Show Yl t 5i JI NORTHWEST NOTES Montana leads all states In tho nUIn her of sheep It contains statistics placing tho number over five millions I Tho coal production of Wyoming ot 5500000 tons during 1906 was an Increase In-crease of 300000 tons over the pro1 suction of 1905 Henry Headlund tho steam shovel I engineer who lost a foot In the cogs of the shovel at Laramie was unable to withstand the shock and IB dead During 1906 tho principal six producing pro-ducing Industries of Wyoming produced pro-duced a revenue of 55218000 an Increase In-crease over their revenue of 1905 01 1379200 The Wyoming 1906 wool clip was 32849759 pounds valued nt 7253225 Tho 1906 clip outweighed that of 190V by 1049300 pounds and outvalued It j by 803225 The cattle Industry in Mtntana has n been especially prosperous during the present year as a result of abundant rains and consequent good range and plenty of water In both stream and I j pool r Last year the state of Montana had i 150000 acrer In spring wheat alone and the average of this area was a yield of twentyseven bushels per aero and all other crops yield In proportion m pro-portion I There aro now over 15000 miners 1 at work In the mines of Montana and during the past year there havo been but 52 fatal and 43 nonfatal accidents making a record of safo mining that is l hard to beat A meeting will be held at Rawlins Jnauary 20 between stockmen and A F Potter of tho forest service to discuss dis-cuss and form plans for tho proper division of tho range and allotment of grazing permits In the future A wealthy rancher of Montana speaking of his state says We have never had such a prosperous year In our state and there Is hardly a person who Is not better off today than he was a year ago this time Tho number of torsos In Wyoming Is approximately 111399 valued at 3 112996 the number of mules and asses Is approximately 1493 valued at 70609 tho number > of swine Is approximately ap-proximately 8628 allied at 44214 Tho cattle shlpn rants from Montana for 1906 are not ye available bnt they amounted to 2679 6 In 1905 258417 going east 800 we it and 1541 being shipped to Canad In 1905 theco were In the muttai department 14 415479 j I It Is reported that the Northern Pacific Pa-cific will soon begui the grading of a cutoff which will Ifave I the main line at or near Miles City Mont and following fol-lowing a course directly westward will strike the present road not far from Helena Mr and Mrs J B Lavler of Portland Port-land were struck by an Inward bound WsiverlyUlchmond street car near their homo Mrs lavlor was killed outright and her husband is at the Good Samaritan hospital probably fatally Injured T B Brady a imminent Great Falls Mont lawyer has been Indicted Indict-ed by the federal grand jury In Helena on tho charge of laving Illegally fenced 13167 acres cf public land In Valley county Brad gave bonds fur his appearance Allan Thompson aged 28 years was shot and Instantly killed by his father inlaw Illlcy Paton a wellknown rancher living near Colburn In tho Plateau valley east Grand Junction Colo Thompson was drunk and had first threatened to kill Paton Mrs Sarah Ayren was mysteriously murdered on her faun near Warren Oregon She was shot dead while sho was sewing tn her ktchen and tho weapon with which ho crime wa committed a 15calltro affair was found on tho floor near the body A terrible tragedy vas enacted In tho kitchen of tho llttlt home of Fred Dlgnaml In Portland lien Giacomo Savlgnana an Italian stabbed and killed Julia tylgnaml nui probably fatally fa-tally stabbed Mrs Hsnamls aged motherlnla v Mrs Anilna Vlsmora Ralph Blalsdell assistant to General Gen-eral Hfclltor Erastus Young of tho Union Pacific and Southern raciflc systems has been appointed auditor of tho Oregon Railroad and Navigation a company lines In Oregon and Washington Wash-ington with headquarters in Portland Authority has been given Forester Pinchot to alljiw grazing for the coming com-ing year on tho newly created Sierra Madro reserve Wyoming of all horses cattle and sheep which have been grazed for tho past three years on the range now Included In the rc serve City Marshal Horace Frlsby wa shot and killed at lamar Cola by two strangers who subsequently escaped There wero no witness to tho killing kill-ing but Sheri George Thomas heard tho shots and arrived at the scene In time to see tha two men making their escape Tho secretary of tho Interior has executed a contract with Jesse W Crosbey Jr of Cowley Wyo for the construction and completion of tho Corbett tunnel settling basin dam and spillway Shoshone Irrigating project Wyoming Tho work la located Un miles oast of Cody i I i |