The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1916-03-24
NORTHWEST NOTES

Fellows and Rebexahs of Nevada will
be held at Winnemucca in June.
General resumption of all the idle
lumber mills in Baker county, oregon,
is planned within the next few weeks.
Albert Roth, an escaped convict
from the state prison at Rawlins, was
arrested neal FOSSIL. Wyo., as he was
rapidly pushing his way westward TO-
ward Idaho.
Billy Mascot, featherweight and
bantamweight champion of the north
west, had a shade over Charley Davl-
son of Seattle in an eight-round go al
Salem, Ore.
The Greenhead club of Winnemucca
is arranging to supervise a big coy
ote roundup in Churchill county. Those
taking part expect a good return IN
scalp bounties.
Because of hostile feelings between
the two families, John Marchinlskl OF
Kemmerer, Wyo., entered the nome OF
Mrs. Mike Smith, according 10 the lat
ter's complaint, and gave her a severe
beating.
Burke II. Sinclair, private secretary
to Governor John B. Kendrick, OF wy
oming, has been appointed a major OF
the quartermaster's department of the
Wyoming Naio iuard, succeeding
Captain Graham fletcher, resigned.
A rich gold strike has Just been
made on Canyon nom an in oregon.
Average samples of the ore taken to
Canyon City assayed from $50 TO S4o
4 pound. The mine had been yielding
only average returns until last week.
Recruits for the United States army
are being sought in Cheyenne for the
first time in three years, a recruiting
station having been opened there as d
result of the resolution authorizing the
recruiting Of the army 20 full strength.
The dry state Of affairs existing
| since the first day of 1916 has mate
rally lessened the amount OF intoxl-
cants heretofore consumed in ontario,
Ore. The express Office shows there
were only Al packages of liquor recely-
ed there dui ing the month OF FeDru-
airy.
The Great Ncrthcrn railroad an
nounced ,ast wee hat it would pur-
chase Immediate. h-rty million feet
of lumber to be used in the construc-
ton of new sncsfsleds to protect its
line across thu Cascade mountains
from snowslides.
Fire destroyed the tailoring estab-
lishment at Ely, New, Of Louis Mary
mount. A gasoline explosion was the
cause of the fire. Mr.. Marymount was
painfully burned about the hands and
face, but his injuries are not necessari-
ly dangerous.
Mrs. Anna Booth, whom a jury at
McMinville, Ore, found guilty of Sec
cnd degree murder, was sentenced to
life Imprisonment in the state peni-
Tertiary. Mrs. Booth was charged to-
gether with William Branson of hav-
ing killed her husband, William Booth.
Oregona, an oregon Agricultural col
lege (Corvalis, Ore.) hen of White
Leghorn breed, last week laid her one
t~housandth egg establishing what is
believed to be a worlds record. Ore
gona recently completed a fve-year
term of laying with 9S7 eggs to her
credit.
Suit brought by Mrs. R. A. Barnett,
proprietor of a hotel at Portland
against w. H.. Warren, secretary OF
the y and Police officers l.. A
Harms and Lee Martin for twenty-five
thousand dollars damages, as the re-
suit of a police raid on the hotel, was
thrown OFT of court.
Mistaking lysol for cascara, the
Rev. Shoemaker of Yerington, New,
swallowed a teaspoonful upon his re-
turn home from a meeting. AS he dis
liked taking medicine he closed his
eyes and held his nose. He immedi-
ately realized the mistake when he
tasted the lysol. First aid saved his
life.
Recent heavy advances in the price
Of pla mum have had the effect of
starting placer mining operations in
tween Bandon and Cape Blanco, Ore
gon. Forty men are at work
daily, operating with sliuce box and
pan and are making from S. to 81 a
day each.
The Ohio Oil company at Thermopo-
lis, Wyo., has announced an increase
Of 25 cents a barrel in the price OF
Big Horn basin crude oil, the new
price being 81. The Midwest is expect
ed to follow suit. Producers are loath
contract their output at the new
price, believing that the value of basin
will increase rapidly.
An offer to raise a regiment of cav
airy enlisted from cowboys Of Mon
ana and northern Wyoming has been
wire to Secretary of War Baker by
Paul Mccormick, Jr., a catleman of
Billings, Mont.
George McKinnon, millman for the
rechatticup mine in Eldorado canyon,
n Nevada, was killed when his cloth {
ng was caught on a rapidly revolving {
haft. Every stitch of clothing, ex-
;ept his shoes and socks, was torn
rom his body. ,
An adoption that is unique in the
nnals of the state has taken place
[ TOnODah recently. By court action