The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-09-17
NORTHWEST NOTES

ton over field OF six candidates.
three OF them in Spokane county.
The Western Boosters shooting
tournament was held in Anaconda
last week. with well known marks
rren from all parts OF the United
States IN attendance.
Arthur McCant, n oneeyed colored
man, wanted at Canon City, Colo, for
the murder OF a colored man. was ar
rested on Union Pacific train at
Cheyenne by deputy sheriff.
w. F. Claycomb employed at the
Moncreiffe saw mill, near Cody,
wyo.. lost one thumb and two fingers
from the right hand few days ago
by coming In contact with saw.
The state Mining congress OF Colo
RADIO has appointed committee OF
thirteen to take steps to retain the
home of the American Mining con-
gress In Denver and the erection OF
q 100000 temple,
| A few days ago Mt his Red Bank
ranch In the Big Horn basin, ex-Gov.
ernor. Richards Of Wyoming. while
hacked his left thumb. almost sever
ing Il from his hand. II is thought
the thumb can be saved.
Wishing to seeGf live wire, which
had just given severe shock to
young Charles Mann, a deaf mute.
was still charged, Glenn Saunders, n
man "a years of age of Baker City,
x.,t, x.rtsl oil
and was Immediately electrocuted
DR.. Cabelle Whitehead, general
manager of the Seward Peninsula
railroad in Alaska. is dead at Nome,
as the result Of an accident on the
road. The car In which DIR. White
head was riding was overturned and
! he fell into al shallow body of water
Chairman Harry HUMPHREYS of the
Republican state central committee
Of Nevada. and Chairman p. ]. Som
crs OF the Democratic committee,
have formally entered into an agree
ment binding the Legislative candi
dates of both parties to abide by the
popular vote for United States sena-
| tor.
ming Coal company at Monarch,
Wyo., has purchased the right-of-way
for a railroad from Monarch to Miles
City, Mont, and proposes to build
line OF railway down Tongue river to
the Montana city where IL will con-
meet with the Milwaukee e. st. Paul
road.
The first step toward the construc.
ton Of the Chrystal Lake reservoir,
"a miles west of Cheyenne. and
which will form a part OF the city's
water storage system, was taken last
week, when condemnation proceed
ings were instituted against the own
ers Of land which will be flooded by
the lake.
The warden OF the state peniten-
tiary at Rawlins, Wyo., is already
wondering what he is going to do
with the large number OF convicts be-
ing received. There are now EGO prls-
cners in the pen, and with district
courts In session In several counties,
1t is expected this number will short
ly be increased to 275 or $50.
The sheriff Is searching for ]. w.
Manning, who came to Cheyenne
from Denver recently and who Is
wanted on charges of obtaining
money under false pretenses, beating
his board bill. stealing a diamond
ring and various other alleged Of
lenses. Manning represented himself
to be a man of wealth.
Fearing he would be convicted on
the charge of committing a criminal
assault upon a 14-year-old girl. for
which he was arrested J. Fl. Jones, a
bricklayer, Sc years old and married,
committed suicide at Durango, Colo.
soon after being locked up in cell
at the county jail by cutting his
throat from ear to ear with a pocket
knife.
The first trouble growing out of
the present strike of Wyoming coal
miners occurred at Sheridan, when
Charles Klopchick and Joe Tomeri
! were arrested, charged with interfer-
ing with workmen Of the coal CON-
pany while they were building a
bridge.
Mrs. John Davis, wife of one OF
the leading real estate dealers Of Sc
attic, committed suicide by taking
carbolic acid She was % years old
'. he was 48, and they had been mar
ried only since March Is last, but
the couple had frequently quarreled
OF late.
The president has issued a procla
nation opening to settlement 100000
acres of the surplus lands Of the
Rosebud Indian reservation in South
Dakota The drawing will take place
! at Dallas, S. D., on October 18, The
, minimum price fixed on the land Is
$6 per acre.
: Two convicts in the state prison al
: Folsom. Cal, made break for lib
erty. They were fred upon by two o
: the prison guards and one Of the con
:, victs, A. Barrett, serving a 10-yeal
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