Show NORTHWEST TW NOTES state bank examiner engle ot washington says the banks 0 that state were never in better condition and deposits are growing dally eight men were arrested near lara mie wyo charged with rioting at the millbrook ranch in a strike against E A bell for an day and in creased wages two men were killed in seattle and inq was fatally injured in a i cave in ol 01 a hole chic i was being ex for the reception of a large tank arthur pope a member of the sa lida colorado high school football team Is dead as a result of injuries sustained in the game between the calida salida and leadville high school team sat leadville in a street car collision in los an geles john L mooney jr aged 24 years son of J F mooney a capital 1st and mine owner of butte mont was killed and five other persons in aured the sunday closing fight has been renewed at spokane after months of quiet warrants tor five ers were sworn out by representatives of the anti inti saloon league charging them with having sold liquor last sun day the gallatin valley popularly 1 now n as the granary of montana and the richest agricultural section of the state will be intersected by an interurban line from bozeman to the vicinity of salesville Sa lesville a distance ot forty six miles october 31 was the birthday annl of nevada she was forty three years old on that date the doc ament which completed the admission of the territory into the union of states was signed by president lin coin on october 31 1864 governor toole of montana has been advised by the treasury depart ment that had been allowed as back pay to members of the first montana infantry who served as vol during the spanish war this is for time service between the period of being called out and actual muster in the three national banks of chey enne have adopted the certificate plan in order to protect themselves and their depositors from possible embar ras due to shortage of currency thia action has the approval of the business interests and the condition of the banks is declared to be excel lent the miners union and the smelter mens union of butte have received notices from the amalgamated copper and other mining companies that the old scale of wages in force before the agreement on the sliding scale was made will be restored this means a reduction of the scale of wages flora 4 a day to 3 50 R homer who claims portland as his home and who was arrested in los angeles on a charge of forgery admits that he has forged checks on an extensive scale in practically every city of importance in the west include ing salt lake city denver ogden butte kansas city omaha st louis and portland the civil service commission has just ordered examinations in twelve western states to be held november 19 open to men between the ages of 18 and 35 for the railway mail ser vice the examination Is campara easy utah idaho wyoming and nevada are among the states in which examinations will be held the seattle clearing house assoria alon has decided that the local situa alon does not call tor the issuance of clearing house certificates or other emergency measures such as most other cities have adopted seattle s banks have only nominal sums on deposit in new york and chicago banks and averaging between 40 and 50 per cent reserves anaconda and missoula mont re bently adopted ordinances compelling saloons to close at midnight and at the recent session of tho helena coun ell a similar measure was introduced since the recent session of the legis lature all public gambling houses have been closed and the law is str ct ly enforced 3 convicted at gold field nevada of kill ng john R davy at columbia on january 20 has been sentenced to thirty years imprison this Is the first conviction tor a killing at this term of court in nine other cases the defendants being re leasell A large force is engaged at the pen ver mint in coining the fia gold bars there and more bul lion Is pouring in dally from the colo rado and other western mines the total outa it of the mint tor october will exceed 8 mainly in 20 gold pieces for the purpose of rob bery unknown persons have assassin bated john H holmes at his mining prospect near wolf creek in montana holmes had been engaged as coach man for prominent residents of hel ena for a number of years and saved quite a sum he then devoted to mining thomas brown sentenced to seven years imprisonment ao 10 the colorado penitentiary for complicity in therall ing of isaac lebo and chris miller at the election of 1904 in cripple creek was released last week having received an unconditional pardon from governor buchtel ed chith one of the men arrested on the charge of being impi bated in the great northern holdup at rondo mont has been positively as george F hauser sentenced t fourteen ears in the montana pent for burglary and released on arole last january unimproved land in the hood river section of oregon Is worth from 0 o per acre fresh orchards are valued at from to 1 per acre A good orchard Is looked upon as a to its owner and in reality it Is and a good one if properly attend ed to and cared for J ross clark president of the las vegas tonopah railroad which con goldfield with the smelters of salt lake and the coast of california accompanied by several members 0 his official staff arrived in goldfield on october on the second regular rain to run over the road |