Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-04-06
NORTHWEST NOTES


A dead body has been found on the
plains east OF Lander, and it is be
lieved to be that of Geo. NJ Scott. who
disappeared recently while en- route
from Lander TO Casper.
Fire in the Olson block at Butte, re
suited in approximately 100000 dam
age to wholesale stock of the Pass.
more Paper company, the warehouse
being flooded with water.
Jackson's Hole, in Wyoming, is ex-
periencing the hardest winter in ten
years. Many of the old ranchers are
going to fall short of hay if the win
| ter holds out much longer.
Byron Barrett of Butte, Mont, was
struck by an interurban train at Mil
ton, near Tacoma, and died in a hos
pital few hours later, without regain
ing consciousness. He was well known
among turfmen.
w. Foval, W. Livingston, R. Tracey
and James Dunn escaped from the
Seattle Jail by prying down iron bars
in their cells and climbing to the roof
through the sky light. Dunn is an
ex-convict and a dangerous crook.
County Treasurer Lakin, of Tacoma,
received $1,000 conscience money last
week, turned in by man who asked to
see him in his private Office, and then
passed over the roll of bills for an
other party whose name was not given.
A special from Cody, Wyo, says
that R. c. Snyder, wife and infant son
got caught in a blizzard on the plains
and would have persisted but for
Thomas Hogg. who happened along
and hauled them to the Sears ranch
near Meeteetse.
A man named Kuhn has been arrest
ed for the murder of J. H. Plunkett, a
ranchman, near Troy, Mont. Kuhn is
an old friend of Plunkett's wife and
has been on the ranch for six months.
Neighbors came upon the scene as the
duel was in progress.
Over eighty million dollars is now
invested in the new mining camps OF
southern Nevada. The Venture cor
poration, with its s10.OO0,000 capitali- !
cation, is represented. Men like
Schwab, Newhouse, Mccormick. Rice,
Farrell, Posey, Keith and Kearns are
becoming more heavily interested
every day.
Ten carloads of peanuts were Inn
ported from Spain to Colorado last fall
cheaper than they could be brought |
from Virginia to Denver The rate
was $1.25 a hundred pounds from I
Spain, which is haul of about 5000 /
miles, whereas the rate by rail from
Virginia was at that time nearly 81
a hundred pounds.
1t is believed that Peter Brotherton
has been lost in the storm between
Wyo., and the Dickie ranch,
and that his body will be found when
the deep snow melts. Brotherton left
to go to the ranch, in which he had an
interest He spent one night at
ranch on the way, but left the next
on horseback and has not
since been seen.
Twenty thousand persons of all ages
.ook part at Spokane Saturday in the
greatest city cleaning movement ever
Known in a western community. 1t is
that 5000 trees were set
tut during the afternoon. One syndi-
ate planted 1000 trees The move
nent was planned and directed by the
.ity beautiful committee of the $780,
100 club
Frank Kunkel died at st. Johns
ospital, Cheyenne, from a bullet
wound received at Hartville. 1t is re
orted that he struck a bartender
nth a whiskey bottle and the latter
hot him. Kunkel's assailant is un-
er arrest at Hartyille.
Dan Sullivan, well-known athlete
( Anaconda, will represent Montana
t the Olympian games at Athens. a
md to send him there having been
aised by the local Greek residents.
ullivan has distinguished himself in
arious lines Of athletics.
One man was killed and three in
lred, one of whom may die, in cave
| in the Bell mine at Butte. Robert
IcCauley was so badly crushed that
: died soon after being taken to the
1spital. John R. Lynch. his partner,
in a precarious condition.