Show NORTHWEST NOTES I At Dillon Mont Tow Tawlor n sa LOU awampcr shot and killed George cbrlng a restaurant cook and then nmmltted suicide No motive Is given I Fire at Vancouver Wash practical IT destroyed tho Plttock Leadbetter umber mill Loss 200000 Tho cause of tho flro has not been nsccr alned Farmers of Washington will lose h large amount of their grain crop this year owing to tho fact that much oft of-t has been blown out by heavy winds in certain sections Tho KaunasColorado Railroad com any was Incorporated last week for fnny ho purpose of building an electric lr steam railway from Canon City Colorado to Garden City Kansas Tho company is capitalized for 5000000 Land Commissioner Dennett and Law Clerk Balllnger loft Washington last week to make a tour of Inspection ot local land offices and surveyors general gen-eral offices In Idaho Oregon Washington Washing-ton California Utah Now Mexico and Arizona Tho stage between Fallon and Rawhide Raw-hide Nevada was hold up and robbed by two men on Juno 13 the robbers securing the WellsFargo treasure box containing It Is believed a good sum of money consigned to tho banks and mining companies at Rawhide Tho state board of prison commissioners commis-sioners at Helena has abolished the prison contract system taking over Conley McTague the former prison contractors their penitentiary equipment equip-ment at Deer Lodge on a lease ol 14200 u year appointing Frank Coney < Con-ey warden at a salary of 3000 annually an-nually Captain 13 L Blrthound pioneer designer de-signer of tho Georgetown loop pathfinder path-finder on the Union Pacific railroad In Its original surveys through a thousand thous-and miles of territory In Nebraska Colorado Wyoming and Utah and one of the first engineers of the Panama Pan-ama railroad died In Golden Colo last week A preliminary estimate of 17710000 acres of spring wheat sown or more than 631000 acres more than last roar and placing the condition on Juno 1 of winter wheat at 86 per cent against 774 per cent a year ago and of ryo at 913 per cent as against D3i per cent on May 1 is made In tho Juno grain report State Police Officer OttB of Rawhide Raw-hide Nevada has been found guilty of assaulting Carl Young and fined flOO and costs The trouble grow out of continued ill feeling between the two men as Young has been violently opposed to the presence of tho state police In Rawhide and Otts In particular partic-ular Otts says he will appeal his case Requisition papers for M O Reed have been Issued by Governor Dick arson of Nevada Reed has been arrested ar-rested In the state of Washington for passing fictitious chocks In Goldfield several months ago At the tlmo his crime was committed ho escaped but was arrested a few days ago In Seattle Seat-tle and will bo returned to Goldfield for trial Many eastern papers are sending Inquiries I In-quiries to tIme papers of Reno Nevada asking for particulars of the tragic death of Nan Harrison or better known as Nan Sutherland tho singer sing-er at the hands of William McCnus land her jealous lover There is no foundation for the report that she might bo Nan Patterson of Floro dora fame While at Reno last week Clarence W Mackay Increased his other gifts to the University of Nevada by 28 000 for the benefit of athletes Fifteen thousand is for a building for training quarters and ten thousand Is mentioned men-tioned for a quartermile track The gift Is conditional on the raising ol 1000 by tho alumni and tho same amount by tho students While driving near Reno Nevada Mrs George Winters shot and killed J A Beatty with whom she was riding rid-Ing took tho body from the buggy and drove to Sparks and gave herself up Mrs Winters claimed she shot In sell defense batty was a business man of Sparks and the woman is the wife of George Winters a son of the late Theodora Winters tho prominent horse breeder Following a dispute over the title to a mining claim Martin Lorenzo a prospector shot and killed Jack I Bell his former partner on Happy creek in Nevada Bell and Lorenzo met In the hills and a dispute ensued Boll pointed his rifle at Lorenzo declaring de-claring he would shoot whereupon Lorenzo fired toppling Bell from his horse Lorenzo then walked to his prostrate foe firing two more shots into his body Suit has been filed in the United I States court In Butte by Justice of the Peace Patrick Colligan representIng represent-Ing the people of Walkervllle asking that the zinc mill of the La Franco Copper company controlled by F A Holnze and located upon the Lexington Lexing-ton property In Walkorvlllo be forever for-ever enjoined from operating that Walkorvlllo may once more become alit a-lit place of residence The pretty sixteenyearold daughter of W L Baker owner of a moving picture pic-ture show at Moscow Idaho shot twice at William Martinson and Ira Morgrldgo two young dandles who nought to make an appointment with the plucky girl and her younger sister sis-ter rTo To save 40000 in wages and at tho same time control to some extent tho dust which troubles travelers Is thu plan of M J Buckley general superintendent super-intendent of the Oregon Navigation who this year proposes to allow weeds to grow along the tracks wherever it ts possible |