The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1907-02-07
NORTH WEST NOTES

Senator Mulkey OF Oregon was
sworn in Wednesday Of last week to
serve until March 4. the shortest term
on record.
The senate has confirmed the nom
nation of Richard A. Ballinger OF
Seattle to be commissioner OF the gen.
eral land Office.
The purchase of the Blairtown.
Wyo., coal mines by Ogden capital
lists appears to be move on the part
of the Utah capitalists to solve the
coal shortage problem in Ogden.
Senator Patterson of Colorado on
February / presented the credentials
of Samuel Guggenheim, his success
sor in the senate. Mr.. Guggenheim
was presented and was introduced to
the senators.
A bill was passed by the house last
week providing for the hearing of APP
peals and writs of error from the dis.
trict of Alaska by the court of appeals
for the Ninth circuit at San Francisco
Portland or Seattle.
The severest storm in twenty years
| prevails in eastern Montana. Snow
| now covers the ground to the depth
of nearly a foot. Conditions are said
to be worse than since 1886, when
thousands of sheep died in storm.
State Senator Stephen A. d. Keister
| died of appendicitis at Chadron, Neb..
last week He was taken sick three
weeks ago when going to Cheyenne
to attend the legislature and was TAX
en- off the train at Chadron. Mr.. Keis
| ter was the Democratic candidate for
governor of Wyoming at the last state
election.
Estimated damage to the Oregon
and Washington divisions and
branches OF the Oregon Railroad &
Navigation company because of the
sudden thaw of last week is $4,000.
With the exception OF the Shanikc
branch and some places on the Wash
ington district division, the line has
been cleared.
Bear Claws. the aged chief of the
Crow Indians, died last week at Sheri-
dan, Wyo. He was buried in the In
dian cemetery at the Crow agency.
His last request was that he should
De buried like a paleface, According.
" his body was placed in an expensive
coffin and a white minister preached
4 funeral sermon.
The senate has passed a bill to sur
vey and allot the lands of the Black
feet Indian reservation in Montana
In calling up the measure, Senator
Clark of Montana remarked that tn.
president had vetoed the measure las
year. He said that he believed tina
. the bill in it's present form would NEE
the presidents approval.
Articles have been signed at Reno
Nevada, by Harry Pollock, acting TO
Corbett, for fight between Younl
Corbett and Kid Herman for purs
|
son, local promoters. The articles cal
for rs per cent to the winner and 2
per cent to the loser, the contest t
take place on March IS.
y D. H. Hendee, '49er and the pic
neer photographer of the Pacific coast
9 died last week in Portland. He hat
been i'll with the grippe for a week
out it is believed that his sudden dealt
was brought about by the shock result
ing from a small fire at the house. a
result of which his invalid wife cam
. near being cremated in burning bed
Senator Warren of Wyoming ha
oeen appointed by President Roosevelt
q a member of the committee which vii
I represent the National Wool Growers
association and the American Live
8 stock association at a meeting to b
Z neld in Washington February IL, wit
| members of the public lands commit
: zee, to discuss questions pertainin
3 20 control of the grazing lands of tn
west.
l. Dan Burns, Jim Burns, Jim Busl
i. man, William Roberts and Jim Rya
n have escaped from the Esmerald
n county jail at Hawthorne, Nevada, an
IS are still at large. Bushman was l
IS for forgery and the others for burr
larry.
q An expenditure of nearly 100000
a for the purchase of cattle to suppl
u the needs of the Indians on reserv,
q. lions in North and South Dakot
a. Montana and Arizona will be made b
le the interior department within shol
time.
o A Washington dispatch says: Sci
II ators Warren and Clark and Repr
t sentative Mondell, of Wyoming, hav
~ agreed upon new deal for feeders
IN | ,fines in that state of six good fe