The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1916-03-04
NORTHWEST NOTES

number being infected with rabies,
have been trapped, shot or poisoned
in Nevada within six months.
William Graber, who was employed
as teamster. suffered a broken leg
at Round Mountain Friday morning
when he was kicked by mule.
Orson Bennion reports that during
the recent storm in the Red desert,
in Wyoming, he and his brother Row
land lost $50 head of sheep as the re-
suit of stampede.
Katherine Marie Starkey, two-year-
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w.
Starkey at Fish lake, near Tonopah,
was smothered to death when hay
stack toppled over on her.
Judge Averlll OF Tonopah will pre-
side at trial in civil suit next
month at which it is thought that the
greater part, if not the entire jury
will be composed Of women.
Crazed by strong drink, respondent
because he was out of work and with
out friends, Mike Moran, coal miner,
tried to commit suicide at kemmerel
by siashing his throat with the blade
Of safety razor.
Charles Place and Kenneth McEw
ing, drug thieves, were sentenced in
the district court at Ely. New. to
serve term of not less than one nor
more than three years in the state
prison at Carson City.
]. R. Brown of Payette Idaho, won
first prize as the best butter maker a
the Northwest Dairy Products show
1t Spokane The Oregon Agricul
tural college was declared the WHINE.
of the students butter judging con
test.
Nick Coleff was instantly killed b!
Z rock falling from the roof of the
stope of the Ruth mine, near Ely,
New. The coroner's jury found that
he accident was one which by the
greatest caution could not have been
foreseen.
The highest price ever paid for
breeding ewes in central Wyoming
s9.05 per head, was paid at Casper
Wyo., last week to Mike Mahoney fol
5000 head, the deal involving $27,150.
Mahoney a few minutes earlier had
bought the band for SO per head.
s. T. Mcneil who was indicted re.
Gently by the grand jury at Ely, New,
on charge of issuing worthless
check, withdrew his plea and entered
plea Of guilty. Mcneil, who is O
young man, claims to have issued the
check while under the influence OF
liquor
The beginning of construction work
on the new sugar factory of the Ore
gon-Utah Sugar company at Grant
Pass, Ore, last week was attended by
4 big and enthusiastic demonstration
On the part of the residents of the vi
clnity, headed by the Grants Pass
Commercial club.
AS a measure toward greater eff
Aciency among employees of the Union
Pacific Railroad company Superin
tendent S. R. Touchey of the Wyo
ming division has issued an order to
all employees to consult the company's
physicians when they are sick or sus
tain injuries, however slight.
Will Reid, register, and Luke Vcos
hees. receiver of the Cheyenne lane
office, have written to Senator Henry
l.. Myers, chairman of the senate pub
lie lands committee, a letter indors
ing the 640-acre homestead bill now
before congress, which measure is
meeting with strong opposition.
Louis d. Bercu of Douglas, Wyo.
has taken contract for an eastern
firm, understood to represent Euro
pean belligerent, for 100000 sheeeI
pelts and 250,00O beef hides. The con
tract is said to be the largest of its
character ever placed in the United
States.
Because the European war has re.
suited in scarcity of aniline, which
is used in the manufacture of indel-
ible pencils, the Union Pacific Rail
lOau IhtS lSoucu du OTupr lC
its employees to use such pencils only
in work in which their use specifical
ly is provided for by the rules.
Cattle scabbies has spread to wild
elk In northwestern Wyoming and
fully 10000 elk now are suffering from
the disease, reports State Veterinar
ian French, who has returned from a
trip into the Jackson Hole region
made in response to report that elk
there were dying from mysterious
nlalady.
The first wool deal made in Ma.
trona county, Wyoming, this year in.
dicates that Wyoming fiockmasters
will receive record prices for their
1916 clip. Eugene McCarty has pur
chased the clip Of Jere Sullivan and
John Beaton for 23 cents per pound
This clip will total about 100000
pounds.
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