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Show NORTHWEST NOTES C. P. Davis, ex-deputy sheriff of "Umatilla county, Oregon, was convicted convict-ed nt Pendleton of tho larceny of 1,200. It Is qulto likely that tho president will nppolnt C. 13. Vllnf of Seattle, ns-sayer ns-sayer In chnrgo of tho Seattlo nsay office, In succession to F. A. Wing, who recently resigned. Dan McMnstcrs, well kViown In tho western part of Montana and at ono tlmo a member of the Butto police force, committed- sulcldo nt Bonner, Mont., by taking carbolic ncld. Charles Qulnn, tho conductor of tho rnstbound Grent Northern Oriental limited, which collided with the west-bound west-bound near Columbia Falls, Mont., Is llcad, at Kallupell, from his Injuries. Io Is the fourth victim. A prnlrle lire nenr Chcyenno destroyed de-stroyed great quantities or liny. Pino Bluffs, n small town, wns threatened, while nt Salem, a Swedish settlement, a number of buildings wuro destroyed. Thcro was no loss of life. Ono of tho largest funerals hold In Nevada In years took place at Carson, when tho remains of the Into Rein-hold Rein-hold Sadler, former governor of Nevada, Ne-vada, wore consigned to tho grave In tho Masonic cemetery at Carson. Practically all tho 300 red cedar shtnglo mills In northwest Washington Washing-ton resumed operations Inst week after n close-down, practically complete com-plete throughout tho state, for tho months of December nnd January. Roy Gray, a young resident of Eureka, Eu-reka, Cal., fell from a train at Sparks, Nov., Inst week. Ono leg was caught under the wheels and crushed to such nn cxtont that amputation was necessary. neces-sary. Ho stands a chanco to recover Tho scnato in executive session on (ho 1st confirmed the following nominations: nom-inations: Charles D. Ford, register of tho land offlco nt Denver; Wllllnm S. Grnham, surveyor-general of California; Califor-nia; Mcrrltt A. Baker, postmaster, JWenton, Or. W. B. Higblo and J. II. Berry, representing rep-resenting Swift & Co. of Chicago, aro In Portland, Or., perfecting plans foi tho construction on the Si. Johns peninsula pen-insula of an immenso nbbntolr and packing plnnt to cost In tho neighborhood neighbor-hood or 11,000,000. Frank Jackson or Seattlo, a passenger passen-ger on tho steamer Multnomah from Olympla to Tncomn, ripped eight or ton llfo preservers open on that vessel ves-sel last week and found thorn ftllod with tulo reeds, and threw them overboard. over-board. Ho was arrested. Governor Brooks of Wyoming has appointed District Judgo C. H. Pnrmo-leo Pnrmo-leo to the vacancy In tho supremo court of that state, caused by tho resignation res-ignation of Judgo Van Orsdol, who hns been appointed assistant attorney genornl of the United States by President Presi-dent Roosevelt. President .1. 1J. Stubbs of tho University Uni-versity of Novnda has placed tho stamp of disapproval on hazing nt tho university. It was stated by him nt n public meeting thnt 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 Mahoncy cm on tho Union Pacific, between Lookout Look-out and Hnnnn, Is giving tho contractors contract-ors considerable difficulty. It Is tho largest undertaking of the kind which Is being done In connection with the Inylng of doublo track, and preparations prepara-tions aro being mado to put two Bteam shovels to work. A crazy man, Intent upon nlmosl any crlmo his diseased mind might think of, escaped from his nttcndnnt at tho railroad station nt Reno, Nov., ono day Inst week and caused much uneasiness nmong tho citizens until ho wns finally recaptured. W. L. Park, general superintendent of the Union Pacific, says that within a short tlmo the double-track operations opera-tions In Wyoming will bo In full swing and nn nmiy of from 3,000 to 4,000 grnders will bo employed between Chcyenno and Green Rlvor. Flro of unknown origin partially destroyed de-stroyed Senator W. A. Clark's Butto reduction works last week. Tho plant will bo rebuilt as soon ns pos-ilblo. pos-ilblo. In tho meantlmo all oro from Clark properties will bo trented nt tho Washoo smelter In Anncondn. Tho statu supremo court at Choy-enno Choy-enno has decided tho Agricultural col-lego col-lego caso In favor of tho University of Wyoming on overy point, declaring declar-ing tho act of tho-legislature of 1905 abolishing tho so-called Agricultural college at Lander constitutional. With J30.000.000 worth of gold bors on hnnd awaiting colnago, tho now Donvcr mint began operations last week. About 100 persons are employed, em-ployed, Tho first work undertaken wns the rccolnlng of J13O.00O Bllvor In dimes, quarters and half dollars. Boatty, Nov., tho placo famed In tho desort regions for having nn amplo supply of freo water for all comers, Is tho scono of n grent strike, which Is considered significant In thnt It shows tho extension of tho minora) belt to bo much longer than waf thought. |
