The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1916-09-29
NORTHWEST NOTES

Spokane, fell 300 feet at the state
fair at North Yakima, Wash, and was
killed.
Completion of the new roau OF the
BylIesby company running from the
mill at Toulon, Nevada to the mines
at Ragged Top was completed last
week.
Lowered by a rope down the eleva-
tor shaft four policemen broke into
a Chinese gambling den in the base
ment of a building at Seattle and ar
rested II men.
Shooting bears from automobiles on
mountain roads in the Sawtooth range
at night is the latest diversion OF the
sportsmen of Haley, Idaho, according
a story that comes from that section.
Work has been started on the pro-
ject to provide irrigation to Indian
lands in the Pyramid lake country
New. All told the project will cost
$4,000. Congress has already appro-
priated 100000.
Nevada people interested in the
good roads movement will get behind
a constitutional amendment 10 De vot-
ed upon this fall which will increase
the borrowing power of the state from
5000 900 to $1,750,000.
The Golden West hotel at Carson
City, Nevada, was badly damaged by
fire last week. The fire started from
a 1ue above the range in the kitchen
and had been burning for several min
utes before being discovered.
Owing to the possibility of an cpl
demic- of infantile paralysis, the Gem
State fair directors have been obliged
to give up their proposed rBetter
Babies" contest, planned for the en-
tire week of the fair at Boise, Idaho
AS an Italian miner who has a cabin
at Manhattan, New, was preparing his
breakfast he heard a coyote bark in
tie yard. Stepping to the door he
found a big coyote on his doorstep
He ran back in his cabin and securing
shot gun killed the animal.
. An unsuccessful attempt was made
to open the safe by dynamite at the
Battle Mountain garage. A bunch of
burglars tools was found in front of
the safe. The men drilled the COM
bination but were unable to gain ac-
cess to the inside of the safe.
While the car shortage is becoming
acute the Oregon Short Line will con-
tinue to be able to I'LL orders for re-
frigerator cars as fast as they are re-
ceived, but grain cars will be scarce
for time, according to advices re-
ceived at the general offices OF the
road.
skeleton taken from the William
cite river near Salem, Ore, last week,
and identified then as that of B. ].
Montgomery by his widow, has been
Identified positively by relatives of E.
V. Springer, Salem hotel clerk who
disappeared two years ago, as that of
Springer.
]. M. Thompson, arrested at Las
Vegas on a charge Of burglary, has
confessed to the charge and said that
be had broken into five houses and |
gained access to valuable jewelry, but /
OAtJ olhdi dL1OuAto WOtO SohNht IL |
each place. Most of the goods were
recovered.
William Jennings Bryan spoke at |
Billings, Montana, at the opening raj |
ly of the Democratic campaign in a
local theater. Mr.. Bryan dwelt par
ticularly on what he termed the sue
cess of President, Wilson in keeping
the country out of war with Europe |
and with Mexico.
In an automobile collision at Gold
field, New, Mrs. George McKenna,
wife of a Goldfeld dairyman. was
thrown by the impact against the
heavy glass windshield of the other
car, hitting it with her head. 1t was
necessary to take three stitches in
cash on tn eback of her neck.
Dave Moore is under arrest at
Elko, New charged with the unlawful
shooting Of a calf belonging to Joe
Brown Moore alleged that the calf
was afflicted with rabies and that he
was forced to shoot, but Brown claims
that such is not the case, and that
the shooting was to obtain veal.
John Greenleaf, arrested for speed
ing his auto on Main street in Tono-
pah, New, was brought before Judge
and fined. SIS. The judge
said that that would be the fine i'm
posed for speeding and that the next
time anyone was brought before him
for the same offense jail sentence