The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-06-20
NORTHWE NOTES

given.
| Fire at Vancouver, Wash, practical
~ destroyed the Pittock & Leadbetter
lumber mill. Loss 100000 The
cause of the fire has not been ascer
tanned.
| Farmers OF Washington will lose
large amount of their grain crop this
year, owing to the fact that much of
1t has been blown out by heavy winds
in certain sections.
The Kansas Colorado Railroad COM
pany was incorporated last week for
The purpose of building an electric
or steam railway from Canon City,
Colorado, to Garden CITY, Kansas. The
| company is capitalized for $5,000,0O0.
Land Commissioner bennett and
Law Clerk Ballinger left Washington
last week to make tour OF inspection
OF local land Offices and surveyors gen.
eral Offices in Idaho, Oregon, Washing.
ton, California, Utah, New Mexico and
| Arizona.
The stage between Fallon and Raw.
hide, Nevada, was held up and robbed
by two men on June 10, the robbers
securing the Wells-Fargo treasure box
containing, It is believed, a good sum
of money consigned to the banks and
mining companies at Rawhide.
The state board of prison commits
sioners at Helena has abolished the
prison contract system, taking over
Conley & McTague, the former prison
contractors, their penitentiary equip
ment at Deer Lodge, on q lease Of
| $4,000 year, appointing Frank Con.
ley, warden, at a salary of $4,000 an.
! nually.
Captain z. l.. Birthound, pioneer, de
signer of the Georgetown loop, path
finder on the Union Pacific railroad In
It's original surveys through thous
and miles of territory in Nebraska,
Colorado, Wyoming and Utah, and
one Of the first engineers Of the Pan
ANA railroad, died In Golden, Colo,
last week.
A preliminary estimate Of 17.710,000
acres of spring wheat sown, or more
than 631, 900 acres more than last
year. and placing the condition on
| June / of winter wheat at SO per cent,
against TIA per cent year ago, and
of rye at 91.3 per cent, as against
1915 per cent on May /, is made in
the June grain report.
State Police Oficer Otis of Raw
hide, Nevada, has been found guilty
of assaulting Carl Young and fined
500 and costs. The trouble grew out
of continued Ill feeling between the
two men, as Young has been violently
opposed to the presence of the state
police in Rawhide, and Otis in partic
ular. Otis says he will appeal his
case.
Requisition papers for NJ. o. Reed
have been issued by Governor Dick.
erson of Nevada. Reed has been ar.
rested In the state OF Washington for
passing fictitious checks in Goldfield
several months ago. At the time his
crime was committed he escaped, but
was arrested few days ago in Seat
for trial.
Many eastern papers are sending in
quiries to the papers OF Reno, Nevada,
asking for particulars of the tragic
death of Nan" Harrison, or better
known as Nan" Sutherland, the sing
er. at the hands of William McCaus
land, her jealous lover. There is nc
foundation for the report that she
might be Man" Patterson of Floro
dora fame.
While at Reno last week Clarence
w. Mackay increased his other gifts
to the University Of Nevada by $2S,
900 for the benefit OF athletes. Fifteen
thousand is for a building for training
quarters and ten thousand is men
toned for a quartermile track. The
gift is conditional on the raising Of
$1,000 by the alumni and the same
amount by the students.
While driving near Reno, Nevada
Mrs. George Winters shot and killed
j. A. Beatty, with whom she was rid
ing, took the body from the buggy ant
drove to Sparks and gave herself up
Mrs. Winters claimed she shot In sell
defense. Beatty was a business mar
OF Sparks and the woman is the wifi,
OF George Winters, son OF the lat,
Theodore Winters. the prominen
horse breeder
Following a dispute over the tltl'
to a mining claim, Martin Lorenzo
a prospector, shot and killed Jacl
Bell, his former partner on Happ!
creek, in Nevada, Bell and Lorenzo
met in the hills and dispute ensued
Bell pointed his rifle at Lorenzo, de
claring he would shoot, whereupoI
Lorenzo Aired, topping Bell from hi
horse Lorenzo then walked to hi
PROSTATE foe, firing two more shot
into his body.
Suit has been filed in the United
States court in Butte by Justice o
the Peace Patrick Colligan. represent
ing the people OF Walkerville, askinl
that the zinc mill of the La France
, Copper company, controlled by F. A
uaIn.a anA lnnotad t,nnp tho \ axino