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Show I NORTHWEST NOTES Smallpox has developed at Carson, Norada, and an epidemic Is feared; All traffic is tied up In Ileoso rlvor valloy by (loods which cover tho Nevada Ne-vada Central track several feet deep. Telephone connection to tho ex-tremo ex-tremo eastern portion of Montana was established Thursday, when a now Tho Western Oro Purchasing sampler sam-pler at Mlllors, Nevada, Is to resumo operation nt onco after a Boven-month shut down. The Jury, being unable to agree, was discharged In tho $100,000 suit jot McKay vs. Francis Mohawk Mining Min-ing company nt Goldflold. line built by the Montana Eastern Telephone compnny was connected with tho Rocky Mountain Boll Tele-phono Tele-phono exchnngo nt Hillings. Ed Ecknthorn, a Midway minor at Tonopah, Novnda, was sorlously Injured In-jured when ho lost his footing and fell thlrty-llv feet down a Blape. Mrs. Mae Talbott, recently acquitted acquit-ted of the murdor of her husband nt Heno, Novnda, Is to marry Thomas Horn, a San Jose, Cnl cattleman. Now pumps are now being Installed to unwater tho lower lovels of the Comstock mines nt Virginia City, Nevada, Ne-vada, which aro again to be worked. A private letter received at Carson, Nevada, from Manila says that several sev-eral Japanese spies havo rocontly boon Bhot there while attempting to make fortification drawings. Striking machinists at Sparks, Nevada, Ne-vada, havo been notified from union headquarters that their strike Is not sanctioned and they had best get back to work, but as yet no movo has occurred In that direction. Ono woman was killed and a mo-torman mo-torman wns fatally Injured and another an-other man sorlously hurt in a collision colli-sion in Denver between a Rock Isl and passenger train and a street car. Tho motorman of tho street car Is blamed for the accident. Suit has been filed In tho district court at Carson City, Nevada, to test tlfo direct primary law, passed in Nevada Ne-vada by tho last legislature. Tho action ac-tion was brought by Henry Ritor, a wealthy brewer of Reno, against Sec rotary of State W. G. Douglass. Representatives of firemen employed em-ployed on the Denver & Rio Grande rnilroad notified General Manager Horace Clark at Denver on Wednesday Wednes-day that demands, similar to thoso presented by employes of tho other railroads of tho country, will be presented pre-sented to him within six weeks. Mrs. Mona Given, ono of Denver's best known restaurant keepers, died February 22 at a hospital. She was famous because of a report following the assassination of President Garfield Gar-field that sho was tho divorced wife of Charles J. Gultcau, the assassin. Mrs. Given nover would confirm or dony tho roport. D. C. Henoy, consulting engineer of tho United States reclamation service at Portland, Ore., and formerly of California, Cali-fornia, has tendered his resignation in order to accept a more lucrative prac-tlco prac-tlco on general consulting work. W. H. Hayes, charged with box car robberies at Lovolock, Nevada, was discharged. "Sheeney" Morris nnd Bill Davis wero held to tho grand Jury. Davis made a confession Involving In-volving several Lovelock officers. According to Humane Officer Henry O. Morris, 01 Pueblo, Colo., hundreds of cattle are dying on tho range from hunger, thirst, pneumonia and lack of grazing on account of the great amount of snow and cold weather. Approximately 20,000 acres of land, which Is ombrnced In tho Spokano, tho Warren and the LaChapello ranch-os, ranch-os, a few miles east of Helena, aro to be colonized this Bpring, tho tand to be cut up into farm units of 1G0 acres eacn. A warrant hns been Issued for the arrest of Alexander iEL J. Whitney, deposed de-posed state boiler Inspector, on a chargo of larceny of goods and chattels chat-tels from tho state of Colorado. Tho goods and chattels to which tho warrant war-rant rofers are tho records of tho boiler Inspectors. Under a law enacted by tho last Colorado logislnturo Attornoy General Garnott at Denver Is preparing to test In court the right of tho government forestry sorvlco to collect conservation conserva-tion ohnrgos from power companies, manufacturers, farmers and others using tho mountain streams for powor purposes. A Donver newspnpor declares that "Butch" Cassldy, the "Sundance Kid" and "Kid Curry," three outlaws known nil over tho wost and having operated particularly In Utah and Colorado, have taken up residence In tho Argentlno republic, and aro leading lead-ing a band of brigands so powerful that the government Itself is forced to pay thorn tribute. Approximately 20,000 acres of land which is ombrnced In tho Spokano, tho Warren and the La Chapollo ranches, a fow milos east of Helona, are to bo colonized this spring, tho ! land to bo cut up- into farm units of 1 1G0 acres. |