The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-07-11
NORTHWEST NOTES


enty horses.
The seven-year-old son OF Bert Syn.
der was drowned while at play along
the bank OF stream near Forsyth,
Mont
Horsethieves have recently been
operating in the vicinity of Laramie,
Wyo., a number OF valuable animals
having been stolen.
Fire destroyed the sawmill of T..
F. & c. A. Mentzer, near Temino,
Wash. The loss viii reach $4,000.
The mill was not insured
Louis Harrison. OF Gleneyre, Colo.
fell from wagon loaded with wood
mountain side. killing him instantly.
NJ. J. Monnett. who made a fortune
on Mohawk leasing at Gcldfleld. has
purchased the controlling interest In
the American National bank OF Los
Angeles.
r. Word from Great Falls, Mont, tells
Of the drowning near Augusta of Mrs
J. C. Furman.. her two little sons and
Laura Williams, ten years old. in 81
mas Creek
Investigations OF health oficers
| have proved that the meat shipped
into Goldfield is all right. but the milk
Is doped with preservatives. Criminal
actions may follow.
Civil service examinations will be
| held August 4 in all free delivery post.
Offices, in Utah. Idaho. Wyoming, and
Nevada, for railway mail clerks. The
| age limit is Is to 35 years.
The Supreme court of Montana last
week held that the so-called estray law
| was unconstitutional, In that 1t EN-.
braced two separate and distinct top
les. estray and the public domain.
| A special from Vancouver, B. c.,
| says: The tug Constance, Captain
Nielsen. and crew of six men. all Of
Rivers Inlet. 800 miles up the coast
East-bound freight train No. SO on
the Cripple Greek Short Line. jumped
the track near Cameron, Colo, and
Engineer Steele was killed and Wells
Fargo Messenger Baldwin fatally hurt.
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employ of the Bell company, have
gone on strike in sympathy with the
| local Hnemen, who in turn are out in
sympathy with. the Idaho and Utah
] linemen.
| James Sherman, the Lewiston, Mon
tana, youth who was convicted of the
crime of murder of Pawnbroker Stu
dinsk upon his own confession and
sentenced to the state penitentiary for
life. has been granted a new trial.
Ellery Bruce and Harry Sigsmund,
laborers, were run over by a train
near Terry, Mont. their bodies being
badly mangled. 1t is claimed the two
men became intoxicated and had laid
down on the track and gone to sleep.
| Henry o. Wade is dead as the result
| of a pistol wound received at the
hands of James Minar. in Helena
Minar had been rooming with Wade,
the men Quarreled and Wade attempt.
the above result
Judge Thad Huston, aged 81 years,
died at Tacoma last week, following
| an illness of four years with cancer.
He was native Of Indiana, served in
the Civil war. and came to Puget
Sound In 1887, being elected to the SUI
perior court in 1900.
The messenger boys employed by
| the American District Telegraph and
| World companies, at Anaconda, Mont,
went on strike last week for an in
crease from $40 to $22 SO and re-
duction In the number OF working
hours from ten to eight.
A. H. Allen, of Baggs, Wyo., has
turned over to w. H. Reed. paleontolo-
gist of the University of Wyoming,
his discovery Of a huge fossil on the
desert between Bags and Wamsutter.
The fossil Is rare one of the tricep-
tepps family. with three horns.
The Butte Miners union has re-
called Delegate Booher, who attacked
the American flag in the convention
of the Western Federation of Miners
at Denver. Delegate Tawney being
instructed to cast Booher's vote during
the remainder of the convention.
Twenty-seven letter carriers Of
. Butte walked out on June 9th, as a
demonstration for higher pay. but all
but nine returned at noon, and the af-
ternoon distribution was made. 1t
is understood that nothing was prom
Used the strikers upon their return.
slim" Macdonald. once a partner
CT Death Valley Scotty," says the
tabled mine is no myth; that 1t is at
Windy Gap, sixty miles southeast Of
Rhyolite, Is as big as all outdoors.
and a yeritable quarry of rock that
runs from $4,000 to $4,000 per ton.
NJ Orita. japanese section labor
er at Ridge, west of Laramie. while
standing between two moving freight
trains on a section OF double track.
fell underneath the wheels of one OF
the trains. having his right leg broken
below the knee and his jaw broken.
Dow Smith, lineman, who resides
at Green Lake, Wash, shot and in
stantly killed his divorced wife, Mrs.
Anna Smith, and fatally wounded his
mcther-in-law, Mrs. Sarah Gill. Mrs.
Smith was granted a divorce about
two months ago. Smith has been cap
tured.
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