The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-01-30
NORTH WEST NOTES

his wounds.
Sam Davis. an officer at McGill, Ne
vada, was shot and seriously injured
by a Greek who was resisting arrest.
The Greek was later shot by a mem
bor of posse, and died from his
wounds.
Auditorium plans accepted last week
by tho Democratic national committee
on arrangements for the national con-
vention to be held in Denver. provide
for seats for $4,000 persons in the
convention hall.
A resolution was passed by the
house on the 22nd requesting the presi-
dent to submit to congress copy OF
the report of the special commission
sent by him to investigate the labor
troubles at Goldfeld.
About 5000 unemployed men march.
ed to the mayors Office in Seattle one
day last week to ask for work. Most
of them are lumbermen who have been
driven to the city by the closing of
mills and camps.
BY n vote of IFS to 11G, the annual
Cattle Growers association, in session
In Denver, went on record as opposed
to the federal administrations policy
of public land control
Francis j. Heney. in an interview
In Portland, declares that land frauds
are being perpetrated In Oregon today
as OF yore, only that the prosecution
of the land grafters has made them
more careful in their operations.
1t Is stated by the committee of To-
cal bankers having charge of the bank
Ing operations of the Portland banks
during the recent depression, that all
of the s1.000,000 of clearing house
certificates Issued during that time
have been redeemed.
c. Mathis, absconding cashier OF
the defunct Exchange bank of Blaine,
Washington, which suspended two
weeks ago, has been arrested in Ash.
croft. b. c. He agrees to waive ex.
tradition and return and try to
straighten out the banks affairs.
The verdict Of the coroner's Inquest
over the remains of Mrs Fred Sluter
and her four children whose charred
bodies were found in the ruins of their
little ranch home on the Musselshell,
In Montana, recommends that Ole
Nordell be held for the crime. Very
strong evidence against him has been
| found
Former United States Commissioner
II. II. Hendricks, of Portland, last
/ L.,
| alleged illegal fencing Of land In the
Butte Creek Livestock, Land and Lum.
Der company. This is believed to be
preliminary to like pleadings on the
| part of other persons connected with
The land case.
| All Western Pacific construction
work between the California-Nevada
fine and Palisade, New, has been
stopped temporarily on account OF
shortage of funds. About 200 men
have been thrown out of work. The
contractors having charge of this
work state that work will be resumed
| by February 10.
In connection with the murder and
partial incineration OF Mrs. Fred
Schleuter and her four children at
their ranch near Flat Willow, Montana
a rancher named NordelI has been al.
rested. He lives two miles from the
scene OF the crime 1t Is said he was
in love with Mrs. Schleuter's 15-year.
old daughter
The Mine Operators association
mas abolished the card system, which
requires all employees to sign an agree.
ment renouncing the Western Fedora
ton of Miners, and declared an open
shop policy. This action was because
of the fact that the agreement which
the men were required to sign is in
conflict with the statutes Of Nevada.
Jewelry, heirlooms and costly cloth
ing to the value of $4,000 were stolen
from the home of James Douglas In
Portlan4 last week. Included among
the stolen articles were the sword and
jeweled belt given to Sir James Doug
las, grandfather of Mr.. Douglas, by
| Queen Victoria, when Sir James Doug
las became first governor of British
| Columbia.
The senate judiciary committee has
favorably reported the bill of Senator
Clark, Wyoming, increasing the fees o,
witnesses and jurors in the Unitec
States courts and before commission
ers' courts, to SO per day with mile
age at is cents per mile by stage and
8 cents by rail in Montana, Wyoming
Utah, Oregon, Colorado, Nevada, Ida
no, New Mexico and Arizona.
AS a result of correspondence which
has passed between President Roose
welt. Clifford Pinchot and western
lawmakers. following suggestions o
j. A. Mcclure, editor of the Outdoor
Life, 1t is likely that an immense gam,
preserve will be established by tn,
government on the Mapiti fork of th'
North fork of the Shoshone river IL
Wyoming.
Henrietta M. Johnson was run dow
and killed in Seattle by an automobil,
driven by Guy G. Stratton, secretar.
of the Acme Shingle company. j. F