The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1914-06-06
INLAND NORTHWEST

SoOV was seized in the Chinese quarter
IN Reno, by federal agents who n ade
raid on number of establishments
pr. r. H. Roark and C. H. Thomas
OF Spokane were killed when the au-
tonc5lle driven by Dr.. Roark was hit
by an electric train on the interurban
line near Occur d'Alene. Idaho.
Two negroes attempted to hold up
several white hobos who were riding
on freight train near Jungo, Nevada
Both negroes were thrown from the
train by the hobos and one of them
killed
Playing with a 32.caliber rifle. little
Julia Platt II years of age, of KEN
merer. was shot by her brother, two
years older. The bullet pierced the
abdomen, causing wound from which
the little girl died.
In one day the Washoe county, Ne
vada, grand jury met, organized, con-
sidered one criminal matter and re-
turned a secret indictment and ad-
| iourned subject to the call of the chair
man and the court
Bids opened at the treasury depart
ment showed that &. r. Inman of Cas-.
per. Wyo, was the lowest bidder for
the construction of the public building
at Casper His bid was $49,7S5, and
probably will be accepted.
Harry Corbett, an aeronaut, plunged
| N n
balloon ascension and parachute
drop at Elitch's gardens. a Denver
amusement park. Several hundred
people witnessed the fall.
| w. w. Robinson and E. X. Open
heimer, members Of the bankrupt firm
Of w. W. Robinson & Co., clothiers
we're acquitted in the federal court al
Portland of charge of having con
;ealed $4,000 of the firms assets.
Mother" ghary Jones, an organizer
of the United Mine Workers of Amer
lea, rode at the head of long parade
OF trade unionists, Socialists and mem
bers of the Industrial Workers of thu
World through the streets at Seattle
Frank Radenmacher, arrested a
Reno, on the charge of robbing
Southern Pacific freight car
pleaded guilty to having stolen good
in his possession and was sentences
TO serve thirty days in the count
jail.
Memorial day was appropriated
observed in Reno and proper tribul
: was paid to the memory of tn
heroes who gave up their lives durin
the civil war aud also to the Gran
Army Veterans who have passed ava
; since the war.
: Four miles of the grading Of the pr'
posed extension to the Nevada Shoi
!. line has been completed. About lou
miles of grading remain to be con
: pleted, but at the rate the work
progressing the prediction that III
road will be completed by July a.
pears to be an assured fact.
AS the result of the breaking of
dam at the Hatchtown reservoir
southern Utah, Circleville, the on
important settlement between Hate
town and Piute, was partially su
merged and the residents all sougl
shelter on nearby knolls. The dar
age there IS estimated at $4,000.
|! Nez Perez county, Idaho, voted d.
at the local option election, the prof.
| bition forces having a majority OF
| Lewiston proper voted wet, but II
county unit prevails hence the who
county will be dry. The election vi
Do contested by the vets on the grour
that Indians were allowed to vote.
l.. c. Crow of Pullman, Wash, WI
reelected president of the Washin
ton-Idaho division of the Farmer
Educational Cooperative union
he annual meeting at Spokane. 9th
officers chosen are: Riley Rice, Nc
| cow, Ida vice-president; A. ID. eros
st. Andrews, Wash, secretary-tres
urer.
According to the signs in &C
Ahern's famous old Crystal saloon
virginia City, Nevada, the Comsto
- has produced four hundred millions
silver and three hundred millions
gold from ten million tons of ore tt
en- out of six hundred miles OF II
| nels, shafts, inclines, drifts, rails
vines and Slopes.
That the purchasers of the Big Ii
River irrigation project are carryl
on a thorough investigation OF I
. works there and making compile
n .ests to determine whether or not
III solid foundation can be reached at
" reasonable depth on which to rec
! struct the Mackay, Idaho, dam, is
information that has been receiv
G. w. Conner fireman who
y lust returned to Seattle from tr
= ping trip OF several months to MOI
Rainier. was horrifed Saturday
. learn that his body had been fou
drowned near Bremerton last Ja
- airy, buried by his comrades OF
Spanish American war, and his pr
( erty, including $500 invested in
opooon county washington distrit