Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-03-23
NORTHWEST NOTES

near Laramie, WlOlnlnS, anu hiHC".
The population of Lusk, Wyo., is in
creasing so rapidly that new school
building is being demanded by the cit
liens.
Mrs. Mary Powell. accused of the
theft of several head of cattle from a
rancher, will be tried at Laramie, Wyo.,
in May.
Fred Ruprecht, who came to Lara
mic. wyo., in 1872. and had lived there
ever since. being amongst the oldest
>usiness men in the town, is dead.
A Japanese track walker slid from
an embankment near Apex, Nevada,
and was crushed to death between a
train and the bank by the southbound
passenger train.
Charles F. Miller. formerly probate
Judge of Laramie. Wyoming, and for
many years prominent in the live stock
business of Wyoming, died last week
at the home of his sister in Culpepper
Va, aged 72.
Two fires at Missoula, Mont, which
for a time threatened to destroy
large portion of the residence district
of Missoula, resulted in loss of $4,000,
and the burning of several horses and
hogs. The wind was blowing 80 miles
an hour at the time of the fires.
The Las Vegas & Tonopah railroad.
the line now under construction by
Senator William A. Clark and his
brother, j. Ross Clark, is now in op-
Grafton as far as Indian Springs, forty
four miles from Las Vegas, and large
amount of freight and passenger bust
ness for the Nevada gold fields is be-
ing handled.
The sugar war between Claus
Spreckies Western Sugar refinery
and the Sugar Factory company OF
Honolulu, has caused the former com
pany TO bring raw sugar TO the coast
from Cuba Mr.. Spreckles has put in
a line of sailing vessels for the pur-
pose. He also gets cargoes from
Java and the Philippines.
The officers OF the Seventh infan-
try. stationed at Fort Missoula, have
presented a petition TO the county
commissioners of Missoula county,
asking that the saloons near the MIL
itary post be abolished. II Is repre-
scented that the saloons exert de-
moralizing influence on the soldiers
and that their presence tends to de-
stroy discipline.
Logan Blissard, a fugitive convict
was shot and killed by Sheriff john
Owens of Newcastle. Wyo., one mile
south of Kimball, Neb, when resisting
capture. Blissard, who was 10 years
Did. was wounded several weeks ago
while endeavoring to escape with
stolen horses. He escaped from the
deputies while being taken to the pen
ltentiary.
The report comes from Kalispeh,
Mont. OF the loss of $4,000 by the
O'Brien Lumber company at the hands
of highwaymen. John Peterson,
trusted employee, was carrying the
money from Kalispell to the works at
TONERS, about nine miles distant Near
the mill he was stopped by three men.
One held the team, another held gun
at Peterson's head and the other Sc
cured the currency.
An agitation has been started for
bill in the next legislature for re-
districting of the state judicial dis
tricts OF wyoming. 1t is proposed to
place Laramie and Albany counties IN
the first district, Carbon, Sweetwater
and Uintah counties in the second dis
trict. Converse, Natrona, Fremont and
Weston counties in the third, and the
remaining portion of the state IN the
fourth district.
The board of education of the Doug
las school district has sold to the state
of wyoming for a premium OF sl46-eo
an iss~e of $4,000 of 5 per cent bonds.
for the purpose of building an addition
to the public school during the present
summer.
Fire N the Rochester hotel, at Taco
ma caused the loss of $4,000. Many
prominent citizens and their families
make their home in the hotel. and Tor
8 time there was considerable anxiety
as to their safety, but no one was IN
iured and the flames were confined TO
the attic.
Buildings were shaken and windows
shattered for radius of several blocks
In the business district of Bellingham,
Wash. by the explosion of a gas tank
IN the rear of Mrs NJ. e. Allice's mar
dressing establishment on West Holly