The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-08-20
NORTHWEST NOTES

MISS Evelyn Tanner was thrown
from horse near Cokeville, WSo..
and almost instantly killed.
The citizens Of Butte win serd n
carload OF provisions to the IRE SUI.
ierers at Fernie, b. C.. or. II the SUI.
ferers wish, money.
Mrs. r. F. Soule. wife of a promi.
nent Anaconda business man, was
burned to death in her home by the
explosion OF an alcohol stove.
The town OF Clayton, Wash, has
been practically wiped out as the re-
suit OF forest fires. Clayton had n
population Of about 500 people.
A forest fire OF alarming proper.
lions did considerable damage in the
Occur dAlene national forest. in
Idaho. just across the Montana state
line.
The postmasters Of Montana met
at Helena on August 3 In the first an
nual meeting of the Montana Post.
masters association. The organixa.
ton was organized one year ago.
The state board OF equalization of
Montana has received returns from
all counties as to property valuations,
which show the following: Real es-
tate. sl24,ll7.s3S; personal, $sl,7ss..
sS7; railroads. $43.Sl6, 900.
Fourteen railways Of Colorado have
asked the federal court for an injunc-
ton restraining the members OF the
Colorado ,raslroad commissioh from
enforcing the law as to rates and rail-
way regulation against them.
Mrs. Steve Adams. wife OF the man
who was tried for the murder OF Ar.
thur Collins at Grand junction, and
who was acquitted of the charge, is In
Denver, and has left her husband, &C
cording to dispatch from Denver.
1t Is reported by railroad officials
that work on the new freight ter
ininal at Inlay. Nevada. has been re-
sumed and that before the work is
finished. which will be some time this
year, $4,000 win have been spent In
the improvement
The fire that has been burning In
the st. Lawrence mine at Butte for
nearly a quarter OF century. claimed
It's first victim last week. Peter Cal.
laghan. aged 25. who went into the
mine In new gas helmet, was over.
come and asphyxiated.
Ontario. Oregon, is in the throes OF
an oil boom. Every oil expert that
has inspected this field has made a
favorable report on the formation,
and that where so much natural gas
is found the indications are first-class
for an oil field In the vicinity.
John Kossuf. who had been drink.
ing, ran amuck at Kalispell, Mont.
und shot three men Alderman Schu-
nan received a flesh wound. while Ed
ward Dupont was wounded in the
temple. Henry Miller. lumberman,
was struck. but the course OF the bull.
let was changed by papers In his
pocket.
z. F. Bushnell OF Washington, chief
clerk in the postal service. Malcolm
ellis. postmaster at Butte: DIR. Roff,
postmaster at Missoula. and Judge
Cheadle of the district bench at Lew
istown. Mont. were all slightly In.
jured in an automobile accident near
Helena.
Malheur county, Oregon. OF which
Vale Is the county seat, is one OF the
very large counties of the state, be-
ing sixty miles wide and 1870 miles
long. with a population numbering
about $500 people. The taxable prop
erty aggregates something over y4.-
900, 900.
James Iverson. aged 30, Of Sparks,
Nevada, prominent member of the
Brotherhood OF Locomotive Engi.
neers. was accidentally shot in Blue
canyon. near Truckee. Cal, by his
companion, Harry Criss. while hunt
iLg for deer. Criss mistook lverson
for deer.
George F. Demars was shot and in
stantly killed by Jackson Reid, aged
IL. on Government island In the Lewis
4 Clark fair grounds. Demars. with
his father and brother, were fishing
on the island. and were ordered OF by
several children. among whom was
young Reid.
Convicted on charge Of violating
the anti-pass law, s. c. Watts was
fined $500 and Gertie Williams 500
in the federal court at Helena, Mont.
Watts, who Is a Great Northern brake
man, secured pass for his wife and
gave IL to the Williams woman. Both
were indicted.
NJ Stoltz. freight conductor hand
ling his last train as such. was killed
near Grand Junction, Colo. by being
1un over by train. Orders relieving
stoltz of his position as freight con-
ductor and promoting him 10 pas
scnger run were awaiting him at
Grand Junction.
One hundred sheep were struck and
killed by lightning while taking shell
ter from a storm at Bridgeport. Cal,
at the head of the Carson river. When
the storm came up the sheep rushed
under a tamarack tree while the her
der and his dogs sought the protec-
ton OF another.
The Bank of Austin. Nevada. one Of
the oldest banks Of that place, failed
last week. According To the cashier.
]. A. Miller. Jr.. however. IL is tenn
porary suspension. as he says the
oank has 1881 900 in outstanding
loans and $4,000 cash and owes about
the same amount
japanese section men captured a
rnbber In the act OF riding their
trunks in their bunk car at Bohemian.