The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1916-04-01
NORTHWEST NOTES

Frank Allen was arrested at Thorn |
rs Fork, Wyoming. accused Of steal |
ing wheat from one of his neighbors |
in large quantities.
E. P. Schaber. an engineer, acci-
dentally shot himself at Elko, New.
dying several hours later without re-
gaining consciousness.
It was reported in Tonopah last
week that a gold nugget weighing
several pounds had been found in the
gulch near the substitution at Man
haitian.
Trade journals throughout the Unit
ed States have commented very IA
vorably upon the Nevada wool dis
play at the recent Panama-Pacifc ex-
position.
Stanley Wines, driver Of the Wells
Ruby stage. reports being attacked by
an Infatuated steer on his last trip. No
damage was done Wines thinks that
the steer was rabid.
Four evaporation stations will be
established in various part OF the
state of Nevada. One station will be
placed at Lamoille, one at Indian
Springs, near Las Vegas, one at Tahoe
City and one at Marietta lake.
One of the biggest crowds ever seen
in Rupert, Idaho assembled one day
last week to witness two prominent
citizens being wheeled around the
square for a distance of four blocks in
a wheelbarrow, the result OF an cleo
ton bet.
Word has reached Salt Lake that
Mrs. Harriet Ahrold. the widow OF
Frank Ahrold, who killed himself in a
rooming house In Salt Lake and
wounded Mrs. G. Crenshaw so that
she died several days later, had mar,
ried in Denver.
| Ex-senator w. A. Clark of Montana
has force of men working on the
property embracing some 900 acres
upon which he has secured bond
situated thirteen miles south of Gold
field. in the Cuprite district. The ore
is said to be high grade.
William Gardner and family oil
Ruby valley, Nevada, have suffered
the loss of their home by fire. The
origin Of the blaze which burned tn:
structure to the ground is unknown
All of the clothing and personal eff
fects were also destroyed.
Despite the fact that there Is /;
price of $4,000 now on his head, mel
who are searching for the bandit VIII
held up the Short Line train nea
Roy, Utah, early Sunday morning an,
robbed the registered mail, admitted
they had no trace of him.
For alleged completely in the killing
Of William Sandercock at Garfield, No
vember 21, 1911, Robert Burns wa
4 bound over to stand trial in the dis
trict court on a charge of drst degre
murder at the conclusion of his pre-
liminary hearing at Salt Lake.
A large collection of historical doc
uments from eastern Nevada has RI
! Gently been presented to the Nevad
} Historical society by Mrs. Alex Mui
Of Hamilton. Many of these date bac
, to the days of Treasure Hill excite
. ment and some to the Civil War.
!, Thirty cars of steel rails have a
. rived at Kemmerer, Wyo. These ar
to be used in laying new tracks b
the Oregon Short Line between Foss
and Granger. This will mean the en-
ployment Of more than 100 men an
the expenditure of many thousands {
dollars.
The citizens of Las Vegas ha,
united to form tax league. Tt
league was organized at a mass NEE
ing. The purpose of the league WI
be to prevent extravaganza in the u!
Of public moneys and to careful
scrutinize the expenditure of city al
\ county money.
George R. Holderman, railway pc
tai clerk who ran out OF Pocatello 4
several months, confessed to post
inspectors at Butte to robbery Of sp
cial and registered mail fl total
.$1,94S in the course Of several year
He is married and lives with his fal
lily and mother in Butte.
T. Ohama, Japanese, and Ma
Cirej, an Austrian, who were convit
ed of murder in the first degree d.
4 ing the district court session at Kel
a merer, Wyo., last May, have be-
a granted stays of execution until NJ
4 1, pending applications for new tria
4 before the supreme court of the sta
With report that could be hea
B for miles, eighteen kegs of bla
powder blew up in a wheel mill
the Bacchus plant Of the Hercul
Powder company, near Garfield, Uts
n The explosion demolished the buildi
m In which it occurred, but there was
RI one injured or killed. The proper
q. loss il slight.
Q. The Union Pacific Coal company
y. Cumberland Wyoming, Is maxi
% preparations to reopen mine No.
ID which has been closed for a numl
10 Of years. This will necessitate I
10 employment of more than 200 ad
% tional men at Cumberland. The mi
ID has been closed down for seye