The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1908-04-03
NORTHWEST NOTES

fUrcd by Senator Bourne of oregon
for the hcstwrittou argument why
President Roosevelt should be- elected
20 a third term. The contest CLOSED
ON February 10.
a crowd " forty tramps seized
freight train OF the Southern Pacific
company Bt Oryna. Nevada and
forced the crew TO run the train Ca
WinnCmuCc1. h0yuiuc miles. whore
they stopped the train outside OF Oh,
town ana scattered.
Tho town Of Tuscarora. Nevada. one
Of the oldest In the state. has boon
almost dcpupulatcd through news OF
the strike at Gold Circle The TuF
carora News has suspended puhllca
ton owing 20 the editor and printers
all Joining the rush.
TO meet the demands OF the fruit
growers of California. ten extra
freight trains have been put ON the
Southern Pacific during tFc past two
weeks. giving employment TO some
thing like sixty traInmon. whose
homes are IN ogden.
OGclals Of tho Montana Mine own.
crs association hayc announced that
they have completed arrangements 70
take over the Panhandle smcltcr at
Pom DOrcillc. Ida, near Sand Point
The association expects TO be smelling
ores within thirty days
Three bandits held up Edward
Hoffman and secured $4,000 belong.
Ing to the Coalition Mining company.
at Reno. Nevada, last week. after
which they made their way to
schurz. stole n handcar and escaped
into the Walker lndian reservation.
one Of the tirst coal mines Ia wyo
ming was opened by the stage com
Iany IN 1866. near the old overland
trnll crossing Rock Creek. IN what ls
now Albany county. Tho coal was
used for blacksmithug In the yIcln.
ity Of the opening and was also car
ricd to other places for the same pur
pose.
The town OF Rawh.dc. Nevada. ~
built along an arroyo that drains
tuuthcrly 10 n desert nat, surrounded
by mountains on the east side OF
the arroyo are Grutt. Balloon and
Murray HIS connected, one 20 the
other. by saddles, while on the oppo.
site side Is Roscbury. or Hooligan
hin.
w. F. Armstrong, so-callcd bad
man" from Wyoming. was shot and
killed In the Palace saloon. In Whine.
mucca, Nevada, by ". II. Carter. one
Of the managers. Eyc.witnessos say
the shooting was In selCdofonso. a.
Armstrong accused an employee of
stealing his money. and when Carter
demonstrated. pulled gun.
The board OF trustees OF the Uni.
yersity OF Wyoming have removed
President Frederick Monroe Tlsdol on
the ground OF alleged maladml9istra
ton, characterization and untruthful.
ness IN university AFFAIRS. Recently
President Tisdol Issued a public state.
ment making graft charges against
the trustees.
Investigations made by the geolo
gists OF the United States geological
survey have shown that coal beds
ranging In thickness from few
inches 10 six feet or more occur at
several horizons In the shalos and
sandstoncs OF the western portion OF
the Laramie basin, Wyoming. though
they appear TO be irregular In their
distribution.
Attorney John n. Welcome, one OF
the largest individual ranch owners
OF the state. died on March 20, OF
pneumonia. at his homo In Madison
county, Montana. He was 40 years
old and native OF New York. As
manager OF w. A. Clark's senatorial
campaign In tho legislature In 1898,
he was charged with having offered
large sums OF money for votes for
! Clark.
After expanding fortune In tho
search. the engineers OF the recla.
nation service have at last struck
bed rock. Go feet below the bed OF
the Shoshone river, and work will at
once begin on the shoshone dam OF
the reclamation service In Wyom.
ing, n dam which will be $40 feet
high, exclusive OF Go feet beneath
the bed Of the river. the highest IN
the world, and which will make pos.
slblc the conversion into fields and
orchards OF 10000 acres Of land,
Forty acres Of land six miles from
Caldwell last week sold for $1,000
| The land was all unimproyed. bW
with good water right.
Western railroads have announced
that during the national Democratic
convention special rates will be put
in effect as follows The round trir
between Chicago and Denver, $50;
between ST. Louis and Denver, S25,
and between Omaha and Kansas City
and Denver. $3.50.
The Democratic state convention
Of Colorado 10 elect delegates 10 tho
national convention will be held nj
Glenwood Springs June 10, The
| Democratic state central committed
issued the call for the convention and
! endorsed William j. Bryan for the
presidential nomination.
a Reno, Nevada, man is looking FOL
100 women 10 settle IN a new colony
90 be started on a new cO-Operatlv,
plan on an island south OF Honolulu
Young girls, old maids and married
women will be on an equal basis, ant