Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1905 — RETURNS FROM EXTENSIVE TRIP. [ARTICLE]

RETURNS FROM EXTENSIVE TRIP.

John Kimble of Barkley tp., returned last week from quite an extensive prospecting trip. He left several weeks ago with quite a party of Jasper county people who have located in Washington, amoftg the number being John A. Schreiber and family of Kankakee tp., J. M. Poicel and family and Willis Nearhoff and family. John stopped at Miles City, and some other points in Montana; North Yakima, Seattle. Tacoma and Spokane, Wash.; Priest River, Idaho; and Portland, Oregon. He was much pleased with North Yakima, Wash., a town of over 3,000 population, and may decide to locate there. Mr. Kimble was in a head-on collision near Bearmouth, Mont., in which the fireman and mail clerk on his train were killed. Fortunately the passenger coaches did not leave the tracks, and except for a severe shaking up no passengers were hurt. The wreck was caused from the conductor of a freight train misunderstanding his orders and going ahead with his train when he should have remained side-tracked for the express.