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

| sayeI III CnaTBS ol lne seattle assay
office, in succession to f. A. Wing,
who recently resigned.
Dan McMasters, well known in tho
western part of Montana and at one
| time n member of the Butte police
force, committed suicide at Bonner,
Mont, by taking carbolc acid.
Charles Quinn, the conductor of the
eastbound Great Northern Oriental
| limited, which collided with the west
bound near Columbia Falls, Mont is
dead, at Kalispell from his injuries.
| He is the fourth victim,
A prairie fire near Cheyenne de.
Rtroyed great quantities of hay. Pine
| Bluffs, a small town, was threatened,
while at Salem, a Swedish settlement.
n number of buildings were destroyed.
| There was no loss of life.
One of the largest funerals held in
| Nevada in years took place at Carson,
when the remains of the late Rein.
| hold Sadler, former governor of Ne.
vada, were consigned to the grave in
the Masonic cemetery at Carson.
Practically all the 800 red cedar
single mills In northwest Washing.
ton resumed operations last week
after a closedown, practically com.
plete throughout the state, for the
months of December and January
Roy Gray, young resident of Eli-
reka, Cal, fell from train at Sparks,
New, last week. One leg was caught
under the wheels and crushed to such
an extent that amputation was neces
sary. He stands a chance to recover
The senate in executive session on
the LIST confirmed the following nom.
nations: Charles ID. Ford, register of
the land office at Denver; William S.
Graham, encouragement of Caliior-
mia; Merritt A. Baker postmaster,
| Wenton, Or.
w. B. Higbie and j. II. Berry rep
resenting Swift & Co. of Chicago, are
in Portland, Or, perfecting plans for
the construction on the st. Johns pen.
insula of an immense abbatoir and
packing plant to cost in the neighbor-
hood of $1,000,000.
Frank Jackson of Seattle, a passen-
ger on the steamer Multnomah from
| Olympia to Tacoma, ripped eight or
| ten life preservers open on that YES
sci last week and found them filled
with tule reeds, and threw them over.
board. He was arrested.
Governor Brooks of Wyoming has
appointed District Judge G. II. Parme.
lee to the vacancy in the supreme
court of that state, caused by the res
| ignation of Judge Van Orsdel who
has been appointed assistant attorney
general of the United States by Presi-
| dent Roosevelt.
President J. e. Stubs of the Uni
versity of Nevada has placed the
stamp of disapproyal on hazing at the
university 1t was stated by him at a
public meeting that hereafter all stu
dents found guilty of participating in
hazing would be Immediately dis.
missed from the college.
What is known as the Mahoney Gun
on the Union Pacific, between Look.
out and Hanna, is giving the contract.
ors considerable difficulty. 1t is the
largest undertaking of the kind which
is being done in connection with the
| laying of double track, and prepare
| tions are being made to put two steam
| shovels to work.
A crazy man, intent upon almost
any crime his diseased mind might
| think of, escaped from his attendant
at the railroad station at Reno, New.
one day last week and caused much
uneasiness among the citizens until
he was finally recaptured.
w, l.. Park, general superintendent
Of the Union Pacific, says that within
short time the double,track opera
| tions in Wyoming will be in full swing
and an army of from 5000 to 1000
| graders will be employed between
| Cheyenne and Green River.
Fire of unknown origin partially de-
stroyed Senator w. A. Clarks Butte
reduction works last week. The
plant will be rebuilt as soon as pos
sible. In the meantime all ore from
Clark properties will be treated at the
Washoe smelter in Anaconda.
The state supreme court at Chey-
enne has decided the Agricultural col
lege case in favor Of the University
of Wyoming on every point, declar-
ing the act of the legislature OF 1905
abolishing the so-called Agricultural
college at Lander constitutional.
With SSO,OOO,OOO worth of gold bars
on hand awaiting coinage, the new
Denver mint 5egan operations last
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