The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-07-29
INLAND NORTHWEST

Mrs. A. p. Dorance. the wife OF a
prominent Helena coal merchant, was
shot and killed by burglar at Hot
Springs hotel.
Miss Ina Patterson, school
teacher, is dead at Harlem, Mont,
from an overdose of poison which she
was using as flesh reducer. She was
20 years of age.
Laverne Sovereign, 15-year-old
boy was instantly killed by lightning
about ten miles from Great Falls,
Mont, while he and his brother, aged
II, we're driving into town.
The Butte Ministerial association
has passed resolutions calling upon
the sheriff and the county attorney to
stop the proposed prize fight, July 2S,
between Jack Tippets and Tony Ca
poni
A man has been arrested at Dillon,
Mont. who is believed to be Billy
Westbrook. wanted in Billings for
horse stealing, and for whom the Of
ficers have been searching for some
time.
Crazed with liquor. Fred S. Brown
ing shot his wife and attempted sui
eide at their home in Spokane. The
woman Is dead The man Is In the
hospital and is believed to be fatally
injured.
p. J. Patton of Merrill, Mont, has
just completed negotiations with Col
onel Thomas Cruise for the purchase
of 1900 head of spring lambs. This
Is the largest sheep deal made in the
state this year.
A new trial has been denied George
and Fred Elkins, prominent hotel
heepers of Reno, convicted of re-
ceiving stolen goods, and fines of
$1,000 and $500, respectively, were
imposed on them.
After August Is the Montana rail-
road will be operated from Chicago
instead of Helena, it is officially an
nounced by Auditor Welsh. The Mon
tana railroad extends from Lombard
to Lewistown, distance of 157 miles,.
The third annual carnival in COM
memoration of the pilgrimage of
Lewis and Clark from Montana into
idaho more than century ago by way
of what is now Helena was celebrated
in Helena last week.
While in the act of eating. A. G.
Spalding, a well known horsebuyer
from st. Louis, a member of the firm
of Spalding & Yates expired sud
denly in a cafe at Miles City, Mont.
Death was due to an affliction of the
heart.
James II. Donovan. brakeman,
has brought suit against the Chicago,
Milwaukee & Puget Sound railway,
asking judgment for $4,000 for the
loss of his right arm. 1t is alleged
that he was knocked under the wheels
by swinging door of car while
throwing a switch
f.. G. Ferguson, a Butte man, wants
the Chicago, Burlington G. Quincy
railway to give him $4,000 because
one of the defendants employees
struck him on the head with beer
bottle. Ferguson declares he was
struck by the bottle, without provoca-
ton, while riding in the smoker.
Alfred Workman, who claimed he
was member of a wealthy family in
Portland, Ore, committed suicide in
the county prison in Philadelphia
where he had been confined charged
with obtaining money under false pre-
lenses. He tore his clothes in strips
and hanged himself to a cell door.
Wheat on the dry farms near On
tario, Ore, is in excellent condition
this year, and is expected to make a
record crop While Malheur county
farmers do not give much attention
to wheat growing as a general crop,
nearly every farmer has a small field,
which will average from 80 to 40 bush
els an acre
The Seattle Chamber of Commerce
and the Alaska Yukon-Pacific exposi-
tion have petitioned the mayor and
city council to refuse a license to a
large eastern circus, whose flaming
posters are already on the billboards.
The petitioners set forth that the cir
Gus should not be permitted to COM
pete with the worlds fair.
1t is announced that Prince and
Princess Kuninomiya and Prince and
Princess Nashimoto, all of Japanese
royal blood, who are travelling in
Europe, will visit the Alaska Yukon
Pacific exposition on their way home
The crown prince will attend the fair
later.
Two hundred Masons, representing
all parts of the state participated on
July 20 in the dedication of the Ma
sonic temple, jrst completed in Lew
iston, Mont, at a cost of $4,000 Grand
Master c. b. Nolan of Helena conduct
ed the grand lodge service of dedica-
ton
Upward of 500 head of sheep, which
were being driven to summer pastur-
age on the Helena national forest,
were poisoned by loco southwest of