The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-07-18
NORTHWEST NOTES

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An increase of about is per cent
on an average for all of the Wyoming
coal fields is the demand that will be
presented to the mine owners at the
meeting with the representatives OF
the United Mine Workers of America.
which will open this week in Denver.
| In circular to it's patrons in Butte
the Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone
company announces that II may
have to discontinue service" because
OF the strike of linemen and operat
ors in sympathy with the Utah
unions. The system Is paralyzed In
Butte.
H. o. Morrigan, a notorious Montana
highwayman, died of chronic alcolhol'
ism at Las Vegas. New, last week he
was arrested and convicted III 1883.
and afterward fell heir to 100000, FOR
the last three months, commencing az
Goldfield, he has been trying to drink
up all the whisky on the desert
Seyenty-five Greek laborers on the
Laramie, Hahn's Peak II Pacinc ran
road have struck. They claim that
some of their number had to pay rare
travelling from Laramie to the grading
Camp at Centennial and refuse 10 re-
turn to work until the money has been
refunded their brethren.
Mrs Lorena McLainster, an aged
inmate of the Patton Home for the
, Aged, in Portland, was so severely
. burned that she died two hours aiter
: the accident The woman, who was
IS years old. had been smoking her
t pipe, and 1t is probable her dress
caught fire from the pipe.
Guy Button and Charles Forquist.
~ nrospectors, were suffocated by fire
y damn in the shaft of an abandoned
/" coal mine near Cokevile, Wyo. The
two men who met their death In the
mine were in party of four pros
pectors wM were visiting various
~ prz>erties near Cokeville.
no no A Jury in the United States court
~ returned verdict finding f. d. Coop
=. err. wel.known northern Montana
N stockman and former member OF the
~ hoard of commissioners of Cascade
IN -, county. guilty of unlawful fencing OF
:" government lands. Sentence will be
announced later by Judge Hunt
90 Postmaster Wst on Schrlner OF
On Spanway, Wash, awoke about
-. O'Clock In the morning, to hnd
~, burglar In his room. The robber
A. dealt him stunning blow, cutting
nv an ugly cash in his forehead and
~ knocking him senseless. The robber
took STA from under the pillow and
r,, escaped.
"a. Three burglars. one woman, dy-
ng namited the safe in the postoffice at
Inc Columbia, a suburb of Goldheld. Ne
NV vada. Oficers attacked them and two
MIR of them got away in fusiliade from
rax automatic pistols. Charles Morton the
rto third burglar, fell and drew his gun,
but he was overpowered before be
,a could fire shot.
,bo An autopsy at Billings, Mont, on the
at body of G. II. Crandall, telegraph op
ade orator discoses that the man wa'
and foully murdered. Crandall was Drough
an in a dying condition to hotel con
fter Quoted by Chinese. by two unknown
the men, a room was engaged and the un
conscious form of Crandall thrust int
oda 1t on the floor, the perpetrators OF TN
tah crime then fleeing
be. eve are quite certain that the Tt
und nopah e. Tidewater road will reac
few Rhyolite in October" is what G.
ped Ennis general agent for the Smit
,ery road, Is quoted as saying few day
n to ago. Construction work Is procee
ork, ing rapidly, and unless something u
forreseen happens, we will be here
lola the appointed time
to The United States land Office hi
Vera received the report from Speci
,r l. Agents Scott and Alton of an exar
' TO nation made of land enclosures or Il
ore. Warren Livestock company WY
nv ming. 1t completely exonerates Sc
the ator Warrens company from u
Nv in charge of Illegally fencing governme
)duc. lands in that state.
Word comes from Portland Oh
river Barney Oldheld tried TO commit $
road. eide after being arrested In Portia
IN on the charge of taking automob
foot races. Oldheld took the matter
n as heart and brooded over the troub
sim until at o'clock at night. the d
2lacl after his arrest, when he attempt
,bout to Jump out of a window.
Y dis J. Larson liveryman and CARA
post owner of Bellngham, wash
beds crushed TO death in an automobile &C
dent He attempted to turn the y
rdins chimes In mario" roau anu ' a.
most over 1orty-ioot enioanhine.' ".
rs q, Hyatt, capitalist, and d. e. Biggs
lining local physician. who accompanied L
enlist son, were not seriously
new The large Armour icing plant
gold Las Vegas Nevada, was entirely
seems stroyed by fire on the llth For
Ionize time the entire town was endangei
which but the wind, which had Deeh piow
worth hard for several days, had subsit
yalue The many large warehouses mario