The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-11-14
Northwest NOTES

I, RelI for an eiglt-hour ua'
creased wages. ,...,<. and
1,,go men were killed in seat'ie anu
yon nerhaps fatally Injured ID
cave.ln Of a hole which was ooi" sarao
cavated for the reception Oh '
tank. ., tho Ga.
.th,r pope. member OF the pa
80 raIorado High School tootOah
,.am IL dead as result Oh hiJuiieo
49, .-.at,ad in the game between the
sal,da and Leadville High S'''o0
teams at Leadyille
In street car collision III Los
,eles LOT L. Mooney, Jrp asou
vears son of ]. F. Mooney capi'ai'
-. ord mineowner Of Butte, MONT |
as Ltlled and five other persons IN
jured. - ,aon
rho Sunday closing fight has peen
renewed at Spokane after moh'no
ouiet Warrants for hVe saioonho0p
orc were sworn out by represehtatife
10 tho antj-saloon league, Charging
them with having sold liquor last gun
day.
The Gallatin valley. popuiaris
known as the "granary OF MONTANA
and the richest agricultural section OF
the state will be intersected by an
interurban line from Bozeman 10 'ne
vicinity of Salesville, distance VI
forty-six miles
October 81 was the birthday ami
versary of Nevada. She was lorty'
three wears old on that date. Inc ooc'
,,ment which completed the ADMISSION
of the territory into the Union VI
states was signed by President LIN
coin ON October 81, 1864.
Governor Toole of Montana has
heen advised by the treasury depart
ment that $14.958 had been allowed
as back pay to members OF the FIRST
Montana infantry, VINO served as VOL
unteers during the Spanish war. Inis
is for time service between the period
of being called out and actual muster
in.
The three national banks of Chey-
enne have adopted the certificate plan
in order to protect themselves ana
their depositors from possible emDar'
rassraent due to shortage OF currency.
| This action has the approval OF the
| business interests and the condltloh
| of the banks is declared to be excel'
| lent.
The Miners union and the Shelter
mems union of Butte have received
| notices from the Amalgamated Copper
and other mining companies that the
cid scale of wages, in force before the
agreement on the sliding scale was
made. will be restored This means
reduction of the scale of wages from
S4 a day to $3.50.
C. r. Homer, who claims Portland
as his home, and who was arrested IL
Los Angeles on a charge OF forgery
admits that he has forged checks or
an extensive scale in practically ever!
city of importance in the west, includ
ing Salt Lake City, Denver, Ogden
Butte, Kansas City, Omaha, st. Loui:
and Portland
The civil service commission ha
lust ordered examinations in twelv
western states to be held Novembe
10, open to men between the ages 0
Is and 50, for the railway mail sci
vice. The examination is compare
lively easy. Utah, Idaho, Wyomin
and Nevada are among the states /
which examinations will be held.
The Seattle Clearing House associ;
| hot a
ton does not call for the issuance
clearing house certificates or othe
emergency measures, such as mo:
other cities have adopted. Seattle
banks have only nominal sums c
: deposit in New York and Chicas
banks, and averaging between 40 an
80 per cent reserves.
Anaconda and Missoula, Mont, T
Gently adopted ordinances compellir
saloons to close at midnight, and
the recent session of the Helena cou
ell similar measure was introduce
Since the recent session of the legi
8 lature all public gambling hous'
{ have been closed and the law is striC
s ly enforced
s J. c. Schwick, convicted at Col
{ field, Nevada of killing John R. Da'
, at Columbia on January 20, has be-
s sentenced to thirty years impYisC
o ment. This is the first conviction
killing at this term of court. in nj
other cases the defendants being
leased
, large force is engaged at the De
y yer mint in coming the $4,000, o
: gold bars stored there and more b
: lion Is pouring in daily from the Co
RADIO and other western mines. T
= total output of the mint for Octot
will exceed $4,000, 900, mainly in (
l. gold pieces.
= Presumably for the purpose of r,
' berry. unknown persons have assas
mated John II. Holmes at his mini
prospect near Wolf creek. in Montal
le Holmes had been engaged as Goa
is man for prominent residents of II
" eua for number OF years, and say
10 quite a sum. He then devoted hinis
to mining.
Thomas Brown, sentenced to Sc,
years Imprisonment in the Colors
II penitentiary for completely in the h
~ ing Of Isaac Lebo and Chris Miller
X the election of 1904 in Cripple Gre
l. was released last week having
x. ceived an unconditional pardon FIR
y. Governor Buchtel.
Ed Smith. one of the men arres
on the charge of being implicated