The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-01-10
NORTHWEST NOTES

plaSihb Ntc huHiucT over HNe LHllllUHS.
The coal production OF Wyoming Of
5.500.000 tons during 1906 was an in
crease of 100000 tons over the pro-
duction of 1905.
Henry Headlund. the steam shovel
engineer who lost 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 s55,2IS000. an In
crease over their revenue Of 1905 of
A.379.2oo.
The Wyoming 1906 wool clip was
a2.S49.75s pounds, valued at s7.253.225.
The 1906 clip outweished that OF 1905
by i.o4s.3oo pounds. and outvalued II
by ssa3.e25
The cattle industry In Montana has
been especially prosperous during the
present year as result of abundant
rains and 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 n
yield of twenty-sesen bushels per
acre. aud all other crops yield in pro-
portion.
There are now over $4,000 miners
at work Ia the mines of Montana, and
during the past year there have been
but So fatal and 43 non-fatai accidents.
making record OF safe mining that Is
hard TO beat,
A meeting will be held at Rawlins.
Jnauary 20. between stockmen and A.
II. 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; We
have never had such prosperous year
In our state, and there is hardly q
person who IN not better on today
than he was Il year ago this time.
The number of horses In Wyoming
Ia approximately III 1893, valued nj So
2,sa6: the number OF mules and
asses s approximately LABS. valued Mt
$40, 500 the number of swine Is APP
proximately s,62s, valued ut sat.2ia,
The cattle shipments from Montana
for 1906 are not yet available. but they
amounted to 2s7. 800 Ia 1905, s5s.ai7
going east, soo west. and i.5si being
shipped to Canada In 1905 there
were in the mutton department, H.,
| ti5.47s,
II ~ reported that the Northern Pa.
! ciho will soon begin the grading OF a
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 J. h. Lavier, OF Port.
( land. were struck by an inward bound
/ Waverly Richmond street car near
| their home Mrs Lavier was killed
outright and her husband Ii al the
Good Samaritan hospital. probably
fatally injured
r. r. Brady. prominent Great
| Falls, Mont lawyer. has been indict.
sd by the federal grand jury In Helena
on the charge OF having Illegally
fenced 3,lG7 acres Of public land In
Valley county Brady gave bonds for
his appearance.
Allan Thompson. aged rs years. was
shot and instantly killed by his father.
lnlaw, Riley Patton. wetlknown
raneher living near colburn. In the
Plateau valley. east Of Grand Junction.
Colo. Thompson WAS drunk and had
first threatened 10 XIII Patton
Mrs. Sarah Ayres was myAteriously
murdered OH her farm near Warren,
Oregon She vas sho, dead ghiie she
Was sewing ID her kitchen, aud the
weapon with which the crime VAS
committed. i5-ealibse afsir, was
found on the floor near the body
A terrible tragedy was enacted in
The kitchen o. the littie home Of Fred
Blgnami la Portland. when Giacomo
sawgnana. as i;allan, stabbed and
Killed Julia Bisuami aud probably n
.aliy stabbed Mrs hiEnamIs aged
mother ln.law Mrs knnlna Ylsmofa
Ralph Biaiadcli. assistant TO Gen.
eral H.litor Ersstus Young. Of the
Union Pacific snd Southern Pacific
systems. has been appointed auditor
Of the Oregon Halirsad and Navigation
company Tines ia oregon and Wash
lngton with headquarters tn Portland
Authority has been siYeu Forester
Pinebot ga allow grazing for the com
ing year on fho ncwiy created Sierra
Madre reserve. Wyoming. of all
horses. cattle and sheep which have
been gyaked for the past three years
ON the range now included In the re-
serve.
city Marshal Horace Esisby was
shot and killed AZ Lamar. Colo. By two
t.vangars who ktfbNsa "A sttlV saEcaped