The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1916-02-11
NORTHWEST NOTES

Three deaths u Salt Lake were
caused by meningitis, resulting from
what at first apparently were simple
cases of La grippe.
Reports come from Elko, Nevada, of
a number of cattle perishing from the
extreme cold and deep now in Glover
valley in Elko county.
Seven men were convicted at Car
son, New, of selling whisky to Indians.
They were sentenced to serve sixty
days in the county Jail and pay a fine
of 500.
Among the recent appointments to
misunderstanding in Nevada is the
name of Mrs. Laura Hoegh, appointed
by congress as custodian Of the mails
at Eureka.
Kenneth Cameron, snowshoeing
near Milton, Ore, went too near the
edge of a precipice and slipping, fell
over and was buried beneath the snow,
which was twenty feet deep.
The snow is so deep on Mt. David
son and overhangs the cliffs so threat
eningly that several families have
moved out of their homes in Virginia
City, New, to a more s%outherly loca-
ton.
DR.. Frank j. Mckinley, supervising
agent of the Walker River Indian res
ervation in Nevada, has been removed
as agent and instructed to report as
an assistant at an Indian reservation
in southern Arizona.
The Tonopah school of mines has
resumed work of the second semes-
ter. The enrolment is larger than
ever and it is expected that there will
be a number of applicants come in
during the next few days.
It is reported that the sheep men
about Eureka are having a hard time
providing their fiocks with feed. The
sheep are in snow from n to two
feet deep with nothing but the tallest
black sage showing above the surface
for the sheep to browse on
Since the Reno Commercial club
has moved into it's new quarters ap-
plications for membership to the or
ganization have been pouring in and
the indications are that before the
first of March the enrolment will
have reached the LOO 0mark.
The people of Pleasant Valley and
Lamoille, Nevada. \ considerably
worked up over the rabies situation
that exists In those two valleys and 1t
is reported that the Pleasant Valley
school has been closed on account OF
the prevalence of the wild animals.
The annual report Of Secretary G.
D. W~olfensparger, of the Nevada state
sheep commission, for the year ending
November /, 1915, places the total
number of sheep, bucks and goats In
the state at 1.029, 14S. There are l.
2 1889 shep, SPAS bucks and 625 goats.
According to reports coming from
Hawthorne, Nevada, the continued
stormy weather has compelled Stahl
brothers to shut down their mill at
Masonic for the present. Thirty men
have been laid off at the mill, but the
mine Is still being operated, where
there are twenty men at work.
Twenty head of deer were buried by
avalanche in the mountains near
Viola, Wyo., recently. Hunters, track.
ing a herd of t~wenty-nine deer saw
the slide, which was about 1000 feet
in width, as it swept down upon the
animals. Nine CT the animals a
aged to escape. The hunters removed
three %carcasses.
John F. Gillies, former claim agent
Of the Washington state industrial
commission, was found guilty of for
gerry in the first degree. 1t was
charged that by means of forged
upon Which warrants were is
sued and cashed, he collected over
S15, 900 for fictitious injuries to per
engaged in the industries Of the
state.
The sale Of alcohol and other medd.
Ial ~intoxicants to ships for their medi
zine chests, which federal regulations
must be stocked with this
lass of wet goods" will be prohibit
ID as a result of the Interpretation
placed on the prohibition law by the
conference of prosecuting attorneys
Vt Olympia, Wash.
A rabid coyote ran Roy Hanson
lround the corral at Rebel Greek,
Jev., the other day, while he was at
to the milk cows. The boy
allied for help and G.. D. Hanson and
he boys father started to the rescue
gith a gun and chased the brute !
bout two miles before they came up ]
0 it. When cornered, it showed fight, {
ut was quickly dispatched.
West of the Mississippi river there ;
,as an increase of 913, 0S1, 900 bushels :
f grain in 1915 over 1914, and it re- :
uired 676,356 more railroad cars to :
rove the grain crop of the past year :
IAN 1t did the crop of 1914. Bulle- :
ms which have been issued by the !.
ailroads of the west declare that If :
Is the same increase In the mum :
err of cars needed in 1916 1t will be q
npossible to move the crops prompt
Constable McMurtey Of Elko, Ne n