The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-04-08
NORTH w EST NOTES


The Naples authorities are taking
extraordinary precautions to insure
the safety of former President Roose-
welt during his short visit to that
city
A special train, bearing portion
Of the Hartman party, broke all ex
listing records from Cheyenne to
Jutesburg, Neb., covering the las
miles in las minutes.
The United States government has
brought suits in equity at Grand
Junction, Colo, against sixty corpora
lions and individuals, charging them
with cutting timber illegally from the
government reserves.
1t is planned to make test case OF
the Southern divorce case, being
tried at Reno, Nevada, without either
of the interested parties being In the
court room, the testimony all being
In the form Of dispositions
After litigation extending over
twenty.three years, Joseph II. Boyd,
president of the National Iron works
in Spokane, has been awarded judg
ment of 100000 against the North.
ern Pacific railroad. The case began
In 1886.
Governor Shafroth Of Colorado has
given endorsement of the dry farming
movement by attending the recent
convention at Cheyenne and later ex-
pressing his pleasure at the selection
of Denver for the permanent head.
ouartp arg of the cOnprpsS
The federal grand jury at Reno.
Nevada, has returned indictments
against l.. l.. Patrick and M. B.
O'Farrell, Goldheld brokers. charging
them with having used the mails
fraudulently in connection with the
promotion of mining stock.
The necessary grading on the cut
off between Wells and Deetn, New.
has been completed by the contractors
and everything is In readiness for the
laying of rails and cross-ties and the
construction of a section house on the
sixteen-mile stretch of roadway.
A special dispatch from Winnipeg
says that a new alliance has been
made between ex-President Hill and
the Canadian Northern railway. Joint
negotiations are now going on for
the purchase OF terminals of the Ca.
madam Northern on the Atlantic
coast at Quebec.
Martin Walker and James Tanna-
| hill were imprisoned by cave-in In
the Potosi mine at Virginia City. New.
| Men were put at work in another part
of the mine to open drift to the
entombed miners and soon afterward
| the latter sounded on the tunnel
walls. indicating they were safe. The
men were finally rescued.
| Through newspaper picture OF
James G. Boyle, alleged kidnaper OF
Billy Whitla, he was Identified by
Detective d. o. Smith as the man
who, over a year ago, is thought tc
have been accused of passing worth
| less checks at Tacoma. While In Ia
coma he posed rs an employee OF a
we'll known oil company.
At Victor, Mont. the 7-year-sld
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Fowler was burned to death. The
child was with her father In the field
where he was burning stubble. The
father was attracted by the cries of
the child, whose dress had caught
fire, but before he could do anything
for the little one, she was beyond all
hope.
Theodore Maynard, a wealthy far
mer, living six miles northeast OF Bel
bingham, Wash, drove into town with
| l,t xtrifn hn oft Tod IN halr
her out of the carriage he found he
had been riding with dead woman.
She had died some time during the
drive.
BY saving their way through the
bars OF a window in the basement
floor of the building. four convicts
made bold attempt to escape from
the penitentiary at Salem, Ore. The
prison officials were cognizant or the
plot, however, and the break was pre-
vented.
The Fourth Dry Farming Congress
will be held at Billings. Mont, In Oc-
the products raised by arid agricul
ture In the western United States
Canada, Mexico, Brazil, the Trans
vaal, Russia, Australia and other
countries.
After seventeen hours deliberation
the jury in the case of Joseph Brown
charged with the murder Of Robert
Gilruth. rapchman near Lolo, Mon
tana, February %, returned verdict
of manslaughter and fixed the penalty
at ten years Imprisonment. the max
imum penalty.
In an order received at the United
States land Office at Helena with
drawal notice of five sections Of
land in the Willow Creek district OF
Montana, is made for the preserva
ton of birds and other purposes. This
is said to be the first order of Its
kind ever issued.