Show NORTHWEST NOTES business men of denver have begun tall ing tor a world s fair to be held in the colorado capital in 1911 the oregon legislature assembled on january ll 11 both houses perfecting organizations N mcarthur being chosen as speaker ot the ho ise and ady bowerman president of the sen ate accord ng to the report of the state superintendent of public instruction of montana there are 76 children of school age in that state this is a lain of several thousand over the 1 receding rear the recent severe rainstorms haie caused a great deal of annoyance and loss to residents of reno nevada business houses along the river be ng f coded and telephone and telegraph service badly crippled in a pistol duel in a saloon in seven 1 roughs nevada george L jordan was shot in the left arm after ing william over the head with a bottle both men fired sev oral shots b it their aim was bad Sheep men whose flocks arp ring ing in the red desert country in wyoming fear heavy tosses as a re ault of the recent snowstorms it is estimated that there are at least a r illgon head of sheep ao 10 that sec t on two men were burned to death one was probably fatally burned and two painfully injured in the destruct ion by fire of the great northern botel at everett wash on january 14 an explosion of gasoline ased the fire the southern pacific oil house at wells nevada was destroyed by fire la t week for a time the fire threat ened to spread to adjo ning railroad property but was held in check by the efforts of citizens and railroad employed emp loyes the french three masted ship alice bound from london to port land went ashore during a gale at 0 ean park which lies about twenty miles up the washington coast from he columbia river the crew got safely ashore john beatty aged 65 of mount vernon N Y said to be a wealthy landowner lin downer was found dead in a bath tub in denver in which hot water was running As far as known the body had been in the water aa night and was literally boiled thomas naughton one of the ear hest pioneers of montana aged 80 ears died suddenly at helena on jan lary 12 he nas one of the first bottlers of alder gulch and was prom 1 antly connected with and ranch interests of the state beryl benjamin lasa a young at tomey was declared not guilty in ii ederae judge lewis s court in den ver of using the hypnotic eye or exercising powers of clairvoyance to I 1 influence jurors to hand down vert diets favorable to his clients george campbell and william par t ell came near losing their lives thirty mies north of reno nevada v hen they were caught in a storm vilula walking from a construction camp to reno they were found b passers by and it is feared both men vill lose both legs trey were so bad 1 frozen bellingham wash was shaken by an earthquake at 3 45 clock january II 11 the buildings in all parts of town were jarred hundreds of people rushed into the streets the duration ot the shock was about ten seconds some of the brick buildings were ao badly shaken that the plaster fell to the floor what is probably the largest herd ct caribou on earh numbering ac cording to arrivals at dawson from cadeux valley halt a million was last week reported trekking m the course of a sudden change of winter quarters from sixty mile creek to the banana river the line of march be ng from 18 to 20 miles in width in his message to the legislature governor chamberlain of oregon urges strict observance of the direct primary pledge on the election of a united states senator it happens that governor chamberlain himself Is the choice of the people tor the senate 0 W mathas who confessed to v becking the exchange state bank of blaine wash in november and pleaded guilty to a forgery charge of may 1908 receiving a sen tence of fourteen years in the pen tent lary has been by gov arnor mead the denver trades and labor assembly at a recent meeting adopted resolutions denouncing the recent de casion of the supreme court of the P strict of columbia sentencing gom pers mitchell and morrison Morr lson of the american federation of labor to fine ond imprisonment A lone masked bandit entered the br dge restaurant on the west holly street viaduct bellingham wash 3 before daylight on january 11 he 1 ned the patrons cook and waiter up against the wall with a revolver and looted the cash register securing and d sapp eared jacob brencic a polish german 46 ears of age was brought into lorn baid mont in a serious condition ironi and exposure the chaice being made by brencic that he was set upon by a companion shot and he will recover from is frightful experience E H harriman has ordered the en bi department of the union pa alc railroad to at once parallel the 1 nes of the colorado and southern in the northern part of colorado A construction force of over 1 men v be thrown into the field as soon as they can be organized the chapel and classroom building at the klamath indian agency near klamath falls ore was destroyed by fire late friday night a time li was feared the night watchman had perished in the flames he was found reading a hook m the base abent of a distant bu iding george smith who was released from the utah penitentiary march 1 last year after serving a portion a sentence tor larceny has been cor ticked of burglary committed in rooming house in apol ane where h ole and Is awaiting a ser sentence in ane penitentiary |