The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-03-14
NORTHWEST NOTES

graph force. Stations are being closed
and the telegraph is being done away
with as much as possible.
The senate on March End passed
three public building bills for the in
termountain country-Lander, Wyo.,
$l65,OOO; Rock Springs Wyo., $4,000,
and Lewiston, Idaho, $4,000.
While Engineer Card and Conductor
Knox were fooling with a pistol at
| Caliente, Nevada, the weapon was ac-
cdentally discharged and Card was
| shot in the head and fatally injured.
The United States troops which
were ordered to Goldfleld, New, to
/ prevent mining riots three months
ago, broke camp on Saturday and re-
turned to their quarters at the Pre-
sidio and Monterey, Cal.
J. II. jain of the Seattle real estate
firm of Boyd & jain, of Seattle, went
to Darlington, Wash, and shot and
! killed Jesse b. Price. jain shot Price
! three times, and says that he killed
Price for prosecuting him.
United States Judge Hunt OF Hell
ena last week imposed sentence of
forty-eght hours in Jail and 5000 fine
on j. Il. Helm, well-known Cascade
| county ranchman, who pleaded guilty
| to the charge of illegal fencing OF gov
eminent lands in that section.
Big Louis, a chief of the Kalispell
! Indians, was shot and killed in a
drunken quarrel on the Flathead res
] Ia nv
dian, supposed to be Alexander
Pound, who was also shot and killed
IN turn by a friend of the chief.
1t is announced at Southern Pacific
headquarters at Reno, Nevada, that
the four and one-half mile tunnel
from Truckee to Blue canyon, on the
Southern Pacific, to cost $11 ,000,O 900,
will be commenced this summer.
Giuseppe Alto, the slayer of Father
Leo Heinrichs, was declared abso.
lutely sane in a report submitted to
District Attorney Stidger by four eX'
perts in mental diseases, who EXAM
ined the prisoner for several hours.
Emil Grutt, discoverer of Rawhide,
is to donate 100000 in gold, the pro.
duct of his mine in the new camp, to
be used in making a statue to be
placed at the head of the Nevada ex'
hibit at the International Mining eX'
position, which opens at New York
next May.
Daniel II. Weston, Montana pio'
neer, twice territorial treasurer OF
Montana, for years secretary on the
Montana club, newspaper man, former
capitalist, and for the last three years
chief bailiff in Judge Hunts court
was found dead in his room in Helena
on March 2.
Leaping upon the back Of Jailer A,
]. Butler while he was attending to
his usual duties about the Jail build
ing, at Ely, Nevada, j. A. Ellis, car
penter, who is insane, came near kill
ing the jailer. Other prisoners rush
ed to the jailer's aid, and undoubtedly
saved his life.
The Montana board of railroad com
missioners has passed a regulation re-
quiring railroads operating mixed
train service to put all cars, save
coaches, diners and sleepers, ahead
OF mail and baggage cars. The pur
pose is to protect employees in the
mail and baggage cars in case OF
wrecks.
Two men were killed and three bad
ly injured by an explosion near Mar
Gus, Wash. A big landslide had oc
Cured two miles south of Marcus. A
wrecking crew was putting in blast
to clear the track and stick OF dyna
mite had been placed in one OF the
holes, and an Italian began to lamp II
when the explosion occurred.
An attempt is being made to have
Chester Thompson, son of well
known Seattle attorney, released from
the asylum, where he was sent follow
ing his trial for the murder OF Judge
Emory. Mr.. Thompson seeks the
youths release under the Graves act
which provides for the release OF the
criminal insane upon their mental re
covery.
Four members OF gang OF youth
full robbers are under arrest at Bel
bingham, Wash. They have confessed
tc twenty-four burglaries and box cal
robberies, extending over period o.
ten months. A search of their homes
brought to light loot valued at more
than $1,000.
The Republican state central com
mittee met at Reno, Nevada, las
week, and a lively session failed u
pass resolutions endorsing the Roose
welt administration or mentioning ont
word for the candidacy OF Taft. i
: was the first victory for the adher
) ents of Hughes.
! A thousand colonists and more
spent Friday in Salt Like on thei
} way to points in the northwest. The!
| arrived in five trainloads over TIN
Denver & Rio Grande and laid owe
} for connections. These are the frs
, colonists to take advantage OF the an
: nual spring rates.
Bills passed the senate last weel
, authorizing the secretary of the in
tayInr IN fcuna nafanfu for pprtai