Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1906-08-24
NORTHW EST NOTES

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The city hall, city Jail and fve Of
the principal business houses of Farm
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
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 other buildings at Parkersburg,
Ore, on the Coquille 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. M. D. 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.
T. H. Butler of Hanna was selected
as grand chancellor for the ensuing
year.
A man whose name is supposed to
have been D. A. Smith of Seattle at
tempted to board a moving car as il
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 I
in the lower house for two terms, has
announced that he is a candidate for
United States senator to succeed Sen
ator w. A. Clark. ,
The Republican state committee of y
Montana has called the state conven- =
ion to meet at Helena, September Is.
The only nominations to be made are
or congressman and associate justice
If the supreme court. p
Archie A. Cook, president of the II
Travellers Protective association of n
oregon and Washington, well-known a
traveller, died at ST. Vim "
ent's hospital, Portland, of appendi- is
tits. His age was SO years. Il
The sensational report of jobbery in Il
onnection with the turning over of :
he water rights to private company 2
n the Shoshone reservation by the
tate Of Wyoming are positively de-
led by the state authorities.
The police believe they have clue
/ the case of Charles Smith, found
lurdered in his cabin at Tonopah, Ne
ada, and have a man and woman I'M
er arrest, but conceal their identity
nd connection with the crime.
w. E. Stark an engineer in the en-
oy of the Short Line, was drowned
the Box canyon of the Snake, below
Oregon. He was working
a dangerous place and slipped from
e rocks upon which he was perched
An open switch at Barratt's Siding.
ar Dillon Mont, resulted in a pas.
niger train crashing into the rear end u
a freight train, Conductor Ewalt BAL
the freight train being killed and kin
e engineer, fireman and one passen- per
r OF the passenger train injured. Al,
The bureau of animal industry of =
department of agriculture, having
used to disregard government GER
Gates issued to sheep brought to
yoming and treat them according to
Wyoming laws, the state board of
eep commissioners will employ q
ce OF inspectors and quarantine and
at all imported sheep. 4
t is considered probable that a
tie tournament will be held at Lara.
:, Wyo., during the coming county
by the different gun clubs of the
tie, under the auspices of the Lara.
} Rod and Gun club, with clubs rep-
enting Cheyenne, Rawlins. Hanna.
lglas, Evanston, Rock Springs and
haps Ogden.
ownership of almost one one
ldredth part of the state of Oregon
nged hands last week, when the