The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-01-12
NORTHWEST NOTES

II Montana has been Increased faiI,
80 per cent during the past year.
The population of wyoming at the
end Of June, 1905. was lOi,S16,x as
against 92,5S1 in 1900, an Increase. OF
s,2S5 in five years.
The estimated value of the agricul.
turaI products OF Montana for the
past year is 100000 an increase OF
over 100000 as compared with 1904.
G. L. Hughes, manager of Durham
Carrigan & Hayden, hardware mer
chants, OF Seattle, was fatally shot at
IL o'clock atlnight IN pistol duel with
q highwayman. ,.
The coal measures or Montana are
now being rapidly developed, and the
immense supply, of cheap fuel has
done much to stimulate activity in
mining for the metals.
The trial of Frederick Remey, this
Frenchman, for the murder OF Was
son J. Oliver, at Wolf Creek, Mont,
last September, is on at Helena, Mont
The murder was q most brutalsone.
The end of 1906 finds the people Of
Wyoming with approximately sll2O0,.f
600 on deposit in the banks Of the
, state. as against $3.50, 1856 at the end
of 1904, an increase Of $2,l54.O6s In
1905.
The output of silver and lead has
not shown any great Increase in Mon
tana the past year, but much more
gold has been taken out than in 1904,
the value Of this being about $1,000.
00G $780,
The suit Of L. s. Finnegan and H.
=. 0'Brien for ''grubstake'' interest
In the Montgomery-Shosh mine at
Bullfrog has been decided In favor OF
the defendant by Judge Breen at
Tonopah
While walking over long trestle
near Black diamond. Wash. at night,
Mike Johnson a miner living at
Franklin, stumbled and fell over the
side of the trestle to gulch eighty
feet below, breaking his neck,
The sapphire mines of Montana
have turned out more precious stones
during 1905 than ever before. and
some Of thegems have been so large
and SO perfectly colored as to excite
the admiration of the most noted ex-
perts Of London, where all the sap
phires from Yogo, in Fergus county, 4
are shipped.
Complete statistics have not been
compiled, but fairly accurate returns
show that on an acreage Of 100000 in
Wyoming, during 1905, the following
crops were raised: Wheat. l,240, 79O
bushels; barley, SO, 46S bushels; rye,
S4,151; timothy, 57,31S tons; oats, a.
S6S,3S7 bushels; alfalfa, 565.025 tons;
native hay, 3S0,941 tons.
Masked men held up the patrons Of
the Hub saloon in Butte, and attempt
ed to force Bartender Fred Kuntz to
open the safe Kuntz pleaded that he
was not in possession OF the combi-
nation, and, after beating him over
the head with the guns, the robbers
left after rifling the pockets of their
victims, securing about s25. ~
=. L. Kelso, under eight months
sentence In the county Jail at Belling-
ham, Wash, for obtaining money I'm.
der false pretenses, asks that his
sentence be changed to five years, be,
cause he fears that when he Is re.
leased he win do vi6lence to those
who prosecuted him. He claims to be
entirely the victim of misunderstood
circumstances.
F.ivate John Murphy Of the
Eleventh infantry, stationed at Fort
Russell, Wyo., and two other soldiers
may die as result Of a New Years
sv-~~ tphSn uley SurHnk. COCK
tails composed of bay rum, lemon
juice and hair tonic.
During 1905 work was begun on ir
rigation projects in Wyoming which
VIII reclaim more than 1000, 900 acres
OF now arid land This land is locat
ed in all sections of the state and will
be brought under water at a cost OF
from SO to $50 an acre.
During 1906 abaat 100 manufactur.
ing establishments, representing an
investment of 100000, operated in
wyoming. These factories are wide.
ly scattered, and none of them are
large. Their output OF manufactures
Is estimated at s1s169.S7O. ~ 4
Chief Clerk Robert e. Brlnsted al
the Hotel Oregon, IN Portland, com. |
mitted suicide in his apartments in
the preseps u his young wife. He
shot himself in the temple with a re,
volver, Domestic infelicity is as.
signed as the cause for his act.
During 1905 wyoming's leading six
industries, viz Coal mining,. agriealsl
turo sheep raising, cattle raising /
manufacturing and metal mining, have
produced . revenue OF approximately |
s5l,0O0.000. or in excess Of $500 for
each man, wurnar ana child in the
state.
Detailed astatiatics Of the coal bro. |
diction OF the year 1905 by mines of
Wyoming are not available, but !. the !
total coal output is estimated by the I
mine inspectors as 100000 TONS hay.