The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1906-08-30
NORTHWEST NOTES

Frank A. Roberts has been appoint.
ed postmaster at Thayne. uinta coun.
~. Wyoming.
The city hall. city Jail and i've OF
the principal business houses OF Farm
ington. Wash. were destroyed by FIRE
last week
Before 5000 to io.000 spectators.
Brigadier General Funston on Sunday
reviewed the troops OF his command
in Camp Tacoma.
John Gorst. ore OF the pioneers OF
Port Orchard, Wash. accidentally
shot and killed himself while hunting
bear near that town.
Little Pitt, one OF the three escapes
from the Nevada state prison. was
captured at McKinney's. Nevada. by
Indian Dick Bender and Indian Jim.
Fire destroyed the saw mill and all
the ether buildings at parkersburg,
Ore. on the CoauIile river. except the
residence OF Manager Kionenburg and
one other
Fire. which is believed to have been
started by a careless tramp. destroyed
about $4,000 worth of property at
Wateryille. Wash. NJ. D. Bergeson
was severely hurt.
Joseph T. Carroh OF Butte. one Of
! the most prominent men of the state,
was found guilty in the United States
maintaining fences on the public do
main.
The annual session of the grand
lodge, Knights OF Pythias, of Wyo-
ming. was held in Laramie last week.
| T. ii. Butler of Hanna was selected
as grand chancellor for the ensuing
year.
A man whose name Is supposed 10
have been D. A. Smith of Seattle at
tempted TO board a moving car as II
was leaving a pleasure resort at Port,
land. and was thrown under the trucks
and killed.
Congressman Joe NJ. Dixon of Mis-
soula, who has represented Montana
in the lower house for two terms. has
announced that he Is candidate for
United States senator 10 succeed Sen
ator w. A. Clark,
The Republican state committee oi
Montana has called the state conven
ton to meet at Helena, September Is
for congressman and associate justic,
of the supreme court.
Archie A. Cook. president OF thu
Travellers Protective association o
Oregon aud Washington. a well-knowi
commercial traveller, died at 81. Vim
cents hospital. Portland, OF append
citis. His age was sc years.
The sensational report OF Iobbery II
connection with the turning over o
the water rights 10 private compan.
on the Shoshone reservation by IN
state OF Wyoming are positively dc
MED by the state authorities.
The police believe they have clu
In the case OF Charles Smith. foun
murdered in his cabin al Tonopah n,
vada, aud have man and woman NJ
der arrest. but conceal their identit
and connection with the crime.
w. L. Stark. an engineer In the en-
ploy of the Short Line. was browne
in the Box canyon Of the Snake, belo'
. Huntington, Oregon. He was workin
I'm dangerous place and slipped froi
the rocks upon which he was perchet
, An open switch at Barratt's sldini
near Dillon, Mont. resulted in pa
,, senger train crashing into the rear en-
OF a freight train. Conductor Eva
/, of the freight train being killed an
the engineer, fireman and one pasBel
ger of the passenger train injured.
/. The bureau OF animal industry {
( the department of agriculture. hayin
= refused to disregard government ce
tifcates issued 10 sheep brought
Wyoming and treat them according
the Wyoming laws, the state board
sheep commissioners will employ
force OF inspectors and quarantine an
treat all imported sheep,
; 1t is considered probable that
a state tournament will be held at Lar
!. mic, Wyo.. during the coming count
e fair by the different gun clubs OF u
b state. under the auspices Of the Lar
9 mic Rod and Gun club. with clubs re-
r resenting Cheyenne. Rawlins, Ham
: Douglas, Evanston, Rock Springs an
v perhaps Ogden.
h Ownership OF almost one on
hundredth part Of the ssate OF oregt
changed hands last week, when Il
old Oregon Central military road gra
was transferred TO a syndicate ool
posed OF eastern and California cal
talists.
Thomas c. McEwen. who lost
4. right leg In a railroad accident
D. Laramie few years ago. was kick
by a horse last week and his renal
"a ing leg broken. He lay in the open I
u twelve hours before being discover
VI by psssers-by.
The largest wool clip ever gro,
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