Show r NORTHWEST NOTES I C P Davis oxdeputy sheriff of Vmntllln county Oregon was convicted convict-ed at Pendleton of tho larceny of 1200 It Is qulto likely that the president will nppolut C 15 Vllnf of Seattle assayer as-sayer In charge of the Seattle assay cifllco In succession to F A Wing who recently resigned Dan McMasters well known In limo western part of Montana andnt one tlmo a member of thu lluttu police force committed suicide at Heftier Mont by taking carbolic acid Charles Quinn the conductor of the oastliound Great Northern Oriental limited which collided with the west bound near Columbia Falls Mont Is lend nt Knllspcll from his Injuries flu Is tho fourth victim A prnlrlo fire near Cheyenne do Itroycd great quantities of hay Pino Bluffs a small town wns threatened While nt Stilom a Swedish settlement n number of buildings wore destroyed There was no loss of life One of the largest funerals held In Nevada in years took place at Carson when tho remains of the lute Holti hold Sadler former governor of Nevada Ne-vada were consigned to the grave In the Masonic cemetery at Cnrson Practically nil tho 00 red cedar shingle mills In northwest Washington Washing-ton tcsumcd operations last week after a closedown practically complete com-plete throughout the state for tho months of December and January Roy Gray n young resident of Eureka Eu-reka Cal fell from a train at Sparks Nov last week Ono leg was caught under the wheels and crushed to such an extent that amputation was ncccs sary Ho stands a chance to recover Tho sonata In executive session on the 1st confirmed tho following nominations nom-inations Charles D Ford register of tho land once at Denver William S Graham surveyorgeneral of California Califor-nia Morrltt A Baker postmaster iWcnton Or W B Illgblo and J It Berry representing rep-resenting Swift c Co of Chicago nro In Portland Or perfecting plans for the construction on tho St Johns peninsula pen-insula of an Inline n so nbbatolr and packing plant to cost In the neighborhood neighbor-hood of 1000000 Frank Jackson of Seattle n passenger passen-ger on tho steamer Multnomah from Olympia to Tacoma ripped eight or ten life preservers open on that vessel ves-sel last week anti found them filled with tulle reeds and threw them overheard over-heard Ho was arrested Governor Brooks of Wyoming has appointed District Judge C II Parmo Ice to tho vacancy in the supremo court of that state caused by the resignation res-ignation of Judgo Van Orsdcl who has been appointed assistant attorney general of the United States by President Presi-dent Roosevelt President J E Stubbs of the University Uni-versity of Nevada has placed tho stamp of disapproval on hazing at tho university It was stated by him at a public meeting that hereafter all students stu-dents found guilty of participating in hazing would bo immediately dismissed dis-missed from tho college What Is known as tho Mahoney cm on the Union Pacific between Lookout Look-out and Hanna Is giving the contractors contract-ors considerable difficulty It is tho largest undertaking of the kind which is being done in connection with thr laying of double track and preparations prepara-tions are being mado to put two steam shovels to work A crazy man intent upon almost any crime his diseased mind might think of escaped from his attendant at the railroad station at Reno Nev one day last week and caused much uneasiness among the citizens until he was finally recaptured I W L Park general superintendent of the Union Paclllc says that within n short tlmo tho double track operations opera-tions In Wyoming will bo in full swing and an army of from 3000 to 4000 graders will be employed between Cheyenne and Green River Fire of unknown origin partially destroyed de-stroyed Senator W A Clarks Butto reduction works last week The plant will be rebuilt as soon as pos Bible In the meantime all oro from Clark properties will bo treated at the Vnshoo smelter In Anaconda The state supremo court at Cheyenne Chey-enne has decided the Agricultural college col-lege case In favor of the University of Wyoming on every point declaring declar-ing tho act of tho legislature of 1905 abolishing the socalled Agricultural college at Lander constitutional With 30000000 worth of gold bars on hand awaiting coinage tho new Denver mint began operations last week About 100 persons are employed em-ployed Tho first work undertaken was tho recoinIng of 130000 silver In dimes quarters and half dollars Beatty Nov tho place famed In tho desert regions for having nn ample supply of free water for all comers is tho scone of a great strike whIch is considered significant In that It 1 shows the extension of tho mineral bolt to bo much longer than was thought |