Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-01-21
NORTHWE EST NOTES


in the Colorado capital in 1911.
The Oregon legislature assembled |
on January IL. both houses perfecting |
organizations, c. N. Macarthur being |
chosen as speaker of the house. and |
Jay Bowerman president Of the SEN |
nte.
According to the report OF the state
superintendent of public instruction
IF Montana. there are 76,969 children
of school age in that state. This is
fain of several thousand over the
preceding year.
The recent severe transforms have
caused a great deal of annoyance and
loss to residents of Reno, Nevada,
business houses along the river being
flooded and telephone and telegraph
service badly crippled.
In pistol duel in a saloon in Seven
Troughs, Nevada. George l.. Jordan
was shot in the left arm, after strik-
ing William Morrison over the head
with bottle. Both men fired sew
eral shots, but their aim was bad.
Sheepmen whose fiocks are rang
llDS III the lieu DtStIl guilty III
Wyoming fear heavy losses as a re-
suit of the recent snowstorms. 1t is
estimated that there are at least
r,illion head of sheep in that sec
ton.
Two men were burned to death,
enc was probably fatally burned. and
two painfully injured in the destruc-
| - ,, Urn.
hotel at Everett. Wash. on January
a. An explosion of gasoline caused
the fire,
The Southern Pacific oil house at
Wells, Nevada, was destroyed by fire
last week For a time the fire threat
ened to spread to adjoining railroad
property, but was held in check by
the efforts of citizens and railroad
employees.
The French three-masted ship
Alice, bound from London to Port
land, went ashore during a gale at
Ocean Park, which lies about twenty
miles up the Washington coast from
the Columbia river. The crew got
safely ashore.
JOuu ~ DSftlly, dSCA w. VI 4nOuhS
Vernon, N. Y, said to be wealthy
landowner, was found dead in a bath
tub in Denver, in which hot water
was running. AS far as known the
body had been in the water all night.
and was literally boiled.
Thomas Nasghton, one of the ear
Hest pioneers of Montana, aged 80
years, died suddenly at Helena on jan
uary IL. He was one of the first
settlers of Alder Gulch and was prom
tnently connected with mining and
ranch interests of the state.
Beryl Benjamin Lasa, young at
torney was declared not guilty in
Federal Judge Lewis's court in Den
yer, of using the hypnotic eye" OF
, exercising powers of clairyoyance tc
influence jurors to hand down yer
diets favorable to his clients.
George Campbell and William Par
nell came near losing their lives
thirty mics north of Reno, Nevada
when they we're caught in storm
while walking from construction
camp to Reno. They were found b
passers-by, end it is feared both mel
will lose both legs, they were so bad
~ frozen.
Bellingham, Wash, was shaken b,
: an earthquake at 3:45 o'clock Januar.
IL The buildings in all parts of tow
were Jared. Hundreds of people
, rushed into the streets. The duration
, OF the shock was about ten seconds
Some of the brick buildings were 81
badly shaken that the plaster fell Il
, the floor.
t WHAT is probably the largest --er'
CT caribou on earth, numbering, &C
5 cording to arrivals at Dawson from
+ Ladeux valley, half a million, wa
!, last week reported trekking in tn
. course of a sudden change of winter
e quarters from Sixty Mile creek to tn
7 19nana river, the line of march be
ing from IS to 20 miles in width.
f IN his message to the legislature
0 Governor Chamberlain, OF Oregon
:. urges strict observance of the direc
: primary pledge on the election of
: United States senator. 1t happen
f that Governor Chamberlain himsel
d lie the choice of the people for tn
senate.
y o. w. Mathis. who confessed
{ wIecking the Exchange State ban
r, of Blaine Wash, in November, 1907
s. and pleaded guilty to a forger
y charge of May, 1908, receiving ser
q tence Of fourteen years in the pen
g Tertiary. has been partloned by Gov
ernor Mead.
Q The Denver Trades and Labo
" assembly at a recent meeting adopte
0 resolutions denouncing the recent d,
II oision of the supreme court OF tn
q District of Columbia sentencing Con
t pers, Mitchell and Morrison of tn
y American Federation OF Labor to fin
and imprisonment.
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