The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-07-05
INLAND NORTHWEST

initiation held at Reno last week.
William Heating of Missoula, state
auditor, died suddenly of apoplexy at
his residence in Helena. He was 60
years old and was born In Edinburgh,
| Scotland.
Residents Of Verdi, Nevada, assert
that only the lack Of a wind Sunday
night prevented duplication of the
fire that destroyed large portion OF
the town one year ago.
Ralph Hubbard, son Of the late Ell
bert Hubbard, who lost his life on the
Titanic, is teaching ornithology in the
summer school of the University Of
Colorado, at Boulder, Col.
j. Heber Richards, Salt Lake min
ing man, persisted in the desert sands
while making a trip across the Colo
RADIO river east of Las Vegas. Nevada,
to inspect some mining property.
The Nevada chapter of the American
Institute of Mining Engineers, which
met in Ely last week, was entertained
by the Nevada Consolidated Copper
company and engineers of the district.
A syndicate of Los Angeles men last
week completed the purchase of the
salt mounstain near st. Thomas, Ne
vada, and will at once begin shipping
the finest grade table salt on the mar
ket.
NJ Bartos, a Pocatello, Idaho, tailor,
arrested for failure to register, has
been released. Bartos claimed he was
over the age limit, and an inspection
of the immigration records confirmed
his statement.
Recording the highest price ever
known in eastern Oregon, the wool
clip from 1000 ewes owned by Keane
& Joyce, was sold at Ontario, Ore,
last week for 621ac, topping by z cents
the previous high price.
Two prisoners in the Nevada peni-
Tertiary, one a life termer for muir
der, considered one of the hardest
cases in prison, and the other serving
10 years for robbery, bought $3.50
worth of Liberty bonds.
Corporal Clarence Shaw, E company,
Second Montana National Guard, was
shot at Missoula, Mont, through the
heart and killed by acting Corporal
Arthur Kline of the same company. |
The shooting was accidental.
Colorado City, first territorial cap
ital Of Colorado, passed out of exist
ence as city at midnight June 10.
The town, which is rich in the lore of
Colorados early gold seekers, was
merged with Colorado Springs.
Organisation of a $3,500,000 lumber
company to engage in the lumber bust
ness on an extensive scale In Oregon
was announced at Ogden, Utah, with
the filing of articles of incorporation
of the Ogden-American Lumber com
pany of Ogden.
The promoters of the Wickahoney
irrigation project in Owyhee county,
IDAHO again were given more time by
the state land board last week in
which to appear to show cause why
their contract with the state should
lot be abrogated.
In order to care for the bumper crop
If prunes he expects to gather from
his well known orchard at Eagle, Ida
40, o. F. Short has begun work on an
addition to his packing plant which
will more than double the capacity of
he existing packing house.
Antio Cuaz, (alleged head of the so
allied Gold High grading conspiracy,
pleaded guilty in United States district
curt at Cheyenne. Sentence was de-
erred. 1t was announced that Cuaz
would be the principal witness against
0 others, indicted with him.
A strike of telephone operators for
Increase of wages from S1.50 to 81 a
lay interfered with telephone service
n North Yakima, Wash, for an hour
morning. The operators re-
umed work on assurances that their
emand was being considered by the ]
cad officials of the company.
Ordinarily a bather ready TO splash
. the water is not considered a saus-
actory subject for the holdup, but
UGH is the distinction claimed by ).
'ickaniny, who was found lying in the
agebrush unconscious from the loss
blood near a roadhouse between
and Thompson, Nevada. {
With the imprint of a horseshoe dis
ernable over the right eye, the body
A. V. Hodge, young cattleman of
lark station, Nevada, who strangely y
sappeared while herding cattle on
lie Truckee river, June 5, was fOunG
st week. 1t is believed he was kick
/ by horse, fell into the water ana q
as drowned. h
Fire has swept R&Detown, Nevada, @
T the map, doing fully 100000 dam. v
se and leaving only two buildings like Q
i'm spectators above the black ruins. Il
ipetOwn was situated almost midway il
tween the two great copper proper Il
es near Ely. .
Returning home in an automobile
ON Nina, Nevada, George Reading
as thrown on his head, receiving
rious scalp wounds and losing con- 10
iousness, when he stepped from the q
inning board while the car was 90 "
9 twenty miles al hour Wv
The mines of the Butte district are
pected to be closed because of the
likes called by the Metal Workers
ion and the Electricians union and w
e Endorsement of the strikes that are st