The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-08-09
NORTHWEST NOTES

only subdued after a terrible figh
by almost the entire population of tn
town.
A. A. Smith, prominent shingl'
manufacturer of Everett, Wash, wa
killed on the 30th by the overturnin,
of his automobile. Two companions
Duncan McKinnon and John Nelson
were injured.
The four-year-old daughter of w. E
Fitch, who lives near Vale, Ore, was
shot and instantly killed by her sew
en-year-old brother, who was playing
with revolver, which was accidental
ly discharged in his hand.
Coal'bearing formations underlie 6
larger proportion of Wyoming than Of
any other of the Rocky mountain
states. 1t is the second largest produc
ing state in the Rocky mountain re
gion, Colorado ranking first.
j. H. Hawley, one of the prosecu
tors in the murder charges against
Haywood, Meyer and Pettibone, &C.
companied by Mrs. Hawley, has gone
| to Honolulu in search of relaxation
and rest before returning to Boise in
October to resume the prosecution.
| Reports are received of serious
forest fire near Ashford, Wash, at the
| base OF Mount Tacoma. While the
| blaze has been confined thus far to
logged-off land there Is a probability
that 1t may reach the vast stretch of
heavy timber in that vicinity. Alarm
Is felt for the ranchers in the danger
zone.
For the purpose, 1t is believed, Of
thwarting the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul from securing right of way
westward from Helena over the Rocky
mountains, the Northern Pacific has
let contract to Shepard, Sims & Co.,
for the building of cutoff between
Helena and Elliston, by way of Nc
Donald pass.
Reports are again current that pre-
liminary surveys are being made for
an extension of the Nevada & Califor-
mia from its southern terminus at
Keller, Cal, south of Mojave, about
120 miles. Such an extension would
give the Southern Pacific a much
shorter route to Los Angeles and
southern California.
G. Clarence Hastings, a Butte min
er, implicated by George Towner in
the hold-up of the North Coast Linn
tied near Welch's spur ON May Z last,
and the murder of Engineer Glow, mas
been captured near Sappington, sta
ton on the Nothern Pacific, a few
miles east of Butte. Hastings would
not talk about the crime
In their ascent of Mount Tacoma,
Washington, scientific party from
Chicago discovered in the ice of
Urania glacier millions of small
worms. The worms are about an
inch in length and the size of hair
and presented a wriggling, squirm-
ing mass in the solid ice. In places
the ice was almost black with them.
A Jack, the Slasher," was arrested
In Denver, after he had slashed the
dresses of nearly thirty women and
girls on the streets. He was caught
in the act and when searched keen
knife and number of bits of slashed |
dresses were found on his person. He |
gave his name as Peter Magoffin and |
his occupation as laborer He could |
not explain his actions.
Five thousand Anaconda mill and |
smeltermen joined in monster dem
in celebration of the acuuit- |
tai Of William d. Haywood at Boise. |
Three bands headed the procession,
which traversed every street in the
city. Throughout the line were ban
ners with pictures of Haywood bearing
the words, mot Guilty" I'VE Are Tn
desirable Citizens, but the Flag and
Country Are Safe" Scores of little
girls carried transparencies reading
viii They Hang Our Papas? No."
A special from Virginia City, Mont,
tells of the drowning of w. R. Bald
win, well-known rancher of the
Upper Madison valley, before the eyes
If his wife. Baldwin while attempting
% ford a swollen stream became
stranded in mid-river. Cutting the
horses loose from the wagon, he at
empted to swim to the bank with
he animals, but lost the reins and
was drowned while his wife sat help
ess on the high wagon seat with the
water touching her feet.
Thousands of Coloradoans, coming
rom all parts of the State, joined the
people of Denver on August LIST in
celebration Of the thirty-first ami
of the admission of Colorado
o the union. The surviving pioneers
leld the position of honor in the pa
'ade.
Because he imagined the Almighty
ordered him to do so, crazed sheep
lerder derailed passenger train No. 3
m the Great Northern at Toledo sta
ion, seven miles east of Havre, Mont,
,ausing the death of the fireman and
lightly injuring number of passen-
,ers.
Charles D. Hogge, pleaded guilty
y