Show NORTHWEST NOTES A colorado farmer reports W made from wheat this year and ao 20 from sugar beets another trial for kemp V bigelow the ohio youth who sent dynamite bombs to a number of prominent den ver citizens was ordered by judge bliss in the criminal in denver last week congressman bartlett of nevada last week announced that on the first day of the session he would introduce as a measure of relief tor the fin an caal stringency a bill for the free coinage of silver johb a pole was killed at terry mont last week by mattio ma ellla an italian men had wo ids during the day and manilla is said to have threatened to kill if he did not keep strict silence ahe threat was made good george A bugh aged 12 and jo seph gibson aged 20 were drowned in manhattan lake at pen ver while skating charles abberto and hubbard broke through the ice in trying to save them and were r sched with difficulty the coroner jury at pine gr ve mont heeding a plea of justl fica ion based upon the unwritten law pled ith self defense exonerated chester A smith of killing washburn a prominent rancher ot pine grove and turned him loose the butte coalition company which has just reduced its quarterly dividend from 60 to 15 cents was formed in april 1906 and since incorporation will have paid six dividends a total of 2 45 per share or 2 on the company s 1 s lares of stock A special from aberdeen wash says that henr porter aged 19 shot and 1 billed himself because ot quit affection for marguerite mccar thy aged 16 a hospital nurse before shooting himself porter went to the hospital threatening to kill both the girl and himself he was disarmed and left in tears two men named griffin and con nor were found dead thirty miles from goldfield last week by a prospector named ryan griffin s skull was crushed and the other body chov ed marks of violence their tent had been destroyed by fire and the bodies lying some distance away wore cov ered with brush contracts were signed last week by the homestake Home stake consolidate 1 king mining company and the ol orado iron works tor the erection at gold field of a amalgamating and mill the capacity to be tons a day work started monday on excavation and the plant Is to be ready by april 1 A call was issued by the helena commercial club for a meeting of cit eizens of montana to be held at helena november 26 for the purpose of form ing a state association to bring about the securing from congress of a just share of the river and harbor appropriation pria tion for the betterment of the missouri and yellowstone rivers united states senator robert M La tollette of wisconsin has offered to appear before the interstate commerce commission at washington next month and speak in behalf of the northwest ern lumbermen in their fight against the hill and harraman Harrl man roads protest ing against the 10 cent advance in freight rates on lumber and shingles it a plan now under consideration by W E dowlen manager of the ne vada goldfield reduction works is con summated goldfield will soon have a circulating medium that will relieve to a great extent the scarcity of real money the plan is to take the bul lion produced by the mills make it into bars and stamp thereon the value which will be used as money the collapse ot a brick flue in the home of W booth of lexington ore caused the death ot a alve months old babe which was crushed to death under the falling brick booths 12 year old daughter was buried in a mixture of mud bricks and mortar bat escaped without a scratch vivian guthorle 7 years old was placed on the witness stand at helena in the trial of george melville on the charge ot causing the death of the lad s father winfeld guthorle in bald butte last may according to his evi the child saw melville enter the cellar brandishing a hunting knife A few moments later he heard the shrieks of his father and saw him run tor a short distance from abe house and drop on the spot where he died the lad also told of the appearance of melville and his threat to kill the two children of his victim the richest car of unsorted ore ever mined in the goldfield district was sent out last week by the florence annex company from the lease on the cornishman and firelight claims of the florence goldfield estate the car contained forty tons and was worth 37 george meldrum Is on trial at hel ena mont charged with killing win field guthrie melville and guthrie were employed at a mine near helena the victim boarding with melville the defense is that the admitted kill ing was done because of abuse 0 mrs melville with two of the largest producers of the camp storing their ore the ship ment to mills and smelters by the goldfield district last week was ex large amounting to the mills of the district have been flooding the smelters until they have been obliged to call a halt enoch andrew spores the indian brave in jail at dallas ore charged etith the murder of his squaw was found hanging in the corridor ot the jail life was extinct he left a note to the effect that he did not confess his guilt of the crime and saying he was going to meet his darling one million two hundred thousand dollars worth of gold dust is now lying at summit on thompson pass just back ot valdez on its way from fairbanks alaska to seattle sev eral armed guards are watching the gold in its cache day and night of this amount is in dust there will be several months work yet on the improvements being made by the salt lake road near caliente evada to have the in condition to withstand the spring flood since the last washouts a great amount ot work has been done in this district men being employed |