The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1906-08-24
NORTHWEST NOTES


ington. Wash. were destroyed by FIRE
last week
Before 5000 to 10000 spectators,
! Brigadier General Funston on Sunday
reviewed the troops of his command
in Camp Tacoma.
John Gorst. one of the pioneers of
Pert Orchard, Wash, accidentally
1 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 McKlnney's, Nevada, By
Indian Dick Bender and Indian Jim.
Fire destroyed the saw mill and all
the other buildings at Parkersburg.
Ore, on the Coqullle river, except the
residence of Manager Kronenburg and
one other
Fire, which is believed to have been
started by careless tramp, destroyed
about $4,000 worth OF property at
Waterville, Wash. NJ ID. Bergeson
was severely hurt
Joseph T. Carroll of Butte, one Of
the most prominent men of the state.
was found guilty in the United States
district court at Helena of illegally
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.
4. H. Butler of Hanna was selected
as grand chancellor for the ensuing
year.
A man whose name is supposed to
have been ID. A. Smith of Seattle at
tempted to board moving car as II
was leaving a pleasure resort at Port.
land, and was thrown under the trucks
and killed.
Congressman Joe M. 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 to succeed Sen
ator w. A. Clark.
The Republican state committee Of
Montana has called the state conven
tion to meet at Helena, September Is
The only nominations to be made arr
Tor congressman and associate justice
of the supreme court
Archie A. Cook, president of tn,
Travellers Protective association O
Oregon and Washington, a well-knowI
commercial traveller, died at st. Vim
cents hospital, Portland, of append
citis. His age was 36 years.
The sensational report of jobbery Il
connection with the turning over o
the water rights to q private compan!
on the Shoshone reservation by tn,
state of Wyoming are positively de
MED by the state authorities.
The police believe they have a clu,
in the case of Charles Smith, foun,
murdered In his cabin at Tonopah, Ne
yada, and have a man and woman I'm
der arrest, but conceal their identity
and connection with the crime.
w. e. Stark, an engineer in the EN-
ploy of the Short Line, was browne,
In the Box canyon of the Snake below
Huntington, Oregon. He was working
in dangerous place and slipped from
the rocks upon which he was perched
An open switch at Barratts Siding
near Dillon Mont, resulted in a pas
senger train crashing into the rear END
of freight train, Conductor Ewalt
Of the freight train being killed and
the engineer fireman and one passen,
ger OF the passenger train injured.
The bureau of animal Industry of
the department of agriculture, having
refused to disregard government GER
tifcates issued to sheep brought to
Wyoming and treat them according to
the Wyoming laws, the state board of
sheep commissioners will employ a
force Of inspectors and quarantine and
treat all imported sheep.
1T is considered probable that a
state tournament will be held at Lara.
mie. Wye, during the coming county
fair by the different gun clubs of the
state, under the auspices of the Lara.
mile Rod and Gun club, with clubs rep
resenting Cheyenne. Rawlins, Hanna,
Douglas, Evanston, Rock Springs and
perhaps Ogden
ownership Of almost one one
hundredth part OF the state OF oregon
changed hands last week, when the
old Oregon Central military. road grant
was transferred to a syndicate com.
posed Of eastern and California CAM,
talists.
Thomas G. McEwen, who lost his
right leg in a railroad accident in
Laramie few years ago. was kicked
by horse last week and his remain.
ing leg broken. He lay in the open for
twelve hours before being discovered
by passers-by.
The largest wool clip ever grown
In America was shipped from Billings.
Montana, to Boston and was the prom
erty Of c. M. Blair. It weighed 1900.
600 pounds and required forty-four
cars to carry it. Twenty-four cents a
pound was refused for it.
The fling for lands in the Shoshone
reservation began on the 10Th at sho,
shone in the special land office at that
place. One hundred and twentv-f3ve