The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-26
NORTHw EST NOTES


IN Butte and was killed.
Fire at Nina, Nevada. last week de-
stroyed an entire block OF business
houses, causing a loss OF $780, 900. Re.
building will begin at once.
Mrs Alta " Dobyns. a physician.
was fatally burned in her suite in the
owsley block, IN Butte. one day last
week The origin Of the Gre Is un.
known.
Pat Carroll and Eugene Lugon, tim.
her cutters. we're burned TO death In
their hunks In a fire that destroyed
their mountain cabin in the Sierras,
nifty miles from Fresno, Cal.
The trial OF Elmer Hinton, on the
charge of having murdered w. II.
Mahaney at Round Up. November Z.
called for December IA at Lewiston.
Mont, was continued for the term.
Wyoming has 100000 acres OF
dry" lands or farming land possible
OF operation under socalled "dry
farming systems. Hundreds OF new
farmers In this state produced good
crops this year.
w ID. Kennedy. city attorney OF
Leadville. Colo, and a pioneer mem
Der OF the Colorado Bar association,
was stricken with heart disease while
In Denver. and died before medical
assistance reached him.
DIR. Lillian Miller has been selected
as county physician by the county
commissioners at Helena, Mont, for
the ensuing year. Her selection as
county physician is said to be the Hrst
OF It's kind in the state.
G. n. Jones accused OF sending
b'ackmailing letters to Ranker s. s.
fIobson OF Lewiston. Mont. demand
ing that $4,000 be left at a certain
place or he would be killed, was found
guilty by jury last weok
The federal officials at Helena,
Mont, believe that the participants In
the Spokane train robbery were Nc
Donald and Frank Hauser. two men
who escaped from jail several months
ago while waiting trial on a similar
charge
An unidentified man met death near
by falling underneath train. His
body was cut squarely in two. just
above the hips. The upper half OF the
corpse chung to the trucks OF the ex-
press car.
Sam Alexander. q well.known broker
who attempted TO shoot BAIT Mona.
han. another broker, In the course OF
an encounter In Butte on November
30. has been charged with assault In
the first degree. and his bonds fixed
at 81 1000.
The barber shop OF s. q. Payne at
Billings, Mont, was wrecked by van
dals one night recently. Razors were
hacked on the marble stand materials
used In the business were destroyed
and bad smelling acid scattered
about the shop.
As a means Of putting a stop TO the
"rnstling' OF stock In northern Mon
tana. the stock men Of that section OF
the state have begun raising a war
fund" with which special detectives
win be employed TO assist In running
down the cattle and horse thieves.
Carl Roland, mlddle-aged man OF
whom little is known. committed sui.
eide at Nina. Nevada. by letting car
wheel cut his head on He was ait.
ting by the track watching the train
30 by. when suddenly he moved over,
laid hls neck on the rail and let the
train complete the tragedy.
The biennial report of the Carey
land act board, Just submitted TO Gov.
ernor Norris, shows that Montana Is
reclaiming upwards of 100000 acres
by this system and prediction IL made
that the state will soon reach the
prescribed limit--one million acres.
The financial showing is most salts
factory.
Sammy" Williams. who died at
Manhattan, Mont. last week at the
age OF 80. had masqueraded all her
life as man. She had lived eighteen
years In Gallatin county, where she
had amassed property worth about
$4,000. She had many masculine
habits. drinking, chewing. smoking
and using profanity.
The entire force OF printers EN-.
the chapel Of that Office. walked out
because proofreader had been DIS
charged for refusing to pay 50 for
mistake made by him In the correcl
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been settled.
.aeThe supreme court of Montana has
handed down a decision Affirming the
conviction In Yellowstone county of
Wilnam Conway on the charge OF per
hitting a female In place where
liquors are sold. This Is the FIRST con
'wineroom" law.
w. G.. McKaskie. a pioneer of Mon,
lana and veteran OF the civil war.
died last week at his home IN Pony.
Mr.. McKaskie was sixty-thsee years OF
age and has resided in Montana since
1868. He was most successful
miner having sold his mines recently
TO good advantage.
The Trans Missouri Dry Farming
congress. the next session OF which
will be held In Cheyenne. February 20,
now has 900 active members. repre-
senfing twenty-six states and terri
ltories and seven foreign nations. The
movement Is rapidly assuming liner.
national Importance.
Representative Mondell Of Wyom-
Ing. has introduced in the house
hin granting the Montana, Wyoming
q Southern Railway company right
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