The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1914-01-17
INLAND NORTHWEST

VIC tan uNlSlOu VI the Denver a.
Rio Grande since it was opened for
traffic December >16. 1888.
During 1918 Salt Lakers borrowed
Sll.2042s6 by mortgaging their real
estate and other property of a mort.
gagable character. according to the IN.
nual compilation of the county re.
corder
The police of Denver are searching
for Nellie Garrett, aged is. who came
to Denver from Ogden. and myster
lousy disappeared after leaving the
depot.
A friendly suit was begun at Tono-
pah last week to test the constitu,
uonality of the law that became eff.
tectiye January /, requiring all min.
ers to be able to read and write Eng.
iish In order to secure employment.
Defending his efforts in enforcing
order in connection with the strike
at the Tacoma smelter, Sheriff Janis.
son refused the request of commit.
tee from the central labor council
that he appoint union labor men as
deputies.
One of the greatest permanent lum-
Der belts in the United States is
about to be opened up In northern
Arizona and southern Utah, If the
plans of the forestry department of
the United States department CT agri.
culture are carried out.
Negotiations have been entered
into between the Denver & Sail
Lake, the Moffat road and the Chi
eago, burlington & Quincy looking to.
wards the latter taking over the line
from Denver to Craig, Colo, and
complete the Moffat road into Salt
Lake.
The controversy over the validity
of President Taft's act in withdraw
ing from entry large areas of public
oil lands in California and Wyoming
in 1909 without specific authority
from congress, has been laid before
The supreme court at Washington for
decision.
insurance on public buildings in
Denver has been revised by the CITY
commissioners and the total fire In
surance now carried is $4,000, di.
vided among thirty.lve, instead Of
only two or three agencies, which
heretofore held the business through
political influence.
William +. Patterson of Salt Lake
committed suicide in the tenderioin
district of Anaconda, Mont. Patter.
son drank acid after he had attempt
Cd in vain to persuade his wife to
setorm. The woman was badly
burned by the acid in attempting to
prevent Patterson from drinking it.
b.. F.. Bush, president of the Mis-.
ssuri Pacific. Denver & Rio Grande
and Western Pacific, is said to be con
sldering plan for the removal of
the general offices of The Denver &
Rio Grande from Denver to Salt Lake.
1t is believed that such move
would effect large annual saving in
expenses.
State railroad commissioners and
express company representatives
from Colorado, Arizona, Montana
California, Nevada, Idaho. New Mex.
leo. Utah and Wyoming, met in Den
yer last week to readiust express
rates in accordance with the recent
ruling OF the interstate commerce
commission.
Miss Elma Summerfield, aged II,
and Melvin Higgins, aged 10, both
residents of Candy, Ore. were killed
by jumping off the railroad trestle at
Aiolalla river bridge between Candy
and Barlow to escape a train. The
couple were walking toward Barlow
on the trestle when the Shasta lin.
lied caught up with them.
The strike of the coal miners at the
hcnton mine OF the Puget Sound
Traction Light & Power company at
henton, Wash, has been called off
and the men will be taken back to
work as rapidly as the company finds
places for them. Only $50 men of
more than 300 who struck eighteen
months ago are in Renton.
An enterprising employment agency
IN Spokane, Wash, advertised to give
u JOB to each purchaser of an acct
dent policy and was said to be doing
thriving business until stopped by
he insurance commissioner who
ruled that the scheme was in viola.
tion of the rebate law, for which
Washington is said to be famous.
Another step towards Kidding Uinta
county, Wyo.;, of the gang of sheer
tustlers which has been raiding flocks
in that district for several years was
made in Evanston, last week. when
Charles Holder, charged with receiy.
ing stolen live stock, and Avery Green
charged with larceny of live stock.
were bound over to the district court
for trial.
The Boise Qdaho) Ministerial asso.
citation is up in arms over a proposed
ordinance introduced in the city coun.
ell which will permit Raging" in
public dance halls