The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-07-10
NORTHWEST NOTES.

A cloudburst at Myers Mont, last
week washed out large span OF
Northern Pacific tracks No lives
were lost
-Four men walking from Alma to
Leadvlle. Colo. on the ith were
caught IN a blizzard on the range and
one Of them had his face frozen.
A mantle OF snow covered Leadville.
Colo. on the morning OF the Fourth.
and at night the temperature dropped
90 degrees and almost touched the
freezing point
Nose La Fontlse was knocked out
In the third round by Joe Walcott at
Butte on the 3rd At no timo during
the fight did the Fronchman appear
to have a chance.
About 100 telephone operators em-
ployed In Spokane went ON a strike
last week. Too stringent rules and
desire for better wages appear to
have been the cause
The cereal year OF 19O2-O3 has
closed. and out OF a total crop Of A.
B7S. 435 bushels OF wheat in Oregon.
Washington and Idaho there remains
on hand 2.C5O.OOO bushels.
During the fiscal year ended juno
20 the receipts Of the Helena branch
,nice OF the couector of internal rev.
tnue for the district composed Of
Montana. Utah and Idaho amounted
10 s95.GGG.57
Tho jury IN the case of the state vs..
c. II. whitney. cx.deputy sheriff at
Baker city Ore. who was charged
with cmbezzllng $4,000. came in with
verdict Of acquttal. after being out
Eighteen hours.
Miss Nellie Flayin. aged %, one OF
the most popular young society wo-
men Of Gunnison, Colo, killed herself
Thursday Of last week by shooting
herself through the temple. No
cause is known for the deed.
In an ARRAY at Eatonvllo, wash,
M. j. Morgan. a fireman. was struck
on the head with a club by I'd East
man. engineer OF the donkey engine.
and II ls feared he will die. The men
were working in logging camp.
An immense landslide occurred
near ouray. Colo. last week, the
wlole top OF the mountain for ~
width Of /. 900 feet coming down, III
slides are caused by the molti
tho deep SHOWS. No one was urt
Pierce Goddard. an Atlantic clb
Wyo.. miner. was struck by a hug
boulder that fell from a cliff Anboy,
him. grinding his legs to atoms frum
the knees down. He lived about tNro
hours. displaying great nerve. rollinA,
cigarette and smoking II a few mo.
ments before death came TO end his
sufterings.
Early Sunday morning three high
waymen held mp a South Tacoma
street car and robbed the carmen and
four passengers Of 500 in money and
three watches. The conductor was
chased half way across the Tacoma
avenue bridge by ono Of the highway
men and brought TO a standstill by
shots from a revolver.
The washoe shelter at Anaconda.
! IL
1000 men were thrown out OF work
there. This reacted upon Butte ne
oessitating the closing down OF such
OF the Amalgamatod mines in Butte
as send their ore to the Washoe In
all 1000 mon are thrown out In Butte.
making 5000 in Butte and Anaconda.
or n difference In the payroll OF
$4,000 n week The mines and smell
ters will start mp again Sept. /.
Tho wool season has opened in
Montana. The FIRST clip in the Beaver
head was sold to Philadelphia Arm
by c. Sanders. The bulk was 10000
pounds and the price IL cents. Wool
Is selling at from 15iS to 16h cents
at Billings
Grasshoppers have destroyed every
thing In strip seventy miles long
and nifty miles wide In the vicinity
OF Forsythe Mont. and the plains are
dotted with cattle that have starved
. TO death as the result OF the grass
hopper raids.
Four men coming across Mosquito
Pass, east Of Leadville, Colo, on the
. night of the Ord, were lost In a blind.
Ing snowstorm and badly frozen. This
Is the first time In the history OF the
district that a blizzard Of snow oc
CURED in July.
Word has been received in Chey
enne OF the death by drowning OF
Fred c. Mccarthy and William Woods
two cowboys of the Two Bar ranch
= | near that nlnpo tnov wore carried