Show I NEWS OF THE WEST IDAHO Superintendent Hall of the poor far at Boise was arrested and tried for beating and otherwise cruelly maltreating maltreat-ing a 13vearold lad who was an inmate in-mate of the institution and the trial resulted In conviction Boise Statesman T H Wilson was In town yesterday from his ranch four miles this side of Star He says the river has done considerable damage to the ranches bordering upon i M B Parma lost about a half acre a day while the water was at its highest and is minus about 12 acres in all Other places have suffered The river at nresent is two and a half feet fallow the hicrhwater mark of this year and he thinks there will be no further trouble trou-ble from I The North Idaho Construction company com-pany building the Seven Devils railroad rail-road broke ground at Pavette Thursday Thurs-day morning Forty teams commenced work on the grade about a quarter of a mile west of the Short Line depot Joseph Jo-seph Johnson is superintendent of construction con-struction MONTANA Henry Attenbrand of New York president of the Manhattan Malting company proposes to establish 3 beet sugar olant at Manhattan 19 miles I west of Bozeman He has been experimenting I men tn for some time and now has a German expert on the scene The plant as it is hoped to complete i will have a capacity of 300 tons of beets per day during the season which lasts three to four months and of the 9000000 pounds of sucar used in Montana annually this refinery will produce at least two thirds I will be an immense plant I will be headed by New York and German Ger-man capital brought out by Mr Alten brand and he will visit the larger cities in the stateduring the next few days hoping to interest Montana capital cap-ital in the scheme Local chemists and the official chemists chem-ists at Washington and German experts ex-perts give the percentage of sugar in the sugar beet of this section above the average of any known district The plans for the plant are being perfected per-fected in minutest detail by Sir Wer I nicker and that the deal will be made by which the factory and refinery II I I i be erected at Manhattan in the midst j of Gallatins fertility seems now to be beyond question The Marias roundup has gathered I most of the cattle that drifted south C the Missouri during the winter the outfit II out-fit aggregating some 5000 head The cattle are In good condition for this season of the year a circumstance which leads stockmen to the conclusion that they will have early beef shipments ship-ments for 1S97 A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Thomas Chamberlain one of the largest sheep raisers in northern Montana charging a violation of section sec-tion 1169 of the penal code of Montana in transporting a band of 300 scabbv sheen from Balls ranch about seven miles above Sand Coulee to a point near Ringwalds ranch about two Falls miles from the city limits o Great Fals J WYOMING The National Tribune of Casper says Shearing sheep by hand is fast becoming becom-ing a thing of the past and i anyone doubts this all they will have to do to be convinced iq to take a drive to the I pens about seven miles west of this city where 36 men are shearing sheen by the aid of 3 gasoline engine and eac man making better time and getting get-ting more wool than by the old method I I i estimated by the most conservative conserva-tive and best judges that at least a pound more of wool is taken from each I sheep by the machine method than by I I hand and the cut is much smoother while at the same time two men ca turn out as mucrn work bv steam a I three could by hand I One feature possessed by the steam i shears over the hand process and which the flock owners will not be slow to grasp is the humane treatment which the sheep shorn by this improved I im-proved method receive it being impos sible to cut or disfigure the sheep while the fleecing process Is going on a the knives are protected by lards NEVADA I Delamar Lode Last Saturday afternoon ernoon about 200 people assembled at the race track in Cedar Wash about a mile and a half from town to witness I wit-ness the horse race between Joseph Prices horse Pegger and Pippin gray I rces SfX It was a quarter mite uasu mm HIS won easily by Pegger After the race was over a general kick was made by the losing parties and finally resulted in a scrap in which several of our sport came out with a crimson face Several hundred dollars changed hands on the result of the race Judge Hoag has been busy the past week taking the census of school children dren here and he Informs us that 210 of school age are now on the list A buxom hand painted squaw WE d dIed into the print shop this morning and grinningly asked for some old papers pa-pers We pointed to the exchange Tie and told her to pitch in Selecting a number of the wickedest papers in the heap she strung them on a yard or so of hay rope and brazenly proceeded to adjust a bustle around her massive loins Never having witnessed such an exhibition before we fainted dead away I COLORADO William H OBrien has been appointed ap-pointed chief of police at Denver in place of John L Russel resigned Edward A Kohlman has confessed I I the murder of Alexander Doull jr at I he Lake View house near Denver last unday night Constable Goad bad been arrested for the crime Kohlman says he only shot to scare DotilH Colorado will have two Decoration days The G 4 R will observe Saturday rday while the usual sports and cele rations vjlll beon Mondayr vhich is the proper day under the law I B F Stephens a commission man of Denver has mysteriously disappeared He left home Monday morning May 3 and has not been heard from since The Soldiers Home board at Monte Vista has decided to build an hospital addition to cost about 32000 I CALIFORNIA Julius A Kelley exrecorder of Los Angeles county killed himself Tuesday night at a lodging house on West Fifth street When found he was lying in a pool of blood his brains oozing from a wound in the head caused by a revolver re-volver bullet while beside him lay a bottle which had contained laudanum I was only half filled Business ard other troubles are said to have been the cause of his act The bond that the Southern Pacific company gave the city council of Pomona Po-mona one year ago that it would fnr feit 10000 to Pomona if i lid not have a branch railroad from Pomona to the beet sugar town of Ohino finished by May 1 1S97 will not be forfe ed Three week ago when the new city council came into office the bond was found among the forgotten archives The council at once gave notice that unless the road w finished on the date named payment of the bond would be forced Thereupon work on the new road began with a vengeance I has been pushed day and night and Sundays Sun-days for two weeks Such rapid grading grad-ing and tracklaying were never known before in that region The line is complete com-plete and cars will be running from Pomona to Chino in a reek more and i is believed that the Southern Pacific company will continue he oad o through Chino to Riverside Articles of incorporation of the AVill lams High Pressure Arms cornrany have been filed with the county clerk at Stockton The objects of the company com-pany are the manufacture of improved arms cartridges and explosives The capital stock is placed at SroOOOX William White an old miner diEd at Stockton and search is now beng made for S5COQ which he buried shortly before his death Three years ago he took the money out of the bank and buried it on his place M I Rhodes who lived there found it about a year ago White then hid i in an old ash barrel and Rhodes again found it A few days ago Rhodes wont to White who was dying and asked him where he hid his money the last time White said Never mind my money when I I die I dont care who sets it I Is buried on this place I I An injunction has been brought against the California Cream Tartar i j works at San Jose seeking to close cose them The proceedings are in the name I of the attorneygeneral I is claimed that the smell from the works ruins the hcrces of those living near The Santa Rosa Woolen Mills are again in operation The capacity is I over 100 pairs of blankets daily Employment Em-ployment is given to many peple |