The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-08-02
NORTH w EST NOTES


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DR.. Robert NJ. Whitefoot, for thirty
eight years well-known Montana
practitioner, who came west as an
army surgeon. died in Bozeman last
week in his sixty-sixth year.
The city directory for 1906, just is
sued. shows Tacoma's population to
be 1870, a gain of 10,04O over last
year. The increase In population
since 1900 is over 100 per cent
Salvation Army headquarters for
the states OF Oregon, Washington.
Idaho and Montana, which have been
located In Portland until recently.
have been moved to Seattle, Wash.
The fourth car OF the Bell wool clip
was sent from Laramie, wyo. to Phil
adelphia last week, making more than
100000 pounds OF wool MIR. Bell has
shipped SO far. The clip will amount
to about 100000 pounds.
One Of the features OF the wool mar
ket at Boston last week in territorial
stock was the transfer of line of
100000 pounds of fine staple Wyoming
at 2Sh cents, the secured cost being
placed at about rs cents.
A boiler in q fertilizer plant In the
suburbs of Portland, blew up, killing
Frank Pelton, aged 40, and injuring #,
F. Leutz, who was working with Pei.
ton. An alleged defective tank is said
to be responsible for the explosion.
Martin German, convicted of wife
beating. has been sentenced by the
Goldfeld, Nevada, justice OF the peace
to thirty days In the county jail. Two
hours Of each day he must stand tied
to post in public place, placarded
"wife-beater."
T. A. Renner, a wealthy sheepowner
and banker, of Meeteetse, Wyo., and
his bride, formerly Miss Catherine
Woods of Edeyville, Neb., we're
drowned few days ago in a food
caused by clcudburst in Iron gulch
near Meeteetse.
The mysterious disappearance of
package containing $4,000 from the
Merchants National Bank of Port
land a few afternoons ago, just before
closing time, has been reported to the
police, and local detectives are work.
ing on the case.
Another rich stTke is reported in
the Manhattan Belmont company's
property at Manhattan, New. 1t is said
that a thirty-foot ledge has been
opened, which, in places, runs as high
as $500 to the ton. The ore is now
being sacked for shipment.
cloudburst at Goldfield, Nevada,
did great damage. washing out foun'
dations and causing the collapse OF
several buildings A number of tents
on the low ground were washed away.
Several children were caught in the
food and narrowly escaped drowning.
Walter G. Clark has returned to
Goldfield from fruitless search
through Death valley for his brother.
William G. Clark and J. Peters John
son, prospectors who have been miss
ing since July 7. He stated 1t as his
belief that the men were murdered.
Johnson discovered gold in the Pana-
mint range last June.
II rs possible that Esther Mitchell
and Mrs Maud Crefiield, charged
Jointly with murder in the first degree
for the killing of George Mitchell, the
slayer of Franz Edmund Cheffield, the
Holy Roller leader, will never be
brought to trial on a criminal charge,
and that they will be sent to the In
sane asylum.
Chief of Police Wappenstein has
given out instructions that in the flu
ture prize fighters, their trainers and
hangers-on, would not be permitted to
remain in Seattle and continue their
prize fight preparations and will en-
force the state law, which makes 1t
misdemeanor for any one to be con-
nected in any capacity with prize
fight
L. D. Chauby, fireman, was killed
at Missouia, Mont, in a most unusual
manner the engine on which Chau-
by was working collided with another
on the and he was hurled into the
fire box just as he opened the door.
The entire top of his head was burned
of.
The forest fire in the Cascades near
Detroit. Ore, continues undated,
about 1000 acres being now burned
over and the flames spreading rapidly.
All the sawmills along the Corvallis
O. Eastern railroad have shut down
and the men taken to the fire to fight
the flames.
Quartermaster Sergeant Dodds of
E, Twenty-second infantry,
located at San Francisco, committed
suicide at American Lake, where army
man euvers are In progress, by throw
ing himself into the lake. He left a |
note TO his captain saying that he was
tfrAd nf his iOb