Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-01-22
NORTHW EST NOTES

On January IL, both houses perfecting |
G. N. Macarthur being |
chosen as speaker Of the house, and |
Jay Bowerman president of the SEN |
ate.
According to the report of the state |
Of public instruction
Of Montana, there are 1860 children
of school age in that state. This is a
gain of several thousand over the
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 a bottle. Both men fired sew
eral shots, but their aim was bad.
Sheepmen whose fiocks arp rang
ing in the Red Desert country in
Wyoming fear heavy losses as a re-
suit of the recent snowstorms. 1t is
estimated that there are at least
raillion 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-
ton by fire of the Great Northern
hotel at Everett, Wash. on January
IA. An explosion of gasoline caused
the fire.
The Southern Pacific oil house at
Wells, Nevada, was destroyed by fire
last week. For 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
John G. Beatty, aged 65, of Mount
Vernon, N. Y. said to be a wealthy
landowner, was found dead in 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
lest 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
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ranch interests of the state.
Beryl Benjamin Lasa, a young at
torney, was declared not guilty In
Federal Judge Lewis's court in Den
yer, of using the hypnotic eye" or
exercising powers of clairvoyance to
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 were caught in storm
while walking from a construction
camp to Reno. They were found b,
passers-by, and it is feared both men
will lose both legs, they were SO bad
ly frozen.
Bellingham, Wash, was shaken by
an earthquake at 3:45 o'clock January
IL. The buildings in all parts of town
were Jared. Hundreds of people
rushed into the streets. The duration
OF the shock was about ten seconds
Some of the brick buildings were sc
badly shaken that the plaster fell to
the floor
Wnat is probably the largest ..eru
CT caribou on earth, numbering, &C
cording to arrivals at Dawson from
Ladeux valley, half million, was
last week reported trekking in the
coarse of sudden change of winter
quarters from Sixty Mile creek to the
1gnana river, the line of march be
ing from IS to 20 miles in width.
IN his message to the legislature
Governor Chamberlain, of Oregon
urges strict observance of the direc
primary pledge on the election of s
United States senator. 1t happens
that Governor Chamberlain himself
is the choice of the people for the
senate.
o. w. Mathis, who confessed Il
wrecking the Exchange State banl
of Blaine Wash, in November, 1907
and pleaded guilty to a forgery
charge of May, 1908, receiving a sen
tence Of fourteen years in the peni
tertiary, has been partioned by Gov
ernor Mead.
The Denver Trades and Labo
assembly at recent meeting adopted
resolutions denouncing the recent de
cision of the supreme court of thu
District of Columbia sentencing Com
pers, Mitchell and Morrison of tn,
American Federation of Labor to fin,
and Imprisonment
: A lone masked bandit entered tn
Bridge restaurant on the West Holl
: street viaduct, Bellingham, Wash
: just before daylight on January II
He lined the patrons, cook and waite
l uD against the wall with a reVolye