Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1916-02-26
NORTHWEST NOTES

The school board at Tonopah has
declared the high school OF that city
open for county pupils.
A 3l,500.0O0 shipbuilding plant for
the construction OF steel steamships
will be established In Portland and
work on the plant will begin within
few weeks.
1t is quite probable that a cabarat
entertainment will replace a number
Of the speeches customary at the an
nual banquet of the Las Vegas cham
Der OF commerce.
The question OF issuing bonds to
the amount OF $4,000 for the purpose
OF extending and making necessary
repairs on the sewer system carried
two to one at Elko, Nevada.
Spokane physicians are joining
hands in q campaign to safeguard the
public health and have organized
| special committee to work In commune
ton with the chamber Of commerce
zee Bow, secretary Of the Hop
oihH WING, W&o iONhSa IA toG WY
Jail at Seattle pending further inves-
| tigation OF the murder In Chinatown
of Y. U. Park, Korean cannery
worker.
Charles Place, alias Smith. and
Kenneth McEwing have withdrawn
their former plea of mot guilty" to
| the charge of burglary in the district
court at Ely, Nevada, and entered q
plea of guilty"
James Tinney, a miner of Tonopah,
drank the contents Of two ounce bot
tie of carboic acid while In down
town saloon and still lives. Despond
ency is thought to have been the rea-
son for attempt at suicide.
Eight women and four men com
prsed the jury in peace disturbing
case in the municipal court at Las
Vegas. The defendant evidently
gained the sympathy OF the majority
of the jury as he was acquitted.
As mark OF appreciation to the
lady telephone operators Of Fallop,
Nevada, for their promptness In re-
porting fires, members OF the Fallon
volunteer department made the local
operators honorary members at their
last meeting.
II Is announced that the Fallen, Ne
yada, sugar factory is to run the com
ing season. The Importation Of sugar
beet seed will overcome the dibRculty
which for while was thought to be
the one which would keep the factory
closed this season.
Between two million and three mil
lion dollars will he spent by the
Great Northern railroad for concrete
snowsheds in the Cascades, In &C
cordance with an understanding
reached with the Washington state
public service commission.
As the result OF throwing twenty
two caliber revolver cartridges into 4
bonfire, the l2-yearold son OF o. V.
Stubblefeld OF Golconda, Nevada, will
lose the sight OF his right eye The
exploding cartridges struck him In
the eye, destroying the sight
The sentencing of Victor Allard,
coal miner OF Cambria, Wyo,, to from
two to five years In the penitentiary
for theft has left his three sons, IL,
10 and Is years OF age, homeless and
the state board Of child and animal
protection has been asked to take
charge OF the youngsters.
A.
$4,000 on new grade out OF Jar
bidge. completely eliminating the
Crippen grade, II the commissioners
Of 0wyhee county, Idaho, can be In
highway from Twin Falls to Jarbldge
that passes through Owyhee county,
The grand jury at Ely, Nevada, rec
ommends that all schools be equipped
with fire escapes, where needed, and
that In such OF the schools whore
the practice Is not now In force, q
fire drill be ineugurated and prac-
ticed at least once In each week for
the better protection OF the pupils In
case of fire.
bleH II. DubH, tlC Ohtou aOM"
Waterman who shot and killed En-.
rique Cordova, will remain In Jail at
Rawlins, Wyo., until his trial because
of his inability to provide $4,000 bail
He is charged with murder In the
second degree Bush claims he shot
the Mexican in self-defense. No gun
was found on Cordova's body.
Wyoming is a state of large re-
sources, whose development has only
begun Within its 1884 square miles
lie the most extensive coal fields and
the most productive oil fields Of the
Rocky Mountain regions, thousands OF
acres OF irrigated and dry farming
lands, and extensive areas Of SPLEEN
did stock range.
When J. r. Edgheill OF Salt Lake
purchased the wool clip OF the Sci
way Sheep company OF Dillon, Mont,
last week for trife more than 81
cents pound he not only opened
the season by making the first pur-
chase, but paid the highest price
ever recorded in southern Montana.
II not In the entire state.
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