The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1907-01-04
NORTHWEST NOTES

crease OF 100000 toas over the pro-
duction Of 1905.
Henry Headlund. the steam shovel
engineer who lost a foot in the cogs
OF the shovel at Laramie. was unable
to Withstand the shock and is dead.
During 1906 the principal six pro-
ducing Industries OF Wyoming pro-
duced a revenue of s55,2ls,O 900, an in
crease over their revenue Of 1905 of
N.s7s,2OO.
The Wyoming 1906 wool clip was
3a,s4S.75s pounds, valued at s7.253, 225.
The 1906 clip outweighed that of 1905
by 100000 pounds, and outvalued it
by sssS.225.
The cattle industry in Montana has
been especially prosperous during the
present year as a result of abundant
rains aud consequent good range and
plenty of water in both stream and
pool.
Last year the state of Montana had
10000 acres in spring wheat alone
and the average OF this area was a
yield of twenty-seven bushels per
acre. and all other crops yield in pro
portion.
There are now over $4,000 miners
at work in the mines of Montana, and
during the past year there have been
but 81 fatal and 40 non-fatal accidents,
making a record of safe mining that is
hard to beat.
A meeting will be held at Rawllns,
Jnauary 26. between stockmen and A.
F. Potter of the forest service to dis
cuss and form plans for the proper
division OF the range and allotment OF
grazing permits in the future.
A wealthy rancher OF Montana,
speaking OF his state, says: I'VE
have never had such a prosperous year
in our state, and there is hardly a
person who is not better OFF today
than he was year ago this time"
The number Of horses In Wyoming
is approximately III, 1893, valued at So
1895; the number OF mules and
asses is approximately 1,49S, valued at
S70,609; the number of swine is APP
proximately S,62S, valued at $44.214.
The cattle shipments from Montana
for 1906 are not yet available, but they
amounted to 267,966 in 1905. 25s,417
going east. 500 west, and l.541 being
shipped to Canada. In 1905 there
were In the mutton department, IA
415,47S
1t is reported that the Northern Pa
cific win soon begin the grading of
cutoff which will leave the main line
at or near Miles City Mont, and fol
lowing course directly westward will
strike the present road not far from
Helena.
Mr.. and Mrs ]. b. Layier, of Port
land, were struck by an inward bound
Waverly- Richmond street car near
their home Mrs Lavier was killed
outright and her husband Is at the
Good Samaritan hospital, probably
fatally injured.
T. u. Brady, prominent Great
Falls, Mont. lawyer, has been indict-
cd by the federal grand jury in Helena
on the charge of having illegally
fenced 1857 acres of public land in
Valley county. Brady gave bonds for
his appearance.
Allan Thompson, aged 2s years, was
shot and instantly killed by his father
in-law, Riley Patton, well-known
rancher living near Colburn, in the
Plateau valley, east of Grand Junction, |
Colo. Thompson was drunk and had
FIRST threatened to kill Patton
Mrs. Sarah Ayres was mysteriously
Murdered on her farm near Warren,
Oregon. She was shot dead while she
was sewing in her kitchen, and the
weapon with which the crime was
committed. a 45-calibre affair, was
found on the floor near the body.
A terrible tragedy was enacted in
the kitchen of the little home of Fred
in Portland, when Giacomo
an Italian, stabbed and
killed Julia Bignaml and probably ia
tally stabbed Mrs. Bignami's aged
Mrs. Annina Vismora.
Ralph Blaisdell, assistant to Gen
eraI Raditor Erastus Young, of the
Union Pacific and Southern Pacific
systems, has been appointed auditor
Of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation
company lines In Oregon and Wash
lDgton, with headquarters in Portland
Authority has been given Forester
PInchot to allow grazing for the com.
Ing year on the newly created Sierra
Madre reserve, Wyoming, of all
horses, cattle and sheep which have
been grazed for the past three years
On the range now included In the re-
serve.
City Marshal Horace Frisby was
shot and killed at Lamar, Colo, by two
strangers, who subsequently escaped.
There were no witnesses to the kill
ING. but Sheriff George Thomas heard
The shots and arrived at the scene in
lime to see the two men making their
escape.
The secretary OF the interior has
contract with Jesse w.
crosbey, Jr., of Cowley. Wyo.. for the
construction and completion OF the
yorbett tunnel settling basin, dam and
spillway. Shoshone irrigating project
The work is located ten
miles east OF Cody.
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