The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-01-22
INLAND NORTHWEST

slAt<U1s-So Dy htOrLBaBluE tneE real
estate and other property OF mors
gagable character. according TO the am
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
iously disappeared after leaving the
depot.
A friendly suit was begun at Tono
pah last week TO test the ccnstitu
tionality OF the Law that became 81
fectiye January /, requiring all min.
ers TO be able TO read and write Eng
fish In order TO secure employment.
Defending his efforts In enforcins
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 a.
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. II the
pi=ns OF the forestry department OF
The United States department of agri.
culture are carried out
Negotiations have been entered
Into between the Denver & Salt
Lake. the Moffat road and the Chi.
cago. Burlington & Quincy looking To-
wards the latter taking over the line
from Denver TO Craig. Colo. and
complete the Mofiat road iz;o Calf
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 IL
Denver has been revised By the city
commissioners and the total fire in.
surance now carried is yi52 goo. al,
vided among thirty-fve, instead OF
only two or three agencies, which
heretofore held the business through
political influence.
William F. Patterson of Salt Lake
committed suicide in the tenderloin
district of Anaconda. Mont. Patter
son drank acid after be had attempt.
ed in vain to persuade his wife 70
reform The woman was badly
burned by the acid In attempting 10
prevent Patterson from drinking II.
B. F. Bush. president cf the Mis-.
souri, Pacific, Denver & Rio Grande
and Western Pacific. is said TO be con.
sidering a plan for the removal OF
the general offices OF the Denver &
Rio Grande from Denver to Salt Lake.
1t "a 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 o. the interstate commerce
commission.
Miss Elma Summerfeid. aged IL.
and Melvin Higgina. $Eed ~. both
residents of Candy, Ore. we're killed
by jumping of the railroad trestle at
Molalla river bridge between Candy
aad Barlow to escape a train. The
couple were walking toward Barlow
on the trestle when the Shasta lin.
tied caught up with them.
The strike Of the coal miners at the
Renton mine OF the Puget Sound
Traction Light & Power company az
Renton, Wash. has been called of
and the men win be taken back 70
work as rapidly as the company finds
places for them. Only $50 men OF
more than 800 who struck eighteen
months ago are in Renton.
An enterprising employment agency
In Spokane, Wash, advertised 10 give |
u job TO each purchaser OF an acct.
dent policy and was said to be doing |
a thriving business until stopped by |
the insurance commissioner. who |
rdled 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 sheen |
rnstlers which has been raiding nocks |
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 udahol Ministerial asso
citation lie up in arms over a proposed
introduced Ia the city coup. /
ell which will permit raging" IN !
public dance halls
President L. c Gilman Of the spo
kane. Portland 4 Seattle railroad con.
0any has announced officially the a. Z
2Oiniment Of ". ID. Scott as gener- /
manager Of the affiliated Hfll proper.
ties In the northwest.
A slide in the bank Of the famous
stadium fthe Tacoma high school /
the tracks of the Northern
Pacific. which parallel the water front.
carried two steel cars over the bank
and broke down the poles supporting
the power line Of the city light de
partment and the Tacoma Railway 4