The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-09-30
NORTHWEST NOTES

A steamship line between Seattle
and Panama has been organized to
carry freight only and to connect
with a similar fleet plying between
Colon and New York.
Three Portland firms engaged in the
grain business have acceded to the
demands OF the grain handlers, WHO
went on strike, and will pay 40 cents
an hour and 60 cents for overtime
Insurgent Republicans won sub
stantial Vi tory in the Republican
state convention which concluded
It's sessions at Colorado Springs on
Wednesday night, by the selection OF
a full state ticket.
A stab wound in the back OF the
neck of Bryan Cogger. the wealthy
Hood canal timber man, whose body
was found under an unoccupied
house in Seattle, makes it certain
that he was murdered
As the result of shooting ARRAY
at Billings, Mont, Deputy Sheriff and
County Jailer Thad Pound occupies a
cot in the local hospital seriously
wounded, and colored porter Tor
the Burlington road is dead. The ne
gro resisted arrest and began the
shooting.
Arthur Davis, a clerk employed In
the Miles City (Mont.) postoffice,
has been arrested by Inspector AL
bert A. Paisley of the postoffce de-
partment and will be given hearing
before United States Commissioner
J. B. Collins on a charge of robbing
the mails.
A work special and handcar con-
tanning six section men came into
way twelve miles east OF Butte. soc
Langlois and John Holm were in.
stantly killed. George Ander sustain
ed broken back and will die Two
others were injured
At meeting in Denver between
representatives of the Colorado Man
ufacturers' association and the Den
yer chamber of commerce it was de.
cided to file with the interstate COM
merce commission a petition asking
for reductions in practically all
freight rates to and from Denver.
The year 1911 will undoubtedly
prove to be the most Important in
the history of the Oregon Short Line,
Development. betterment and extern
sions will be the watchword and the
outlook Is most encouraging for the
states through which the system
operates-Utah. Idaho, Wyoming, Ne
vada and Oregon.
The jury In the case OF Stephen
Swftor, pioneer and well known
stockman OF Maiden, Mont. charged
with the murder Of Thomas Purke. a
well known Maiden mining man, on
June % last, returned a verdict OF
murder in the first degree. Burke
was shot down from ambush while at
work on a mining claim.
Congressman Frank w. Mondell.
Wyom1ng's only representative in the
house, is critically i'll at his home in
Newcastle. Wyo. He is president O:
the Dry Farming congress, conven.
Ing at Spokane October 6, but will be
unable to attend, as his physicians
state that he will not be up before
two months, at least.
The body of b. Cogger, a wealthy
business man of Coyle, Wash, was
found in sewer trench under an old
house in Seattle. with the throat cut
from ear to ear and an eye blackened
from a blow. There were FIVE wounds
In the throat. Cogger had been dead
about seven days. The police think
he was killed by thieves.
The body of Walso Perry. deputy
county assessor of Union county.
was discovered by friends who broke
into his house at La Grande, Ore, to
secure information that would ex.
plain Perry's absence from his office
during the last ten days. The body
was found on the staircase with five
shots in the back. There is no clew
to Perry's slayer and no known mo.
tive for the deed
Jesse Dare, who tried to hold up
country bank 20 miles from Clay
Center, Kan, December 80, and was
put to fight by the paying teller and
woman employee, has been arrested
at a grading camp in the suburbs at
Denver.
Fearing discovery by the train crew
William Clark. jr.. of Chicago. leaped
from fast passenger train near Green
River. Wyo., as the train entered the
depot, and was thrown under the
wheels. His right leg was cut off
at the knee.
John Tiberg. a Norwekian iaborer.
was arrested in Seattle, charged with
having stolen $l4,340 from the sluice
boxes of the Pioneer Mining COMPANY
OF Nome. Tiberg worked for the com
pany last summer and fell under sus.
picion.
The jury in the Petit murder trial
at Thompson, Mont, brought in a yer
dict of manslaughter and fixed the
punishment at five years at Deer
Lodge The defense ran along the