The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1917-07-27
INLAND NORTHWEST

hh' wash with loss Of about $40.
600
An appeal for government aid III pro-
tecting property la aud about klamath
Falls, Ore, from destruction by further
ncendiarism has been made
Metal trades unions whose drlegntcs
comprise the metal trades council ~
Butte voted tn affirm the action Of the
council Ia ordering nll men affiliated
with the American Federation Of Labor
60 return 10 work
\ new record price for Wyoming
wool has been set by the IA Wltker-
son clip 81 Crook county Wlkcraon
has sold 90 a buyer. whose identity is
not announced. his 2O,OOO.pound crop
for 10 cents pound
Fire believed to have been ~ lnccn-
diaGy origin, destroyed the flour mill
Of Martin Brothers at Klamath FAILS,
Ore. together with large amount Of
flour and grain The loss on the mill
u estimated ut 100000
Fire burning ferceIy ON six-mlle
front ~ the mountains west Of Shcri.
dan Gre. threatened 1900 acres 81 tim
bered holdings owned by the sheridan
Lumber company The fire originated
from IA locomotive spark, according 10
the min men,
Six Chinese narrowly escaped death,
scores ~ women ia night array rushed
from hotels, some with babes Ia their
arms, and one Of the largest office
buildings Ia the city was menaccd
when fire destroyed two two-story
frame buildings at Boise, Idaho,
Fifteen lumber aud shlngle mills, out
Of total of 700 In western Washing
ton, are closed as "a result Of u general
strike order last week. lhirty-tiyc
hundred Of the 10000 lumber and
shingle mill workers Ia the same terri
tory have left their employment.
Judge r r. Moran In the district
court last week overTulcd the demurrer
Of the Nevada Interurhan railway com
pany To the complaint Of the Reno
Traction company. alleging that $1,000
IL due for the rent - the railroad
tricks within the city limits of lten0,
There has just come from the
PRESSES 81 the Nevada State printing
office IN Carson law volume giving
the reports Of cases determined by the
supreme court OF the State Of Nevada
during the October term. 1915. aud the
January April aud July terms of 1915,
That WyomlnRs 1917 wool clip win
total al least 2D5O.OOO pounds, and
mny exceed aOOO0,OOO pounds, In an
estimate made by nr Hugh Willard,
secretary Of the state honrd of sheep
commissioners. who Is compiling fig
ures on the clip as the fleecCs are sold
and moved out IT the state.
Having obtained contracts for the
construction Of ten 0oodcn ships the
Patterson. Mcdonald Shiphuilding com
puny IT Seattle, which was organized
by Adam Patterson Of ogden, Is hurry
ing the construction Of Its shlpyards In
Seattle with a view to getting building
under way Ia the near future.
with "a prisoners IN the county jail
at North Yakima, Wash, n large pro-
portion Of them federal prisoners, and
with additions almost daily from ar.
rests Of l. W. W. members sheriff
Murphy wired Governor Lister for per
mission 10 use the stockadc at the
state quarry Ia Selah for military prls-
oners.
Discovery that stock prisoners had
been at work. and that two further at
tempts ut lneendlarism had been made
were the principal Developments In the
situation nt Klamath Falls, ore fol
lowing the burning Sunday Of Miller
Rrothers flour mhl and the arrest OF
upwards Of 40 members of the Indus
trial Workers of the World
When one OF the trout wheels OF an
automobile In which they were riding
State Engineer Scrugham,
former Regent Henderson aud u, q,
Mcbride of Elko, New. narrowly es'
capped serious injury near Elko. The
machlne turned over completely, pin
ming scrugham aud Henderson beneath
the car aud sending Mcbride headlong
into the sand.
The following Is a report of Red
Cross funds contributed 10y Western
states, Arizona St2i.2lG, California,
N8.AEH,-tf- I hhhfAhtt FtsAthNaAAF ANA''''t
S3T0 tu5: Iowa. st2liloa; Montana,
Si806a1: Nebraska SI0diI; Nevada,
So. zoo New Mexico. Stf23to; North
Dakota. Sill ASH: Oregon, S,af1G
south Dakota. SEQ tGS; Texas SiAi2,'
on: Utah. S533.81i; Washington, ST.
l74.SS3 wyoming SilOSto,
The high prices hclnc received for
wyoming wool have inspired wool
thieves Ia unusual activity aud thefts
have been reported FROM several coun-
ties during the past lcw days. Park
county ranghmau, who paid two sirnng-
srs Sy5J for uu automobile luud az
woal when they drove mp to hts ranch
aud offered the load for sale, suhs'=
aurntiy discovered ;hat the wval, less
tlan an hour cartier, had been stolen
from neighhnr
Felix Galctfo, - years old, an 'm'
ploye II a livery stable az Reno, died
at hospital WHARF, be was taken
after having been Kicked Ia the sto-