The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-05-17
NORTHWEST NOTES


some Of the dailies, is damned fun Of
news and is of great interest to the
boys in training.
computation of thrift stamp sales
made In the Anaconda schools shows
that a total of 81 1896 ~ has been Sc.
cured from this source for the use OF
the government for war-making pur-
poses.
Inc 24-hour strike as a protest dem.
ohslrauon against the possible hang
ing OF Thomas Mooney, Nin connection
win The San Francisco preparedness
parade explosion, failed to material
ize in Butte.
The result of the recruiting cam.
palgn conducted under the. supervision
OF the Reno station last month re-
suited n the acceptance and enlist
nent of a. men for the various
branches of the army.
Archie Il. Tuggle, prominent
rancher of the Shields river valley, in
Montana, was accidentally killed at his
ranch home, the entire right eide OF
his head being blown off by the acct
dental discharge of IA rifle.
All the building trades workers are
now back at work at Lewiston, Mont,
under the agreement that the decision
to be reached by their committee and
one from the Employers association,
shall be retroactive to April l.
National Administrators Garfield has
raised the price of coal ut the mines
in Montana soc. This is the figure pre-
vailing before March IL, when re.
duction was made in the hope of in
ducing the people to store coal.
a movement has been started to es-
tablish home training camp In Dbl
lon, Mont. This will give local men
who are intending to be drafted a
chance to begin their career as "A sol.
der better prepared for service.
A. Osterman, IS years of age and
unmarried, committed suicide in IA
rooming house at Lewiston, Mont,
using razor and slashing his throat
Osterman was native of Sweden, but
was naturalized and had lived here
seven years
Forty thousand automobiles so far
have been registered In Montana this
year and the receipts aggregate $27l,,
713, compared with $4,000 machines
registered last year and receipts of
S29O,OOO. according to Secretary of
State c. I. Stewart.
Miss May Trumper. state superin.
tendent Of public instruction of Mon
tana, says the situation regarding the
supply of rural school teachers is fast
becoming serious and unless more are
trained In the immediate future ii will
be necessary TO close schools.
Farmers report that winter wheat
is in exceptionally good condition in
Mission valley In Montana this spring |
and early planted spring wheat is AT
least a month ahead of last year. An
unusually large acreage Is being put |
M this year and all Indications point |
to a bumper crop.
The record of each man ut Camp
Lewis hereafter will show his eff |
cheney as u soldier. Orders issued |
May require that a graphic chart
shall be kept of each man, and these |
shall be posted in the barracks so that
every man may know just how he
compares with the others.
The Rev. Il. b. w. HUT who |
preached his farewell sermon nj ST. !
Marks Episcopal church at Casper. |
Wyo., desires to do battle for the Lord |
against the kaiser, but he wants To do |
it with rifle and bayonet, not merely |
with prayer; and, therefore, has en-
listed in the army as private
Otto Puumala, a miner employed az
Red Lodge, Mont was injured Sept. - |
fast. He drew compensation for three |
weeks and then suffered stroke of
paralysis. Doctors could not agree |
on whether the stroke resulted from |
the accident. Last week Puumala's 1
dead body was discovered hanging by |
his neck
For four years Charles Mcneil, a |
prospeCtor. has been working a claim |
in the mountains on the Powder river |
in Oregon, all unconscious Of the fact |
that nearly the entire world Is ut war /
He arrived In Reno with $4,000 in 1
gold last week. which he deposited at 1
bank and now he Is buying all the 1
thrift stamps and war saving certlh I
Gates that lac can carry.
Conditions resulting from the war I
have drawn women into tho, loueliest /
American industry. that Of herding 1
sheep. So many Wyoming sheepherd- 1
ers have been drafted that there eX- (
lists In the state an acute shortage ~ I.
this variety Of hired help. The first |
women TO volunteer to replace sheep. 1
herders are Miss Lulu Muns0n and !