The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1914-01-03
INLAND NORTHWEST

| d Alene region in northern Idaho.
Senator Francis G. Newlands of Ne.
vada declares that the United States
Is entering upon a period of prospect.
ty greater than 1t has ever known
The State Dairyman's association
meet in Gooding. Idaho. for three
days session beginning Wednesday,
January the It'll.
Rigby, Idaho, is going to make a
present to Jefferson county Of a
brand new courthouse, and the build
Ing is already under way and will be
| completed In a short time.
During February, twelve aya,nina-
tions are to be held In Nevada for
position Of postmaster at all fourth
class postoffices, at which the annual
compensation is $3.50 or more.
Potato growers of the Idaho Falls,
Idaho, district have introduced an in.
noyation In the way OF installing gas
lighting and heating plants In their
pcioto NCiiui D anu DtOtd6C Pltb.
Last Christmas was the fourth
white Christmas In the Walla Walla
valley, Washington, in 20 years, and
he five inches of snow that covers
he ground is the deepest on record.
The Northwestern railroad has
Just finished purchasing right-of-way
from Lander, its present western ter.
minus, to Idaho Falls, Idaho, $50
miles, and construction work Is said
to be scheduled to begin before July /.
Harry K. Hilton, one time prison.
err In the Utah state prison, now un-
der sentence of death for the killing
| OF Thomas Chase in Denver, Is said
to be writing book telling Of the in.
tiuences that resulted In his life of
crime.
One man was killed and another
probably fatally injured when strik-
ers attacked guards of an Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fee railroad bridge,
connecting the mines at Radiant and
Rockville, in the strike district near
Trinidad, Colo.
Assemblyman j. j. Schoer. who has
The distinction of being one of the
rev to recover from broken back.
bone, departed last Saturday for Salt
Lake City to have final X.ray ex-
animation of his injuries, says the
Wells Herald.
Albert Dahlstrom. preacher, who
says he has spoken in most II the
Swedish churches of the United
States, and who says he is the found.
er of club called "Heliga," with TO-
600 follwers, is in jail at Tacoma,
Washington, on white slavery
charge.
The highest mountain In Wyoming
is Gannett peak whose elevation, &C.
cording to chart published by the
United States geological survey. is
1875 feet above sea level. The Grand
Teton is close second at 13,747 feet,
and Fremont peak is only seventeen
feet lower.
The American National bank Of
Caldwell, Idaho, closed its doors last
week and is now in the hands of
the state bank examiners. The failure
OF the institution is blamed to for
mer cashier, s. d. Simpson, who re-
signed from the institution about two
months ago and left town.
1t Is predicted that during 1914
Utah and Idaho farmers will raise
from 80 to 70 per cent more hogs
than last year. The increased inter.
est in hog raising is caused by the
fact that farmers are learning that
they get more money for their grain
If they feed it to hogs than II they
sell 1t outright.
Attorney General Peterson, acting
ON the report made by State Sanitary
Inspector Wallis, will probably take
some action against the Oregon Short
Line railroad company so far as the
passenger depot at Pocatello, Idaho,
Is concerned, he having decided that
the present building is more of a nut
sance than benefit
Idaho is not the only slate in the
west that Is trying to save its assay
office In the interest of the mining
industry. Montana Is aroused and il
putting forth efforts through her sen.
ators and representatives to ward of
that sentence Of death that seems
about to be pronounced on all western
assay Offices by the authorities Al
Washington.
In the same cell on Christmas day
with s. w. Moore. the man he sen.
fenced to jail for six months for being
drunk and beating his wife, George
Bingham, justice of the peace at Oak
Grove. five miles north of Oregon
City, Ore, s facing a charge identi.
cal with the one for which Moore
Is completing the fifth month OF q six
sentence.
A family dinner OF sixty-nve with
rot one outsider, was enjoyed in Mer
idian, Ida, on Christmas when ]. M,
Anderson, mayor Of the city, and his
wife and relatives. assembled In the
Odd Fellows hall at noon for the first
complete family reunion In many