The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1916-11-24
NoRTHhtsT NOTES

| rer lakA ei4 miles east OF Castl'
aoch. Wash. when their launch strucl
| submerged log and capsized.
Charles A. Comfort, a young mar
his early twenties, Ties IN the eoun
| y hospital at Reno, With fractured
pkuil and possibly internal injuries
sustained In leaping from a train.
A Tonopah man was convicted o
stealing chickens, and, In addition n
seins fined $50. he was sentenced Il
.ake . bath. YOU are about the dir
lest specimen ever saw" the courI
remarked.
Senator Chamberlain of Oregon an
sounces that at the coming session oi
congress he will Introduce a proposed
constitutional amendment providing
or tho election Of president by direct
rote Of the people.
Figures complied by the police dc
partmcnt for the Safety Firstafedera
Ion, which Is gathefinx data on acci
ients throughout the country. show
that ton persons have been killed In
motor accidents In the vicinity OF
Denver since January 1. last.
DR.. David w. Rulison, president oi
tho state board Of dental examiners
charter member Of the Reno Elke
lodge and one, Of the best known den
lists Of Reno, died suddenly last week
Of heart failure, caused by rheuma-
ism, after an Illness OF five days.
Nick Rogers, Manhattan Indian
has purchased an automobile in Tono
pAh. Rogers claims tho distinction OF
being the first Of his race in southern
Nevada to, own an automobile. He
also holds tho distinction Of being one
ofl the best rife ahots in the state.
Harry B. Warren, the young Mason
valley rancher, who met with pain
iui experience IN Reno, when an ad-
ministrator Of nrst aid poured, 4 few
1rpps. Of acid into his eyes, by mis-
lake. to relieve the pain occasioned BY
! cindor, probably will retain the sight
u one eye.
One man wls. burned to death and
several: vere seriously injured In 8
ire that; started In the Commercial
hotel At Goldneld shortly before day
break. The. dead man was c. A
Kearns, a miner, who had recently ar
rived from some outlying district and
was 4 stranger in the city.
The recently organized Wyopa Goa
company, which purchased severa
months ago the bankrupt holdings OF
the. United States Coal company at
Conroy, wyo., has opened up the mine
At that plaec and viii run with ss
large Z force as it viii be possible to
secure during the winter. -
At Canyon City, Oregon, J. &. An
dersoa was Indicted on charge OF as-
sault With intent TO kill, in having shot
It Ora Eastman, . neighbor. When
informed OF shis, Indictment Anderson
went to his room In 4 hotel where he
was found ., little later, dead with his
throat cut and d razor beside him.
Contain cd in the list Of 447 men who
have passed the examinations to be
second lieutenants In the regular army
arc the names Of the following: H.
Mandell. SECOND lieutenant, battery
Utah national guard; L. F. Stone
Post Falls, Kootenai county, Idaho; c
L. Irwin, Laramie, Wyo.; J. Lancaster
Western autoists ara much interest
sd In knowing that there is every pros
pect that tho stage companies nov
carrying passengers through Yellow
stono park are likely to change from
horse to motor propelled vehicles mex
gear, and that this will result in q re
movaI Of the restrictions on auto traf
ac. e.. s
Twenty.six wealthy farmers lin the
Byers. Colo. vicinity have leased s2c
acres Of land to be planted to beans
next spring, At. the same time they
Ior4ad IN agreement that the pro
css1ss u such part ~ il necessary,
viii Be used to dcfray their expenses
70 sec the worlds series. baseball
game next year.
The aluminium Madison river power
Inc, which was installed sixteen years
lGo as an experiment. has been ofn-
sIally Adjudged failure and the alu-
ninum u being replaced With copper
wirs. T6is power lins uf tho Montana
,owee hompany is sbott sixty miles
ong, stretching from the Madison
liver canyon to Butte.
) Tho abolition OF the state legisla-
urs and, all special commissions and
,osrds IL the state administration, and
ono commission TO per
orm ali the functions of government,
RS the substance Of an address de-
ivered At tho opening session Of the
annual meeting Of the Nevada Bar
at Reno, by Cole l.. Har-
vood, president Of tho association.
The car shortage h tho intermoun.
ain country became more acute last
veek, while tho demand for cars. for
rain and hay Increased. The. ship
ing Of hay to the winter ranges is
Z largo part Of local railroad
raflic, and shippers are being told
ars must Be ordeSered several days IN
dvancA