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Show NORTHWEST NOTES Tho gold production for tho state ol Novada for 1907 wns nearly J1C.000,-000, J1C.000,-000, with ?r(2G0,000 In silver. W. M. R. Songbusch, tho Great Falls, Montana, brewer, Is dead, aged 47. Ho came to Montnna from Milwaukee Mil-waukee sixteen years ago. Tho sennto has passed tho bill authorizing au-thorizing the nllotment to tho Indiana or the lands of the Spoknno Indian reservation and the sale of tho surplus sur-plus to whlto settlers. At a meeting of tho oxccutlvo com-mlttco com-mlttco of tho Montnna Mining association asso-ciation In Helena, tho taking over of the Panhandle smelter at Pond O'Hcllle, Idaho, was ratlllcd and the papors signed. Guy Morris, alias "Hnndsomo Dan," who chloroformed Jcnnlo Smith, at Spoknno, Wash., stolo her Jcwols and lied to Mlnnesotn, has been sentenced to servo from five to twenty yenrs In tho WaBhlngton stnto prison. Residents or Dig Timber, Mont., the town which was almost ontlroly destroyed by fire last month, hnvo been notllled by tho Northern Pnelllc Hallway company that they will be paid CO cents on tho dollar to cover their losses. In compliance with the request of tho Montana Mining association the Interior department has begun nn Investigation In-vestigation Into the mineral nnd non-mineral non-mineral classlflcntiou of lands Included Includ-ed lu Northern Pacific land grants In Montana and Idaho. S. H. Hamer, chief Immigration Inspector, In-spector, hns (,'ulshed making an examination ex-amination of Inmates of penal Institutions Insti-tutions nnd InBane asylums of tho blato of Washington nnd reports that more than 20 per cent of them nro unnaturalized foreigners. The United States department of Justice, reversing Its policy, announced an-nounced somo tlmo ago, will resume Investigation of land frnuds In Colo-ratio Colo-ratio nnd othor western states and a force of special agents has been detailed. de-tailed. rfrom Washington to begin Immediate- work lu Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. Adolph Adlor, tho young Austrian Jew who was urrested In Portland sitter sit-ter ho had addressed a written do-mnnd do-mnnd ror $100 to Slgmund Hlchel, a prominent Jewish resident of Portland, Port-land, or suffer death for his failure to meet the demand, still refuses to reveal the names of tho organlzors of tho plot. A heavy carthquako shock was felt on tho night of April 15, nil through tho Meadow Valley wash of Novada. Tho shock waH of about thirty seconds sec-onds duration, from 8:01 p. m. to No dnmngo beyond tho shaking shak-ing down of dishes Is roported. lt wns moro severely felt to tho northwest north-west of Cnllontc. Holding that lt Is tho duty of parents par-ents to safeguard their children when In known places of danger, tho supremo su-premo court of Montnna has roversed tho district court of Silver How county coun-ty in tho suit of Harrington against tiro Iluttc, Anaconda & Pacific railway, rail-way, which had awarded damages for Injury to a child. W. P. Tumor, a Choteau county, Montnna, ranchman, wns shot and killed Inst weok by Fred Larlnore, a formor employe. Lnrlmoro hns surrendered sur-rendered to tho authorities at Fort Ilcnton, but roluses to mako any statement. Turner has been a tcbI-dent tcbI-dent or tho section tor thirty years and was unmarried. A largo recoptlon Is to bo given at Iteno, Nov., on tho evening ot April 25, In honor or Illshop IloblnBon, tho first Episcopal bishop of tho "Sagebrush" "Sage-brush" state. Until very recently Nevada has been divided between tho bishops of Utah and California, but the rapid growth or Nevada made the change necessary. Senator Clarko or Wyoming, cltnlr-man cltnlr-man of tho commlteo on Judiciary, Ju-diciary, last week roported to tho Bonnto a hill providing that In tho extradition from stnto to state or fugitives from Justice, "an Informa tion duly llled' may have tho snmo effect as nn nllldnvlt or or an Indictment Indict-ment or a grand Jury. Tho detectives who captured Frank-hnusor Frank-hnusor and McDonnld, who hold up train nt Rondo, Mont., securing $10.-00. $10.-00. 4iaviA sued Sheriff Shoemaker or Helena for $12,000. Tho robbers escaped es-caped from tho Helenn Jail a few weeks ago and tho dotectlves hold that Sheriff Shoemaker, having thus caused them to loso the reward or-lered, or-lered, should pay lt himself. Captain Sam Adler, a noted pioneer prospector and ono of tho oldest Odd Follows In the United States, died on April 17 at a Reno, Nevada, hospital from pneumonia. Captain Adler had an Interesting career, crossing tho plains In 1849, and has tho distinction of working on ono of United States Senator Jones' claims In California for ono year and printed tho first paper In California. Tho totnl mineral production of Novada No-vada up to 1908 Is $1,020,680,214, whllo tiro profits derived from tho Btnte's legitimate mining stocks la largely In excess of $10,000,000; whllo tho vast store of hor natural treasure vaults has only boon touched hero nnd thoro. Senator Nixon hns Introduced n bill to rofund nbout $3,300 to W. B. Ora-ham, Ora-ham, former postmaster at Kly, Nov., on account of tho amount ho was compelled to ndvanco for extra cleric hlro as postmaster, duo to tho rush on account of tho development ot tho mining camp, A stoady, roaring llamo over fifty foot high has for the last nine months marked tho slto of a gas well nenr Gray Bull, Bighorn county, Wyoming. The report that tho Initial height of the flame was sovonty foot cannot bo verified, but that tho well Is ono of remarkable volumo Is certain. |