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Show lilSTfJOIES! TJie fourth annual Oregon state lrri-gation lrri-gation congress was held at Portland last week. Philip Zapatino, an Italian, 48 years of age. died suddenly from an epileptic epilep-tic attack at a ranch near Reno. The proprietor of a pool room at Reno ple'fled guilty last week in justice jus-tice court to permitting gambling in his premises, and was lined $125. Seventeen saloonkeepers were arrested ar-rested at Vancouver, Wash., charged with the unlawful sale of liquor in a city voted "dry" under local option. Losing his hold while at work clipping clip-ping a cable at the top of a telegraph pole at Reno, George 13. Beneett, a i Western Union lineman, .wa.cj atally injured by falling 45 feet to Ae pavement. pave-ment. (1 '. William Murphy, who was recently shot four time9 in the legs in a pistol iduel with Cenobio Farias, at Reno, 'may lose a leg, it being feared amputation ampu-tation will be necessary to save his life. Governor Emmet D. Boyle issued his first proclamation on January 8, when Nevada LivestoeklQuarantine No. 8 was given out by ijm as a measure of precaution againsfihe footnd mouth disease. Governor Ernest Lister has granted final pardon and restoration of full rights of citizenship to C. W. Wappen-tein, Wappen-tein, who was convicted of receiving .bribes while chief of police of Seattle . in 1911. Members of the veterinary department depart-ment of the University of Nevada are having an active time these days to keep up with the demands for their professional and official services in various parts of the state. The arrest of Charles W. Jarvis for beating his wife who resides in Eugene, Eu-gene, Ore., led to the discovery of a complete counterfeiting outfit, which includes a quantity of material for making counterfeit silver dollars. Inability of flour millers in Utah to secure wheat from the farmers in this section, together with the rise in wheat prices throughout the nation, caused the retail grocers to raise the price of flour to $3.75 per hundred pounds last week. A jury in Seattle acquitted Joseph Rogers of burglary. Rogers admitted that he reached his arm through the open pantry window of a Seattle residence resi-dence last month, hoping to get a dinner. din-ner. He found only empty dishes, however. John M. Harrington, one of the old-time old-time cattlemen of Nevada, who . was for many years connected with the big interests of Miller & Lux, died at Reno after an illness of considerable duration. dura-tion. He was 60 years of age and well known all over the west. That the University of Idaho is doing do-ing a great work lor the state and that it merits thorough co-operation not only of the people of Idaho, but of neighboring states as well, is the belief be-lief of a committee of Spokane business busi-ness men appointed by the chamber of commerce to visit and report on the university. Northwestern senators and congressmen, congress-men, who last week invited President Wilson to visit the northwestern states upon his return from the San Francisco Fran-cisco exposition next spring, left tlift White House convinced the president will not make the trip to the exposition exposi-tion and, therefore, will not get to the northwest this year. Ned Burt, a 5-year-old hoy of Ogden, Utah, proved himself a hero when he rescued two companions aged 5 and 7. from the icy waters of the Ogden river. The boys were, plunged into the stream when the ice broke beneath the sled upon which they were coasting. coast-ing. Their cries of distress attracted Burt, who rushed to the river and drew them to solid footing. Battiste Robeno, arrested at Pendleton, Pendle-ton, Ore., with a pair of handcuffs on his wrists which the flesh had overgrown, over-grown, has been identified as a man who had escaped from Inspector Greenblatt at Nooksack, Wash., June 4, 1913, just after he had been arrested ar-rested near the border as a suspect. During the nineteen months since that date RO'beno had been at large, unable -to get the handcuffs off and afraid It surrender. John G. H. Sierks, a 25-year old inmate in-mate of the Oregon state insane asylum, asy-lum, has confessed to the killing of Mrs. Daisy Wehrman and her little hoy in their cabin near Scappoose, Ore., on the night of September 4, 1911. John Arthur Pender, of Ogden, Utah, had been convicted of the crime and is serving a lite sentence. The house has passed a bill passed at the last session by the senate pro-! pro-! viding that persons who made locations loca-tions of phosphate lands under the placer mining laws, shall be entitled to patent upon compliance with the placer mining law. Many entries in Idaho and Montana will pats to paten' under this bill as soon as is signed by the president. Wilscn J. Thyes was shot by Bud Ilenkle at Lovelock. Xev., during a qut-rrel. Tne bullet entered the left side, lower than the heart, grazed the left lung and is thought to have been deflected around the back by striking a rib. It is believed Thyes will recover. re-cover. James J. Coi'bett. former heavyweight heavy-weight champion pugilist, and present vaudeville star, has branched out as a fight manager. His protege is Joe Bends, a Tacoma heavy, wiio. the for mer fighter believes, is the kingpin oi the "white hope" crop. Charles Sehlegal and Clarence Cisin, who were arrested in Nevada and extradited ex-tradited ta Salt Lake to answer chargf ''oassing a forged check for $100 Lake hotel, have been sentenced to thirty days in jail, after agreeing to make restitution of the funds. Two lumber mills in Washington, employing a total of TOO men, resumed work Monday and a third, employing 200 more, will start up January 15. Large foreign orders and improvement in the eastern market are given as the reason. |
