The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-03-29
NORTHWEST NOTES

year.
Cify employees at Helena have petit
TONED the city commissioners for ssa
Increase Of wages ranging from 10 10
- per cent,
james McAlaniS sheet metal worker,
has been held 10 the superior court on
a charge of killing Chas +. Harrison.
owner Of the Pioneer hotel Of Reno.
George Burton, who has been serv-
ing sentence in Deer Lodge, Mont.
prison for the killing Of Fred Long
seven OF eight years ago, has been re
leased.
Senator Henderson 0f Nevada has
been elected chairman OF the senute
mines committee, succeeding Walsh Of
Montana, who became chairman of the
pensions committee.
Under designation by he govern
ment, the mills of the Montana Flour
Mills company at Lewiston are making
test run Ia the manufacture of fiour
from barley instead of wheat
The half-million dollar bond issues
authorized by the state to speed up
crop production is not exempt from
taxation, Attorney General Ford has
| advised the state board of examiners.
Frank Potter, employed In the
blacksmith shop at the Northwestern
Improvement Company's Sunset mine,
at Red Lodge, Mont, was almost In
stantly killed when he was caught be
meath an elevator
Charles r. Pride dropped dead at
his home at Missoula, Mont. Mr.. Pride
had just arrived at his home and was
talking TO his wife and daughter when
he suddenly fell to the floor. Heart
disease was the cause.
Charles Erickson, Finlander ar
rested mt Anaconda, Mont, for making
seditious remarks against the govern
ment, was given scathing lecture and
| fined $50 with sentence of 80 days
in the county Jail for good measure.
More than 1900 German and Aus
trian fishermen in the Puget Sound
district who have not perfected natura-
lization cannot be issued fishing
| licenses by the state: even though they
have secured their first citizenship
papers.
Ben Khan, travelling salesman, was
bound over to the district court
at Red Lodge, Mont, In 5000 bonds
for the alleged utterunce of seditiou,
statements. His case is believed 10 be
the first TO come under the provisions
of the recently enacted sedition law.
Joseph Jean Joncas, a French Canad
ian who came to Missoula, Mont, sew
eral months ago, was found dead witt
bullet through his heart. He has
enlisted the day previous in the Can
adlan army, and left note sayin
that he did not want To kill anyone.
After being out on strike for owe
week, the journeymen BARRIERS O
Anaconda, Mont, returned TO worI
when the proprietors granted TIA
scale asked by them. Their demand
were for a larger percentage of tn
weekly business done after the guar
antee had been passed.
Last week the plant OF the Thre
Forks Portland Cement company "A
Hanover, Mont turned out it's frs
cement after the expenditure of NJ
wards Of million dollars aud solii
year of work in installing the plant
> which is one of the finest In the world
I although there are many larger one,
Samuel L. Davis, poet, humorist AM
newspaper man, widely known "a
Sam Davis" died at mis- home at Car
son City, New. March II. Mr.. Davi
was one of the brilliant writer's Win
made the journals at Virginia Ciry
Carson city aud Reno famous durin
the bouauzu days Of the Comstoc
lode. He was born in Bradford, Conn
April 4, 1850.
II is announced at reclamation
headquarters at Helena that the GOV
ergment is prepared to act a. land
lord GA irrigation projects for me
called into the military service, VIII
have not had an opportunity tn ieas
= their holdings. The government wi
attempt to lease the land, pay out q
the lease moneys owing to II and tur
the balance over to the owner.
James Dorsey Of Illinois. who mad
one shipment Of diseased cattle int
Montana under certificates shown
them to be in good health, and VIII
since then has been refused pernia
sion to ship cattle Of any Kind into th
state, was recently convicted at ca
caga Of using the mails Ia defraud an
given eight years Ira prison, accordin
10 word received by State Neteriuaria
". J. Butler, ~ Montana.
Any fears that the wooden shiI
building program ia tue Puget Suun
district is threatened with ueu