The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1906-1908, 1908-01-25
NORTHWEST NOTES

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wheat crop of the state.
Senator Clark has introduced bill
providing that a term of the Federal
district and Circuit courts for Wyom-
ing shall be held in october each
year at Lander, Wyo
Judge BGurquin, in the district court |
at Butte last week continued the hear
ing incident to the application for a |
receiver for the suspended State Saw
ings bank until February II.
Aunt" Sarah Bryant. a colored wo-
man, said to have been l25 years old,
| died at Gunnison, Colo, last week.
/ She was born a slave in Missouri, and
had lived in Gunnison twenty years.
Reproyed by her mother for scold.
ing a younger sister, Bessie Conroy,
aged IA, living in Anaconda, took car
bolic acid and died in an hour The
father, Barney Conroy, works in Great
Falls.
The New York store, leading la
dies furnishing and dry goods estab-
lishment of Cheyenne, has failed. The
Indebtedness is placed at $4,000,
while the assets are estimated at
about $4,000.
More than 80 per cent of the Oil
business in Colorado, Wyoming, Utah
and New Mexico is controlled by the
Standard Oil company, according to
I testimony adduced at the hearing of
the governments suit to dissolve cor
poration.
! While Herbert Farnum of Hillyard,
Wash, was driving near Mead a Whit
, fie tree broke and his horses ran
: away, dragging him over the dash
7 board. Death was instantaneous, his
g neck being broken. Farnum was mar
ried last New Years day.
= Senator Newlands of Nevada has
. been appointed a member Of the i'm
e portant committee of commerce tc
. succeed Senator Mallory OF Florida
= who died recently. The assignment
!, will be of advantage to Senator New
9 lands in the way of advocating hfi
y plan for improving of inland water
ways.
The San Francisco Examiner say
Is that, acting on the complaint Of seV
o eral hundred stockholders, federal OF
r ficials have started an investigation
q into the affairs of the National All
= ship company of Portland. Sales o
4 stock, amounting to about quartz
i of million dollars, are alleged I
II have been made.
A receiver has been appointed TO
!, the Exchange State bank Of Blaine
}. Wash, which closed it's doors JAM
- airy Is. The affairs of this bank ar
alleged to be in a hopeless tangl'
and the institution practically withor
funds. o. c. Mathis, cashier, has di
appeared and a warrant has been 1
sued for his arrest.
w. F. Grace of Goldfield, Nevad
threw rock through the plate glas
window of the State bank, because
had $500 on deposit in the bank an
the bank had failed to reopen for bus
ness when promised. He was arres
ed and secured his "elease by givir
check for $500 against his accoul
in settlement of the damage.
Arrangements have been practici
ly completed between the Helena n
tional Forest and Allen Gold Mini
company of Anaconda for the large
timber sale ever made in Montana.
involves the transfer from the &C
eminent to the mining company OF
the timber on the Boulder watershe
comprising approximately 100000
feet of lumber.
A special to the Helena Record fro
Twin Bridges says that j. E. Woo
worth, one of the wealthiest stockm
in southern Montana, lies at dealt
door as the result of fall receiv
while skating, his fayorite pastin
He fractured his skull and is still I
conscious.
Frank Stephens of Meaghen coun
Montana, has just concluded a d.
for the purchase of the W. d. Corb
cattle holdings in Valley county.
there are 10000 in the bunch, the d
is one of the largest in the history
the state of Montana, The sale
made at $25 head.
F. K. Stark of Tacoma and Gertrl
Gamble of Vancouver, B. c., W
found dead at the Glide hotel in
coma. Death was caused by asphy,
ton. 1t is supposed that in an
tempt to turn out the gas stove, VIII
was in the room, they failed to S
the gas off entirely
Keevil Albring, son of a promin
farmer living near Spokane, was n
dered and robbed by tramp who
riding to town with the young n
The murderer left the body by
roadside and drove the team to tt
and tied the horses to post, a
which he disappeared
The Butte Miners union has ad
ed resolutions asking Presit
Roosevelt to pardon President Jos
shannon of the Montana state III
of the Western Federation of Mir
who is now confined in the county
of Lewis and Clark county, at Hell
for contempt of court.
Carl Nj. Clemments, chairman
the Democratic state central com
tee of the state of Washington,
arrested at Des Moines, Iowa, one
last week, charged with assaultil
.-.s man who once had paid attention
his wife charge of attempt to
was placed against him.
III State Veterinarian M. E. Kno
M has submitted to the governor OF
tana his report for the year
closed. The report shows that in
M eral places in the state during
III year a new disease among horses
occurred and DR. Knowles oh
terizes it as relapsing fever.