The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-05-21
NORTHWEST NOTES


Benton, Ill, on May 4, at the age Of S.
The state board Of prison contract.
ors of Montana have accepted the
bid Of 80 cents day OF Henderson
& wayman of Butte for the care OF
the prisoners OF the state institution.
The bin of Senator Nixon OF Nevada,
authorizing the establishment Of a
FISH culture station In Nevada. has
been reported favorably. The sum
Of $4,000 is appropriated for the pur
pose Of carrying out the object OF the
bill.
Governor Norris OF Montana has of.
fered & reward of $500 for the arrest
and conviction OF the person or per
sons who dynamited the Burlington
train on the Northern Pacific tracks
near Butte. In which three persons
were killed.
Louis Ferris. who dynamited the
Burlington eastbound express near
Butte on the night of May 1. has
been formally charged with the at
tempt to wreck the train. Under q
statute passed by the last assembly
the penalty Is death.
Edward z. Brennan. q lawyer OF
Butte, has been arrested on charge
OF attempting TO extort $4,000 from
+. Augustus Heinze, on q complaint
made by Heinze. Brennan is 81
years old and his people are said to
be prominent residents OF Indianapo
lis
The various locals in Montana of
the Electrical Workers are taking a
referendum vote on the proposition
of reaching an agreement for the set
tlement Of the difficulties which have
existed for year past with the
Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone COM
pany.
The resignation of Michael Delaney.
the chief of police of Denver. has
been accepted by the fire and police
board. Delaney Is under bond TO APP
pear for trial on the charge of as
sault with intent to commit great bod
sly harm upon s. s. Matthews. a
blacksmith.
An automobile running at q speed
of fifty miles an hour dashed over an
embankment at Seattle. landing on a
raft of logs in the bay. seventy-five
feet below. The four occupants. two
young men and two young women,
were badly injured, the women prob.
ably fatally,
The dead body of Mrs. Anna Al
drich, who had been missing for sew.
eral days, was discovered last week.
hidden underneath the roots OF a
above Dixie, WASH, with the skull
fractured. Three men are under ar
rest, charged with the murder Of the
woman.
Negotiations for the purchase OF
the site OF the Moran company's shiT
building plant in Seattle by the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and st. Paul Rail
road company for terminal purposes
are In progress. Two million dollars
is the offer made. while the company
is holding out for two and a half mil
lions.
w. G. Conrad. multi-millionaire
banker, mine owner and ranchman
who is an avowed candidate for the
vice presidential nomination on the
Democratic ticket, has opened head
quarters in Great Falls. Mont, and
Warner G. Stensel Of New York has
been engaged to manage his cam
paign-
The news comes from Basin, wyo.
| that water was turned through the
entire ffty-four miles OF the Big Horn
| County canal for the first time on
Sunday. 1t will irrigate 10000 acres
| OF land on the west side OF the Biz
Horn river The canal cost 100000
and it required three years to con
| struct IT,
Howard Elliott, president Of the
Northern Pacific. announces that his
company will throw open Immediately
| 200, 900 acres OF land near Glendive
Mont. and in the near future 100000
acres near Billings. The company
will endeavor to bring in only actua
settlers. the deeds being conditioned
| on residence.
| Antoine j. Sasserne. one of the mos
prominent citizens of Palisade. Ne
vada, becoming Respondent over busi
ness conditions, shot himself through
the temple with a target rife. dealt
being instantaneous. Sasserne wal
the proprietor of the principal hote
| at Palisade.
| Ole johnson, a farmer from Mime
sofa. who is in Oregon looking fol
farming lands. reports that he wal
robbed Of $4,000 on an Oregon Rail
way a Navigation train between Her
mission and Portland. He believes
| the money was taken from him while
he was asleep.
Red tRoyl Hisle has been ar
rested at Denver on the charge o
numbering Charles Huntington
Wright. the Globe express messenger
who was shot and killed In his ca
near Denver Hisle is q years OLD
and is said by the police 20 have I
criminal record.
The state board of railway commits
sioners of Montana are wrestling will
the problem of distance tariff rates
The railroads contend that the rate
proposed by the commission would b
( 81 little benefit. a large proportion o
the business now being handled un
der commodity rates.
An Indian called Keno. while on
| drunken debauch, became entangle,
In a barb wire fence about ten mile
from caiiente. and was out all nigh
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