The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-01-01
INLAND NORTHWEST

The Ruby mine. a quicksilver Prop
srty near INLAY. Nevada, has closed
down temporarily and win install :
larger and more modern furnace be-
fore beginning operations again
Twenty-nine cars of prime beef ami
mails, each weighing more than 100
pounds. have been shipped out by one
arm at Reno. New, during the past
week
Following the finding Of a small
flow of natural gas In Smith valley, in
Nevada, comes a renewal OF the re-
port that oil has been discovered in a
well drilled at Buckskin, at the edge
pf the valley.
jury at Eugene, Ore, found VIII
lam ]. Leaton. former recorder or
the town OF East Side. guilty OF EN-
bezzlement OF $1,000 from the town.
IT was alleged that Leaton lost the
money gambling.
| w. +. Copeland. q prominent min
Ing man OF Denver. Colo, and well
known throughout the northwest in
inning and business circles. was kin.
ed by falling down the shaft OF the
Joe Dandy mine at Victor, Colo.
| Mrs. Elizabeth Chapman Grant,
through her attorneys, fiIed an answer
and cross complaint in GcldfIeld last
week 10 the divorce complaint brought
by her husband, Jesse Root Grant.
son OF the late president. last July.
| The Grand junction fcoloradol
Fruitgrowers' association inaugural
ed It's parcel post fruit-shlpping plan
by sending q barrel OF cranberries TO
Vernal Utah. The coast was about
one-half that Of a similar shipment
by freight
A bedbug bite Is the allegation upon
which a $4,000 damage suit Is being
pressed In Montana against the ST.
Paul railroad. Samuel cohn OF NIL
waukee having sued the road for III
ness and mental pain resulting from
an experience he described on sleep
Ing car In Montana
/ ". w. Geddes, wealthy farmer Of
Davenport. Ia. who was on his way
to Australia. shot and fatally wounded
John Blaine, quartermaster Of the
steamship Humboldt. and shot and
wounded John r. Erickson, sailor.
In hotel at Seattle. Geddes Is be-
lieved to Do insane.
Harry Marlowe. an escaped convict
from the Oregon state penitentiary at
Salem, was captured at Sacramento
by detectives and admitted, the police
said. Of having planned several hold
ups. Mariowe escaped from the Ore
gon penitentiary after serving three
\ years Of i5-year sentence
i The Jos Angeles Limited on the
Union Pacific collided with fast
westbound freight In a fog near
Black Buttes, wyo., killing two train
men. Thomas Moore OF Rawifns. Wyo.
fireman on the freight train, and r.
G. Kress OF Omaha. the train electric
tan. on the passenger train.
Charging that there is little SEM
blance to law and order IN the city,
that the saloon element Is In control
OF the municipal government and that
the lives OF themselves ard their fam.
lilies are In constant danger. fifty-nve
residents Of coppernsld, Baker coun-
~, Ore. have appealed TO Governor
West for relief.
In special board Of inquiry report
the Southern Pacific company and its
employees are absolved from any
blame in connection with the collision
at Lovelock. New. on December ., be-
tween a Southern Pacific freight train
and q wagon driven by p. II. shade. In
which Shade was killed and his wagon
demolished.
After fifteen years OF controversy
and litigation, definite steps have been
taken by the state authorities and the
officials OF the Reno Water company
TO rid the Truckee river Of waste pa
per pulp and poisonous fluids from
the Fioriston paper mills on the river
twenty miles from Reno. thus insur-
ing pure water for the residents for
domestic purposes.
The Minidoka irrigation project In
Idaho, according to revised plants.
including the pumping units. was 81
per cent completed on June 80. 1913.
as shown by the annual report OF the
reclamation service. The total ex-
penditure on the project up 10 that
date. was s5.23g.43s. and an addition
al expenditure OF sac zoo for mishcel-
laneous work was found necessary and
viii be made during the present fiscal
year
Foregoing the usual Christmas
spread and exchange Of useless gifts
among themselves before the Christ
mas vacation. members % the Gam
ma Phi Beta sorority. at the Uniyers
ity OF Oregon. gave q Christmas tree
and turkey dinner to a score Of poor
children OF Eugene. Gifts included
sweaters. shoes and other articles OF
clothing. besides toys for the younger
children
An unidentified man was killed IN a
pistol battle between two meE believ-
ed TO be robbers and two officers on
the Muckelshoot lsdian reservation.
~ miles south OF Seattle.
Without leaving as much as a hng-
er print as clew. burglars robbed
the Wallace. Idaho postoffiee Of =
little more than $1,000, and have ap-
parently made good their escape.
Th@ highest mountain in wyoming
Is Gannett peak. whose elevation. &c
cOrding 10 a chart published by the
Il.