The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-01-25
NORTHWEST NOTES
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A sixty-mile wind from the south,
west blew over Reno, New, unroofine
houses and blowing down large
freight she'd frame residence and
destroying many trees.
Mrs. Sally Berry of Northport.
Wash, the insane woman who held
possession of car at Girard, Kan,
for five days, has been committed to
the asylum at Medical Lake.
Jugaburo Asuka, a Japanese, who
was in the employ Of the Southern
Pacific company was killed Instantly
at Preble siding. near Golconds, New.
by being struck by a locomotive.
Fred T. Sherman has been arrested
In Seattle charged with having bribed
George T. Wright, mayor of Tacoma,
$4,000 being the sum in question,
Mayor Wright denies having received
the money.
Three counterfeiters have been
placed under arrest by secret SER
vice ofiicer at Seattle, and hundreds OF
dollars worth of spurious IS and so
gold pieces, with the paraphernalia
used in, their manufacture, was Gap.
tured.
I'd and Bob Franz and their mother
have been arrested at Phillipsburg,
Mont, charged with the murder of
George Reed, wood-chopper who vas
known to have had money and whose
body was found in a shallow grave
near the Franz ranch.
The commissioner Of the general
land ONCE announces the secretary of
the interior has withdrawn from all
forms Of disposals except under tho
mineral laws, 100000 acres of public
lands lying in Missoula and Flathsad
counties, Mont, and Ko0tenai county,
Ida, for the proposed forest reserve.
Mrs. c. l.. Bybse of Lander, Wyo.,
recently gave birth to mite of q
baby, which is probably the smallest
ever born in Wyoming. The child, 9
girl, weighed but one and a bali
pounds, and is only nine inches IN
length. It's head in circumference Ia
about equal to the rim of silver DOL
lar.
Active preparations for the con,
struction of the Milwaukee line
through the Snoqualmie pass in WASH
ington are being made and construc
ton work will soon be commenced. AL
ready tie camps are being established
along the Snoqualmie route and the
cutting Of ties under contract has be
gun.
The International and Empire Re
tail Dealers association at their an
nual congress in Spokane unanimous
ly adopted a resolution endorsing
President Roosevelts action to bring
about a law to fix and enforce reason
able railroad rates and will request
the delegation In congress to give
him all support
Judge w. H. Hunt, In the United
States court at Butte. told Dennis
Burke, Samuel Mcbride. Peter Larson
and Charles Ahim. convicted of il
legal timber cutting in Missoula coun
ty, that the government must protect
Its timber interests and the practice
of cutting timber on the public do
main must cease. He fined Mcbride
and Burke $500 each and Larson and
Ahim $3.50 each.
The people of Montana continue to
enjoy great prosperity, and the out
look for the future is exceedingly
bright. The mining men and in fact
all classes of business men had q
good year last year, and feeling Of
security prevails.
A snowslide carried Harry You.
mans and Fred Davidson into Nellie
gulch, near Lake City, Colo. The for
mer succeeded in digging himself out
and FASTENED to organize a searching
party to rescue Davidson, who was
buried beneath the avalanche.
Joe Rodgers and John Anderson
have been placed under arrest by the
police on suspicion Of having been
the principals in the frequent hold
ups of saloons in Butte recently. An
derson's mask slipped during rob-
berry, it IL claimed, and he was recog-
nized.
Edward Keaster, a well known
stockman of Highwoods, Mont, COM
mitted suicide by shooting himself
through the head Keaster lately sued
his wife for divorce on the ground Of
lnfidelity. The wife fought the
charges, claiming that Keaster's mind
was unbalanced.
After considering the case 113
hours and forty minutes and estab.
fishing a new Montana jury record,
the jury In the case OF Camille Remey,
tried at Helena for killing WATSON
Oliver. was unable to agree and
Judge Smith discharged them. It is
asserted ia ballots were taken.
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