The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-05-28
NORTHWEST NOTES

charge OF unlaWfuIly enclosing z,o0O
acres of government land in Wyom-
fng.
Franklin NJ. Barnes is charged with
having unlawfully taken 100000
feet of timber from government for
est reserves in San Miguel county.
Colorado.
Ii is officially stated that $5,340.2O
represents the loss TO the Great
Northern Express company in the rob
berry of the company's strong box by
two bandits. near Seattle.
The house committee on public
lands has reported favorably a bill
allotting in the state of Wyoming. un-
der the Carey act, 1000 900 acres OF
land 10 be subject TO reclamation.
Meager details have been received
of the killing at Mussellshell. Mont,
OF a woman named Mrs. Wesson. The
tragedy occurred in a saloon and two
men are being held pending an in
vestigation
The federal grand jury sitting at
Denver has reported sixty indictments,
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fencing of public LANDS. thirteen for
perjury in obtaining land. and one for
timber trespass.
The body Of William .McCruden.
known as the Catholic Kid" who
was lost in the mountains near Salt
found last week by party OF search
ers, including Robert McCruden. q
brother
Twenty houses on the east side OF
the main street of Tonopah. Nevada,
were destroyed by a fire which origi.
mated in lodging house. A high
wind was blowing and the entire city
was endangered. The loss is estima
ted at $l50.0o0.
w. ]. Arkell, well known in Reno
and once prominent stock broker al
Manhattan, New, is a bankrupt. His
liabilities are s27s,040.66 and assets
of some worthless mining stocks and
about 5000 in money. Arkell's liking
for fast horses, 1t is said, is the cause
of his downfall.
A case involving mining propert.
in the Silver Peak district valued al
approximately $1o,0o0.00o. and which
has been in litigation in the Nevads
courts for the past twelve years, was
completed in the district court a
Reno. New, last week, and will bs
submitted to Judge Pike In briefs.
It ic announced that the Madison
| TiNar cppapany boc carpra5 mn
tons On all the electric power plant
| cast of Billings, Mont. including
those at Columbia Falls. Forsythe, BIZ
Timber and Livingston. and will run
a power system from the Dakota lin
to Billings from one central station
Glen Holbrook was found not guilt,
ut Antonito, Colo, on the charge o
numbering M. w. Lowther, whom h
shot and killed at Alamosa, Fedru
airy 20 last. Holbrook, who was II
Mrs. Lowther's apartments when he
husband unexpectedly returned, claim
ed that he shot Lowther in self-de
tense.
From his cell in the Alameda, Cal
Jail, where he awaits sentence for tn
murder of Mrs. VERNE Carmin, FOL
merly of Springfield. Mo-. Mark Wi
kins has sent out word that the won
an who had lived at Elmhurst as hi
wife. and whose body he buried in
shed behind their home, was not Mr.
Carmin.
Federal Judge Hunt Of Helena ha
granted an injunction restrainin
Butte and Anaconda Topographic;
unions from interfering with tn
transactions of the business of tn
Butterick Publishing company of Ne
York. 1t was alleged that a boycot
had been placed on the concern b
these unions.
Helena has been visited by two di
tinct earthquake shocks. one Tuesda
and the other Thursday night OF lal
week The last shock was s
we're enough to throw one West sic
woman into commissions, and 1t mad
several other people quite Ill. House
rocked violently and dishes rattle
and pictures became askew.
A Chicago man has patented a pr
cess that will convert the sagebrus
of the west into millions of money
utilizing IL in a scientific manne
Potash is derived from the ashe
which contain 81 per cent, while ord
nary wood ashes contain only 81 p'
cent.
A dramatic and unexpected featu
of the Washington Republican sta
convention. held at Spokane. was Il
adoption of local option plank. by
vote OF SOC to 25S The conventit
, adopted unanimously a resolution
voring the candidacy of Secreta
Taft
Reno. Nevada, merchants have fill
a petition with the Nevada railroi
commission. asking for an adjustme
of freight rates that will enable the
to compete with Salt Lake City, l.
Angeles and San Francisco dealer
The commission will investigate the
request.
l. w. Hawley. expert on wood d
tiliation for the forest service. Il
Washington last week for an extend
visit to Oregon. Washington. Montai
and Idaho. To investigate the FOSSIL
lty of future turpentine industry
the northwestern portion Of the TN
! ed Sts.es.
George Rock. who. with three 9th
conyicts. made desperate attempt
a escape from the state penitentiary
near \ odra xfnnt during witch III