Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1902-05-29
NORTHWEST NOTES.

Inc prcSiuent 10 hoout 70 ISSUE
proclamation creating additions OF sew
eral million acres % the Yellowstone
and Teton forest reserves in Wyoming.
James Williams, who shot and killed
George Hicks, on May 18th, walked
into the county Jail at Portland, Ore,
and surrendered himself to the jailer
one night last week.
Frank Caldwell, a gambler of Chey-
enne, was last week sentenced to
twelve years in the Wyoming peniten-
tiary. Caldwell shot Stella Graham,
colored woman, in house of ill-repute
year ago.
Alfred Hamilton was hanged at
Whatcom, WASH, last week for MUIR
der. He went up to the scaffold two
steps at time and when asked If he
had anything to say, replied, mo, l
am here to die"
Denver has decided not to hold fes.
tival of Mountain and Plain this year,
and Cheyenne's Frontier celebration is
left without rival for the patronage
Of the rural districts of Colorado, Ne
braska and Wyoming.
Arizona rangers have captured Wal
ter Price, John Van Wrinkle and Robert
Van Wrinkle near Dos Cabezss. They
are charged with Strengthening cattle
on the range that did not belong to
them and selling the beef.
| - Rat
man, was found in Mollala river, near
Oregon City, Ore, with bullet hole
in his breast. He disappeared from
his home at Candy Friday morning.
The coroner's jury returned verdict
of suicide.
A report that M. Thad Sowder,
champion rough rider of the world,
had been killed by a broncho in Madi-
son Square Garden, New York, was
set at rest by message from Colonel
w. f. Cody to j. A. Martin of Chey-
enne.
George Kirby, an extensive cattle
grower near Billings, Mont, last week
lost !, 900 head Of cattle. The cattle
had just arrived from Texas, and were
thin and weak from the long trip,
They persisted as the result of the cold
rain.
/. N. Bard, a ranchman living thirty
Ave miles north of Cheyenne, last weel
found note on his doorstep warning
him to sell out and leave the country
or he would probably meet death
Bard fears he may meet the fate o.
Lewis and Powell, who were assassin.
ated.
In Spokane, Wash, all the irol
molders in the city walked out as re
: suit OF the refusal of their employer
to concede a nine-hour day with wage
of SO. 50, the same now paid for tel
hours work. This is an outgrowth o
the National Machinists' demands of
year ago
Governor Toole, of Montana, win
, has arrived home from Washington
! d. c., where he went to attend cere
monies incident to interment of TIN
body of his father-in-law, Genera
r Rosecrans, denies that he has changes
: his attitude on the merger question
as reported in Chicago interview.
A Miles City, Mont, dispatch says
, John Slaucer was murdered by Georg'
Spencer during row on sheep rancl
on the Big Dry Creek. Slaucer wa
, str uck with a stub and his skull fras
| hitnca1f mn
: the authorities and claims tn act wa
, done in self-defense. Both men wer
! sheep herders.
> At Opal, Wyoming, at the Halida
q saloon, as the result of a quarrel, Mel
b Garcia shot and instantly killed Au,
tin Porter 1t is understood the pal
ties had been drinking and quarre
: ensued In which Porter drew a knit
and ate mpted to stab Garcia, VIII
drew a revolver and shot Porter, xii
ing him instantly.
II Prof. Wilbur c. knight, one of tn
n best informed men on Wyoming o
o affairs, says that the Popo Agile an
o other central Wyoming oil fields wi
7 be scientifically prospected by tw
companies this summer, one compose
II of Englishmen and the other backe
e, by Belgian capital. In the latter Kin
k Leopold is a stock holder.
g ]. f. Walker was discovered by so
&c diers wandering aimlessly about For
. Wright. He is now in Jail at Spokan
:, awaiting examination on charge c
insanity Walker, who it is believe
h recently came from the Sound, says h
was war correspondent for the Ne
York Sun in Cuba, Porto Rico and tn
: Philippines.
A Unless Portland, Ore, planning mi
n owners grant nine-hour day to TIL
o Planning Mill Mems union, the member
IS of every union affiliated with tn
Building Trades council. threaten
. walk out. Planning mill owners stat
- that they will not meet the demand
n Twenty-Five hundred men may be mao
IS idle.
Gustavus A. Wistech was found dea
: in his ranch-bouse six miles south {
CHEYENNE last week. The body wa
. found by his grandson. who had gon
Is to visit him and was rapidly decom
:. posing. The coroner has been unabl
9 to find any evidence of foul play.