The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1914-03-07
INLAND NORTHWEST


for one of the best years in history
during 1914.
Secretary OF State Brodigan states
that less than half of the auto own
ers of Nevada have renewed their
auto licenses.
AT the state convention of the Ne
vada Equal Suffrage Society. held in
Reno last week. Miss Annie H. Mar
tin was elected president
Otto H. Boyesen. formerly district
Judge in North Dakota, and at one
time an American consul in Norway
committed suicide at Glasgow, Mont
by shooting himself through the heart
Sheepmen in western Wyoming last
week were jubilant over the change
for the better of the ranges. TIL
past few days great deal Of groun1
has been uncovered, thus affcrding a
place for the herds to feed
Under circumstances indicatins
that he had been slain, the dead anu
partially buried body of Otto Raen
aged 50, was found on an isolated
mountain ranch near Cape Horn 4.
Skamania county, Washington.
Conductors and brakemen of the
Oregon-Washington Railroad n Navi
cation company have petitioned for
an increase in wages and improve
working conditions. Officials of thu
ha a.,
which to consider.
For the year 1913 a fraction more
than 4 per cent of the sheep IN tn,
state of Nevada were found to be il,
feoted with scab. The infected shee
were confined to small numt err q
owners. The inspections durinU the
year totaled l.267 .432.
Charles Spencer. aged %, was she,
and seriously wounded by Policeman
Fabert at Missoula, while Spencer
was attempting to escape. SpS ncel
bad been arrested for attempting tc
sell suit case flied with alleged
stolen butter to a Chinaman.
John A. Pender, son of the lat,
James + Fender of Ogden. who wa
sentenced to be executed at the Orc
gon state prison last Saturday, W !
be given one more chance for nj
life. The stay OF execution was gran
ed by the governor on request of tht
young man.
Four distinct earthquake shock
were felt In Reno and vicinity On
March |. The first occurred at /
a. m. and was OF several seconds
duration. Two others occurred dur
ing the morning and the fourth VA.
shortly after 5 O'Clock in the after
noon. No damage resulted
The Mcdonald case is to come VI
for hearing at the March term OF IT,
district court III SWeetwater county
Wyoming. 1t is claimed that McDon
aid. Justice of Diamondville. duria,
Nhe election OF t9lz allowed non res
ident voters to vote IN the mining dis
tricts south of Diamondville.
John A. Manchester pioneer @
.hoh 10 dCttu IlC was Wei
known in the west and had prospect
ed throughout Utah, Colorado an
California with Marcus DAILY, the lat
copper king. lifelong friendship en-
listing between the two He had mad,
and lost several fortunes In mining
Carl Bowers has been arrested IL
Jordan valley. Idaho, charged WIFE
the theft OF $50 ana horse in Win
nemucca, Nevada. The man was 0
collector for the Winnemucca Laun
dry company and ahsconded with the
money which he had collected AMI
look the horse as means OF escape
Ii the present good weather keeps
up for a few days sheepmen of west
ern Wyoming now feeding can cease
as great amount OF feed which fol
The past three months has been GOV
cred, will be available. Unless some
thing unforeseen happens the loss tt
the sheepmen this winter will not be
large -
Senator Brady OF Idaho made d
speech in the senate last week, az
pealing for fair treatment for the
rural and star route mail carriers. Iii
maintained that inasmuch as the par
Gel post imposes heavy additional
burdens upon the carriers, they should
receive additional compensation from
the government and should not BIZ
driven into bankruptcy.
Harry Hillen, sentenced to die on
conviction. of the murder Of Thomas
Chase. an aged Denver citizen, has
completed 74,000-word autobicg
raphy. His story, although In I'm
couth language, is remarkable con
fession of crime-robbery, theft ant
burglary-but he persistently denies
that he killed the man for whost
death he is to hang.
A movement is on foot in Nevada
which seems to. be steadily gaining
ground, to bring before the next leg
islature the question of length of resi-
dence required to gain citizenship ii
the state; repeating that portion 81
the present gambling law relating t,
poker and other short card games
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