The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1903-01-16
NORTHWEST NOTES.

company to deliver orders.
Forty-eight business houses and
manufacturing concerns Of Portland
have prepared an exhibit for the Oska,
Japan, industrial exposition.
David Uhlin, foreman of quarry
near Portland, Ore, suicided by cut
ting his throat with a butcher knife.
No cause is known for the deed
Two woman suffrage bills are before
the Montana legislature. Two bills
providing for the initiative and refer
endum have also been introduced
At Portland, Ore, C. A. Wilson shot
his mother.ln-law, installing her for a
burglar. The wound is in the left
breast, and the woman is expected to
die.
Three women held up a man In
Denver one night last week, shooting
the victim in the face when he re-
sisted. All three of the hold-ups were
captured
Hector Reel, who was interested in
the most extensive cattle-raislng bust
ness Of Uinta county, Wyoming, died
at st. Augustine, Fla, on the 9Th, OF
Bright's disease.
High winds have completely wreck
ed the summer cottage district OF
Estes Park, Colo. Large trees were
taken up by the roots and the damage
to property will go up into the thou
sands.
Joseph Smith has been arrested at
Anaconda, Mont, on suspicion OF be-
ing the man who held up the Northern
Pacific train at Bear Mouth on DC.
tober 90 and killed Engineer Dan
O'Neill.
The mayors Of the various cities OF
Montana gathered in conference at
Helena last Tuesday for the purpose
of discussing and recommending to
the legislature needed municipal leg.
islation.
Sheriff Newman OF Ely, Nevada. de.
town, owing to striking miners and
proprietors clashing and fears 1t will
be necessary to call on the governor
for troops.
The postofflce department has in
contemplation the establishment of
number of new reural free delivery
routes in Utah and Idaho, but the Of
ficials refuse to make known these
routes at this time.
The engine OF an extra freight broke
down near Cherokee, Wyo., and
freight train which was following
crashed into the caboose and ploughed
through fourteen cars No one was in
jured, the crew jumping.
Reports are coming In to the effect
that the wind storm that ragged on the
Laramie plains the past few days did
considerable damage, fences being
blown down, hay stacks scattered and
barns and sheds wrecked.
The executive committee OF the
Wyoming industrial convention has
extended to Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson an invitation to attend the
second annual industrial convention at
Cheyenne February Bird and 4th. The
invitation will be delivered by Senator
Warren, who will urge the secretary
to accept.
Sheepmen in the vicinity OF Cody,
Wyo., are very indignant over the ere
alton Of a forest reserve, embracing
fully one-seventh # the area of the
state. All though the Cody country
feeling is running high, and bloodshed
is anticipated when the time comes
for closing the trails which the sheep.
men have used so long.
One of the chief questions to come
up before the legislature Of Wyoming
will be the equalization of the assess
ment OF railroad and telegraph com.
panies In the state. These corpor-
atlons pay taxes on but S7671 ,220.9S
worth of property, while it is recog-
nlZed that their wyoming holdings
are worth far more than that amount.
Asa Conn, a well known resident of
Nevada Valley Mont, left home on
Sunday to go hunting. He did not re-
turn by Tuesday, and search was in
stituted. Later his body was found in
the woods several miles from home.
An empty shell in his gun and bullet
hole through the body told the story
He had evidently been killed acct
dentally by his own gun.
A special from Dillon, Mont, says
an immense meteor fell on Rattle
snake creek in Beaverhead county on
the 9Th. II looked as large as a hogs.
head, and was visible for fully min.
ute The crash of its comnact with