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Show NORTHWEST NOTES Montana lends nil states in tho number num-ber of sheep It contains, statistics placing the number over five millions. The coal production of Wyoming of 5,600,000 tons during 1906 was 'an Increase In-crease of 300,000 tons over tho production pro-duction of 1905. Hsxiry Hoadlund, the steam shovel engineer who lost a foot In the cogs of tho shovel nt I.aratnle, was unable to withstand tho shock and Is dead. During 1906 the principal six producing pro-ducing Industries of Wyoming produced pro-duced a revenue of $55,218,000, nn Increase In-crease over their revenue of 1905 of $4,379,200. Tho Wyoming 1906 wool clip was 32,849,759 pounds, valued at $7,253,225. Tho 1906 clip outweighed that of 1905 by 1,049,300 )ouuds, and outvalued It by $893,225. Tho cnttlo Industry In Montana hus been especially prosperous during the present year as a result ot abundant rains and consequent good range and plenty of wntfir in both stream and pool. Last year the state of Montana had 150,000 acre:, In spring wheat alone, and tho average ot thin area was a yield of twenty-seven bushels per acre, and all other crops yield In proportion. pro-portion. There are now ovor 15,000 miners at work In tho mines of Montana, and during tho past year thero have been but 62 fatal and 43 non-fatal accidents, making u record of safe mining that is hard to. beat. A meeting will be held at Rawlins, Jnauary 26, between stockmen and A. F. Potter ot tho forest sorvlce to discuss dis-cuss and form plans for tho proper division of the rango and allotment of grazing permits In the future. A wealthy rancher of Montana, speaking of his stato, says: "We havo never had such a prosperous yoar In our state, nnd there Is hardly a person who is not better off today than ho was a year ago this time." Tho number of horses In Wyoming Is approximately 111,399, valued at $3,-112,996; $3,-112,996; the number of mules and asses Ib approximately 1,493, valued nt $70,609; the number of swlno Is approximately ap-proximately 8,628, valued at $44,214. Tho cattlo shipments from Montana for 1906 aro not yet available, but they amounted to 267.966 in 1905. 258,417 going cast, 800 west, and 1,541 being shipped to Canada. In 1905 there wero in the mutton department, 14,-415,479. 14,-415,479. It Is reported that the Northern Pacific Pa-cific will soon1 begin the grading of a cut-off which will leave tho main lino at or nenr Miles City, Mont., and following fol-lowing a course directly westward will strike the present road not far from Helena. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Lavler, of Portland, Port-land, were struck by an Inward bound Waverly-Rlchmond street car near their home. Mrs. Lavler was killed outright and her husband Is atthe Good Samaritan hospital, probably fatally Injured. t T. E. Brady, a prominent Great Falls, Mont., lawyer, has been Indict-od Indict-od by the federal grand Jury in Helena on tho charge of having Illegally fenced 13,167 acres ot public land In Valley county. Brady gavo bonds for his appearance. Allan Thompson, aged 28 years, was shot and instantly killed by his father-in-law, Riley Paton, a well-known rancher living near Colburn, In tho Plateau valley, east of Grand Junction, Colo. Thompson was drunk aud had first threatened to kill Paton. Mrs. Sarah Ayrou was mysteriously muidercd on hor fnrm near Warren, Oregon. Sho was shot dead while sho was sewing In her kitchen, nud the wenpon with which tho crlmo wns committed, n ,45-callbre affair, was found on tho lloor near tho body. A terrlblo tragedy was enacted In tho kitchen of tho little homo of Fred Blgnnml In Portland, when Giucomo Savlguann, nn Italian, stnbbod and killed Julia Blgnnml aud probably fatally fa-tally stabbed Mrs. Blgnaml's nged mother-ln-la', Mrs. Anulnn Vismorn. Ralph Blalsdell, assistant to Gon-oral Gon-oral Jiclltor Erastus Young, of tho Union Pacific and Southern Pacific systems, has been appointed auditor of tho Oregon Railroad and Navigation company Hues In Oregon and Washington, Wash-ington, with headquarters in Portland. Authority has been given Forester Plnchot to nllnw grazing for tho coming com-ing year on tho newly created Sierra Madro reserve, Wyoming, of all horses, cattlo und sheop which havo been grazed for tho past throe years on tho range now Included In tho reserve. re-serve. City Mnrshal Horace Frlsby wns shot and killed at Lamar, Colo., by two strangers, who subsequently escaped. Thero wero no witnesses to tho killing, kill-ing, but Sherlit Georgo Thomas hoard tho shots nnd arrived at tho sceno In tlmp to seo tho two men making tholr escnpo. Tho uccretary of the Ulterior has executed a contrnct with - Jesse W. I Crosboy, Jr., of Cowley, Wyo., for tho construction and completion of tho Corbett tunnel settling basin, dam ami ' spillway, Shoshone Irrigating project, ! Wyoming. The work Is located ton 1 miles oast of Cody. |