The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-05-09
NORTHWEST NOTES


An effort will be made to secure
one or both of the national conven
tons Of the two great parties for
Denver in 1908.
A compulsory educational law is
now In effect in Nevada. All children
between s and IA years must attend
school at least eight months every
year.
Herman Bach, a well known cigar
dealer. shot and killed himself in his
place of business in Portland. Finan
cial troubles are supposed to have
caused the deed
Burglars broke into two business
houses at Malta, Mont. blowing the
safe and securing small amounts from
each safe. About 5000 in cash and a.a
gotiable papers were secured.
The Rapid Automobile company OF
Sheridan, Wye, which has been oper.
ating motors on regular schedule be
tween Sheridan and Dietz. the coal
mining camp, has discontinued the
same.
Postmaster r. C. Henderson, Of
Chemawa, Ore, shot and killed Chas.
Fieser. a runaway student from the
Chemawa Indian school, whom Hen
derson alleges was trying to break into
his store.
Two masked men. one with a sawed
OF shotgun and the other with a big
six-shooter. stood up the Cobweb sa.
loon at Tonopah, Nevada. and made
their getaway with $500 OF Crumley
Brothers coin.
Unless demands for an S-hour day
and minimum wage scale of $3.75 a
day are granted by the first Of May
a strike of all iron moulders along the
Pacific coast, is expected. About 2,50C
men are affected.
In pursuance of an order issued by
Judge Bourquin, of Butte, Sheriff Hen.
derson will burn in public. at date tc
be fixed, 81 slot machines, valued at
$4,000, and seized in recent raids OF
gambling houses and saloons.
Indignation has been aroused at
Rawlins because sheep are turned
into the town cemeteries to Craze. A
few days ago funeral party arrived
at the grave only to find 1t surround.
ed by large flock of sheep.
After being in session two days. the
lumber workers connected with the In
dustrial Workers of the World called
a strike which will involve all of the
lumber workers in Missoula. Ravali.
Sanders and Granite counties. Mon.
tana.
The Wyoming Creamery company,
which Is to build creamery at Lara
mie and purchase the Walden, Colo.
creamery, now in course of erection,
will oppose the so-called creamery
trust in Cheyenne, Colorado and West
ern Nebraska.
1t is announced that the line of the
Salt Lake route through the Meadow
Valley Wash, in Nevada, is not to be
changed. but on the contrary is to be
so strengthened and reconstructed
that 1t will withstand all foods that
strike the line.
Charles Cotton, Jim Meyers and
Bait Enos, implicated by the confes-
sion of John McAdam In the murder
of George Terry, who was killed on
the Shoshone reservation last Janu-
airy, have been arrested. McAdam
confessed that Enos killed Terry with
an iron crowbar while the others held
the victim.
The annual report of the state sup
erintendent of public instruction for
wyoming for the school year ending
on the first Monday in September,
1906, shows that the average monthly
pay of the 693 female teachers in the
state is $4S. "a.
Thad Taylor. Of Reno. is the only
negro deputy sheriff in Nevada. He
received his commission when he
swore that he had never fought q
duel, seconded one, or accepted a
challenge since the constitution OF the
state was framed.
Eastern and Deadwood capitalists
have taken fifteen-year leases on some
of the coal fields near Sundance. Wyo..
and a promising season of develop
ment work is looked for. Some of the
lands leased are maong the most prom
Using in this section
County Attorney James Z. murray,
of Butte has ordered Sheriff Hender-
SON to close all kinds Of slot machines
With the closing down Of these ma
chimes all form of gambling with the
exception Of pool selling viii be at a
standstill in Butte.
The Western Pacific has commenced
work in Nevada in earnest. II Is evil
IDENTIFY the intention Of the company
to make up the time lost In the letting
OF the contracts. and in and around
winnemucca there is now scene OF
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