The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1914-10-03
NORTHWEST NOTES


Albion. Idaho. an entire family oil
brothers. three in number. were con
yicted of grand larceny and being
sentenced to the penitentiary for a
term of from one to fourteen years
Nearly half million dollars has al
ready been discussed 10 the fruit
growers OF the northwest so far this
season by the North Pacific Fruit Dis
tributors. according to figures issued
by that central selling agency at Twin
Falls.
Edward Kimble. head OF the Skagit
Construction company. was drowned
while working on a bridge being con.
structed across the Skagit river, six
miles from La Conner, Wash A
swinging timber struck him and he
fell into the deep current.
AS result of an alleged quarrel
over a pack saddle. John Moyle OF
Rochester, Nevada, a prospector, was
fatally shot Monday morning by Jack
Kavanaugh, another prospector The
shooting occurred at o'clock in the
morning, and Moyle died at noon.
The plant of the Caldwell Co-opera
tive Creamery company at Caldwell,
Idaho, opened for business Monday
September IS. Articles of incorpora
ton for the company. the stock OF
which is subscribed by the leading
dairymen OF this vicinity, were filed
A delegation of Caldwell, Idaho
business men visited the potato farm
OF J. NJ Frye. in the Deer fat section.
last week, and ably assisted in har.
yesting one of the largest potato
crops in Idaho The Frye ranch is
the largest exclusive potato ranch in
this section, consisting of ifty-hve
acres.
The meeting OF the Womens Chris.
tan Temperance Union held at Cald.
well. Idaho, last week, was one Of the
most interesting and instructive state
conventions ever held by the organi.
cation. The selection of the 1915 con.
vention city was left to the executive
committee and from authoritative
sources it is learned that it will decide
upon Pocatello.
Definite endorsement of equal sui.
rage was given by the Nevada Fed.
Grafton OF Women's clubs last week
at their convention, when a motion to
reconsider the action accepting the
legislative committees report recon.
mending the work for suffrage failed
OF adoption and further resolution
explicitly endorsing the movement
was passed by vote of 81 to 25.
Through heavy buying movement
presumably by foreign interests. vast
quantities OF new crop wheat have
been taken within the past two weeks
in Oregon and Washington. So heavy
have been the purchases that from Sc
TO ~ per cent of the total crop is es
timated to have been already disposed
OF at date on which in other years
the buying movement has hardly been
begun.
Although the passenger rate pei
mile and the freight rate per ton mile
were each one-tenth of mill highe,
in 1914 than in 1913 the Denver &
Rio Grande railroad, according to its
report for the fiscal year ending June
30, 1914, copies of which have been
received in Salt Lake, shows earnings
OF but 2.S1 per cent on preferred
stock in 1914 as against 4.16 per cent
in 1913.
A team of horses belonging to ]
a. Bruce, rancher of Surprise valley,
was scalded to death in a hot water
spring near Gerlach. Washoe county
according to the story Bruce told on
his arrival at Winnemucca. Bruce
himself escaped death because, in
holding fast to the lines, he was
thrown over the backs OF his horses
to dry ground as they leaped from a
bridge into the pool.
Losses by fire each year in the
state OF Idaho are so much larger
than those of other states that a spe
cial effort is to be made to lessen
the danger and decrease the amount
of the losses. In pursuance of this
movement Governor Haines has is
sued proclamation calling the at
tention of the people to this waste
and to its cost to them, and fixed
October 9 as Fire Prevention day.
The thirteenth annual convocation
OF the NJ. E. grand chapter OF Royal
Arch Masons of Washington was held
last week at Walla Walla, with
John c. Minton of Bellingham, grand
high priest, presiding. About seven
ty-tive members eligible to vote were
registered
Blinded by a premature explosion
John Steiner, an aged prospector
working In the Willow Creek district
crawled one and half miles to the
cabin of another prospector, where he
remained four days without treat
ment while waiting for a vehicle ia
carry him to Tonopan for medical as
si5tance
Edward Hill was arrested at Butte
charged with having held up A. Pers
and his wife by placing boards across
q highway. stopping their automobile
and then forcing them at the point