The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1908-05-22
NORTHWEST NOTES

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Franklin NJ Barnes Is charged With
having unlavfully taken 100000
feet Of timber from government frr
est reserves I'm san Miguel county
Colorado.
It Is Officially stated that $4,000
represents the loss to the Great
Northern Express company In the rob.
berry Of the companys strong box By
two bandits near Seattle
The house committee on public
lands has reported favorably bill
nllottlng In the state Of wyoming. un.
der the Carey act. 100000 acres OF
land TO be- subject TO reclamation
Mcagcr details have been received
OF the killing at Musscllshell Mont,
OF a woman named Mrs Wosson. The
tragedy occurred IN a saloon and two
men are being held pending an In.
ycstlEation
The federal grand jury sitting at
Denver has reported sixty Indictments.
including twcnty.slx for unlawful
fencing Of public lands thirteen for
perjury ln obtaining land. and one for
timber trosrass.
The body of william McCrudcn,
known as the Catholic Kid" who
was lost Ia the mountains near Salt
oso. Mont. early in December was
found last week by q party Of search.
crs. including Robert McCrudcn,
brother
Twenty houses on the east side OF
the main street Of Tonopah. Nevada,
wore destroyed by a fire which ORIG.
mated In lodging house A high
wind was blowing aud the entire city
was endangered The loss Is estima.
ted at 100000
W. j. Arkcll. well known In Reno
and once a prominent stock broker at
Manhattan. New, Is a bankrupt. His
liabilities are S27g,OiOGG and assets
II some worthless mining stocks and
about 5000 In money. Arkoll's llking
for fast horses, Il IS said is the cause
Of his downfall
4 case involving mining property
In the Silver Peak district valued ut
approximately StOO000OO. and which
has been In litigation In the Nevada
courts Tor the past twelve years. was
completed IN the district court at
Reno. New. last week. and will be-
5lbmlttgd to Judge Pike In briefs.
II e. announced that tho Madison
River gover company has secured OPP
tons On all the electric power plants
cast Of Billings. Mont. including
Nhaaa NJ H,iuv,bTu Ts.tia E,rgyth. Ma
Timber and Livingston. and will run
n power system from tho Dakota line
TO Billings from one central station
Glen Holbrook was found not guilty
az Antonito. Colo. on the charge OF
numbering NJ. W. Lowther. whom pc
shot and killed at Alamoaa. Fodfu
ary 20 last. Holbrook who was IN
Mrs. Lowther's apartments when her
husband Unexpectedly returned. claim
ed that he shot Lowther In seltde.
tense.
From his cell in the Alameda, Cal.
Jail. where he awaits sentence for tho
murder OF Mrs, Vernic Carmin, for
morly OF Springfield, Mo, Mark VIII
kins has sent out word that tho wom'
an who had lived at Elmhurst as his
wife. and whose body he buried In
shed behind their home, was not Mrs,
Carmin,
Federal Judge Hunt OF Helena has
granted nm injunction restraining
Butte and Anaconda Typographical
unions from interfering with the
| transactions OF the business Of the
| nuttorick Publishing company OF New
York. II was alleged that a boycott
had been placed on the concern by
these unions.
Helena has been visited by two die.
tlnct earthquake shocks. one Tuesday
and the other Thursday night OF last
week. The last shock was se
we're enough 10 throw one West side
woman into commissions and II made
several other people quite ill Houses
| rocked violently and dishes ratified
and pictures became askew.
A Chicago man has patented a pro-
ccss that will convert the sagebrush
Of the west into millions Of money by
utilizing II In scientific manner
| Potash is derived from tho ashes.
which contain Gl per cent, while ordi.
/ nary wood ashes contain only 81 por
| cent
A dramatic and unexpected feature
Of the Washington Republican state
convention. held az Spokane. was the
| adoption Of a local option plank, By a
vote OF SOC TO 25S. The convention
adopted unanimously resolution IA.
yoring the candidacy OF Secretary
| Taft.
Reno. Nevada merchants have filed
a petition with the Nevada railroad
commission, asking for an adjustment
Of freight rates that will enable them
TO compete with Salt Lake City. Los
Angeles and San Francisco dealers.
The commission will investigate their
request,
L. w. Hawley, expert on wood dis.
tillatlon for the forest service, LEFT
Washington last week for an extended
visit 10 Oregon Washington Montana
and Idaho, 10 investigate the possluil,
ity OF a future turpentlne industry In
the northwestern portion Of the Unit
ed States
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