The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-11-08
NORTHWEST NOTES


ern railroad bought almost Sl.W"oVV
worth of fourth Liberty loan bonus
Lifting OF the quarantine AT camp
Lewis will depend on the decrease ol
influenza cases in cities ana toWhS
nearby camp, officers at headquarters
announced last week
Influenza seems to be gaming heau-
way mt Butte, Ekalaka ana EUREKA
but elsewhere in Montana the sitda-
ton Is unchanged, reports to the state
BOARD of healtb indicate.
John Hartman. who was arrested III
Columbia Falls, Mont, some time ago
for having FILLED TO register for the
draft in 1917. has been indicted into
the service and sent to Camp Lewis
Free entertainment on large scale
will be furnished the men OF camp
Lewis while they are held on the mill
tary reservation because of the infiu-
enza quarantine and until further no.
| tice.
The inquest over the body of Frank
| NJ Stevens. a rancher in the Moore
section. found lying in the road, close
to his place, resulted in Il verdict OF
felonious killing being returned by the
jury.
Specimens of pa Washington MAN.
mails and 1Sl birds have been obtained
by Walter +. Taylor, assistant DO
logist of the department Of agrlcui-
ture. during his survey work in the
state of Washington.
Fergus county, Mont, has total OF
14279 voters registered this year, Il
considerable increase over last year.
This increase is due to the very heavy
registration of women, who have more
than offset the loss from men enter
ing the army.
In a statement from the United
States public health service, 1000 cases
of influenza We're reported at Billings,
Mont. The federal authorities at
tribute the spread Of the disease in
Billings largely to the failure to close
the schools
Far removed from the fighting
fronts, but eager to play their part in
defeating despotism, thousands of Ore
gon shipbuilders, brOad-shouldered
giants, are working day and night
turning out wooden and steel ships to
carry men and supplies to ports OF
debarkatiOn.
The war industries board has an
nounced to representatives OF the In
land empire numbering interests that
it does not intend to close down theil
mills, but regards the manufacture
of apple boxes and other food con
tainers. railroad ties and mine timbers
as essential.
Representatives of the railroads, the
state railway commission, the livestock
commission and others Interested mel
ut Helena last week to discuss steps
toward asking reduction of railway
rates on livestock shipments into Mon
tana next spring and also between thu
various districts of the state.
Orders for $15,000,000 worth of cat
erpillar tractors may come to ma
chinery manufacturers of Utah, Colo
RADIO, Wyoming and New Mexico as ,
result of efforts now being put fortl
by officers of the resources and con
version committee of the war indus
tries board for the new Twenty-tirs
district.
Press dispatches from the east stat
ing that arrangements had been mad
between the United States bureau o
markets, the food administration an,
the packers To maintain uniform
price of $3.50 for choice fat hog
during November is encouraging new
To the farmers and stockraisers in tn
intermountain country.
William Price Applehy, the last on
of the pony express riders. who il
III" long ago rode the trail between
San Francisco. Salt Lake and 81
Joseph. died at the home of his daugh
ter in Salt Lake, October-25. He wa
so years old and probably the mex
oldest inhabitant of Salt Lake in poin
of years of residence.
| JoSepn a. Ihoteher. chairman ~ s'N
BOARD OF directors OF the Denver n,
tional bank. and widely known /
western banking circles, died at hi
home In Denver, October %, aged s
years. One of Denver's finest memo
ials, the Tratch fountain in City parl
was gift from the bank to the cit,
1t was dedicated last month.
There will be no increase In tn
monthly allotment of sugar, eve
though huge quantities are stored /
the warehouses of local sugar con
panies, according to Food Administr;
tor of Utah Armstrong. Limited tran
portatlon facilities made it impossible
at the present time to move the ives
ern sugar, says Mr. Armstrong.
Farmers throughout Utah and Idab
are now engaged in harvesting I'll
largest sugar beet crop ever know
n the west, and are using all avail