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Show NORTHWEST NOTES! Tho dry kiln of the Miller shingle mill and 1,000,000 shingles were destroyed de-stroyed by Are at Clearbrook, Wash. A postofflco has been established at Depass, Fremont county, Vyo., and Pueblo Williams appointed postmaster. postmas-ter. Dr. Robert M. Whltofoot, for thirty-eight thirty-eight years a well-known Montana practitioner, who came west as an army surgeon, died in Boioman last week in his sixty-sixth year. Tho olty, directory for 1906, Just Issued, Is-sued, shows Tncoma'B population to be 84,910, a gain of 10,040 ovor last yoar. Tho tncreaso In population since 1900 is over 100 per cent Salvation Army headquarters tor the states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana, which have been located in Portland until recently, hare been moved to Seattle, Wash. Tho fourth car o( tho Bell wool clip was sent (rom Laramie, Wyo to Philadelphia Phil-adelphia last week, making more than 100,000 pounds of wool Mr. Bell has shipped so far. Tho clip will amount to about 200,000 pounds. One of tho features of the wool market mar-ket at Boston last wock In territorial stock was the transfer ot a line of 200,000 pounds of fine staple Wyoming at 28 H cents, the scoured cost being placed nt about 75 cents. A boiler In a fertilizer plant In the suburbs of Portland, blew up, killing Frank Polton, aged 40, and injuring F. F. Loutz, who was working with Pel-ton. Pel-ton. An alleged defective tank is said to be responsible for tho explosion. Martin Gorman, convicted of wife-beatlng, wife-beatlng, has been sontencod by tho Goldflold, Novadn, Justice of the pouco to thirty days in tho county Jail. Two hours of each day .ho must stand tied to a post in a public place, placardod "wlfe-beater." T. A. Renner, a wealthy shcopowncr und banker, of Meeteetae, Wyo nnd his bride, formerly Miss Catherine Woods of Eddyvlllo, Nob., "wore drowned a few dayB ago In a flood caused by a cloudburst In Iron gulch near Mceteetse. The mysterious disappearance of n package containing $2,000 from the Merchants' National Bank of Portland Port-land a few afternoonB ago, Just before closing time, has been reported to the police, nnd local detectlvos nro working work-ing on the case. Another rich stXko Is roported in the Mnnhnttah-Belmont company'fl property at Manhnttan, Nev. It Is enld that a thirty-foot ledge lias been opened, which, in plnces, runs as high as $000 to tho ton. The oro Is now being sacked for shipment. A cloudburst nt Goldflold, Novnda, did great damage, washing out foun datlons and causing tho collapse ol several buildings. A number of tents on tho low ground were washed away. Several children were caught In tho flood and narrowly escaped drowning. Walter C. Clark has returned to Goldflold from u fruitless search through Death valley for hla brother, William G. Clark and J. Poters Johnson, John-son, prospectors who have Been missing miss-ing since July 7. He stated It ns his belief that tho men wero murdered. Johnson discovered gold In tho Pnnn-mint Pnnn-mint rnngo last June. It Is posslblo that Esther Mitchell nnd Mrs. Maud Creftlcld, charged Jointly with murder In tho first dogreo for tho killing of George Mitchell, tho slayer of Franz Edmund Chofflold, tho Holy Roller loader, will novor bo brought to trial on a criminal charge, and that they will bo sent to tho in. sane asylum. Chief of Police Wappenstoln hns given out Instructions thnt in the future fu-ture prizo fighters, tholr trnlners and hangers-on, would not be permitted to remain In Seattle nnd continue their prlzo fight preparations and will enforce en-force tho statu law, which makes It a mlidomcanor for any ono to bo connected con-nected In any capacity with a prlzo fight. L. D. Chauby, a fireman, was killed at Missoula, Mont., In a most unusual manner. Tho engine on which Chau-by Chau-by was working collided with anothor on tho Y nnd ho was hurlod Into the flro box Junt ns ho opened tho door.' Tho entlro top of his head was burned off. Tho forest flro in tho Cascade nuar Detroit, Ore., continues unabated, about 1,000 acres being now burned over and the flames spreading rapidly. All the sawmills along the Corvnllls & Eastern railroad have shut down and tho men token to tho fire to fight the flames. Quartermaster Sergeant Dodds of company IS, Twenty-socond Infantry, located at Snn Francisco, committed suicide nt Amcrlcnn Lnko, whoro nrmy maneuvers aro In progress, by throwing throw-ing himself Into tho lake. Ho left n noto to his captain faying that he was tlrod of his Job, Tho state baard ot equalization, which uwder tho laws ot Montana flxos the assessment of the "railroads of the state, has decided upon an Increase ot about 12 per cent over last year's assessment ot tho main linos. Last year tho main linos wero assessed at $14,432 per mile. Frank Ilartwell, who Ib wanted nt Albany, Oro to nnswor a charge of embezzling $500 from Foshoy & Mason, Ma-son, merchants, four months axo, and also on charges of forgery and passing pass-ing bad checks In Soattlo, Wash., nnd Salom, Ore., was arrested nt Pasadena, Cftl., last week. |
