The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-12-27

government and relatives of deyeased
members of the Thirteenth naval dis.
-rict Is conducting funerals and shin
ping bodies of sailors. was returned
~ federal grand jury against q. NJ.
outterworth of Seattle, general man.
iger of large undertaking firm.
Members of the detachment of Com
pany ID, Twenty-third battalion, Unlfed
States guards, who have been sra.
Toned In Anaconda for the past three
MONTHS have left for. Camp Lewis.
"here they expect 10 be mustered out
u the service. They entrained from
Camp Blethen.
Ihe Empty Stocking Clnb,' an or
sanizatlon which hopes To attain a
membership of 1900, was formed ar
Livingston, Mont. The organization Is
Tor the purpose of supplying the needy
With good dinner Christmas eve and
% make them happy in other ways. The
Riddles, too will be taken care of.
Peter Hoffman of Livingston. Mont.
las been given a judgment for SI6,soo
damages against T.. r. Roehl for per
sonal injuries sustained two years ago.
IL Is the largest verdict ever awarded
N personal injury suit in this dis
riot. The evidence In the case. as 10
| which there was little dispute, showed
hat Mr.. Roehl sent an employe from
his garage with car to demonstrate
| 70 prospective buyer. After driving
| about, the chauffeur permitted the
| laughter of the prospective buyer,
both being with him in the car, to drive
| The auto. She lost control aril ran the
| near the curb. and crushed him badly
against the wall of building.
Mike Boise of Missoula, Mont, did
not have a cent in cash when he met
Police Judge Bonner on drunkenness
charge, but he had $50 in thrift
stamps slowed away In his ragged
coat. So the judge took s. worth and
called it square. This Is where you
get your interest in hurry, Mike. "
Uncle Sam has made arrangements
to give people of Helena and vicinity
| who want them Christmas trees abso-
iutely free for the cutting and delivery,
which applicants must do themselves
| under direction of forest ranger. ac-
cording to an announcement by Charles
| II. McHarg, Jr., supervisor of the
| Helena forest. According to annual
| custom inaugurated here by local for
estry officials several years ago, this
| free tree arrangement applies TO any
| one who wants a tree for his own
home use and does not include dealers.
| Approximately 1000 soldiers making
up the Forty-fourth regular infantry
regiment, arrived at San Francisco this
week from Camp Lewis. where they
had been stationed for more than a
year. They went to the Preside,
where they will be stationed until fur.
Their orders.
Robert II. FERGUSON, whose confess
| sion aided the government in the Angel
Island immigration smuggling cases
was sentenced Saturday at San Fran
cisco TO Il year in Jail in the United
| States district court, although there
was put into the records letter from
the government investigator. A score
of persons We're 'inulcted in these cases
which concerned the Illegal immigra-
ton of Chinese.
The Federated Shop Crafts associa
ton of the Union Pacific system
formed in Salt Lake during the past
week, concluded its organization con
vention with the selection of Salt Lake
for the biennial meeting in October
1920. The federation named the fol
lowing officers: George A. Murphy OF
Cheyenne, president; p. NJ. Beach OF
Cheyenne, first vice president; o. G.
Mitchell of Los Angeles. second vice
president; J. u. Christie of Omaha
third vice president; Anthony johnson
of Seattle, secretary-treasurer.
| All hope that the two missing
French mine sweepers Cerisoles and
Inkerman had escaped the storm OF
| November "a, when they became sep
arated from the Sebastopol, third
vessel of the fleet, which was en- route
from Fort William, Ont, to France
was abandoned by Capt. NJ. Leclero
who has returned from an exhaustive
search of the north shore of Lake Su
perior.
Three days in stalled automobile
| in the mountains in the grip of biz
/ card, with nothing TO eat and prac
| tically no warmth, was the experience
of Col. and Mrs. J.. A. bennington OF
Reno. New, who have just returned
/ from MendocinO county, California
Darlington is head of the Indian serv
ice for California ard Nevada and his
experiences ON this trip have forced
him to the use of crutches.
Because of the seriousness of the IN
| fluenza situation at Aberdeen, 5. ID.
city authorities at meeting decided
that all persons appearing on th'
| streets. In theatres, churches, schools