The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1913-12-27
INLAND NORTHN ST

4 81. i"Sl.ey liHs Sdl . VI ~ ~ &c. dhi-
mails. each weighing moro THAI lee
pounds have been shipped cut By che
firm at Reno. Ney,, during the past
week.
Following the fmd'ig Of small
flow OF natural gas iis5ni.E val az, il
Nevada. comes a ron wal stl TIE re-
port that oil has been discovered in a
well drilled at Buckshin, at the edge
of the valley.
e A Jury at Eugene, Ore. found Will
lam ]. Leaton, former recorder OF
1 the town of East Side, guilty cf en-
bezrlement Of $S,0S0 from the town.
Ii was alleged that Leaton lest the
money gambling.
/ w. +. Copeland, a prominent min
4 ing man of Denver, Colo. and well
known throughout the northwest in
mining and business CIRCLES, "; kill
ed by falling down the shaft OF the
Joe Dandy mine at Victor, Cello.
i Mrs. Elizabeth Chapman Grant,
through her attorneys. fled an answer
and cross complaint in coldfald last
week to the divorce complaint brought
by her husband, jesse Root Grant,
son of the late presid at, last July.
| The:u Grand Junction tcUloradoJ
1 Fruitgrowers' association inaugurat..
ed its parcel post frui shipping plan
by sending a barrel Ct cranhelries to
Vernal, Utah, The aec@st Was about
oRethalf that of a similar Shipment
| by freight s...ss.... ..g....f.
~ A. bedbug bite il. the ALLEGATION upon
which a $4,000 damage suit is being
pressed in Montana against the ST.
Paul railroad Samuel Cehn of Mil,
waukee having sued the read for III.
ness and mental pain resulting from
an experience he, described On sleep
ing car in Montana.
, M w, Geddes, a wealthy farmer of
Davenport, Ia, who was On his way
to Australia, shot and fatally wounded
John Blaine, quarterL, /; ster of the
steamship Humboldt, aud shot and
wounded John r. Erickson, a, sailor,
infa hotel at Seattle. Geddes is be,
,lieved to be insane.
Harry Marlowe, an escaped convict
from the Oregon state penitentiary at
salem, was captured at Sacramento
b." detectives and admitted, the police
said. of having. planned several hold
UPS. Marlowe ESCAPED from The Ore
gon Bpenitentiary after serving three
years of 15-year sentt ace. 'S.'''4
yThtAi Loo ApCaJao 10, r., ~ =
Union Pacific collidqd with. fast
westbound freight in fcg near
Black Huttes, Wyo., killing two train
Moore OF Rawlins, Wyo
fireman on the freight train. and r.
G. Kress of Omaha, the train electric.
ianron the passenger train e. FAi
n Charging that there Is ii.tfe sem.
Eblanoe to law and order IN the city,
bthat the saloon element is in control
lnfntha; municipal government and that
1.-THE lives of themselves andotheir fam
lilies are in constant danger iiftytffve
residents of icopperfeld, Baker col s.
ty, Ore. have appealed to Governor
| West, for relief 81 aiAaT ,g5a St.
IN a special board of Inquiry report
! the southern Pacific company and its
employees are, absoi ed from any
blame. in connection with the collision
lat Loyeiock, New, on December 3. be.4
tween Southern Pacific freight, train
and wagon driven by PgdE Shades in;
Which Shade was killed and his WAC on
demolished.2ia@ efI1 elA 10 alegg
!. After fifteen years. CT controversy
and litigation, definite steps have been
taken by the state authorities and, the
officials of. the Reau Water company
| to, rid the Truckee river~ef. waste pa.
per pulp and poisonous fluids / from
the Floriston paper mills on the river
twenty miles from Reno, thus insur-
ING pure water for the, residents for
domestic purposes, .,e
The Minidpkai irrigation project In
Idaho, according to revised plants,
Including the pumping units, was 81
per cent completed on June 80, 1913,
rs shown by the annual relort OF the
reclamation service. The total ex-
penditure on the project Up to that
dqte, was $5,2S6,4Sa. au4 IN addition
I'll expenditure OF S4f6.20e Tor mishoei-
llaneous work was found necessary and
will be made during the present fiscal
year.
Foregoing the usual Christmas
spread and exchange of useless gifts
among themselves before the Christ.
las vacation, members of the Gam.
ma Phi Beta sorority. at the Univers.
~ OF Oregon. gave a Christmas tree
and turkey dinner to a score of poor
hildren OF Eugene Gifts included
sweaters, shoes and other articles of
clothing, besides toys for the younger
fshildren.
| An unidentified man was killed in
pistol battle between two men believ-
FED to be robbers and two officers on
The Muckelshoot Indian reservation,
- miles south OF Seattle.
Without leaving as much as, "a flnx.
er print. as q clew.. burglars robbed
the Wallace. Idaho. posioffice of Il
little more than $4,000, and have ap,
pafehtly made good their escape.
The highest mountain In Wyomino