The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-20
NORTHWEST NOTES

Nineteen young men left Butte la
week to enter the training school
Boulder, Colo.
More than 100000 cases of t
matoes, twice the canned output
any previous year. will be the Uta
: canneries' product for 1918.
The Democratic state platform col
vention at Helena, Mont, electe
Hugh R. Wells of Miles City to SUI
coed himself as chairman of the stat
central committee.
Chief Of City Detectives John Row
an was killed and John d. Riley, a cit
detective, probably fatally wounded /
battle with robbers in the downtow
district Of Colorado Springs.
To stimulate interest in food con
servatiOn and all war activities, som
Butte merchants have resolved to us
large proportion Of their advertis
ing space and appropriations for Til
purpose.
At the sheep auction held at Helen,
last week, prominent sheepman SOLE
twO-year-old Hampshire ram, borI
and raised In Montana, to a Bozemar
grower for $500. the record price ii
the state.
A contingent Of young women from
Lewistown, Mont, went out one day
last week and assisted in threshina
operations, doing excellent work. Here.
tofore the women have assisted only
In shocking the grain.
Despite war conditions, building Cd.
erations in Salt Lake during august
1918, showed an increase of 81 Der
cent In volume over the showing for
August. 1917, according to report is
sued In Chicago, covering Pacific coast
cities.
Captain Beverly G. DAILY, retired,
has been relieved from duty as profess
sor of military science at the Univer.
sity of Wyoming and has been re-
stored to active duty and assigned as
commanding officer Of the students
army training camp unit at that insti-
tuition.
The sugar industry contributes more
to the wealth Of the state of Utah than
any other except that of mining and
smelling. The importance Of this ac-
tivity Is further indicated by the fact
that it puts Utah among the first four
states in the union in point of beet
sugar production.
Messages have been received an.
nouncing the death at Puyallup,
WASH, Of A. D. Myers, a well-known
Lewistown, Mont, business man, 81
years of age. The deceased left Lew
istown with Mrs. Myers several weeks
ago, hoping that a change Of climate
might prove beneficial.
Striking Industrial workers and Ia
Dor agitators of Butte may face the
same ultimatum which President Will
son issued to strikers at Bridgeport,
Conn.,, and may be compelled to find
work with an essential war industry
Or be barred from employment for
'ne year, according to federal agents. |
Four thousand and ninety-eight re-
fruits interviewed at Camp Kearny
asst week applied for $4O,226,0OO
worth of government insurance, &C.
'ording to official figures given out.
Only thirty-one refused to apply for in
urance. Thirty-six Of them asked for
ess than the $4,000 maximum al
owed.
Willie Jack, 13-ear-old Indian boy
nd the self-confessed murderer Of
IRIS. Charles Williams at Hicks sta
ion In Nevada, has been sentenced to
fe imprisonment 1t is the intention
the court to refer the matter to the
tate board Of pardons with a recon-
lendation that the boy be sent to the
tate industrial school.
There is one mother In Winnemucca,
'ev., who is happier than other moth
RS, and she is Mrs. s. A. Dedman. A
wv days ago she received a letter y,
'0m her son announcing his arrival at
amp Dix, N. j., on a four months {
THOUGH after receiving seven
ounds and being severely gassed in d
he American service.
Propaganda relative to the effect {
lat the United States government is
1t properly taking care Of it's fight
g men, has been circulated recently L
Salt Lake to a great extent, Colonel I
Gorge L. Byram, in charge of the war r
'ison at Fort Douglas, declared last
eek. and that drastic steps were be- E
taken to suppress all such stories. P
Stuart Ronald Thompson, a district
ganizer for the WoOdmen Of the
orld, was instantly killed and Robert !.
ckson was seriously injured near n
eat Falls, Mont, when the car in d
lich they were riding and which was
ing driven at high rate Of speed, A
ashed into bridge, broke through
railing and jumped to the ground =,
feet below. ~
Ben Kuhl must die for the brutal and
killing of the driver Of Fl Fl
Jarbidge-Twin Falls stage at Jar II
lge about two years ago. His COM al al
niOn In the crime. Ed Raclx muct | to