Show r J 1 l NOR NORTHWEST sr NOTES v or ti n of a n biscuit and crack crack- eT to control the industry the Rocky mountains is an j The Tho Grand T f foundry at Grand Gt and Junction Colorado was destroyed destroy destroy- ed cd by fire on the Loss r 5 4 with insurance of 2000 D. D C. C Corbin of Spokane and associates also asso 1 dates will establish a II sugar beet factory fac 3 tory near Fair Fairfield eld Wash One thousand thousand thou thou- sand acres acres of land have bare been secured b r a site she Frank R. R a 0 Great Northern i freight ht conductor was at Adrian twenty miles west of Spokane He TIe was was on the caboose into which a light locomotive crashed t I A huge avalanche of ice and snow on onI the Great Northern railway near Wellington Wellington Wel Wel- lington has done such damage that I fic 1 c between Seattle and Spokane was suspended for several days last week Mrs of Olympia Wash threw herself under a Port lort Townsend Southern train near Tumwater and was instantly killed She was about 60 o years of age and of unsound mind At Grand Colorado two partisan non tickets are in the field for the voters otErs to tp choose from at the municipal election and the Democrats contemplating putting up a ticket ticket- he first train to reach Como Colo Denver since February 21 steam steam- into that city on March 16 and was received by the citi citi- af s of Como The train had been an tire week coming from Grant Orant a dis dis- nce nee of 23 mn miles s. s The train that has been snow bound n m the Cheyenne Northern railroad r or or the past four weeks was 1 aced ned on the The passengers r I were taken in wagons from Altus to J I morse horse Creek where they were vere transferred trans trans- I i to a a train and taken to C Chey- Chey enne Railroad men report that easterners Tare ire re coming coining to the northwest in greater numbers Dumbers than ever before even than in inthe inthe inthe the boom days of 1888 They have been coming for thirty days though the stream has not been particularly notable till within the past week or orlen orten ten len days Hed Pipkin leader of the g gang ng which held up a Santa Fe train at V Station New JK U. h I on March 29 9 1898 1898 has been lodge i m III jail at Win Win- Nevada Pill n admits his identity and signed a paper waiving a requisition lIe He will be taken to New Mexico for trial f- f r Residents of the mining town of Hill Lassen county Cala Gala in inthe inthe inthe the extreme northeastern portion of I Ithe the state are greatly excited over an ano o exceedingly rich strike of gold ore The he vein is about 15 Inches wide at 26 20 feet from the surface and audit it Js said prospects from 2000 to 0 w per ion n. n Keefe R Bradley of Cheyenne Chey- Chey enne who ar are putting up the government government government govern- govern ment building have been given-a given contract contract con con- tract to repair and rebuild the government govern govern- ment palace in Havana navana which is to tobe be used as a a. United States government building A force of workmen will wUl go from rom Cheyenne to Havana at once once to work on the proposed changes SerIous Serious erious range troubles are imminent in an eastern Laramie county on the range between Salem and Horse creek between be be- tween Mark Goad and C. C J. J Heysham large stockmen who recently placed a 8 large number of cattle in this district and a number r of small ranchmen who occupied the range for several years The small ranchmen have given the newcomers notice to vacate or or prepare for nor trouble Robert Pinson a noted character of the Platte valley died at Saratoga last w week ek aged 55 was an time old freighter and Indian fighter Lately he has been in partnership partnership partnership part part- with Lord Rout a wealthy En Englishman lIshman in the stock business Pinson weighed over pounds and nine years ago under his personal direction direction di die he had an immense coffin for himself made which weighed o and in which he was vas buried burled The Wyoming state board of equalization equalization has bas raised the valuation upon live stock for purposes of taxation 30 per cent over last years year's rates Range cattle are raised from 15 to 19 per head range sheep from to and other classes of stock excepting horses which are unchanged are raised in the the same same proportion The raise in these valuations will increase the assessed assesse valuation of the state of Wyoming At Cripple Creek last week John a Greek miner shot and killed Robert Shaw another miner Shaw 1 fired red the first shot when returned returned returned re re- turned the fire the bullet cutting an artery in Shaws Shaw's leg le-g from which he J bled to death before physicians arrived |