The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-11-07
NORTH WEST NOTES

| tober "a, being one of the largest eyei
held in that city. Colonel Ferris was
pioneer freighter, being associated
with former Governor b. +. White.
John Brady, former Helena con.
tractor, prominent in Democratic poll.
tics, died in Basin, Mont, on October
l27. He was one of the oldest con.
tractors in the state and had con.
tract on the first road built into Hell.
ena.
The coal miners of the Sheridan,
Wyo., district and the operators OF
the mines in which the men are en-
rloyed have not yet ratified the wage
scale agreement reached by their rep.
resentatives at the Cheyenne confer.
ence a month ago
George s. Walker, secretary of the
National Wool Growers association
left Cheyenne for Shoshone, Ida,
where he will confer with President
Frank w. Gooding relative to the pro
gram for the coming annual conven-
ton of the association.
The process of double tracking
work I'm Wyoming on the Union Pa
Cific railroad is slower than was antic-
ipated, but excellent work is being ac-
age of men in the last two weeks, only
about two miles have been laid.
A syndicate of Minnesota Montana
and Oregon cattlemen have leased ten
thousand acres of grazing land near
Chilico lake, some distance from the
head of Butte inlet, British Columbia.
and thousands of yearings will he
shipped in. There is no snowfall there
and the cattle can feed all the year
round.
After invading soroity party al
Reno, Nevada, at which only women
were admitted, five male students OF
Nevada university, X. II. Tilliston, J
A. Houihan, Ralph Dignowity, c. G
Schrapps and Lyle Selby, were cap
tured by police after an exciting
chase. The boys may be expelled
from school.
The general land Office has adjust
ed its account with the state of Wyo
ming. showing net proceeds of the
sale of public lands in said state for
the fiscal year ended June 30, 1908
Receipts were s659,106 of which
amount s543,S65 was received from
the sale of public lands and 81 06;
from fees and commissions.
With a cry that he was going to kill
himself, George Devere, a detective
in the employ of the Goldfeld Consol
idated Mines company at Goldfield
Nevada, shot himself in the head with
an automatic revolver, death result
ing Brooding over the killing of
man who resisted arrest is attributed
as the cause for the deed.
Tremendous excitement exists al
Phoebe, Nevada, over the latest grea,
strike in the Mendha property, locat
ed in the Highland district. The ore
body that drifts off to the south OF
the 700-foot level so far exposes, BY
actual measurement, 10000 tons OF
ore, worth net. according to the daily
returns of shipments, 100000
With an open knife in his right
hand, Francisco Cea was found dead
in the middle of a country road five
miles west of Billings, Mont, havins
evidently been murdered and robbed
His clothing had been cut open in an
3fort to find money which It is sup.
posed he carried on his person Cea
was engaged as "a section workman.
Lewis Penwell treasurer of the Ma
ional Wool Growers association has
'eceived a letter from Secretary G.. S.
Walker of Cheyenne ,WYo., telling
him that there will be a meeting in
Helena November 16 to discuss the
erection of warehouse capable of
aolding 25,000,000 pounds of wool. The
building will be located in Chicago.
Carl Ludwig Fenske, "a years old,
is dead al Billings, Mont, from the
effects of two strokes of paralysis.
Mr.. Fenske was the Oldest voter in
Yellowstone county and had cast his
ballot in eighteen presidential cleo.
lions. Mr.. Fenske was one of the pio-
ner settlers of Wisconsin and his re-
mains will be taken to Berlin Wis.,.
for burial.
Okanogan county, in the extreme
north central part of Washington, now
traversed by stage and freight lines
operated by horses and automobiles, is
to have an electric railway before the
close of another year. Colonel Albert
M. Dewey, of Spokane, president OF
the Okanogan Electric Railway com.
pany, announces that the sale of
bonds Is practically accomplished, and
that work will begin soon The line
and equipment will cost S2,621,2 $50.
James Gaskin, one OF the best
known colored business men OF the
state, was arrested at Cheyenne last
week, charged with having possession
of one of twelve sets of harness re,
Gently stolen from the government AT
Fort Russell. Gaskin was released on
bond.
The naked body of d. S. Murray was
found in the railroad terminal yards
In Portland. He had committed sui
idp hacking his wrists with dun