Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-09-06
NORTHWEST NOTES

Oxford, Wyo.. were struck by light
ming and badly hurt. Their horse was
killed.
While on dove hunting expedition
near Golden, Colo, Lawrence Viii
liams. 15-year-old lad Of Denver, sc-
cidenially shot his friend Royce Al
len. Of Golden, aged IA.
Spontaneous combustion IN the
mountain Of coal stored at Billings
Mont, caused a fire that has defeI
I all efforts to subdue. The coal be-
longed to the Billings Sugar factory
The story comes from Cheyenns
that a draft horse, when he saw an
automobile for the first time. dropped
Z lead from fright. and that coyoss
also dropped dead when he met tbs
automobile on the road
William Naughton. brakeman on
the Union Pacific, living at Laramie.
dislocated his left shoulder By sneez.
I ing. This is the first time On record
that a similar accident has occurred
Years ago Naughton injured the shout
der.
Sympathy for Bisbee miners who
are striking. denunciation Of a Fed
eraI Judge who issued an Injunction
against union men, and an offer Of
financial support are embodied in the
resolutions adopted By the Butte Min
ers' union.
Umatilla county, Oregon, has been
visited by severe hail storm
which cut long and wide
path through the grain fields. causing
loss on the reservation Of 20 TO 25
per cent on account Of the straw being
beaten down
James McCarrick, miner, fell from
staging into a shaft about eight feet
deep, al Manhattan. Nevada, and was
so badly injured that he died in few
moments. He struck on his head in
the bottom of the shaft and his skull
was fractured
Following closely the advance OF
from 20 10 40 per cent in wages
granted the coal miners Of the state
Of wyoming comes the announcement
that the BARRIERS OF Sheridan have
agreed TO advance the price Of shaw
ing from Is cents TO 25 cents
A party Of engineers running line
between Uinta, Fremont and Sweet
water counties, Wyoming. have dis
covered that q strip of land two miles
wide. heretofore regarded as lying in
Uinta county. in reality belongs 10
Sweetwater and Fremont counties
Captain Cough. state humane 50
ciety officer OF Wyoming. viii attend
the county fair al Cody. Big Horn
county. to witness the endurance
horse race. The riders viii travel
fifty miles. and he viii be there TO see
that the horses are not abused or rid
den after they show signs Of exhaus
ton.
The largest single transaction in
ranch lands ever contaminated in
Montana so far as the acreage is con
cerned. has Just been closed in Lewis
ton. The Billings & Northern rail
wav purchased from the Sage Greek
Sheen company its entire holdings OF
5000 acres al $40 an acre, or
1926. 900
City Engineer ". S. Collins OF
Basin. ryO-, is suffering from serious
Injuries as the result OF an accident
at the new city reservoir, which IS in
course OF construction A timber
broke under his weight and he fell
distance OF eighteen feet. aighting on
his head and shoulders on pile OF
loose rock
AL Ham, a resident of Gillette.
-
'ey. Mont. by falling under the Bur
kngton train. on which he was a pas
seuger. en- route for his home n
wyoming. The body of the unfOrtu-
nate man was not found for several
hours afterward- The body was gath
cred up in basket
Three men were killed and one in
iured by premature explosion OF
blasting powder al the Milwaukee
-ailroad camp near Butte One OF the
men. Pero Janik. aged .. died from
lis injuries when he was being
,rought 10 town The men who res
.ued him after the blast were Obliged
0 dig him out OF the debris.
The long distance Office of the
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone com
ANY az Butte opened last week with
adv strikebreakers al the switch
,oard. The windows Of the office
AVE been frosted So far as can be
earned. the unions have paid no at
ention to the action Of the company
n resuming the long-distance service
AGAIN the steer roping supremacy
4 the great west is 10 be contested
or in Cheyenne. The two contestants
viii be Angus McPhee Of Cheyenne
hampton OF the world under the
ward OF the judges AT the last From
Ter day celebration. and Pete DlcS-
rson OF Douglas. Ariz.. the peer 81
he ropers OF the southwest
A peculiar tangle in the natu-aliza
ion laws arose al Laramie last wees.
rhen three Norwegians, who landed
\ New York early in May. applied Z,
e registered for naturalization. None
( them had a certificate from the in
,isration officers al the port Of en-