The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-10-08
NORTHWEST NOTES

and a thousand acres Of meadow be
longing to George Russell, Jr, was
swept by fire at Battle Mountain, Ne
vada, last week.
! Mrs. Annie Finnegan, one Of the OLD
pioneers of Virginia City, Nevada
passed away last week at private
room in the county hospital, after a
protracted illness.
The eighth annual convention Of the
Nevada Federation of Women's clubs,
which will meet at Yerington October
9th, will be an assemblage of the
representative women of the state.
Excavation has heen commenced
for the new high school building at
Winnemucca, New, and it is expected
that the building will be ready for oc-
cupancy by the first Of March next
year.
The state game commissioner OF
Wyoming is arranging for the employ
ment of two or three experienced
trappers to aid in the determination
Of wolves in the Jacksons Hole couIi
try.
/, DR.. Alex Wetmore, assistant biolo
gist of the United States department
of agriculture, has been ordered to &c
to eastern Montana for the purpose OF
investigating reports of cholera among
the wild ducks.
AS the result Of injuries received In
collision with an automobile, Cecil
Il. Shields, private in the United
States army recruiting service,
whose home is at Salt Lake. died In
the post hospital at Fort Logan, Colo.
J. E. Sexton, general manager OF
the Eureka Nevada railway, was grant
ed request by the state board of
sessment valuation of the property of
the railroad from s150,00O to $116, 900.
j. T. Burns, indicted last May by
a federal grand jury In Portland for
fraudulently locating claimants on the
Oregon and California land grant,
pleaded guilty last week and was SEN
fenced to nine months in the county
Jail.
c. Liliopoulos of Seattle, Greek con-
sui for the Pacific northwest and
Alaska, received instructions from the
Greek minister at Washington Tues |
day to issue call for Greek reserv
lists and others eligible for military
duty to be prepared to join their col
ors at any time
The Nevada livestock commission |
has ordered levy of one mill on each
dollar valuation OF all cattle, horses
and hogs. The money will be used
to pay the expenses of the commission
in stamping out infectious diseases
among livestock In the state. The tax
will raise about $4,000.
The elk In the Olympic mountains,
In Washington, which were threatened
with extinction few years ago, now
number 1000, according to United
States Forest Supervisor Fromme. OF
these 5000 are In the national forest
Recently the rangers have found car
casses Of elks slain for their teeth
by hunters.
The most serious damage done by
he earthquake shocks experienced
throughout half dozen western states
shortly before midnight Saturday was
/ tunnel cave-in on the Southern Pa
life railway at Carlin, New. a divi-
lion point between Salt Lake and
Reno, which delayed trains into Og
len for several hours.
Dry territory in Utah Is thrown
pen to shipments of liquor intended
or personal use, under a ruling by
Judge Arnold of the district court OF
lvanston, Wyo The decision was
endered in the case of the state OF
Wyoming upon the relation of w. F.
lormandy against the Union Pacific
nd Oregon Short Line railroads.
The supreme court of Nevada is
arguments in the case OF
ne Pacific Land and Livestock com 1
any VS.. the Mason Valley Mines com
any. In this suit tht plaintiff seeks
enjoin the smelling company from
perating its smelter at Thompson,
aiming that the fumes from the
Meter destroys the vegetation in
lat section. y
Robert cyan, county treasurer OF '
ander county, New, last week ap. Il
cared for sentence He had entere :;
plea of Incorporating public
oney. The judge pronounced
Of not less than three nor !
ore than five years in the penitenti- 8
y and then made an order suspend
g sentence indefinitely. released tho "
ondsmen from liability and ordered @
e defendant discharged from GUS
dy. 1t appeared that Hogan had Ii
ade full restitution.
After being out about an hour the. g
ry which tried ]. B. Auten for the &c
urder of Ray Curtis IN Lakeview, W
re-, on the night of July IL, returned ii
verdict of not guilty and the de- at
ndant was Immediately released Ell
ON custody. 10
The frozen carcasses of $50 reindeer pr
III arrive at Seattle In few days "
compete In local markets with beef -
d mutton. Regular monthly ship ar
ents will be made next year, and th
omoters expected to establish q II
arket all over the United States.
The supreme court OF Wyoming has
clined to interfere with the extradi.
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