The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-05-05
NORTHWEST NOTES


were broken at Great Falls, Mont, last
week, when Boston buyer took
100000 pounds at 23h cents.
John p Walker, a 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 Path finder dam and
auxiliary works to impound the flow
of the North Platte river at a point
about fifty miles southwest of Casper,
Wyo
A negro is held at Miles City, Mont,
for the murder of 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.
It is estimated that from four to
six weeks time will be occupied in
clearing the Edison cut Tin 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 a miraculous escape from ser.
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
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
of grain and -four, has been destroyed
by fire. Loss on the mill, $4,000.
Origin of the fire is not known. The
Allen hotel was considerably damaged
by water.
A passenger train ran into gang
of about fifty Japanese workmen at
Beowawe, Nevada. The train literally
plowed it's way through the men, kill
ing two and injuring several. The &C.
cident was unavoidable, the train sud-
denly rounding curve and striking
the laborers before the engineer had
an opportunity to slow down.
All of the buildings on the west side
of the Main street at the old mining
town of Quigley Mont, were burned
last week. There were several stores,
homes and saloon buildings among
those burned, nearly all of which have
been vacant since the mining camp
closed down some years ago. The orr
gin of the fire is unknown.
The immediate cause of the collapse
Of the large Cory hospital building at
Cheyenne, has been traced to the
whistle of the Union Pacific shops.
The prime cause of the collapse was
about 100 tons of snow which had ac-
cumulated on the roof of the struc.
ture, but the immediate cause was the
vibration of the air occasiOned by
the blowing of the whistle, which has
q powerful and terrifically deep tone. |
Frightened by an automobile, team
Of horses tore up the hitching post to
which they were tied in Lewiston,
Mont, and dashed down Main street,
over three children, who were
playing on the sidewalk. Marion
Burke, aged 8 years, was instantly
killed. .... .n
Missoula, Mont, will be "closed
own" from now on, if the instruc-
ions issued to the county attorney by
he county commissioners are fulfilled.
Gambling has been running wide open
or several months, but the imperative
order was issued last week to close all
games.
James Neary, a freight conductor,
vas killed by a passenger train at
Billings, Mont. Neary was checking
lp his freight train preparatory to
pulling out, and did not see the pas.
,enger, which came along at a rapid
rate, although his train crew tried to
warn him.
City Marshal Lucy shot and killed
Earnest Hickey, bartender, at Prairie
City, Ore. Two of the occupants OF
the saloon commenced to quarrel and
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