The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-08-31
NORTHWEST NOTES


cured on the 10th in Montana and
Idaho.
One of the most successful airship
nights in the history of aerial nayiga,
uon was made at the Lewis and Clark
exposition last week, when the City of
Portland went up for its second trip.
'he vessel was in the air for half an
hour' during which time it covered
SIX miles in territory without a hitch
Of any kind.
f. \. Heinze of Montana has pur.
chased the San Martin copper mines
III the State of Oaxaca. The San Mar.
'Ih mines were worked by Spaniards
centuries ago and prior to the con.
quest of Mexico the native Indians
operated them. In modern times the
mines have always been large and
proitable producer of copper.
The harvesting, stacking and
threshing of spring wheat on low
lands in the northern part of the
spring wheat region where grain is
lully ripe were interrupted during the
lore part of last week, the aelds being
100 wet for the reapers. Complaints
Oh shrunken grain are general from
Washington and western Oregon.
Superintendent Hussy of the pro
vlncial police has been advised that
the Chilcotin mail was rifed of $500
IN currency and checks shortly before
1t reached 150-mile house from Alexis
creek. Robert Machen, half-breed
Is accused of robbing the mail bags
when the driver left them at Sheep
Creek, when en- route to Chilcotin.
A special to the Butte Miner from
Wallace, IDA, says: This city was
thrown into a state of excitement or
the 26th by the killing of Oscar Olsen
saloon man of Burke, by Chief oil
Police Beck, in the Western saloon
shortly after o'clock. Beck was try
ing to stop saloon row when Olsen
attempted to take hand and was
shot in the back of the head by Pc
liceman Beck.
Samuel Studzinski, a fur buyer ant
pawnbroker, was murdered in his shoI
at Lewiston, Mont, being beaten tC
death with a blunt instrument. While
robbery is believed to have been the
motive, on the breast of the dead mar
was found a small card on which
written in blood, were the words TX
c. No H." similar card was fount
in front of a small heating stove il
the room.
A special from Lewiston, Mont.
reports the disappearance of Deputy
Sheriff Silverthorne, who started into
the wilds of eastern Fergus county
after an alleged horse thief named
Corners. Corners rode into Lewiston
| wearing the belt and gun Of the dep
uty, which he said he had taken from
him while the latter was asleep at a
roundup camp about 145 miles from
Lewiston. Corners is in Jail.
At its last regular weekly meeting
the Seattle chamber of commerce, by
unanimous vote, adopted the report
presented by a special committee, Of
which Judge Thomas Burke, was
chairman, relative to the Chinese eX
clusion laws and their enforcement
The rlsolutions favor, first of all,
strict and literal enforcement of the
laws in so far as the provide for the
shutting out of all Chinese coolies o.
laborers.
The "holy jumpers" of Denver have
been adjudged a public nuisance, ant
Rev. Kent White and wife, who con
duct the mission, fined $50 each fol
disturbing the peace. Residents II
the vicinity of the mission protested
against the noise.
C. p. Davis, former chief deputy II
the sheriff's Office at Pendleton, Ore.
was arrested last week on the charge
of larceny of $4,000, on complaint o
Sheriff Taylor and William Blakley
Davis returned from Portland and sale
that he would fight the case
An extra stock train, bound east
was wrecked at Essex Sunday night
and six cars of cattle telescoped, Fire
man Fred Johnson was pinned undel
his engine for two hours with boil
through his leg. Engineer Harrington
and his fireman were also badly hurt
Judge John P. Mullins, in the dis
trict court at Denver, has removed
Henry NJ. Beatty as assignee OF the
Western State bank and named the
Continental Trust company to act III
stead. The Trust company immedi
ately filed bonds in the sum of $l,395'
600
Deputy Sheriff Sales has arrested
Charles E. Bloom at Bozeman, Mont
on the charge of killing John Strom a