The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-05-04
NORTHWEST NOTES

the 23rd.
The safe of the Kettle Falls bank
was opened by burglars and $1,100 in
cash taken. The outside combination
was worked by touch or ear, and the
inside vault was opened with chisel.
There is no clue to the robbers.
The Union Pacific railroad company
has begun laying six-inch water
main along Second street of Laramie,
Wyo., to the rolling mill. supplying
that institution from the city water
system.
The wool season opened at Lewis
ton, Mont, last week, when Boston
house contracted for over 100000
pounds of high grade wool at an nj
vance of cents per pound over the
pyica paiG the same growers last sea-
Jon.
An athletic meet, open to amateurs
from the state at large, is being ar
ranged to occur at the county faiJ
grounds in Laramie, Wyo., on June
8, under the direction of the Athletic
association of the University of Wyom
ing.
Dora Jennings has been acquitted at
Grants Pass, Ore, Of the murder OF
her father, Newton M. Jennings, who
last September was shot and killed in
the house while his children slept.
Her brother Jasper is under convic-
ton for the crime.
E. c. Kinney, locating engineer of
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Pan,
railway, says the contract for build
ing 100 miles in Montana from For
sythe to Harlowtown, the junction
point with the Montana railroad, has
been awarded to Reynolds Bros, the
work to be completed in about
year.
An earthquake shock, accompanied
by a rumbling noise, was felt at
Grants Pass, Ore, at II minutes past
l o'clock on the 23rd. Nearly every
one in town was awakened. Furni-
ture moved in houses and several win
dows cracked, but there was no seri-
Gus damage. The shock lasted 15 or
20 seconds.
N. T. Palmer of Bath, Me-, appeared
before the state land board at Salem,
Ore, last week to protest against the
action of the board in refusing to issue
deeds to 10000 acres Of public lands
to which he holds fraudulent certif.
Gates, known as the "Kelliher" claims.
He was advised to lay his case before
the courts or legislature.
By the decision of jury in the
United States court at Butte, damages
to the amount of $72,541.55 were
awarded to the Butte & Boston Con-
solidated Mining company against
the Geyman Mining company. Charles,
John and Josie Geyman. The suit was
brought to recover damages for al
legged surface and underground tres
pass.
At meeting of the single manu-
facturers of Washington, at which GO
per cent of the output of the state
was directly represented, it was decid
ed to raise and maintain by assess
ment a permanent defense fund, to
be used in aid of the Ballard manu-
facturers and any others whose plants
might in future be tied up by labor
troubles.
R. s. Van Tassel of Laramie county,
Wyoming, one of the largest land
owners and most prominent stockmen
of that county, has purchased the
Joshua w. Latta ranch Of 1,480 acres
1t Sherman, Wyoming, paying $4,000
for the land. Mr.. Latta at the
same time sold 1884 head of cattle and
twenty-seven head of horses for $10,-
726, making $19,026 for the place.
George Ball, sheriff, and Percy M
Einy, treasurer of Washington coun-
ty, Colorado, have been placed under
arrest charged with frauds committed
while the two men we're officials of the
United States land Office at Akron.
They gave bond in the sum Of 1000.
A telegram from San Francisco an.
nounces that Clarence Wilson, %
years old, former resident Of Helena,
son of e. T. Wilson, United States
bank examiner for the state of Wash
ngton, succumbed to heart failure as
! result Of the earthquake excitement.
At Lewiston, Mont, a verdict Of in
voluntary manslaughter was returned
n the case Of the state against Harry
xock. Kock is a prominent stockmaD
ind he was alleged to have murdered
Toe vanders, a well-known gambler
vanders was killed while Kock war
shooting promiscuously in saloon.
While in the act of stealing ore
nan, who refuses to give his name.
vas shot and probably mortally
by the owners of the Joker
lain at Manhattan, Nevada This Is