Show OrDHOTTSE BLOWN UP Firo in Continental Companys Building Build-ing at Laramie TRIBUNE SPECIAL Cheyenne Wyo Aug 17The store bloUse of the Continental Oil company at Laramie containing 2000 worth of oil and gasoline blew up this evening even-ing Fire broke out In the building early In the evening and when the Ilamcs reached the gasoline there was a loud report The building was demolished de-molished but no one was hurt The firemen were handicapped In their work through fear of a large tank containing SOCO gallons of oil and which stood near the old house ex pjoding The loss is about 3000 Idaho Railroad Assessment TRIBUNE SPECIAL Boise Ida Aug 17The State Board of Jiqliallzatlon today completed the most Important part of its work It fixed the rates of assessment of rall road I telegraph and telephone lines The net result of the boards action is to decrease the railroad assessment slightly the total reduction Jn the State being about 750 In taking this action ac-tion the board was governed by two considerations One wrs a desire to equalize as between different sections of lines of the same companies Another An-other reason actuating the board was that the railroad companies were promised last year that If the county assessments should be reduced this year the railroad companies should also be reduced The following are the rates of railroad rail-road assessments Short Line north of Pocatello 5500 per mile decrease S250 Short Line south of Pocatello 5500 increase 250 Short Line cast of Pocatello S500 increase In-crease 250 Short Line west of Pocatello Poca-tello 8150 decrease 5600 Preston branch 0000 decrease 250 Wopd River branch 5750 decrease 250 O R N branch lines0000 decrease 250 Great Northern 5250 same as last year Northern Pacific S270 increase in-crease 20 Ilauser branch 6150 decrease de-crease 3103 other Northern Pacific branches 6000 decrease 250 Koolc nal Valley raised from 2000 to 6000 Nez Perce road on the Clcanvater raised from 2000 to 4000 Lines under construction fixed at 2000 Pacific Idaho Northern raised from 2000 to 3000 Telegraph and telephone lines were assessed the same as last year Accused of Embezzlement Nevada Cal Aug 17 Samuel Wel her waq arrested here today for felony embezzlement the complainant being J lines A Guest Burlington Iavho charges that Wcller while In his employ em-ploy as salesman appropriated to his own use 1000 Weller admits owing Guest a small sum but denies com mltting any criminal act Heavy Shipments of Sheep Feed being somewhat short ami threatened with a drought sheepmen are reducing their bands as rapidly au they can be got Into shipping condition The shipments are therefore practically practi-cally limited only by the supply ol available cars Today there were fortyone double deed < carloads averaging 250 head to the car shipped from Gimlet Bailey and Bellevue From Ketchum fifteen carloads of sheep belonging to F R Goodlng were shipped From Hailey Mr Cook and S S Barney shipped fifteen cars From Bellevue eleven carloads belonging be-longing In Messrs Erlckson Winchester Winches-ter and Dunn were shipped Six carloads of other sheep were denied de-nied a clearance by the Inspector because be-cause they were scabby Time railroad men expect the shipments ship-ments of sheep from the Halley branch this year to exceed 750 carloads Halley Times Shonhone Falls Park The Ilalley land officers received the following letter Monday from Hon Blngcr Hermann Commissioner of tho General Land olllcc Washington Aug S 1000 CientleinonrPcndliifr determination of the advisability of setting apart as n national purl the Shoshone Falls region you rtro directed by authority of the act lug Sucretry of the Interior to withdraw from settlement entry sale or other dls posal till of the vacant unappropriated public landn wi thin the following named townships towlt Nine and 10 south range 17 east and 0 and 10 south range 18 cant BolHO bam and meridian Idaho NewsMiner Killing1 Horses for Hides It Is estimated that over 6000 wild hordes have boen klllpd for the hide manes and tails on Nevada ranges since the act legalizing their dcatruo > tlon was passed These horSes at pros ent price would sell for S250COO whereas where-as the amount received for their hides and hair did not exceed Uj000 Virginia Vir-ginia Net Chronicle Equalizing Taxes TRIBUNE SPECIAL Boise Ida Aug 17 Tho State Board of Equalization today fixed raten of assessment on stock Horses were equalized at 7 a head Stock cattle were fixed at 22 and sheep at 276 the same as last year |