Show NORTHWEST NOTES the county court house at north yakima wash burned last week under the truckee carson project in nevada about 20 acres are to be irrigated this year an effort is to be made to have the government fish hatchery tor wyom ing located at laramie george wilson pleaded guilty at spokane last week to the robbery of of the bank of rockford wash in december 1905 and was sentenced to ten years in prison mary mcevily of helena mont a pupil of jean de made her de but at berlioz hall in paris one night last week A large american audi ence warmly received her the report is current at butte that F A heinze will succeed W A dark as senator from montana mr clark having authorized the announcement that he is not a candidate to succeed himself after forty years service as judge of the united states district court of the district of colorado judge moses hallett has retired to private life and robert E lewis has been sworn in as his successor is the first wyoming town to announce a fourth of july celebia alon the affair will begin on the 3rd and end on the ath with free pastur age and camping grounds for every body that comes the corey bros construction corn pany of ogden has been awarded the contract for the construction of the grade of twenty miles of railroad run ning from hazen to fallen on the southern pacific traffic director stubbs of the south arn srn pacific system has sent word throughout the east notifying all agents to discourage people from coming to san francisco for the mere purpose of sightseeing mrs robert bryant a married wo man with two small children was shot and killed at butte by harry penna who had been much in the company of the woman penna confessed the crime and says he was jealous of the woman s husband the shingle mills bureau at a meet ing at seattle attended by manu facture rs representing more than 60 per cent of the total shingle output of the state voted to close the mills tor ninety days beginning december 1 with the exception ot the combination mills which are to close for six weeks beginning december 15 chief engineer F H newell of the government reclamation service has informed the house committee on arri tion that from 25 to 30 acres of land would be irrigated at the be ginning of the present irrigation sea son from the inter state canal between wyoming and nebraska most of this land Is in wyoming samuel H elliott an oregon pio neer aged 78 was burned to death at his home near hillsboro Hlll ore he was a paralytic and it Is supposed the fire started from coals dropped from his pipe his aged wife and son were planting potatoes at the time and when they saw the fire it was impossible to reach him rey harris said to be a salt lake newspaper man who was forced to leave bannock montana an old min ing town in beaverhead county after being ducked in an irrigating ditch and daubed with paint for surveying the townsite tor placer claims has sworn out warrants for seventeen men who he alleges committed the out rage A sensation has been created at basin wyo by the arrest of bishop J jolly head of the mormon settle meat in big horn county numbering over members on the charge of sustaining polygamous relations with two wives in the butte miner his own per senator W A dark of montana announces officially that he Is not a candidate for re election to the united states senate he says he will return to montana to operate his interests at the close of his present term the army appropriation bill which passed last week was amended by in creasing the item of 80 for hos pital at fort russel to the increase being deemed necessary by the war department in view of making fort russell a brigade post mrs helen cody wetmore the sis ter of buffalo bill cody having sold all her property at duluth minn has arrived at cody wyo and will be come a permanent resident mr cody will return to cody at the end of his present european tour and remain per manent ly charles R root representing swift co and W J ryan representing the cudahy packing company were rested at laramie wyo last week charged with violating the pure food laws of the state and selling minced ham and ham sausage containing pre serva tives while walking down an ed street of ranier ore W fisher a prominent lawyer and assistant edi tor of the ranier advance a local anti saloon league publication was struck from behind by an unknown thug knocked to the ground and badly beaten one hundred and eight townships ol 01 public land situated in teton county montana which were withdrawn from public entry three years ago for re cla matlon purposes have been re stored to the public domain the land will be open to desert and homestead entry july 28 the first order tor railroad supplies from the rolling mill at laramie wyo is being filled it consists of several carloads of railroad track bolts for the oregon short L ne the nineteen inch mill started last weel on a run of ma terdal for angle bars tor the wyoming division of the union facile |