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Show NORTHWEST NOTES Tho city election at Missoula, Mont., resulted in a partial victory to tho municipal ownership league. A postofllco has been established at Aurora, Esmcraldu county, Nevada, six miles southeast of Fletcher. Tho quarantine established ngnlns sheep of various stntes by Wyoming, wns lifted Inst week .Sheep entering that stato must be dipped but other restriction nro removed. Complete returns of tho Tncomn city election show that George P. Wright, Ucmocrnt, waB re-elected mayor over McCormlck, republican, by 295 plurality, nnd over Hartmnn, mu nlclpnl ownership, by 1.CC4. Maurice. Thompson of Rutte, defeat-ed defeat-ed "Kid" Pnrker of Denver, In tho 1Cth round before tho Spoknno Amn-teur Amn-teur Athletic club. A hnrd blow back of the car knocked the kid completely out. It wns n bloody exhibition. In the city election nt Helenn the re, publicans elected the mnyor, pollco Judge nnd six aldermen. Tho demo-crnts demo-crnts elected the treasurer nnd ono nldcrmnn. Tho next council will stand nine republicans nnd five dem-ocrnta. dem-ocrnta. Detective Hob Urlley shot nnd killed Edwnrd Donnelley, who was burglar. Izlng the Parisian Cloak and Suit house in Spokane. A womnn In n neighboring building discovered the burglar at work and telephoned tho police. Nearly 3G0 of tho 450 painters and paper-hangers in Denver have gone on strike for Increased wages. Should tho strike continue long it is expected that the entire building trades council's coun-cil's membership of 6,000 men will bo-come bo-come Involved. Thomas Logan, sheriff of Ny county, Nevada, was shot and killed at Manhattan by a gambler known as "Blondy" Berry. Logan attempted to prevent a pistol duel between Bert ry and another gnmbler, and received the shota which killed him. Chnrles G. May, former president of the Big Bend Nntlonal bank at Davenport, Daven-port, Wash., has been sentenced to serve flvo years In tho penitentiary for violation of tho banking laws. This is tho minimum sentence. May wrecked wreck-ed tho bank in mining speculation. Tho business part of the townjo( Bannock, one of Montana's first mining min-ing camps and tho first capital of tho territory In Beaverhead county, has been practically wiped out by flro. Tho fire 1b believed to have been Incendiary. Incen-diary. Tho total loss Is about $10,000. The estimated valuo of tho oat crop of Idaho for 1905, is given no $1,C22,CC1. A totnl of 4.0C9.420 bushels bush-els were raised on 98,058 ncres, an average av-erage per acre of 19.4 bushels, and tho averngo market prlco per bUBhel wos 42 cents. Considerable excitement has been caused by tho announcement of Stephen Steph-en Cnrver, n banker of Chinook, Mont., that ho Is desirous of building a railroad rail-road from Lowlston through Clarkston to Asotin nnd then to Anetono county, a distance of 32 miles. Duncnn Clnrk, for years holder of tho titlo of champion steer roper of tho world, wns nccldentnlly killed near Cheyenne, whilo hunting with two friends. Tho threo woro crawling along tho ground towurd a herd or nntelopo when n gun carried by tho man immediately behind Clark was discharged. Tho chargo entered Clark's body, causing Instnnt death. Charles Secrlst, tho policeman who shot Thomas Johnson In a dlsputo over n dlco game In n saloon In Denver Den-ver on February 9 last, nnd who wns convicted of murdor In tho second degree, hns been sentenced to servo from fourteen to twenty years in tho stato penitentiary. Ilrakomnn C. W. Hlldobrnnd nnd Flrfcmnn John Davis woro killed by tho overturning of n frolght locomotive locomo-tive on tho Burlington rnllrond near Arvada, Wyoming. Davis wns nllvo for several hours under tho wreckage. wreck-age. Tho accident was caused by u cave-In of tho track. It is bolloved by Portlnnd detectives that Fred Paul, tho burglar who on Monday night shot nnd Herlou3ly wounded Georgo Douglass In tho hit-ter'B hit-ter'B homo In San Joso, Is 11 rormer soldlor, nt Vancouver barracks, who deuorted and to nhom wns traced 11 number of crimes. Tho collieries nt Cibiier, Wyo nro closing down nnd tho miners uro lenv-lng lenv-lng to seek work In other fields. All efforts to settle tho differences hnvo provon futllo. Tho troublo nroso over tho orgnnlzntlon or n union nnd de-mnnda de-mnnda which tho company decided It could not accede to. Chnrles Souter or Lnnder, Wyo., lost 3,000 shcop by u flood of wntor which came down through his lambing sheds carrying away 1,500 owes and tho samo number or lambB. Mr. Souter has ror years carried on his lambing operations opera-tions in March In thoso shedo, nnd until now hus had good luck. Tho ylold from ii0,153 ncres of barley bar-ley sown In Idaho during tho past year was 2,040,120 busholB or an average av-erage iter ucro of 40 bushels. Tho averngo mnrkot prlco per bushel for tho your, 48 cents, mndo tho entlro crop worth $1,270,138. |