The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-05-21
NORTHWEST NOTES

having unlawfully taken S'ouV'oVo
feet of timber from government i,I'
est reserves in San Miguel county
Colorado. On
II is oficially stated that s5,S4o.2o
represents the loss to the urea'
Northern Express company In the roo,
bery of the companys strong poA W
two bandits, near Seattle
The house committee on pubic
lands has reported favorably Dill
aIlottine in the state of wyoming un'
der the Carey act, 100000 acres Oh
land TO be subject to reclamation.
Meager details have been received
of the killing at Mussellshell, Mon'''
of n woman named Mrs. Wesson. Ihe
tragedy occurred in saloon ana TWO
men are being held pending an IN
vestigation.
The federal grand jury sitting at
Denver has reported sixty indictments,
INCLUDING twenty-six for unlawful
fencing of public lands, thirteen Ior
neriury in obtaining land, and one for
timber treSpdSS'
The body of william McCrnden,
known as the Catholic Kid" who
was lost in the mountains near salt
ese. Mont, early in December, was
found last week by party Of search
ers. including Robert McCruden, a
brother.
Twenty houses on the east side OF
the main street of Tonopah, Nevada,
we're destroyed by fire which origi-
mated in. a lodging house. A high
wind was blowing and the entire city
was endangered. The loss Is estima'
ted at $1500O0.
w. J. Arkell, we'll known in Reno
and once q prominent stock broker at
Manhattan, New, is a bankrupt. His
liabilities are $279,O40.66 and assets
of some worthless mining stocks and
about 5000 in money. Arkell's liking
for fast horses, 1t is said, is the cause
of his downfall.
A case involving mining property
In the Silver Peak district valued at
approximately $10,O00,000, and which
has been in litigation in the Nevada
courts for the past twelve years, was
completed in the district court at
Reno, New, last week, and will be
submitted to Judge Pike in briefs.
1t i0 announced that the Madison
River Power company has secured op.
tors en- all the electric power plants
cast of Billings, Mont, including
those at Columbia Falls, Forsythe. Big
Timber and Livingston, and will run
power system from the Dakota line
to Billings from one central station
Glen Holbrook was found not guilty
ut Antonito, Colo, on the charge OF
numbering M. w. Lowther, whom he
shot and killed at Alamosa, Fedru.
ary 20 last Holbrook. who was in
Mrs. Lowther's apartments when her
| husband Unexpectedly returned, claim.
ed that he shot Lowther in selfde.
fense..
From his cell in the Alameda, Cal,
jail, where he awaits sentence for the
murder of Mrs. Vernie Carmin, for
merly of Springfield, Mo, Mark a Will
kins has sent out word that the WON
an who had lived at Elmhurst as his
wife, and whose body he buried in a
shed behind their home, was not Mrs.
| Carmin.
Federal Judge Hunt of Helena has
granted an injunction restraining
Butte and Anaconda typographical
unions from interfering with the
transactions of the business of the
Butterick Publishing company of New
York. 1t was alleged that a boycott
had been placed on the concern by
these unions.
Helena has been visited by two dis.
tinct earthquake shocks, one Tuesday
and the other Thursday night of last
week. The last shock was Sc.
we're enough to throw one West side
woman into commissions, and 1t made
several other people quite ill., Houses
rocked violently and dishes ratified
ana pictures became askew.
A Chicago man has patented a pro.
cess that will convert the sagebrusb
OF the west into millions of money NV
utiiizlng 1t In a scientific manner
Potash Is derived from the ashes
which contain 61 per cent, while ordi'
nary wood ashes contain only 81 nor
cent P'i
"A dramatic and unexpected feature
OF the Washington Republican state
convention, held at Spokane, was the
adoption of local option plank. bv a
vote OF 5O6 to 25S, The convention
adopted unanimously a resolution Sa
voring the candidacy of Secretarv
Taft. ''e'ary
Reno, Nevada, merchants have e1od
petition with the Nevada railroad
commission, asking for an adim,tment
OF freight rates that will enable tbe,n
to compete with Salt Lake Citv Tos
angeles and San Francisco dea,ars
The commission will INVESTIGATE tbair b.
request. e'e 'neir
L. W. Hawley, expert on wood die
ullation for the forest service las,
washington last week for an EXTENDED
visit to Oregon. Washington MontoSa