The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-08-05
NORTHWEST NOTES.

Two trains coilided while going at full
speed
Wyoming produced 4.7O9.3o3 tons OF
coal during the year 1908. valued at
t5.o16.o5l. 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 stlll on file.
Miss varlna d. Hayes. daughter OF
J. A. Hayes. and granddaughter Of JET.
forson Davis president Of the south.
orn confedoracy, has been married at
Colorado Springs TO DR.. Gerald b.
wedd, physician.
Walter Cow. a blind boy OF Winnie
mucca, New. was drowned In tho
Humboldt river while bathing The
accident was Witnessed by about
twenty persons. who stood on tho
banks powerless to aid him
Experienced cracksmen broke into
the postofico Mt Knappa, Oregon. dy-
namitlng the safe. but secured no
booty. They hammered on tho com
bination, placed a charge OF dynamite
In the safe and blew II open.
William Phlpps. nm empioye on tho
Thomas Smith ranch near Boulder.
Mont. was struck by lightning and
instantly killed. Mr. Phipps was driy.
ing into town from tho ranch when
the storm came up. The bolt also
killed both his horses
Indications are that tho oregon hop
crop will amount TO about 10000 bales
or In tho nelghborhood OF $4,000 bales
less than last year. The season has
been unfayorRblo. the long dry spell
which occurred last month very near.
ly causing a failure.
o. X. Paul, merchant OF Lima,
Mont. was killed Sunday afternoon BY
tho accidental discharge OF a shotgun.
Ho was out hunting, and while taking
tho gun out OF his buggy II went on
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 a
shotgun and Joseph fired twice. kill.
ing his Instantly. Tho coroner's Jury
returned a verdict OF jusunable hom'
icide
While John Seasanson was coming
down steep hill on a bicycle near
Gresham. east Of Portland. tho chain
on the wheel broke. The rider was
unable 10 control tho 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 ORC gitip
In three feet OF the SUI oae showed
gold values OF Sc a ton, i've rSunoes OF
silver and 3 per cent copper The
miners believe they have struck o true
vein and tho ore continues to looh
very good.
A dozen fires are raging In different
portions Of timberod REGIONS In the
Flathead country. In Mo,t al, and the
damage done already Is great. Forest
Supervisor Halnes has all the men he
Is allowed 10 employ, and has been
furnished with sixty additional men
by the Great Northern railroad "a
Tight the flro at Bolton.
Wild animals are still plentiful I'd
Montana, according to a payment Just
made by the state on bounty claims.
the board OF examiners having ap'
proved claims aggregatlng Si035s. The
payment OF the bountles exhausts all
the cash In the state bounty fund. and
to meet more claims OF about $4,000
II will be necessary for the legislature
to make another appropriation
Lars X. Nelson, aged 95 years. ana
George Lamplin, aged Sc years. wero
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 Fullkerson. aged a. 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. n not OF the state. She was
born In the Bitter Root valley In 1851
The strike OF the packing house EN-
ployees is felt throughout northern
Utah and southern Idaho. as well al
other northwestern states. For over
two weeks not a shipment Of cattle
or sheep has been made from Utah.
Idaho. Montana, Nevada or Wyoming.
NJ. b. Greenwood. president OF the
DAILY Bank and Trust company OF Ana
conda, Mont. has Issued a call 10 the
various bankers OF Montana 10 meet
In Helena In October and organize a
State Bankers association. Governor
J. X. Toole will make tho address Of
welcome.