The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1906-08-16
NORTHWEST NOTES

start FIRE in the kitchen stove at the
home OF her mother in Seattle.
J.F. White. G. w. Foster and Frank
Archeluta OF Rock River. Wyo., have
been held to the district court for per
hitting gambling at their stores.
o. +. Paxton. one of the most prom
inent lawyers of Portland, is dead
after long Illness, Of stomach trou.
BILE lie was about i5 years OF age.
Numerous farm houses have been
destroyed, large amount OF valuable
timber burned and several logging
camps wiped out by forest fire ir
Oregon.
Rev J. NJ. Harris, a well known
preacher OF eastern Oregon, died az
his home on the Owyhee last week
aged 81 years lie lived in Malhcw
county for thirty years.
Thomas Reeves and Hugh Saxon.
who were arrested charged with muir
derlng William Powell an aged man,
near Cottage Grove, are in the county
Jail at Eugene, Ore. Both boys live in
Portland
Clarence Williams, the 15.year-old
son OF Eli Williams, was killed In the
mountains north of Missoula, Mont
by the accidental discharge of a re.
peating rife in the hands of George
Duncan, boy companion.
The Pacific market and Cameron's
billiard hall at Laramie, Wyo., were
broken into at night and a small sum
of money taken from the cash regis.
tiers. The thief cut holes in the back
doors and unfastered the LOOKS.
Ed Blom, convict from Spokane
county. who was serving ive-year
term at the Washington penitentiary
for burglary, committed suicide By
throwing himself from the upper tieI
OF cells to the pavement below.
The engineer in charge of work in
Gunnison tunnel, Uncompshgre irriga
ton project, Colorado, reports that
less Roadway was made ia July than
in previous months on account of wa
ter and different minor accidents.
Manager Jscobus of the rolling mills
at Laramie has received from the
headquarters OF the Hartman system
an order for $4,000 tons of tie plates
for the system, which will require q
| special set of rolls and six months
| time at the rate of 1000 ions a month
to complete. This Is the largest sin
sic order ever handled by the mills
at Laramie.
After being out about thirty min.
ntcs the Portland jury in the case OF
Coe d. Barnard, charged by the gov.
eminent with having periured himself
| by making an affidavlt declaring that
Charles A Watson, previously con.
yicted Of defrauding the government
out Of homestead, had conformed TO
III the requirements Of law. returned
verdict Of guilty in the Federal dis
! 'rict ccurt. hut recommended the de.
fendant TO the clemency of the court
Serious fears are entertained for
ne safety of Don j zsn and wife and
Fletcher Linn Of Portland. and Mr.
and Mrs. T.. A. Young and little daugh.
;er and Mr.. and Mrs. Homer A. Mel
! on OF Albany. who are camped On Z
Areitonbush river, half a mile above
its junction with the Santiam, about
ifty miles cast of Albany, Ore. The
district in which they are camped Is
supposed to be within the area of the
re winch started in the Cascade for
ost reserve.
~ the trial in the United States
district court OF Coe D. Barnard, a
well-to.do stock raiser of Wheeler
county, Oregon, charged with having
| poriured himself by swearing that
Charles A. Watson had lived on his
homestead claims and had compiled
with all the provisions Of law, the gov
arnment introduced evidence to
prove that even Watsons immediate
neighbors did not know that Watson
lived on the premises.
Marshal sigman of Laramie has 10
Gated two horses stolen from Eaton
Colo, July g. and sold in Laramie two
days later. One man bought both
hcrses and both saddles, but had sold
le saddle TO a mover who left the
state.
The Second regiment of the Mon
tana national guard. about 500 strong
Colonel Absolom F. Bray in command
left Helena on the 18th for American
Lake there TO Join the United States
regular troops in their annual en-
campment.
Tom Kennedy was instantly killed
by a cave in at Goldheld, New. A fan
ing rock threw his head against thu
rim OF an ore bucket and decapitate'
him. The coroner's jury blames tn
mining company for failure to timhe
its workings.
An unusually hot spell has been pre-
vailing in Montana nearly a week, re
ports TO the Helena Independent iron
cities all over the state showing tn
same condition are received. The eli
max OF the spell was reached sunua
when the government thermometer a