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Show NORTHWESL NOTES It is charged that by legislative trickery the measure known as the Oregon apple box bill was killed in congress. An unidentified burglar, who was trapped in a house in Seattle, was killed in a running pistol battle with four policemen. Ten-round boxing matches will be allowed in Oregon if a bill introduced by Senator Perkins of Multnomah county becomes a law. One man was killed and three othera were injured, two seriously, when an Oregon-NVashington railroad freight train hit an auto stage at South Elma, Wash. William D. Scott, president and gen, eral manager of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle railway, died at his home at Portland of heart failure, following an illness of two weeks. Eleven young men, mostly high school boys, pleaded guilty at Baker. Ore., to charges of assault and battery bat-tery following the hazing at the Young Men's Christian association o( Merl Jasper, aged lii. It is claimed Jasper was badly beaten. First substantial signs of a revival in the northwest lumber industry were noted last week when announcements announce-ments were made of foreign engagements engage-ments for more than 27,000,0011 feet Df Oregon fir to leave the Columbia river between now and July 1 next. A party of Northern Pacific officials last week inspected the recently acquired ac-quired Gilmore & Pittsburg railroad in Idaho. Business men of Salmon Citj entertained the party. What improvements improve-ments are to be made on the road will be determined as a result of this trip. The Snoqualmie tunnel, bored, through solid rock 11,000 feet at thn summit of the Cascade . mountains in Snoqualmie pass by the Chicago, Mlh waukee & St. Paul railroad, has been completed. It cost $2,250,000 and its construction occupied more than two years. Citizens in the vicinity of Manti, Utah, are very much interested in the discovery of a ledge of mineral which is declared to be pure epsom salts. Tha ledge is a large one, about thirteen feet thick and distinct out cropings have been traced for about a mile. One of the largest real estate deals of the season was concluded at Dillon, Mont, last week in the sale of the Frank Schulz stock ranch near Glen-dale Glen-dale to Kimball and Dansie of Salt Lake. The price is said to have been over $30,000. The Schulz ranch is one of the finest stock ranches in southern Montana. Mrs. Rose O'Connor, said to be the leader of a band of desperadoes responsible re-sponsible for not less than ten murders mur-ders in the mining section of southern south-ern Nevada, is under arrest at Searchlight-charged with the murder of D, M. Xeblett. She is accused also of shooting and perhaps fatally wounding G. A. Lane. Death of one and injury to four resulted re-sulted at Pullman, Wash., when a bob sled carrying five smashed into a plate glass window. Edward S. Bates, 25 years old, died almost immediately with a severed jugular vein. Mrs. Poor sustained a badly fractured leg. Another woman and two men were hurt less severely. Charles H. Zevely, who ahs for twu years been principal of the Oak Ridge school. 45 miles southwest of Eugene, Ore., has been arrested on a charge ot contributing to the delinquency ol Rachel Tiller, aged 17, a former pupil, w-ho died at the home of her parents in Cottage Grove, January 13, a few hours after she had given birth to a boy. Howard Dalton of Wilia.'d, Utah, and the potato crop which gave him first place in the Utah boys' club contest con-test last season, are the subject of a long article issued by the publicity bureau of the United States department depart-ment of agriculture. In addition to the publicity, young Dalton's achievement achieve-ment netted him $141.07 in cash and a free trip to the Panama-Pacific exposition. ex-position. John A. Fraser. w ho was a member of a party that had numerous encounters en-counters with Indian along the North Platte in the early 'GOs. and who was a messenger before taking up mining in Utah, was buried at Butte last week with Masonic honors. Fraser joined the gold stampedes to Colorado. Idaho and then to Montana, and had placer mined in practically all the rich placers of the state. By proclamation issued last week Governor James Withycombe put an end to martial law at t'opperneld. pre., which had been in effect since January 2, 1 ill 4 , when Miss Fern -iobbs, secretary to Governor West ,-ho went there backed by Colonel II Yawson and a force of militiamen .losed the saloons because of alleged transgressions of the law by saloonkeepers saloon-keepers and gamblc.s. Figures to show the financial loss to Multnomah county caused by the present law requiring medical examinations examin-ations of men before marriage, which has" turned Vancouver. Wash., across Lhe Columbia from Portland, into a Gretna Green, have been reported to he Oregon legislature. Representatives of a number ol women's c'.ubs of Portland appeared at a session of the house jud'eiary committee of the Oregon legislature last week and urged enactment of a law permitting women to serve on juries. Should tlie twelve University ot Oregon athletes who are being chosen to compete in the athletic program ot the Panama-Pacific exposition in San ! Francisco make a creditable showing there, some of them will be sent east later to compete in the Pennsylvania meet. An earthquake which rocked buildings build-ings and put people and animals in a panic was reported from Summervllle, Ore. The tremor was felt at points over an area of some 40 miles, according ac-cording to reports. There was no damage. |