Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-07-29
INLAND NORTHWEST

prominent Helena coal merchant, was
shot and killed by a 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 a flesh reducer- She was
p 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. were 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 %,
between Jack Tippets and Tony Ca
POM.
A man has been arrested at Dillon,
Mont, who is believed TO be Billy
Westbroolx wanted in Billings for
horse stealing. and for whom the OF
Acers 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 $4,000 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
keepers OF Reno, convicted of re-
ceiving stolen goods. and fines of
$1,000 and $500. respectively, We're
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, a distance of 157 miles.
me third annual carnival in com
memoration of the pilgrimage Of
; Lewis and Clark fran 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. c..
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 affiction of the
| heart
| James II. Donovan, a brakeman,
} has brought suit against the Chicago,
Milwaukee & Puget Sound railway,
, asking Judgment for $4,000 for the
, loss of his right arm. II is alleged
that he was knocked under the wheels
by a swinging door of a car while
throwing a switch.
= E. G. Ferguson. a Butte man. wants
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
! railway to give him $4,000 because
one of the defendants employees
? struck him on the head with a beer
bottle. Ferguson declares he was
S struck by the bottle without provoca
, ton, while riding in the smoker.
4 Alfred Workman, who claimed he
was a member of a wealthy family II
l. Portland Ore, committed suicide il
v the county prison in Philadelphia
q 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
record crop While Malheur count.
farmers do not give much attention
to wheat growing as a general cror
n a. ko oil Fol
e which will average from 80 to 40 bush
d els an acre
e The Seattle Chamber of Commerce
IT and the Alaska-Yukon-Paciic exposi
n ton have petitioned the mayor ant
a city council to refuse a license to
r. large eastern circus, whose flaming
s posters are already on the billboards
J. The petitioners set forth that the Gil
Gus should not be permitted to CON
pete with the worlds fair.
It is announced that Prince an
Princess Kuninomiya and Prince an
Princess Nashimoto, all of Japanes
" royal blood. who are travelling il
= Europe will visit the Alaska-YukOI
u Pacific exposition on their way home
p The crown prince viii attend the fai
later
9 Two hundred Masons. representa-
70 all parts of the state, participated o
n July 20 in the dedication of the M;
D. sonic temple, just completed in Lev
o. iston Mont. at a cost of $4,000. Gran
n Master C. b. Nolan of Helena conduc
II ed the grand lodge service Of dedic'
ton.
70 Upward of 500 head of sheep whic
y, were being driven to summer pastu
D. age on the Helena national fores
n were poisoned by loco southwest {
f. Helena and died Rain on the PR
2 vious day is supposed to have give
l. the poison weed an abnormal growt
over night.
e. Mrs Howard W. Cherry. wife OF tn