The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1916-03-11
NORTHWEST NOTES

Mrs. Kate Fisher of Carson City
New, was painfully injured by fall
on her steps when she slipped on a
cake OF ice, sustaining broken leg
James Ward, pioneer Nevada min
Ing man, and dscoverer of Minera,
Hill, Eureka county died recently at
Los Angeles at about 80 years of age
The contract for the erection of the
factory of the Oregon-Utah Sugar COM
pany at Grants Pass Ore, has been let
to the Dyer Constructor company Of
Cleveland, Ohio.
Benjamin ]. Clark, a well known
blacksmith of Virginia City, Nevada,
passed away very suddenly from ex-
element attending a dog fight in
which his dog had been injured.
That thousands of e. driven from
the higher country by deep snow, are
aoundering helplessly in drifts in the
Upper Horse Greek valley In Wyom-
ing, is report brought in by ranch
ers
Mere than 200 head OF cattle pe--
lshed in the Ruby and Cover valleys
In Nevada in the past six or seven
weeks The animals died of starva-
ton, being unable to reach the grass
below the deep snow.
Belief that the lone bandit who
robbed several passengers en- a Unto.
Pacific limited train in Wyoming ma
have boarded a train a. Rock Spr ing
within an hour was expressed by
some persons engaged in search.
Two men, Dan Hafferon and James
Flynn, sustained minor injuries VIII en-
q porch roof of the Hatch Bros. store
at Virginia CITY, N vada, gave way
and precipita'ed til m into the ba
ment of tn hui ding. about f>rty fee
below.
The jury failed to agree following
the trial at Reno of James Kennedy
charged with shooting a saloon MAJ
at Gerlach. Kennedy claimed that Tho
shooting was in self defense, as he
had suffered rough usage at the hands
Of the bartender in the salcon.
A motion picture concern visited
Carson City, Nevada, last week, an6
took a number of views of the capito
building, with Governor Boyle play
Ing an important part. Several views
were taken and number of the state
officials were invited to be in evil
dence.
A party of searchers from Monticello,
Nevada, found the body of Joe Hank.
ness about nine miles from the place
where he had persisted in the snow
two weeks before. Hardness started
out from Montello for Harrison Pass
On the 25th Of January to work some
mining property.
Not only that he wrote ''black hand"
letters, threatening NJ. N. Castle, but
that he wrote them in Castles Office,
on his letter paper, from which the
iette,head had been torn, Is a comics.
ssion which was made by John Bower,
age 20, former employee at Castles
livery stable at Casper, Wyo.
Mrs. William Johnson. of Wells,
wife of wealthy Glover Valley
rancher, and her seven-year-old son,
are in Reno to take the Pasteur treat
ment. Both were bitten by two pups
that had contracted rabies from their
mother, which had been bitten by
mad coyotes several weeks ago.
With view to exte.minating DO h
coyotes and rabbits, the biological eur
vey Of the United States is co-cperat-
Ing with the residents and the Me-
vada authorities in the Ruby national
forest in Nevada, and men are being
engaged to destroy by any possible
means coyotes and the more numer-
Gus jack rabbits.
The finding of the mutilated body Of
Lee Cunningham, stockman. near
Ovando, Mont, confirmed a oonfes-
sion made by Harry Orbey, farm
hand, who is held in the Powell coun-
ty Jail, that he had slain the man.
Hogs had eaten off the head and a
bullet wound was found in the back
Els described by Orbey.
In ruling made at the request Of
the prosecuting attorney of Gray's
Harbor county. Washington, Attorney
General w. v. Turner held Wednes
day that clergymen are not entitled
under the prohibition law to have II
their possession for sacramento pur
poses more than the amount OF liquor
other citizens are permitted to keep
Thousands OF jack rabbits hav.
died In the Ruby national forest o.
Nevada through inability to reach sus
tenance owing to deep snow, accord
Ing to reports reaching forest service
men. Farmers and ranchers in The
forest are Pleased over this misfor
tune to the rabbits. but these same
farmers and ranchers have sr'..eret
losses In stock. owing to the sans
conditions.