The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-03-24
INLAND NORTHWEST

I uon IN Keno for three days beginning
March "a.
| Writing from Contact. New, to H.
/ NJ. Shields of Salt Lake City. a miner
says that Contact is looking for a real
! boom in the near future
Captain A. w orion, troop A. ore.
gon national guard, early Sunday de
clared the oregan cavalry troop ready
/ TO entrain at a moments notice for
Mexico
/ The department OF agriculture esti
mated that on January !, 1916, there
were l,532000 sheep in Nevada, and
the estimate for January l, 1878, was
precisely the same
While returning from Carson City
| via Genoa. New. an automobile party
encountered a bear in the middle OF
the wood Bruin became frightened
at the headlights and beat a retreat
Jess Parker. exconvict who stole
horse at Reno about three weeks ago
to make present OF 1t to his sweet.
heart. entered a plea of guilty to that
charge and will be sent back to prison.
As the result OF a dispute in
poker game at Las Vegas, New, s. T,
Hathaway picked up the stove poker
and struck A. c. Conard, piano
player, over the head, fracturing his
| skull.
The funeral of Yee Chez. Chinese
resident OF Carson, Nevada. for the
past Al years, took place last week.
Deceased was 81 years of age and was
one of the leaders of the Chinese sec
ton
Charles, the 9year-olG son Of Mr.,
and Mrs. Antoine Bloom. was acct.
dentally run over by an automobile
at Ely, New. Young Blooms head
was badly bruised and several ribs
were broken.
An offer 10 raise a regiment of cav,
airy enlisted from cowboys OF Mon
tana and northern Wyoming has been
wire to Secretary Of War Baker by
Paul Mccormick, Jr, a catleman of
Billings, Mont
After a thorough investigation, the
coroner decided that William Steven
son, the wealthy Mckee recluse whose
body was found beside the railroad
track near Ravensdale, Wash, was &C
cidentally killed
A midnight fre at Las Vegas, New,
was brought under control by volun-
teers after slight damage had been
done. Had il been discovered few
minutes later, an entire block would
probably have been destroyed
nayrfaga name ~ vpbo
has been serving as extra patrolman
on the police force at Bellingham,
Wash, was arrested and is held In
Jail as suspect in connection with
several store robberies this winter
George McKinnon. millman for thu
Techatticup mine in Eldorado canyon
in Nevada. was killed when his cloth
ing was caught on rapidly revolving
shaft. Every stitch OF clothing, tx
cept his shoes and socks, was torn
from his body.
Mrs. Anna Booth was convicted OF
second degree murder by jury at Nc
Mnville, Ore, She was accused with
William Branson, previously convict
ed, of having slain her husband, VIII
! nam bOOtlr Ol llitiI ihIul hNdi WI
liamina, Ore, last October.
The Oregon state livestock sanitary
board has modified the foot and
mouth disease quarantine that has
existed against shipments Of stock
from the state of Illinois to Oregon
The new ruling amounts practically
to lifting OF the quarantine.
hwv lat If
road laws in effect in various sections
and counties of Oregon and adoption
of uniform methods for road improve
ment projects were discussed at a
meeting at Portland of officials rep
resenting various counties of Oregon.
An adoption that is unique in the
annals Of the state has taken place
at Tonopah recently By court action
Alice Ford, baby daughter Of Mr. and
Mrs. William Ford, has become the
adopted daughter OF Mr. and Mrs.
Poon Sue. wealthy Chinese couple
Of Oakland, Cal
What might have resulted in a dam,
aging IRE occurred last week in the
labor commissioners office at Car
N1ii sNFNt ] Vt NlCiLt was AtHIIEl
by the aid Of small hand fire extin.
guishers thai had been placed about
the building The fire was started
when a visitor dropped lighted cigar
but in vast paper basket
Governor Rendrick Of Wyoming IL
an advocate OF convict road work as
an economical success and beneficial
10 the convicts Wyoming conyicts
were employed on the roads during
the sumner pf 1914 Warden Aston
reports during that period they built
roads in six counties aud that the
counties expressed their satisfaction
by applying toT mere Convicts for the
next year.
The silver service purchased by
the citizens uf Nevada Tor toe battle
ship Nevada viii De in Salf Lake
March ~ sn route trem Ear-on city
aad points IL southern NeV ada 10
points in northern Nevada The srr-
wee silI be .H q special gaf and three