Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-12-05
NORTHWEST NEWS NOTES

- w. iNoidAu ol OToIlHO, luanO, was
recently killed by train near Black
river junction in western Washington.
Ora Knight, well known young man
OF Pendleton, Ore, killed himself re-
Gently by firing bullet through his
body.
AT Mullan, Idaho, Mrs. John Ander-
son cut her throat by slashing from ear
10 ear with razor. Physicians say
she will recover.
salt Lake City officers are unable
10 determine how Joseph Evans, whose
pody was found on the shore of Great
salt lake Sunday, lost his life.
Ihe details of the annual stock show
OF the Northwest Live Stock associa.
tlon to be held in Lewiston, Idaho, De-
cemoer . to 10, have been completed
SUIT to regain possession of 100000
more acres of Southern Pacific oil
lands will shortly be brought in the
United States district court of south.
ern California.
The jury in the $4,000 damage suit
OF w. w. Terrell OF Occur d'Alene lake
versus the Washington Water Power
company, returned verdict of $4,000
IN favor OF the plaintiff.
James Haughey and George Starkal
were so badly burned that they will die
"heh the contents of ladle contain
ing TOUR tons OF copper was accidental
~ spilled upon them at the Washoe,
smelter at Anaconda.
Soldiers from Fort Yellowstone have
peeh stationed on the borders OF the
Yellowstone National park for the past
lew days attempting to drive back the
large band of elk which is drifting over
the border.
Fire which broke out early Sunday
morning In the Geiser building, Baker
City, oregon, occupied by the Racket
store and the Vaughan Investment
company Quilted the building entailiny
an $4,000 loss.
A. j. Trumbull. mill man, who lives
lew miles east of Whitefish, Mont,
recently sold 13 turkeys for $4S.25.
Inc turkeys were only six months old
ana cost him practically nothing for
feed, as they ran wild all summer.
Based on reports from the horticuI.
tural commissioners and the county
lrult inspectors in the different coun-
Ties, the Oregon apple crop this year
represents value of little over
$,oOO,O00," says w. X. New, chairman
OF the state board of horticulture.
AT Bishop. Cal, five hundred miners
ana prospectors, banded together re-
Gently In the Prospectors' Alliance of
America, forwarded to the governors
OF III western states memorial. ask
Ing their assistance in combating gov
eminent bureaucratic interference with
mining operations"
Trial OF the men indicted for alleged
violation of law in connection with the
management Of the Washington-Alaska
Bank OF Nevada, of Fairbanks, Alaska.
winch closed it's doors January 4, 1911,
owing 100000 to depositors, half of
which has been paid to them was he.
gun in the federal court at Valdez
Alaska, Monday.
Inc new monster Mallet compound
locomotives recently received by the
Great Northern and placed in service
on the Whitefish, Mont, division are
proving satisfactory. They pull much
more tonnage than the former Mallets
ana 90 1t much easier and with great
saving OF fuel, which is due to the fact.
mat the steam is superheated in both
the high and the low pressure cylin.
ders.
A plan to make feature of the live
STOCK parade at the Lewiston, Idaho.
STOCK show is being considered by the
northwest Live Stock association.
winch is shaping its permanent details
for the big exhibition. With the stock
show will be held the first annual con-
Venuon OF the associated commercial
clubs OF the Washington Deyel.
opment league to review work of tho
league.
T. A. Johnson, builder of the Nez
Perce and Idaho railroad between Voll.
mer and Nez Perez, and promoter of
the proposed Lewiston and Vollmer
me- mas filed his bond of $4,000 with
the transportation committee of the
Lewiston Commercial club, which in.
sures the completion of the proposed
$2'ooo,OOO railroad within a period of
three years, after the raising of the
Slo0,0OO subsidy. Work on the line
Will begin within 80 days after secur-
ng the amount promised by the Lew
ston property holders and the farmers
to the line.