Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1905-05-05


; were broken at Great Falls. Mont, last
V week, when a Boston buyer took
g 100000 pounds at 231k cents.
John p. Walker pioneer of Ore
gon of 1852. is dead at Portland, OF
paralysis, aged 76 years Mr. Walker
was a pioneer millman of Portland,
establishing one of the first mills in
the northwest in that city in 1869.
The work of driving piles in the
railway bridge at Burley has been
completed and the work of laying
track on the south side of the river
has begun. The grade is completed
to within a mile OF Twin Falls.
The secretary of the interior will
very soon advertise for bids for con-
struction of the Pathfinder dam and
auxiliary works to impound the flow
Of the North Platte river at a point
about fifty miles southwest of Casper,
Wyo.
negro is held at Miles City, Mont,
for the murder of a girl two weeks ago
at Little Falls. MINI. When captured
by Sheriff Savage of Montana the first |
thing the negro asked was whether |
Savage had heard of the Little Falls
killing.
1t is estimated that from four to
six weeks time will be occupied in
clearing the Edison cut lin Wyoming)
of the great mass of rock which de-
scended during the great slide last
week. and which held up the Union
Pacific trains for. four days
An unknown tramp was struck by
Union Pacific train near Cheyenne,
but had miraculous escape from seri-
GUS injury and death. He fell asleep
on the track and was picked up bodily
by the rapidly moving train and
thrown to one side of the track
DR.. w. Clarke of Portland, Ore,
has been retained by the Cheyenne, {
Wyo., board of trade, Cheyenne city
council and board of commissioners
of Laramie county to direct extensive
dry land farming experiments, which Z
are to be made in that vicinity during
the coming summer.
The Pomeroy flour mills, at Pome-
roy, Wash, a landmark of Garfield
county, together with $4,000 worth :
IF grain and -four has been destroyed !
by fire. Loss on the mill, $25,O00 k
Origin of the fire is not known The e
Allen hotel was considerably damaged e
by water.
A passenger train ran into a gang
# about fifty Japanese workmen at q
3eowawe, Nevada. The train literally q
Flowed its way through the men, kill be
ng two and injuring several. The ac- te
ident was unavoidable, the train sud- TO
emily rounding curve and striking 81
he laborers before the engineer had so
n opportunity to slow down On On
All of the buildings on the west side
the Main street at the old mining
OWN of Quigley Mont, were burned
lst week. There were several stores,
cAhCo anu odlOOA OuiiuiuSO dluOuS OIL
hose burned, nearly all OF which have tn
cen vacant since the mining camp st
osed down some years ago. The orr tel
n of the fire is unknown. oy
The immediate cause of the collapse
the large Cory hospital building at
histle of the Union Pacific shops
he prime cause of the collapse was b
'out 100 tons of snow which had &C.
mulated on the roof of the struc-
re, but the immediate cause was the
bration of the air occasioned by 81
g blowing of the whistle, which has
powerful and terrifically deep tone.
Frightened by an automobile, team a
horses tore up the hitching post to ran
lich they were tied in Lewiston, -.
mt, and dashed down Main street. ~.
ming over three children, who were CO.,
4ying on the sidewalk Marion not
rke, aged 3 years. was instantly
led.
Mont, will be a CLOSED -.
IN" from now on, if the instruc- -
rs issued to the county attorney by
county commissioners are fulfilled.
milling has been running wide open
several months. but the imperative
er was issued last week to close all 81
mes. for
ames Neary, a freight conductor, ing
} killed by passenger train at sise
ings, Mont Neary was checking na
his freight train preparatory to ing
ling out. and did not see the pas But
ger. which came along at rapid tc' Il
). although his train crew tried to ONT