The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-10-27
NORTHWEST NOTES,

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caught by falling tree and instantly
killed.
Four separate attempts to deraiI
trains on the Southern Pacific few
miles north of Modixto, Cal, were
made on the morning of the 23rd
| David c. Ring and Miss Vera Daw
son, teachers in the East Denver high
school, are dead from injuries re-.
| ceived in a coaching accident at Col
den.
Charles W. Walton, the San Fran
cisco youth accused of holding up
street car and shooting a policeman
in Portland a few months ago, is on
trial
James Allen, a rancher of Sumner.
Wash, was choked to death at the Pu.
pallup hotel at Tacoma by a large
piece of meat which he undertook to
swallow
The council of Portland has over
ruled the veto of the mayor of an ordi-
nance passed some weeks ago. permit
ting the selling of pools in the city on
horse races.
One hundred tons of California rails.
ms are to be distributed free at the
Lewis and Clark exposition by grow.
ers residing in this district surround
| ing Fresno, Cal
The land office at Great Falls. Mont.
has received instructions to withdraw
from all forms of entry 6,4SO acres
of land in connection with the Milk
river irrigation project.
The Herrera-Goodman match.
scheduled for October "a, at Butte.
was called off The reason assigned
was that the Mexican is sick and in no
condition to meet the St. Louis lad
Members of the Pendleton, Ore.
lodge of the Chinese Reform associa.
ton, comprising 80 per cent of tho
Oriental residents Of Pendleton, will
cut off their queues in accordance to
orders of the association.
Eighteen loaded cars were precipi.
tated into the Truckee river near
Verdi, New. as the result Of a freight
train wreck. The wreck was caused
by the breaking of a wheel. Two
tramps were seriously injured.
James Wade Forbis, one of the
| best known attorneys in the north.
west, a member of the law firm of
Forbis & Matteson, died at his home
in Butte last week. The cause of the
death was a short but severe attack
of pneumonia.
| A saloon at Derby. New. which is
owned and operated by the construc-
tion company which is building the
canal for the government. was dyna-
mited last week, the building being
wrecked, and the bartender, Harry
Kelly, terribly injured
The business of buying Oregon and
Washington wheat for shipment to
Chicago and other eastern markets has
ceased. The railroad companies can
not supply enough cars to handle the
traffic, and consequently business is
practically at a standstill
Articles of Incorporation of the
newly consolidated streotcar lines Of
Portland to be known as the Portland
Consolidated Railway company, have
been filed. The company has a cap.
ital stock of 25OOO,OOO. 1t operates
l12 miles of electric railway.
| A terrific blow on the point of the
! jaw, struck by Frank Wise, caused the
! death of John Siovich at Butte, the
! victim never Tegaining consciousness
! and dying in less than an hour after
| he was struck without speaking a
word. The two men had been quarrel.
! ing.
John J. Haligan, attorney for MRS.
william f. Cody, has filed a motion in
| the District court at Cheyenne to have
allegations in the petition of Colonel
| Cody for divorce made more definite.
! 1t appears that Colonel Cody BuffaIO
BID has no intention of dropping the
| case.
By the arrest of three railroad men
in Missoula, Mont, it developed that a
/ wholesale theft of merchandise OC
| Cured during the recent destructive
wreck on the Northern Pacific road at
Big Bend near Garrison. The officials
claim a large quantity of goods were
| stolen.
Every piece of rolling stock on the
Rocky Mountain division of the North
ern Pacific Is being pressed into ser
vice. Not In five years has the volume
of traffic assumed such proportions,
but from indications business condi-
lions will continue brisk until the first
| of the year.
The seventh annual session of the
Inland Empire Teachers association
| opened at Pendleton, Ore, on the goth,
with $50 teachers from Oregon, Wash
ington and Idaho In attendance. The
annual address of President II. {.
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