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Show NORTHWEST NOTES. Forest fires In tho Vancouver, Wash., region are now urer complete control aud very little If Mktmber on government gov-ernment land in that section Is involved in-volved In the conflagration. The Photographers' Association of the Pacific Northwest, embracing Oregon, Ore-gon, Washington and Idaho, met In Tacoma last week. Threo hundred photographers were present. The strike of the warehousemen In Tacoma, Wash., Is still unsettled. Thoy declined to accept tho wages offered by the employers and voted to stay out until the union Is recognized. Word comes from Pearl, Colo., that tho town Is threatened with destruction destruc-tion by forest Ures. Citizens arc working work-ing night and day, back-fighting the fir.e, and It Is hoped to save the town. Plans arc being made to form a now diocese of the lloman Catholic church to extend over eastern Washington, northern lduho, part of Oregon and perhaps part of Montana, with headquarters head-quarters at Spokane. Ira Tucker, colored, was arrested and lodged In Jail at Marshfleld, Ore., on a chage of assaulting Mrs. llenjamln Deunls of Llbby. Tho community Is wrought up to a high pitch and threats of lynching are made. Louis Gardapse, a half-breed, was shotand almost Instantly killed at a ranch near Lcwlston, Mont. Gardapse whs approaching the camp during the darkness uud the man in charge, taking taking him for a wolf, opened fire. Asa II. llrudley, ot one time one of the most widely known men In Ravalli and Missoula counties, was found dead in his bed, over tho Scandla saloon, In Hamilton, Mont. How he died or when no ono knows, but it is thought his death wus duo to heart troubles. Wyoming will bo well represented at the coming meeting of the National Irrigation congress at Colorado Springs. Among those from tills stato who will deliver addresses are, Prof. C. T. Johnson, State Engineer Fred lloijd and Ex-Senator Carey. Thomas McNully, a ranchman living near Glenwood Springs, Colo., was ccl-dcntally ccl-dcntally shot by his son. The boy, fearing the consequences, left his father and did not tell ol the accident for three days. When McNuItj was found at that time he wus In a dying condition. In Spokane, Wash., in the United States court. Judge C. II. Ilanford issued is-sued a temporary Injunction restraining restrain-ing members of the Cooks and Walters union from picketing or patrolling lu front of the restaurant kept by Taka-hashl, Taka-hashl, a Japanese, or from Interfering with him in any way. Announcement has been made of the resumption of work at tho famous Cable mine, just west of Anaconda, Mont. Tho property has been closed down since 1880. It has produced several million dollars in gold, and, when the shut down was announced, it was supposed sup-posed that the ore had been exhausted' W. E. Price, the Union Pacific block-smith block-smith who made a murderous assault upon President F. II. llerry of the Cheyenne machinists' union, was captured cap-tured at Eaton, Colo., and was brought to Cheyenne secretly In a wagon, In order to prevent an attempt at retaliation by the machinists. The historic Thorp ranch ui Raw-hldo Raw-hldo liuttes, north of Cheyenne, was lust week bolu to Agney llros., of Ord, Neb., for 500,000. The ranch marks tho location of iv fur trading post of the Hudson Hay company, established nearly 100 years ago, and many years before Fort Laramie, one of the first military posts in the uest, was built. The will o'f the late W. S. Strut ton was filed for probate last Saturday. After leaving relatives, inclutling his son, I. Harry Slrutton, S.'O.OOO euch, the raultl-milllonairo loft 31,000,000 to build the Myron Stratton home for sick persons.ln Colorado Springs, and bequeaths the reslduo ot his estate, after af-ter being turned into cash, to the maintenance main-tenance of tho home. Tho Stato Hoard of Sheep Comrals sloners ot Wyoming has compiled a report re-port showing the total number of shoep in tho state on July 1st last to be 0,734,470, a considerable lucreaso over lust year. The average weight ot lleeces is given ut seven and one-half pounds, while tho average shrinkage of the wool Is 01 per cent, us against 07 per cent for last season. Tho wool clip for tho year amounted 33,003,130 pounds, nn Increase of 0,000,000 pounds over 1901. iVycmlng ranks first among tho states and territories in the amouut of wool produced. A Denver coroner's jury, after Investigating Inves-tigating the accident on tho Santa Fe railroad at Struby, in which four trainmen train-men lost their lives, has returned a verdict to tio effect the wreck was due to tho neglect of the crow of tho freight train. A great strlko of silver ore has been made in the Silver King mine, forty-live forty-live miles northwest of Ploche, Nevada. A body of oro measuring nine feet in width has been uncovered, assnys from which show 10,535 ounces In silver to the ton. Teter English, under arrest at Hillings, Hil-lings, Mont., for the alleged passing of counterfeit money, has tnado a confession, confes-sion, acknowledging the mrt:lng ot the spurious coin lu a den at Livingston, Livings-ton, Mont. He Implicates another In his confosslon. |