The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-05-18

men escaping. The authorities are
making a desperate effort to recapture
hem.
Ross Elrod, a Wyoming sheep man,
in trying to board a freight train at
Fossil. had leg broken and one heel
crushed by the car wheels. He was
sent to the hospital at Salt Lake.
The strike of 100 transfers and
shovelers at Spokane, resulted in a
victory for the men. the company |
agreeing to raise the Transfers wages
to IS per day and the shovelers to
$3.50.
1t is said that fiuorine, the first to be
found in this state. has been discov-
cred in the String mine, copper pro-
position east of Laramie. Wyoming,
considerable of the metal being found
mixed with copper and quartz.
Wilbur F. Pickering. who broke open
the cash drawer in the safe at the
Kuster hotel at Laramie. and who was
captured at Cheyenne, pleaded guilty
in the district court and was sentenced
to three years in the penitentiary.
George Mitchell, the Portland boy
who shot and killed Franz E. Creffield
the leader of a notorious Holy Roll
err band in Oregon, on the streets OF
Seattle, is to be presented with gold
medal by the citizens of Corvallis, Or,
in recognition of the deed.
A body believed to be that of Mes
Sole, the missing rancher, has been
found in the river twenty miles below
Spokane. Cole, who was an elderly
farmer, living alone, disappeared six
weeks ago under conditions which In
dicated murder by robbers.
1t has been learned that the Short
Line has given orders to build down
the Snake from Huntington, Ore, to
Lewiston, Idaho. Some time ago
contract was entered into to build as
far as the Iron Dyke mine, but the
plans have been changed and the
forces are to go right ahead and put
the road through.
BY reason of the unusual amount o.
precipitation, both in the form o
snow and rain, since last fall In the
intermouatain region, it is quite prob
able that crops of all kinds will b.
much better than in ordinary years
The area of successful dry farming
will in consequence be greatly In
creased.
DR.. Grace r. Hebard, librarian of tn
University of Wyoming and author 0
Hebards History of Wyoming, tex
book used in the university an
schools of the state, has been informe
that the whole of the second editio
of the book, together with the plate
of the pages and the illustration
were consumed in the San Francisc
fire.
Mrs. w. B. Emmons of Laramie
one of the wealthiest women in th
state, has given 800 to the Universit
of Wyoming as a scholarship for ST
! dent outside of Albany county. A.
Jones gave a similar amount a fe
days ago, with the statement thi
when the second and third such schc
arships had been provided for, /
would give the fourth
Earl Odell of Oswego, N. ", yout
;, about 81 years old, succeeded in spen
s ing bequest of $4,000 left him by a
I uncle in two days Four weeks az
8 he worked in an Oswego bakery. +
: fell into the hands of bunko steere
Q in Denver, Colo, one of whom sold hi
: quarter interest in fake auctiC
Q shop for $4,000. He also bought a
8 watch at auction for $1,000. He ne
d lost 5000 in gambling and is now loo
ing for work.
Indicative of what the railroads a
:" handling in the way of bales of wo
this season from Utah, Wyoming al
Idaho, the Pocatello Tribune says it
:. stated that a single firm, that of Els
= man Bros, of Boston, has already pl
- !, chased and partly shipped 100000
Il pounds of wool
ar Howell Reese, aged 20, of Seatt
B.. en- route to Leot, Wichita count
Kansas, to reside with relatives, wa
dered from an eastbound Northern
cific train at Warm Springs, Mon
and was found dead in a field near I
depot the following morning, evidel
q ly of exposure.
- District Attorney John Manning
Il Portland has addressed a letter
ID Kenneth Mcintosh, prosecuting att
q ney for King county, Wash, in viii
I'd he virtually says that the killing
n Edward Creffield, the Holy Role
n. prophet at the hands of George Nit
n ell is justifable.
ut Chief of Police Mowre of Helena
in receipt of telegram from
Juvenile court at Denver to be on
lookout for a man alleged to have /
ng mapped eleven children and broui
m them to Montana to work in the SUI
at beet fields, but diligent search fails
ak locate such a party.
Oh A man known as G. McGiven, v
arrived at Vancouver from Portla
nv Ore, in April, has been identified
Nelson, b. c.. by Sheriff Elliott
sS Oklahoma as Samuel Green, who
Ige charged with the murder of She
DIG Billiard and Deputy Sheriff CO
IL,