The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-08-06
NORTHWEST NOTES.

Wyoming produced 400 1893 tons OF
coal during the year 1903. valued at
s5,916,951, an increase of about per
cent over the previous year.
Four thousand three hundred and
nineteen cards have been issued to
miners OF the Cripple Creek district
by the Mine owners association, and
800 applications are still on file.
Miss Varina d. Hayes, daughter OF
J. A. Hayes, and granddaughter of JEFF
ferson Davis, president of the south.
Colorado Springs to DR.. Gerald b.
wedd, a physician.
Walter Cow, a blind boy of Winnie
hucca, New, was drowned in the
Humboldt river while bathing. The
accident was witnessed by about
twenty persons, who stood on the
banks powerless to aid him.
Experienced craftsmen broke into
the postoffice at Knappa, Oregon. dy-
inc puh ocNultu ho
booty. They hammered off the com.
bination, placed a charge of dynamite
In the safe and blew it open.
William Phipps. an employee on the
Thomas Smith ranch near Boulder,
Mont, was struck by lightning and
instantly killed. MIR. Phipps was driv-
tnr ,nt ha ,.,ha
the storm came up. The bolt also
killed both his horses.
Indications are that the Oregon hop
crop will amount to about 10000 bales
or in the neighborhood of $4,000 bales
less than last year. The season has
been unfavorable, the long dry spell
which occurred last month very near.
1y causing failure.
o. X. Paul, a merchant of Lima,
Mont was killed Sunday afternoon by
the accidental discharge of a shotgun.
He was out hunting, and while taking
the gun out of his buggy it went off.
The discharge lodged in his abdomen
and he died shortly afterward.
Joseph Kelly, a prominent grocer OF
Carson City, Nevada, shot and killed
his brother Hugh. The men had been
on bad terms for several years. Hugh
Kelly attacked his brother with
shotgun and Joseph fired twice, kill
Ing his instantly. The coroner's jury
returned verdict of justifiable hon.
icide.
While John Seasanson was coming
down a steep hill on a bicycle near
Gresham, east of Portland, the chain
on the wheel broke The rider was
unable to control the machine, which
rapidly gained a tremendous speed,
and was thrown violently against a
stump, sustaining injuries from which
he died
A gold strike has been made in the
hills a few miles northwest Of Raw
Inns, and assays taken from ore with
in three feet of the surface showed
gold values of SC a ton, five ounces of
silver and per cent copper. The
miners believe they have struck true
vein and the ore continues to look
very good.
A dozen fires are raging in different
portions of timbered regions in the
Flathead country, in Montana, and the
damage done already is great. Forest
Supervisor Haines has all the men he
Is allowed to employ, and has been
furnished with sixty additional men
by the Great Northern railroad to
fight the fire at Bolton.
Wild animals are still plentiful in
Montana, according to a payment just
made by the state on bounty claims,
the board OF examiners having ap-
proved claims aggregating $19,35S. The
payment OF the bounties exhausts all
the cash In the state bounty fund, and
to meet more claims of about S112, 900
II will be necessary for the legislature
to make another appropriation.
Lars X. Nelson, aged 35 years, and
George Lampkin, aged SO years, were
drowned in the center of the Missouri
river opposite the mouth of the Sun
river, near Great Falls, Mont. A sail
boat in which they were riding cap
sized and they were unable to swim.
Mrs. Munroe Fulkerson, aged AZ, of
Victor, Mont, was killed in a runaway
accident. A son who was with her
was slightly hurt Mrs. Fulkerson was
the Oldest pioneer woman of western
Montana, II not of the state. She was
born in the Bitter Root valley in 1857
The strike Of the packing house EN-
ployees is felt throughout northern
Utah and southern Idaho, as we'll as
other northwestern states. For over
two weeks not shipment Of cattle
or sheep has been made from Utah
Idaho, Montana, Nevada or Wyoming
M. B. Greenwood, president of the
DAILY Bank and Trust company Of Ana
conda, Mont, has issued a call to the
various bankers of Montana to meet