The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-12-19
NORTHWEST NOTES


Caliente, Nevada, was burned 10 death
last week by an explosion of gasoline.
The little fellow dropped a burning
stick into a five-gallon can OF gaso-
line.
Oliver La Bounty, well known
business man of Buckley. Wash. dron.
ped dead on Friday Of heart failure
resulting from asthma. He was 40
years of age and leaves widow and
one child,
According to Hood River, Oregon
reports. l25 cars of fancy apples were
shipped TO eastern markets this year.
The prices realized by the growers
varied from s1.00 to 1926 a box. ae.
cording to the grade.
The statements issued by the Ia.
coma banks in response To The cau az
the comptroller of the currency
show cash on hand TO be twice the
amount required by law. The gen
eral conditions are excellent.
The mine operators of Nevada AFRO
making a preconcerted effort to get
some relief from present conditions
In the smelling line, and will send A
committee rom all over the state To
Washington to agitate the matter.
At a meeting of the executive com.
mittee of the Western Federation of
Miners held in Denver last week, u
was agreed to levy an assessment
upon members of the organization for
the benefit of the Goldfield strikers
A reduction of about 25 per cent OF
the clerical and operative forces of
the Northern Pacific went into effect
last week Several hundred men
were laid off at Missoula, Mont. at
the roundhouse, the car shops and
train crews.
The body of a baby boy, dressed in
rich apparel, was found last week
near Green River, Wyo. The child
had been frozen to death, and physic.
ians declare there is no doubt that
the babe was alive when placed where
1t was found.
A call for statement by the bank
examiner of all state banks of Wyo
ming shows that all have an avail
able cash balance in excess of the re
quired 30 per cent, and cash payments
have been resumed in practically all
parts of the state.
Judge E. w. Harvey of Butte is
dead. after a short illness. Judge Har
ney occupied the district bench of Sill.
yer Bow county during the stormy
period of the Observation-Disclosures
litigation. He was the presiding
judge in many of the cases which in
this remarkable fight attained ma.
tional note.
Judge William H. Hunt, in the fed
eral court at Helena, Mont, signed
an injunction restraining the Great
Northern railway from collecting the
excess over the old rate on new
rate which went into effect November
/, until the interstate commerce com.
mission has decided as to the merits
of the new rate.
At meeting held at Cheyenne of
the stockholders of the Big Horn
railroad, branch of the Burlington,
the extension of the road from Fran.
ME to Fromberg, Mont, was author
ICED. The building of this link
means a more direct connection be
tween the Northern Pacific and the
newly-opened coal mines in the Big
Horn basin.
The people of ST. Regis, Wash,
have novel but effective way OF
getting rid of undesirable characters
The other day cleanup of the town
was made. and there being nothing
better in which to put the prisoners.
all were deposited in railroad car
A freight train came along. the car
was attached to the train, and the un
desirables thus gotten rid of.
The Industrial association Of Ne
vada, which is the organization of the
mine owners of the state, has an
nounced that, because the Western
Federation has violated its agreement
by calling strike in Goldfield with.
out referendum vote, the mine own.
ars of the district will not recognize
any agreements made with the loca.
lnion prior to the time when the men
were called out.
The Colorado Democratic state ad
visory committee, consisting of fifteer
leading Democrats of the state, ap
pointed to advise with and assist the
regular state organization. last week
adopted a resolution calling upon con
gress to legislate in favor of the re
newal of the coinage of silver for the
purpose of relieving the present finan.
cial stringency.
The state of Oregon will not lose a
Title Guarantee & Trust company, or
the temporary embarrassment OF the
Merchants National bank, the surety
companies being held responsible,
and will refund the money to the
state.
Two masked men held up the Mon
tana saloon in Goldfeld and took $50
from the cash register and SIS from
patrons in the place. The proprietor,
Nick Billick, fired at the men as they
were leaving the place. They were
joined outside by two confederates,
who had stood guard.
William McCobb, who looks after
the block signals west of Green River,
wyo.. was killed by a freight train.
two miles west OF that town, He was
going west on his velocipede when he
lifted his velocipede for an approach.