The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1908-08-22
NORTH WEST NOTES

James BOneTi hBeu lVl, DeneNeu 10
be the Oldest resident of Montana. is
dead of asthma, at Virginia city.
In a wreck on the Northern Pacific
near Glendive. Mont, five people
we're killed and half dozen injured.
Engineer J. F. McMullen was in.
stantly killed at Arlee. Mont, by a
Northern Pacific engine. His body
was horribly mangled.
DR.. J. M. Wilson who, with Mrs.
Wilson, was injured in a runaway ac.
cident at Douglas, Wyo., will not be
crippled as at first reported.
The Colorado Federation of Labor,
In convention at Denver, by a viva
voice vote, Endorsed the Democratic
party In the national campaign.
Omaha, Neb., was selected as the
city in which the 1909 convention OF
Eagles will be held, at the session OF
the grand aerie held in Seattle.
George Evans and son, George, age
IL. and daughter. Bessie, age ID, were
drowned in Snake river, twelve miles
below Huntington. Ore, while bath.
ing.
The loss as the result OF forest fires
In the Bitter Root mountains in Mon.
tana will be great, several millions OF
feet Of fine timber having been de-
stroyed.
AS result OF washout on the
Tonopah & Tidewater railroad near
Shoshone. Cal. passenger train
plunged into chasm and three men
were killed
Governor Norris has appointed Rt
teen delegates to represent Montana
at the sixteenth national irrigation
congress, to be held at Albuquerque,
September 30.
Teddy Stanton. not three years old,
a son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Stan
ton, Of Plains, Mont. was accidental
ly shot through the head by a play.
mate. Ralph Stevens, aged Q. and died
later.
The State Bank Of Wheatland and
the First National bank of Wheatland,
Wyoming, have merged under the
name OF the former. which will here.
after conduct the banking business OF
that section.
State Senator p. l.. Flanagan Is to
be Endorsed at the Goldneld conven.
ton August % for Republican senator
against Senator Newlands. Consider
able Of boom for Senator Flanagan
has been raised.
Pueblo has been chosen as the meet
ing place for the annual convention
OF the Western Federation of Miners
Cor the district embracing Colorado,
Utah. Wyoming and New Mexico, and
the date set for September 1.
BENJAMIN Thompson Of Pleasant
Ridge. Wyo.. was thrown from his
horse and received injuries that may
cause his death. Thompson has been
unconscious since the accident, and
fears are entertained for his recovery,
ID. II. Stage, II years OF age. was
killed at the Monticello rooming
house In Helena. He was running the
the elevator at the place and was
caught between the floor of the ele.
vator and the door-jamb and crushed
TO death.
Reports we're received at the dis.
patchers Office at Sparks, New, from
Nina, New, that the residents OF that
little desert town were greatly per-
turbed over. what they thought to be
a volcanic eruption close by. on Au-
gust IA.
In a quarrel following a poker game
at Seven Troughs. Nevada, T. J. Long.
acre, better known as SNOWFALL
shot and killed d. C. Mclaughlin. q
miner. formerly OF Virginia City.
Longacre has been held on a charge
of murder
Judge John Y. Batterton, county
commissioner. died at Deer Lodge,
Mont, on August 10, aged so. Judge
Batterton came from Missouri in
1877. Prior to moving west he had
been probate and county Judge In his
native state
Eight million, eight hundred and
nine thousand sixteen dollars and If
ty cents is the amount of money
made by the Southern Pacific com.
pany in the state of California, during
the year ending on the first Monday
In March last.
Chief Justice Talbot, about whose
candidacy for reelection to the SUI
preme court bench of Nevada there
has been a great deal OF speculation
has decided that he will seek the nom
inatlon from the Democratic conven'
ton at Tonopah.
Five men are dead and another will
probably die as the result of an explo
sion that occurred at the Albrigh,
quarries, about forty miles south Of
Great Falls. Mont, where the lime
rock for the b. & NJ. smelter at Great
Falls is quarried.
Mrs. David Miller, wife OF a mineI
in the Frog Pond basin, northeast OF
Missoula, Mont. last week shot q
monster bear that was attempting tc
| break Into her cabin The hear was