The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1915-12-31
NORTHWEST NOTES

Harry McMitchell and Irwin Johnny,
two Indian boys wanted at the Stew
art Institute at Carson City, Nevada,
were picked up by the police in Reno.
Several Reno dairies are charged
with very low scores in the November
tests for butter fat and bacterial con
tent made by the city milk inspector.
A huge Christmas tree placed in
Monument Valley park, bearing trays
of edibles for the birds, was one of
the features of Christmas in Colorado
Springs.
The placer workings of the Battle
Mountain (Nevada) mining company
from April l to September 30, 1915, in
elusive, yielded nearly two dollars to
the yard
At meeting of the state board
of pardons at Carson, Nevada, R. A.
Caravan, sereving a sentence Of from
twelve to seventeen years for robbery
committed in Humboldt county, was
paroled.
Mrs. Rafalli Puchetti of Floriston,
Cal, who was shot in the back De
cember 8th by GiaSanni Margaroli and
who was taken to Reno for medical at
tention is reported to be getting along
very nicely
The case of Walter Rhine against
the Steptoe Valley shelters has been
settled out of court and the court at
Carson, Nevada, has entered a formal
judgment in favor of the plaintiff for
the sum of $4,000.
Boy Scouts and Campfire Girls car
ried Christmas cheer to 400 families
in Denver, distributing well filed has
kets to the poor. Fraternal and char
liable organizations, in addition, saw
that other poor were cared for.
A detail of United States army re-
cruits, 115 in number, passed through |
Salt Lake last week on their way from
Jefferson Barracks, Mo-, to San Fran
cisco, whence they will be sent to the |
Philippine and Hawaiian islands.
Public gatherings in celebration of
Christmas were more general through
out Oregon this season than ever be-
fore. At a number of towns out-of-
door Christmas trees were given for
children, and at many others exercises
were held in halls.
Sheep from Utah and Idaho are be-
ing kept clear of Nevada grazing
grounds this year, according to Salt
Lake sheepmen. Whereas last winter
fully 10000 sheep went into Nevada
from these two states, this year less
than $4,000 will go over the border.
Governor Boyle and Dr. Mullen of
the Nevada state board of health, con-
ferred with the governors of Oregon,
Idaho and California the first of last
week in an effort to devise some
means Of preventing the rabies, which
has been increasing of late at an
alarming extent
Mayor limerick touched the button
which launched the first municipal
Christmas celebration at Medford, r
Ore, and a few minutes later two
thousand children of the city were
iancing about an outdoor Christmas
rec ablaze with light and receiving
AT Cooper Canyon, Nevada, J. Hook :.
# is alleged to have stabbed A. L. :.
3orcherding. The trouble is said to y y
ave started over a remark that Borch-
Who aided Peter Mowert to escape :,
rom the Battle Mountain Jail should :
e sent to the penitentiary.
On account of umbrage taken at
Mandatory orders of Chief "Cooney"
he young braves have refused to
espond to his call to join in the
nnual rabbit hunt in Eagle Valley,
evada. and the farming district in
lat section is threatened to be over
IN with the Dummies this year. A
David Harkey was arrested at Ely
ev., on the charge of placing a wo-
an in house of i'll repute. Ida
,hnson complained to the sheriff IL
lat Harkey, after furnishing her
18th money to come from Butte,
here she remained for about one
eek
The rules to govern the northwest 80
Try products show to be held at n
,okane, Wash, February "a, rs and ~,
, 1916, at which many northwestern ~,
- or
nted, have been announced. The ~,
ject of the show is to improve the et,
atty and uniformity Of dairy pro- Of
cts in this territory. me
The directors of the Oregon Utah SUI the
r company in session at Salt Lake
egraphed their acceptance of five al
ousand acres of beet land subscrib- the
by the farmers of the Rogue val an,
: in Oregon, and announced that the
after the holidays con- ant
ct would be let to build a sugar for
1T factory in the Rouge river val {
after warrants were issued at Olym- put
, Wash, charging ]. F. Gillies, mo
i'm agent, Frank w. Stone and as
gene w. Kearns, local saloonman, pei
b grand larceny in connection with
passing of a false claim for $1,312
the state industrial insurance do roK
tment, Governor Ernest Lister Of qua
I'd reward of $500 for the arrest MIL
Stone Stay