The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-01-25
INLAND NORTHWEST

\ verdict of death from organic
heart disease was returned by II coro-
ner'S jury in the case of an unknown
woman who was found dead in II room
ut Reno lodging house
\. l.. Cornelius, 20 years old, ar
rested last November at Tonopah on
charge of being deserter from the
national army, has been taken 10 the
federal prison NJ Alcatraz.
In Coos county, Oregon. 1921 men
have joined the Loyal Legion of Log
gers and Lumbermen and the member
ship includes every workman in the
two industries in that county.
+. L. Marsh has resigned rs presi-
| dent of the Washington State Fedora
ton of Labor To accept the newly-cre~
ated post iii the department of labor
at Washington, it is announced.
Total valuations on taxable proper
ties in Idaho increased S29, S29, I7S in
1917 over 1916, figures compiled in
the state auditors office show The
total valuation for the state is Sill
S57, 675.
Andrew Arid, eX-sheriff of Doug
las county, Nevada, died last week ut
Gardnerville, as the result of linger-
ing illness, caused by stomach com
| plant. Deceased served three terms
as sheriff of Douglas county.
The bar association of Ada county,
| Idaho, has asked the state supreme
| court to disbar Charles Clifton, Boise
| lawyer, on the ground that he charged
men of military age for work done in
| helping fill out their questionnaires.
Oscar II. Main, prominent Napavine
| realty dealer, was arrested at Chehalis.
! Wash, and charged with the murder
| of Fred Swayne, the Napavine groc-
| eryman whose body was found in the
rear of his store with head battered
and cut.
Acting on the suggestion of William
! G. McAdoo, director general of rail
roads, the intermountain demurrage
! bureau of Salt Lake has filed with the
Idaho public utilities commission Il
new tariff, designed to stimulate the
movement of cars.
At the fifteenth annual meeting of
the Oregon state federation of labor,
which met at Astoria, Ore, last week,
Il resolution was adopted pledging sup
! port and cooperation to the national
administration in its war aims. More
! than 100 delegates attended.
Cooperation of the Nevada state
! railroad commission is being sought
! by the Reno freight rate committee
in the establishment of Il clause in the
new government railroad bill making
it obligatory to charge no more for II
short haul than for IL long one.
o. T. Hoff, state labor commissions
er for Oregon, announced in the course
of AN address before the State Fedora
ton of Labor at Astoria, Ore. that
he will not be candidate for re-
election TO his present office. His
term will expire ut the end of this
year.
Announcement of the second annual
fat stock show, to be held in Salt Lake
under the auspices of the IntermOun.
tain Stock Show association in April
has been made by f. &. Parsons
prominent Stockman of Salt lake and
general manager of the stock show as
ISOLATION.
In statement issued by the FEEDER
nj food administration in Montana, the
American sweet tooth is held up rs
one of our alarming war problems
! Americans use more than four times
as much sugar per capita each year
aS any other nation in the war, says
the statement.
John Il. Lawson, president of the
! Colorado State Federation of Labor
was elected president of the United
| Mine Workers of America, district No
l., at the recent election according
to unofficial compilations made 10y la
Dor leaders at Denver. The district
comprises Utah, Colorado and New
! Mexico.
Hiram c. Hill, mayor of Seattle, was
barred 10y the state board of bar eX-
| aminerS from practicing law in the
| state of Washington for one year. The
/ decision was reached following a
hearing of charges that the mayor al
! lowed the law firm of gill, Hoyt and
Frye To- use his name in soliciting po-
lice court business
g. Murlgorden. formerly a captain
in the French aviation corps, and J.
Fred Drake. a repair man in local
jcweIry manufacturing plant, were ar.
/ rested 10y Seattle police and will be
charged with leading the raid ON the
| printing plant of the ii. &, PiEot Print
| ins company on January =, in which
rT. y.I.rr y,-4- wrecked by twenty