Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-07-26
NoRTHW EST NOTES

fire.
Guy p. Ferry was Killed in mine
exnlosion at Lane City, Nevada. Ferry
was about &c years of age and q ma
tive of Denver
Application has been made to the
comptroller of the currency for permits,
sion to organize the First National
bank of GoIdfeld, New, with s2OO,Ooo
capital.
John veasey, 80 years old, probably
the oldest man in Nevada, is dead at
Carson City. He was an Engiishman
and came to Carson City In the
early SOS.
Conductor Henry e. Gordy, OF Spo-
kane. was killed in a train wreck on
the Northern Pacific near Heron, MOI
tana. The engineer and fireman were
slightly scalded.
Mrs. f. s. Ream. of Blair, Nevada,
has been notified that through the
death of her uncle, w. H. Hartley OF
Oakland, Cal, she is heir to AN estate
of about 100000
r. II. Borrow, who came to Ely, Ne
vada, from Salt Lake, attempted sui
eide. He was found near the smelter
with his throat cut. He is believed
to have been deranged.
The secretary of the interior has
withdrawn from entry 225,OO0 acres
of land in Montana and North Dakota
ON account of the Lower Yellow
stone reclamation project.
The North Coast Limited, west
bound, the crack flyer of the North
ern Pacific railway, was ditched three
miles east of Garrison, Mont, and
Engineer James Graham, of Butte, was
killed. No one else was injured.
The body of Alexander Huber, with
a bullet hole in his head, was found
the Cornell road, about one
mile outside the city limits of Port
land He evidently had been shot by
parties who had lain in ambush for
him.
If nothing unforeseen happens the
Las Vegas & Tonopah railroad should
enter Goldfield about September l.
Grading is now being done GU the line
in the vicinity OF Goldfield summit or
divide, about three and a half miles
east of town.
Catches Bros mercantile house at
Bellingham, the oldest in northwest
srn Washington, was destroyed by fire
along with several smaller establish
ment. Catches Bros loss is $4,000,
with $4,000 insurance; other losses
will total $4,000 or more.
Work of opening the Excelsior coal
mines, three miles northeast of Rock
5prinks, Wyo., is being pushed. Pro
luction is expected to begin in Octo-
Der at the rate of from 1000 to 1900
.ons day. spur will be run to the
mines from Baxter station.
While taking a shower bath at the
Seattle Athletic club at night, w. w.
dcArthur, real estate man of Seattle,
vas fatally scalded, and died the next
morning at, o'clock. 1t is thought
hat, by mistake, he turned on the hot
team instead of the cold water.
ut DOllCG vi DlllOll, hOAls nave al
ested as a vagrant a strange man
wearing a hat bearing the name of F. |
l. Glow, the Northern Pacific railway |
ngineer who was murdered at the |
hrottle by train robbers at the hold
p at Welch's spur two months ago.
he suspect denies all knowledge of
he affair.
The Winnecock Land and Sheep
ompany, one of six concerns recently
rganized at Helena to take over large
took ranches, last week declared a
ividend of 25 per cent, and the others
ill average about 20 per cent. This
lakes the second % per cent dividend
IT the Winnecock company within
ghteen months after organization.
The people of Phoebe do not propose
, be outdone by the sister towns in
,uthern Nevada in celebrating the ad-
emit of the railroad now building from
aliente to the famous old mining
imp. 1t is not expected that the line
ill reach the town before September
but the citizens are already begin
ng to prepare for the celebration.
Retail merchants in the Spokane
'untry, embracing 10000 square
lies in eastern Washington and Ore
IN, northern Idaho, western Mon
ma and southeastern British Colum-
a, have been invited to a mass meet
& in Spokane, July 81, for the pur-
use of organizing a movement to
rec eastern and middle western mail
der houses out of that territory.
Ed Connolly, employed in the
ashoe smelters at Butte, missed his
citing and fell into a fiue through
lich air Is forced with terrific power
blast furnace. The man was swept
his feet in twinkling before he
uld be grabbed by other workmen,
d literally blown through the tun-
| where Stag is cooled and out into
long fiume leading to pond Con-
lly was dead when picked up.
Mrs. A. Albertson, one of the best
own and highly respected residents
Hamilton, Mont, committed sui q
lie, cutting her throat and taking a