The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1909-01-30
NORTHW EST NOTES

Tacoma for alleged embezzlement at
Spokane, gave bonds in the sum OF
$4,000, and will demand immediate
trial.
John H. Horner, proprietor OF the
hotel at Deitz, Wyo., dropped dead on
January 20, from heart disease. Hor.
ner was we'll known in hotel circles
Of Utah, Wyoming and Montana.
The Butte Miners union Is raising
fund for a monument to the late
George A. Pettibone of Orchard muir.
1er-trial fame. Subscription lists are
still open. The shaft, it is said, will
he raised in Denver.
Sterilization of the criminal insane
is the object of one of the important
measures introduced in the Oregon
lie gislature. The measure is being ad
vocated by many physicians, and II Is
arousing unusual interest.
A richly dressed woman was found
face down in a skiff half filled with
water floating In the bay at Seattle.
The only clue to the identity of the
woman was delicately tattooed
bracelet on the left arm with the word
"Milly" on It.
1t is believed that Or. II. l.. Stuart
who left Ocean Springs, Miss In
Marcel 1907, for the gold fields OF
Nevada, has persisted in the desert,
The last word received of DR.. Stuart
was from Wellington, near Walker
Lane, and Reno.
After a prolonged debate the Ore
gon senate refused to memorable
congress to adopt measures for the
suppression of polygamy. Republican
members declared that Utah, the
state aimed at, is capable of taking
care of the question.
WfNlam Rocket of Fall River,
Mass, formerly employed at the Utah
Construction company on the Western
Pacific railroad, was found dead sit
Ting wright in chair in a back
room of a saloon in Reno, Nevada.
The cause of death is unknown.
At a meeting OF the executive com,
mittee of the Colorado Federation OF
Womens clubs in Denver, Mrs,
Adrlanna Hungerford, president OF
the Colorado w. C. T. u, charged that
polygamy was being practiced openly
In the southern portion Of the state,
Because of financial losses and poor
Lealth, Fl. ID. Cough, state organizer
for the Woodmen of the World, and
well known in Montana, made des
rerate but probably unsuccessful at
tempt to commit suicide at Living
ston, slashing his wrists and throat
The Central Colorado Electric Pow
er company has closed a contract for
building the Baker reservoir dam In
Boulder county at a cost Of 100000.
rhe new dam will be the largest in
Colorado and will impound 100000.
900 cubic feet of water. 1t will be
$50 feet high and $50 feet long on the
crest
The first serious mishap on the
Montana Northern Pacific as a result
of the high water caused by the warm
weather of last week, and the conse.
quent melting Of the heavy snowfall,
occurred at Eddy, Mont, when 100
feet Of track was washed out and
through heavy train service brought
to a standstill.
p. s. Hanson, head carpenter OF the
Meyer & Chapman bank In the course
Of construction In Red Lodge, Mont,
was instantly killed by the door and
framework of the vault, weighing $500
pounds, falling on him. The acct
dent occurred while Hanson was talk
ing to the wife of one of the owners
of the building.
II develops that w. l.. Seeley, who
killed his wife and daughter at Seat
tie, and then committed suicide, had
borrowed money, saw no way to pay 1t
back, and let false pride keep him
from making known his desperate
financial straits to his friends or rela.
lives, and ended the struggle.
The trial of George Frankhauser at
Helena on the charge of robbing a
Great Northern train near Rondo in
September, 1907, Is now on. The evil
dence adduced tends to show the
presence of Frankhauser and his al.
legged companion in crime, Mcdonald,
in the vicinity OF Rondo Immediately
prior to the sensational affair.
Radical changes are proposed by
sportsmen in eastern Washington as
amendments to the new code of. laws
for the protection of game to be sub
mitted to the Legislature, now in SEES
sion at olympia, by the Washington
state Game and Fish Protective asso
citation.
Governor b. b. Brooks, as com
mander-in-chief OF the Wyoming mi
lltia, has reappointed Adjutant-Gen
oral p. A. Gatchell and Assistant AID
jutant-General w. r. Schnitger. The
remainder of the staff was reap
pointed with one or two minor ex
ceptions.