The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-12-26
NORTHWEST NOTES

The First National hank OF Sara
toga, Wyoming. has been authorised
to begin business with sa5 900 capital.
!. Z. Miller is president and Gustave
Jensen cashier.
Judge Wolvert67. In the federal
court at Portland. removed George III.
Hill as receiver of the Title Guaran-
tee and Trust company. and appointed
X. c. Mears, cashier of the Bankers
and Lumbermen's bank, to succeed
him
j. Holman Buck, the editor OF the
Nina Nevada, Miner, who shot and
killed Francis l.. Burton at that place.
has been released from custody by
order OF the district attorney, al
though the coroner's jury failed to ex-
onerate him.
A new coal company which has be-
gun development work ON their prop
erty in the Rock Springs section OF
Wyoming. has spent 100000 In de-
veiopment work the past summer. and
reports that nine splendid veins have
been uncovered.
In the explosion OF the engine of a
Northern Pacific freight train near
Bozeman, Mont, Fireman John welch
was instantly killed and Head Brake.
man Veyno seriously injured. veyno
was hurled 100 feet from the engine,
and is probably fatally hurt.
In the United States court ut Car.
son City, Nevada, Senator Williams
and his brother. George b. williams,
indicted for Illegally appropriating
government land. through their attor-
ney entered a plea Of guilty to the
hve indictments against them.
Twenty-three new freight engines,
purchased this month by the Salt Lake
Route, announcement of which was
made by former United States Senator
w. A. Clark, president of the line, re.
Gently, will be delivered to the COM
pany within the next three weeks.
Believing that the investigation by
the officers of the interior department
into the charges of graft against GER
tain officials in connection with the
Crow Indian reservation, Montana. was
a farce, Judge William H. Hunt of
Helena has ordered the federal grand
jury to conduct complete probing of
the allegations
The sleeping apartment OF Mrs. Jas.
A. Wood, wife of the A. Y. p. commits.
sioner general TO the jamestown ex-
position. was entered at Seattle by
burglars, who. after striking Mrs.
Wood over the head with revolver
and threatening death IL she inter.
fered, robbed her of several valuable
pieces of jewelry.
The unusual height OF the breakers
at Santa Cruz. California, resulted In
the drowning of John Day of Globe.
Arizona, an engineer on the ella Val
ley railroad. He was visiting Santa
Cruz, accompanied by bis niece, and
was fishing from Treasurer pier. The
breakers washed him OFF and he was
drowned before help could reach him.
Five hundred men. members of the
Butte Miners union, seized d miner
at work on the new Bell telephone
building as q carpenter and escorted
him to their hall Later the man dis.
appeared. At one time a riot seemed
imminent. The Bell company had
been boycotted by union labor in Mon
tana because OF the strike OF linemen
and operators, begun last March
The Colorado State bank OF Duran
go. Colo. has suspended business
pending reorganization. 1t holds de-
posits of 100000 and It's capital is
$4,000. The officials of the bank is-
sued a statement In which they as
sert that the assets of the bank are
entirely unimpaired and depositors
will be paid In full.
VIM. Burner. longshoreman, dis
covered by his wife on the street In
Portland in company OF another wo-
woman, Immediately drew revol.
yer and shot himself The woman, a
Mrs. De Reign. grasped the revolver
from Burner and attempted To shoot
herself. but was disarmed by police
man
The Cherokee Nevada Copper com
pany has levied an assessment of two
cents per share for the purpose of en-.
abling the management TO proceed
soon after the first OF the year with
development work. The Cherokee
Nevada company was formed during !
the current season, the ground being |
located In Nevada close to the San |
Pedro railroad line.
Charges on all freight to Goldheld. /
New, must be prepaid by the shipper 1
Notice 10 this effect was given by the /
Salt Lake route to patrons In a cir /
cular issued last week. Unsettled .
financial condiiie.ls at 6elddeld are.
IT is explained the cause of tbe or.
der.
James Brennan. a Buffalo Peak 4
who IL wanted nj Cripple /
Greek for alleged cattle stealing
fought a running rife battle with
sheriff's posse near Granite. Colorado
during which 200 shots were OK.
changed. but managed TO escape from
the posse
Louis W. Hi. president OF the
Great Northern railroad who was IN
Portland last week. declared that
within sixty day the North Bank road
will be rolling freight into Portland
BY January 5 trains will be running
10 Vancouver wash, and a month
later into Portland
Three small children OF Antonio