Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1901-11-14
NORTHWEST NOTES

Lawson, near Georgetown, Colo, was
killed by q cave-in last week.
Lincoln Barnes. miner was found
dead in his room at Grand Junction,
Colorado, Monday, a bottle of morphine
under his pillow telling the story.
William S. Fuller, wanted in San
Francisco for the alleged appropriation
OF money belonging to the Standard
Oil company, has been arrested In
Seattle.
Miss Bell Anderson, one Of Glen
woods most popular young ladies', fell
dead in a ballroom at Rifle, Colo,
Saturday night. Heart disease ives
the cause.
Kit C. Dodson, an eastern Washing
ton school teacher, has been arrested
at Walla Walla, charged with em-
bezzling about s40o, while postmaster
at Fisk, Mo.
Sam Wing, formerly a laundry man
of Lander, Wyo., has purchased and
stocked ranch in the Upper Wind
DIVER country and will engage in cattle
raising. He is a full-blood Chinaman.
Norbert Savignac, a French-Cana-
dian ranchman who lived with his
nephew on Mount Wilson mesa, twenty
miles from Telluride, Colo, was shot
| by unk nown assa ssins last week and
| instantly killed.
Capt. John Motif, a pioneer Of Mon
tana and for many years chief clerk in
the office of the internal revenue COL
lector, when the headquarters of the
district was located in Helena, died
last week of Bright's disease.
The Elkton mine at Cripple Creek,
has been sold for SO, s75, 900, the largest
price ever paid for Colorado mine
with one exception, that of Stratton's
Independence mine at Cripple Creek,
which sold for $40, o0O, 900.
Recent strikes in the oil field be-
tween Great Falls and Dell, Montana,
have caused considerable excitement.
The ground is covered with Ignite
coal of an excellent quality and oil
seepage and gas exudations.
The payment to Indians of the funds
appropriated by the last session of
Congress for their Siletz reservation
lands has commenced at Newport, Orc.
agency. The appropriation of ss5, 900
will be per capita Of Sl96 46.
Depositors OF the defunct Scandina-
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Wash, have received an offer of settle
ment from it's fugitive president, II.
st. John, otherwise known as Dix,
who last January absconded, after
looting the bank OF every cent of de-
posits.
Capt. f. M. Handy, recently convicted
Of swindling DR.. ]. Eugene Jordan of
Seattle out Of $40, 900 in the sale of the
old steamer Professor Morse, in 1898,
and sentenced to two years in the
penitentiary, has escaped from tho
Sheriff and is at large with a reward
of $3.50 up for his recapture.
In fight betweed the crew Of an Ore
gon Railroad & Navigation freight
train and tramps who were stealing .
ride Monday, Walter Rose of Shawnee
town, ILL.,, was shot by Conductor
Laughlin ten miles east OF Portland.
Rose is In hospital in a serious con-
dition but he may ultimately recover.
Fred C. Clemmer, foreman of the
Liberty Bell mine, Telluride, Colo,
Monday was expelled from camp BY
miners to whom he had made himself
obnoxious. He reached town In safety,
although 1t is said he was pursued and
! shot at several times. He is said to
have been very unpopular with the
men.
Twenty -four me IN bsrs of company A,
Third regiment, Oregon National
; Guard, of Oregon City, were court
martialed Monday for neglect of duty
in non attendance at drills and inspec-
; tions Prominent members of this
company have willfully absented
themselves from company drill so many
times that the regimental officers
stationed in Portland have decided to
adopt drastic measures
The Interior department has been
. requested by Indian Agent Myton for
authority to issue permits to certain
Colorado stock-owners to winter sheep
and cattle on the Ute reservation,
across the Utah border. The Indian
Office says the Indians have a large
u supply of hay and fodder on their
L hands, but no market for the same,
and will therefore grant the authority.
, The number of sheep and cattle will
- be limited, however, to prevent over.
v stocking.
~ The sheepmen and cattlemen o.
n Fremont county, Wyoming have COM
If bined to resist the invasion of theil
q range by Utah and Idaho sheepmen
10 it having been reported that the lattel
J. will bring in several bands Of sheer
this fall.
a State Senator James w. Bucklin and
Arthur Gormley of Grand Junction
d Colo, were injured by the upsetting o.
" vehicle Monday in which they were
of riding. Bueklin was unconscious
ID when picked up. Gormley had three