The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-08-02
NORTH WEST NOTES

dead on the stage In Butte while
speaking his lines. Death was due tt
heart disease.
Willard Martin. a Southern Pacific
brakeman, while attempting to boart
the caboose of his train at Elko, Ne
vada, was thrown to the ground, an6
his collar bone broken.
The Butte Plumbers union struck
last week for IS per day Of eight
hours. The men now receive 81
Buildings aggregated at $1,000,000 I'M
der construction are tied up.
Mrs. Catherine McKetchnie. who
was born in Scotland eighty.nine
years ago. and who came to America
when she was but years old, spend
ing the most of that time in the west
died at her home in Laramie on the
26th.
Fire caused by the upsetting of a
lamp In the hands of w. ]. Smith,
caused Smiths death. the fatal burn.
ing Of Richard Nicholson, slight In
juries to several other persons and a
monetary loss of $4,000 in the little
town of Troutdale, Ore.
Bids were scheduled to be opened on
the 23rd by the supervising architect
for putting In partitions in the attic
Of the Cheyenne public building, for
which an appropriation of $4,000 Is
available. No bids were received and
the work will be readvertised.
Two heavy storms coming from OPP.
! posite directions met each other near
Cascade, Mont, resulting In terrific
wind and hail storm during which hail
stones fell measuring as much as one
and one-half inches in diameter,
Crops were ruined In the storm zone.
| Harry White, the son of w. j,
White, wealthy manufacturer of
Cleveland, O., was arrested in Ana
conda, Mont, last week, charged with
assault upon George J. Dean. an en-
| ploye at the Gold Coin mine, smear
| Anaconda. The trouble. it is said
originated over the management of
the mine.
Reno, Nevada, is to enter upon an
era of improvements. A proposition
is before the city council to issue
bonds to the amount of 100000, the
proceeds to be used in constructing an
adequate sewer system for the city.
The lack of sanitary system has been
long felt and public spirit is backing
the enterprise.
Senator George S. Nixon has begun
the construction OF the finest dwelling
house in Nevada at Reno. When COM
pleted it will cost about 100000. 1t
will be 145 feet long and will face the
bank Of the Truckee river at width
of sixty feet. 'rhe building will be Of
stone, brick and cement and will be
old Southern in style.
The state dairy and pure food board
of Idaho will soon take steps to prose-
cute manufacturers of ice cream,
| syrup and candy who use coloring
for their products in violation of the
state law. 1t Is reported that num-
Der of persons in this and other Sec
tons have grossly violated the statute
and are to be rigidly dealt with.
Three young women of Helena,
Mont, the Misses Bertha and Fred
rika Volker and Miss Kanton KEEP
ner, have just been apprised, after
hearings lasting three years. In Ger
man courts, they had been declared
the legal heiresses to the estate of
their grandfather, named Volker, and
which amounts to forty million dol.
lars.
T. F. futile, one of the leading
stockmen of Montana and also one Of
the owners of the Boulder bank, died
on the 26th in Great Falls, after
long illness. He was Cd years of age
and pioneer of Colorado, California
and Montana, coming to this state
from the coast in 1864, when he fol-
lowed mining for time at Alder
gulch.
r. B. Vanmitre and Dan Murname,
miners employed at the Combination
mine at Goldfeld, have been arrested
charged with the theft of high grade
ore from the mine. The house In
which they lived was searched, and
twenty pounds of ore valued at $40
pound was seized. This is the third |
case of high grading within three
weeks.
e. s. Barta, pioneer Of California,
Colorado and Montana, is dead at his |
Carbon county, Montana, ranch, aged |
IT, He was a native Of Cooper coun-
Il, Mo-, and went to California in |
1851, Colorado in 1858, and came to
Montana in 1862, attracted by the
gold discoveries. He acquired his
wealth at farming and cattle raising,
however
The condition Of Berrows, the Salt |
Lake man who cut his throat at Ely, |
Nevada, recently while out of his
mind, Is not very encouraging. He
has repeatedly stated that he was sor'
ny he did not accomplish the task of
killing himself, and has to be watched