The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1915-03-13
NORTHWEST NOTES

law becomes effective January 1, 1916.
Idaho Falls potato buyers claim
that they are being seriously handi-
capped on account of several weeks
shortage of cars suitable for the ship
ping of potatoes.
| Several woolgrowers in Montana
have refused to contract their wool
for 81 cents a pound, and the predic-
ton is made that 30-cent wool, or
even higher, win be the rule this sea-
son.
A million-dollar swin6le il charged
against officers and statesmen of the
now defunct United States Cashier
company Of Portland, in an indictment
returned by a federal grand jury at
Portland.
Sheepnen are holding some Of their
contracts for 1915 for better than rs
cents a pound. One big Wyoming as
ISOLATION last week contracted its 1915
clip at 25 cents, s cents above last
years price
Seven young women, members OF
Pilot Rock, Ore, families, were con
victed last week of having ragged
at lodge social and were fined IS
each. The fines were suspended dur.
ing good behavior.
Mrs. Frank Kasper was instantly
killed and her husband and two chill
, dren were seriously hurt late Satur
} day, when a wagon in which they were
, riding was struck by railroad train
/ at a grade crossing near Portland.
! Harry M. Beck. for two years q
j railway postal clerk, was arrested at
Portland and confessed to the theft
q of several hundred dollars from the
j mails during the last five months. He
) has been in the service two years.
/ The seven former striking coal min.
r ers on trial for the murder OF Luke
/ Terry, chauffeur, near La Veta, No
e vember 8, 1913, were declared not
d turned In the district court at Pueblo.
> Charles Skerrett was arrested at
l. Marshfield, Ore, on charge Of settina
8 fire to the hotel at the Smith mill.
q In which seven lives we're lost The
arrest followed q report of the coro-
ner's jury, declaring the fire was due
to arson.
b It is reported that the Montana
Southern Is to be built this summer
i. into the Big Hole section and later
n. into Idaho. A construction contract
n. amounting to four million dollars has
n. been let to the McArthur-P Perks Co..
ID of Chicago.
III The safes in the postoffice and the
as Hubbard Hardware company at Che.
Id ney, Wash, were blown open by rob.
to bers. An amount estimated at $700
was taken from the postoffice safe
rs and $40 vas obtained from the hard
be ware company.
ne Authorities at Salem, Ore, are en-.
IN. deavoring to identify q young man
lr. who Is suffering from lapse Of mem.
TX. ory, who, after being taken to hos.
It's pital for treatment, escaped from the
he institution and travelled to Pratnum u
We his night clothes.
Ter Two men were killed, and a third
seriously hurt, when an automobile In
which four men were riding plunged
35 feet off bridge into gulch near
Tacoma. The dead men are Dougald
Mcdonald, contractor, and William
=. Reidy, section foreman.
i've Numerous complaints from small
~ power users in the southern part Of
cb the state of Idaho claiming that the
"a power companies have been charging
~ excessive rates, has resulted in the
!. public utilities commission drafting
set of uniform rates.
John c. Hindle, barber of Seattle
~ is charged with having beaten t.
'ne death his 11-months-old son. Thu
baby's mother says her husband wal
ns drunk and she fed from the house
~ Neighbors allege that Hindle wal
'as heard to curse and beat the baby
'nu which ded from fractured skull.
Horse racing in Nevada became al
assured fact last week when governo
ORC Boyle affixed his signature to the rae
are track bill recently passed by the Ne
tho vada legislature. Under the terms
inc the measure, which becomes effectiv
md Immediately, racing can be conducte
under the pari-mutuel system OF be-
~ ting.
III, Ninety-seven applications for en-
49, ployment and one Job were regi
tered with d. A. Plumley, Unite
States immigration inspector at Sa
Lake, during the month Of Februar
ept. The lob" which was that of sepa
ign ating parsnips from the soil in whic
the they grew and remained frozen durir
,lus the winter, was divided between tv
,so applicants.
eli Colonel Cody ("Buffalo Bill') eel
ess brated his sixty-ninth birthday
xna, Cody, Wyo., last week with II
friends present. Congratulatory me
sages were received from promine
old friends from all parts Of Amerie
'ipts A banquet was given at the Irma b
1913 tel. During the banquet. Senator Be-
the read message from Governor Ke
arly drick extending congratulations al
the appointing Colonel Cody ranking ait
de-camp on the staff of the govern
of Wyoming