The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-07-20
NORTHWEST NOTES

WASH, mas been sent to the American
Museum Of Natural History. New
York.
A dead body has been found on the
plains east Of Lander. and 1t 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.
Jaekson'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 II 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 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 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 ]. H. Plunkett,
ranchman, near Troy, Mont. Kuhn is
an old friend of Plunketts 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 it's $1O,OOO,OOO 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 i'm.
ported from Spain to Colorado last fall
cheaper than they could be brought
from Virginia to Denver. The rate
was slips a hundred pounds from
Spain, which is a haul of about 5000
miles, whereas the rate by rail from
Virginia was at that time nearly 81
a hundred pounds.
It is believed that Peter Brotherton
has been lost in the storm between
Meeteetse, 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 a
ranch on the way, but left the next
morning on horseback and has not
since been seen.
Twenty thousand persons of all ages
took part at Spokane Saturday in the
greatest city cleaning movement ever
known in a western community. 1t is
estimated that 5000 trees were set
out during the afternoon. One syndi-
cate planted 1000 trees. The move
ment was planned and directed by the
city beautiful committee of the $780,
900 club.
Frank Kunkel died at st. Johns
hospital, Cheyenne, from a bullet
wound received at Hartville. 1t is re-
ported that he struck a bartender
with a whiskey bottle and the latter
shot him. Kunkers assailant is I'M
der arrest at Hartville.
Dan Sullivan, a well-known athlete
of Anaconda, will represent Montana
at the Olympian games at Athens,
fund to send him there having been
raised by the local Greek residents.
Sullivan has distinguished himself in
various lines of athletics.
One man was killed and three in
jured, one of whom may die. in cave
in in the Bell mine at Butte. Robert
McCauley was so badly crushed that
he died soon after being taken to the
hospital John R. Lynch, his partner,
Is In precarious condition.
Charles Erickson. employed in the
Spectator mine at Butte, fell down
the ore chute a distance of six stories
and his companions went down to pick
up his remains, when they were agree
ably surprised to find that beyond a
few bruises he had escaped uninjured.
A rich gold discovery is reported
fifteen miles northeast of Beatty, Ne
vada. Assays at depth of foot are
said to give return of 1882. Strikes
are also reported at other points.
Hundreds of prospectors are on the
ground and a townsite has already
been located.
An explosion in the powder room of
shaft house No. l of the Portland Gold
Mining nompauv at CrinnIe Creek Col