The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-05-28
INLAND NORTHWEST

ef VI eastern nevada. IL buying and
shipping 1900 head Or Mexican cat.
tie under the protection of carranza.
William Jones shot and killed Sam
Sawaya In n scuffie at Kemmerer.
Wyo. Jones and Sawaya are both
o. 8 L. car repairers. and have had
several minor quarrels.
Vast quantities OF Nevada land
have been sold within the last year
and there has just been thrown on the
market many thousands Of acres more
which Is being grabbed mp.
In the municipal election at KEN
merer, Wyo.. Mayor c. Watt Brandon.
editor OF the Kemmerer Camera. was
reelected and c. II. Hibbs and W. c.
Cunnington were elected to the coun.
ell. The election was warmly con
tested.
Federal aid In bringing about a set
Element Of the Colorado coal miners
strike Ii desired by Governor Ammons
even II President Wilson carries ont
his intimation that federal troops may
soon be withdrawn from the strike
districts.
Following brief illness Theodore
J. Etaikos. aged 80 years, for three
years Greek consul for Idaho. Utah,
Montana and Wyoming. died at Butte.
Consul Staikos was one OF the best
known men Of his race I'm the inter
mountain country.
or the 275.000 acres OF land put on
the market in the last year In Elkc
coupnty. Nevada. 100000 acres have
already been sold and the land is
going very fast. 1t has sold frem $3.50
to SIS an acre. and the average price
has been $3.50 an acre.
Dave Haddenham has struck a rich
vein OF copper ore foot wide on his
claim. about Ave miles north OF Mug.
get, Wyo The ore tests 13 per cent
copper. 2.6 per cent silver and also
shows a trace of godl. Mr.. Hadden
ham states that the ledge is a very
large one.
BY a vote OF ) TO the state CON.
ference called at Olympia, Wash. to
recommend a minimum wage for wo
men workers In laundries and dye
works, adopted a motion to recon
mend a minimum OF $3.50 week for
48 hours for women employed in such
establishments.
In response to an appeal from the
| reclamation service for a reduction
In the price OF lands In order to pro.
mote an influx of settlers. the price oil
| lands in the Tieton and Mabton rec.
lamation projects in Washington
have been cut in half and 10 years al
lowed for payment
Frank C. Bright, alias Frank Berger
who has been in the city hospital al
Seattle since the night OF April 81
when he was shot while trying to es
cape arrest for attempting to pass {
counterfeit Canadian five dollar bill
was indicted by the federal grand
jury last week on a charge of counter
feiting.
Robert T. Hodge, Progressive candi
date for governor in 1912 and former.
ly a coal miner, was admitted to the
bar by the state supreme court al
Olympia. Wash, after being rejecte,
three times. Hodge, who has been
working as a department store labor
er and studying at night. plans to re
enter politics.
County authorities are seeking the
two men last seen with Patrick J
Toomey, whose body was found unde
a railroad trestIe In East Butte The
skull was fractured and there war
nothing Of value in the pockets Foul
play is suspected. as the fall woulc
not have fractured Toomey's skull
say the police.
One of the greatest feats in the his
tory of the forestry service is to BE-
attempted by rangers in the Missouri
national forest. where an effort Will
be made to repair the immense dam
age done by the forest fires OF 1910
when several scores of lives were
snuffed out and pillows OF flame
sweeping over sea of timber. die
more damage in single season than
in any other three seasons combined
Frank Richet. president of the Ore.
gon Inland Development company. was
released from the county jail at Port
land where he had been serving In
default Of a $4,000 fine levied against
him upon conviction. with ]. T. Con
way. Of having fraudulently misrepre
scented lands which the company sold
Riehet obtained his freedom By taking
the panper's oath.
Fire destroyed the four-story build
ing and stock OF the Gottstein Furni
ture company at Seattle and did much
damage TO neighboring stores. eaus
ing a total loss of 100000.
Marked progress in church extern
sion work OF the denomination was re
reported at the opening sessions OF
he Pacific coast conference of the
Unitarian church at Portland
eBtween 1000 and 5000 Norwegian
OF Utah and idaho gathered in Salt
Lake May Is for the beginning Of .
three days celebration OF the Nor
wegian independence centennial
For saving the life Of another dos
a bronze hero medal has been award
ID to Buck. an English bulldog. by tbs
Oregon Humane society. Severa
weeks ago Bucks dog companion
fed. while swimming In the Villa
Rette river. became exhausted h
sank fuica befure Ruek reached hin