The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1907-07-26
NORTHWEST NOTES

nrc.
Guy Ferry was killed in a mine
explosion ai Lane CITY. Nevada Ferry
was about 2G years of age and a ma.
ti,. of Denver
Application has been made TO the
comptroller ut the currency for permits.
sion TO- organize the First National
bank Of uoldhcld New. with 100000
capital
John vcascy. 90 years old. probably
the oldest man iu Nevada. is dead at
Carson City Ho was au Engllshman
and came to Carson city In the
carly 5u's
Conductor lloniy O. Gurdy of spo.
kane. was KILLED in train wreck ON
the Northern Pacific near Heron. Mon.
nup The engineer aud fireman we're
slightly scnllrl
Mrs T. s. Roam. of Blair, Nevada.
has been 'pthcd that through the
death of her uncle. " 49, Hartley of
Oakland. Cal. she b. heir tu au estate
OF about S5punuo.
r. 10 borrow. who came tu Ely. Np.
,ada. from Salt Lake. attempted sui.
eide a., vas found near the smoltor
with his throat cut Zee b. believed
To have been dcrungud
The secretary of tho Interior has
Withdrawn from entry 225Uuu acres
of land To Montana and North Dakota
ou account of the Lower yellow.
stone reclamation project
The North Coast Limited. west
bound. the crocl, flyer of the North.
crn Pacific railway. was ditchcd three
miles east Of Garrison Mont. aud
Engineer James Graham Ut Butte. was
killed No one elise was injured
The body Of Alexander Huber. with
bullet hole In his head was found
alongside the Cornell road. about one
mile outside the city limits OF Port
land. lie evidently had been shot Boy
parties who had lain In ambush Tor
him.
u nothing unforeseen happens the
Las Vegas a Tonopah rairuad should
enter Goldhcld about September J..
Grading is now being done uu the line
In the vicinity OF Goldhold summit or
divide. about three and half miles
east Of town
Catches Bros mercantile house at
Rockingham. the oldest In northwest
crn Washington. was destroyed by nrc
along with several smaller establish.
mont Catches Bros loss ~ 100000.
with $4,000 insurance; other losses
will total 10000 or more.
Work Of opening the Excelsior coal
mines. three miles northeast of Rock
Sprinks. Wyo.. Ia being pushed. Pro
duction Is expected to begin In Octo-
Der at the rate OF from 1000 to 5000
tons a day. 4 spur will be run to the
mines from Baxter station.
While taking a shower bath At the
Seattle Athletic club At night. W. w.
Macarthur, a real estate man of Seattle.
was fatally scalded. aud died the next
morning at o'clock. II Is thought
that. by mistake. he turned on the hot
steam Instead OF the cold water
The police OF Dillon, Mont. have ar.
rested as yRgrant strange man
wearing hat bearing the name Of +.
II, Glow, the Northern Pacific railway
engineer who was murdered at the
throttle by train robb,rs at the hold.
up ut welch's spur two months ago.
The suspect denies all knowledge Of
tho anair.
The winnccock Land and Sheep
company. one Of six concerns recently
organized az Helena TO take over large
stock ranches last week declared a
dividend Of 20 per cent. and the others
will average about 20 per cent. This
makes the second 20 per cent dividend
for the Winnecock company within
eighteen months after organization.
The people OF Phoebe do not propose
TO be outdone by the sister towns In
southern Nevada In celebrating the adj.
vent OF the railroad now building nom
Caliente 10 the famous old mining
camp. Il II not expected that the line
viii reach the town before September
I. but the citizens are already begin.
ming to prepare for the celebration,
Retail merchants In the Spokane
country, embracing 10000 square
miles In eastern Washington and ore.
gon, northern Idaho, western Mon.
tana and southeastern British Column
hla have been Invited to "a mass meet
ing In Spokane. July p, for the pur.
pose Of organizing a movement to
force eastern aud middle western mail
order houses ont Of that territory
I'D Connolly, employed In the
washoe smelters at Butte, missed his
footing ana fell into a Hue through
which air h forced with terrific power
TO blast furnace. The man was swept
OF his feet IN twinkling before he
could be grabbed by other workmen,
and literally blown through the tun.
mel where Stag If cooled and out into
a long hume leading to pond. Con
nelly was dead when picked up,
Mrs. A. Albertson, one Of the best
known and highly respected residents
of Hamilton, Mont, committed sui
eide. cutting. her throat and taking
carbolic acid. The belief Is that she
became suddenly insane. as just before
she su.cided she was In excellent
spirits,
In a quarrel between two Italian sec.