The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-05-21
INLAND NORTHWEST

Harry w. Eston OF Cody. wyo.. has
been appointed national bank exam
iner for Utah and Wyoming.
Fred w. Gels. a cigarmaker. was
run over by train near Bremen,
New, and instantly killed, the body
being horribly mangled and was scat-
tered over the track for distance OF
300 feet.
Ten persons for every claim appear.
ed at the opening OF 5000 acres OF
government land In the Big Bottom
country in eastern Lewis county,
Washington. recently eliminated from
the Rainier forest reserve.
Haystack. situated seven miles
south OF Jungo. Nevada. is fast as.
Stunning proportions OF mining camp.
A new district was recently organized
with ]. B. Truitt as recorder, and a
townsite has been laid out and sur.
veyed
Charles Berthold. proprietor OF a
hotel at Portland. was shot through
the neck by Louis Lavroy, an intoxi.
Gated guest, who then fred a bullet
into his own brain. dying instantly.
Berthold has but slight chance for
recovery.
The right OF the state horticultural
department to condemn potatoes
shipped in from outside the state
when they are afflicted III the slight.
est degree with tubermoth, was up.
held by Superior Judge Macintosh
at Seattle.
Owl Jearj~gs, who Is believed to
have been re head OF an organized
band OF horsethieves responsible for
the theft of about seventy-five horses
in the upper Green River valley, in
Wyoming. has been arrested in st.
Louis, Mo.
Hugh Clopton and his wife were
bound over to the grand jury at Kla.
math Falls. Ore. on the charge Of set
ting the fire which destroyed the
business section OF Bonanza in Jann-
airy. At the time Mrs. Clopton was
postmistress.
The federal court at Carson City
has appointed r. J. Paine OF Pine Val.
ley receiver OF the Gold Quartz Min.
ing company OF Tenabo. The prop
erty is situated close to Tenabo and
consists of three groups comprising
fifteen claims.
Utah and Nevada members OF the
American Institute OF Mining Engi,
neers have been granted a charter by
the national organization providing
for the organizing of a local branch
to be known either as the Utah local
or the Utah-Nevada local.
A body found floating in the villa.
mette river near oregon City was
identified Wednesday as that OF Mar.
shall s. Dudley. mining engineer, and
for twenty years confidential agent of
ex-senator Jonathan Bourne. Duo.
ley disappeared February last.
The suit brought by the state of
Nevada against Elko county for
money held back for expenses when
Elko county sent the books of the
county to Carson for the benefit of the
tax commission has been settled by
Elko county paying all the money
claimed by the state.
B. ]. Moore, 20 years old, waiter,
wanted in Aberdeen, Wash, for the
alleged murder of Mrs. Vivian La.
crosse, was arrested at Seattle and
according to the police confessed to
killing the woman. In his pocket was
found the razor with which it is al
legged he committed the crime.
Frank Richet. president OF the Ore
gon Inland Development company, was
released from the county jail at Port
land where he had been serving In
default OF a $4,000 fine levied against
him upon conviction, with j. T. Con.
way, of having fraudulently misrepre.
scented lands which the company sold.
Richet obtained his freedom by taking
the pauper's oath
Oscar Yertan and Tony Huffner died
in the Miners hospital at Cumberland,
Wyo-. as result of injuries received
in the recent disaster in mine No. 2
of the Union Pacific Coal company,
when train carrying the day shift To
~AS ShAA0CS ufOhc III Two anu seven
cars OF miners rushed below the In.
cline.
Owing to the increased mail since
the parcel post bill became a law.
5000 pounds of mail is stored at Opal,
Wyos A shipment of 1000 pounds or
flour In ordinary sacks was received
recently, many Of which we're broken
open. The stage to Pinedale takes
1880 pounds OF mail daily. but 1t
canes In faster than 1t goes out.
Weaving a lengthy romance about
her matrimonial ventures and show.
ing indomitable courage. Miss Elva
Carl has started from Portland on .
1o.0oo-mile trip alone to meet her
nance. Arthur P. Beckner. grad
uate OF the University of Idaho. who
is a teacher in the governments Phil
ippine service
Press telephone rates between Car
son and Reno were reduced on April
30. according 10 an order from the
San Francisco office OF the Bell Tele.
phone company OF Nevada The ~
duction 10 the result Of a complaint
lodged with the public service com
mission Of Nevada
An order issued recently by the
Oregon Railroad commission to com