The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-05-21
NORTHWEST NOTES.

The secretary Of the interior has
ordered the withdrawal from entry Of
S22. 900 acres Of land in Montana. for
an addition to the West Little Bell
mountains forest reserve in that
state.
William Axtell. a Basin Mont. sa-
loonkeeper. was shot and killed by
three unknown men who tried to hold
up his saloon. which was empty Of
customers at the time The murder
ers escaped, securing nothing.
The management Of the Northern
Pacific shops at Livingston, Mont.
have inaugurated q change In the
shops whereby a days work for tho
shopmen will consist Of nine hours
instead of ten as heretofore.
The inquest over the remains Of
Frank Trites who was shot by his
wife at Butte during scuffie result.
ed in the woman being exonerated.
Trites made an ante-mortem state
ment to the effect that his wife &C
cidentally shot him while he was
teasing her and that she was entirely
blameless.
The people OF Meagher county,
Montana. have addressed a petition
to the secretary Of the interior pro-
testing against the further creation Of
forest reserves in that county. on the
grounds that the range facilities Of
the county are restricted to such
degree that the stock industry Is
threatened.
William Wilseck. the mail clerk
who pleaded guilty in the federal
court to robbing the, mails. and Al
bert Philips. who stole horses from
the Fort Washable Indian reserva.
tien, have been delivered to the war.
den Of the penitentiary at Rawlins,
Wyo., each to serve one year and
fourteen months.
Nearly 100000 pounds Of wool
l hovC uCCh soiu dJ luC uihcI tuI pvuS
in the vicinity Of Rawlins, wyo.. so
far. at prices ranging from l1% cents
to IAN cents per pound. The prices
are about the same as last year, al
though the highest price of last sea-
son has not been reached by more
than half a cent
At Missoula, Mont. Charles Gun
Their was found guilty Of assault upon
Jerry Virgins with intent to com.
NIT murder. The penalty ranges
from five to ten years. Gunther and
Virgins are the men who engaged
in pistol duel about two months ago.
in which both were believed to be
MORALLY wounded. Gunther Is not
yet out Of danger.
In a recent decision the Montana
supreme court held that the municipal
statute requiring telephone and tele-
graph companies to place their wires
underground Is unconstitutional. The
decision IS In the case OF Red Lodge.
wherein that municipality endeavored
to compel the Rocky Mountain Bell
Telephone company to place its wires
underground.
It is reported that the Ohio-Colo
RADIO Smelling and Refining company,
the largest Independent smelling com.
pany in the country, will soon begin
the erection Of a thoroughly modern
smelter in Pueblo. Colo. The new
plant will be located on the mesa be-
tween the steel works and the smell
ter and it will be one Of the largest
Institutions Of the country.
John Peters. on trial at Missoula
Mont. for shooting Allen 8. Brown
during a quarrel over some land. was
sentenced to six months imprison
ment in the state penitentiary. The
shooting occurred on April 20. and
the capture. trial. conviction and sen
tence of Peters is the shortest on rec
ord in Montana, Peters waving his
statutory rights at every stage.
Erndst Damon, student in the
Reno, New, high school, is marked
for life as a result of being initiated
into a school fraternity. In the cere
monies a branding iron bearing the
emblem Of the fraternity was dipped
into nitrate of silver and applied tc
his forehead and right arm, inflictinf
marks which the lad will probabl!
carry with him to the grave.
Word from Lolo Hot Springs, which
has Just reached Missoula, Mont.
tells Of big strike Of copper orr
made by prospectors in the emplo,
of former Governor Mcconnell o
Idaho. Old miners in western Mon
tana have long predicted that In thu
near future copper deposits would b.
found in the Clearwater countr.
which would astonish the mimi,
world.
An Anaconda, Mont, dispatch say
the body of Wright who has beel
missing since last November ha