Flowerree is totally empty and /,
10 reservoir built at Tunis last fall
rs not had a drop of water in it so !
r.
A carload Of lumber standing on the
ack at or near Hoffman's mine on
Q Chestnut branch near Livingston. 4.
t away and made a mad run to
,ok's mine, about two miles down tbe