The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1918-04-12
NORTHWEST NOTES

the year NJ billings, Mont.
rainbow trout caught near Dillon.
Mont. last week. weighed 10 pounds.
was - inches long aud 10 inches In
girth.
Mlssoula. Mont. the university city.
with population of 1900. has furn-
ished something over 500 men for the
army and navy.
Monte Wilson, said to be wanted in
Ely, New, on charge OF fraud and on
suspicion of being draft evader. was
arrested at Salt Lake a few days ago.
Gallatin county, Mont. has l0,0a4
guns registered, according TO the re-
port given out from the sheriff's office.
There are a number OF old-timers in
the list.
Through county councils OF defense
the Montana state council of defense
intends there shall be no loafeFs In
Montana cities and towns when har-
vest time comes
Augusta. one OF the oldest towns in
Montana and until four years ago fifty
miles from "A railroad. soon viii have
a railroad depot OF It's avn. The Great
Northern has agreed TO build spur
/ TO that town.
Ten masked men took ]. Dietz. sec
rotary Of the Industrial Workers Of the
| World local at Sedro Woolley, south OF
Belllngham, Wash, from his room and
ia public street coated hinF with tar
and feathers.
A few hours In the county Jail az
Helena convinced Rumanian and Bull
/ garian sheepheFders who had been re-
fuslng 20 work that they wanted To
work, and work badly They were re-
leased and Immediately were hired.
Over Eve thousand automobile and
truck owners who reside In Salt Lake
are somewhat relieved from the fact
that the city commissioners. By a vote
OF 8 to ,. decided not to impose any
further burden upon them In the way
OF taxation.
Little eight-year-old Glenn Spicker
had nn extremely narrow escape from
death when sod crusher weighing a
ton passed over him when he fell from
a wagon Ia front Of the roller directly
underneath the ponderous machine nc
Roundup Mont
The superintendent OF this division
OF the Great Northern, says White
fish, Mont, dispatch, has authority for
Issuing permits TO employees or others
who wish 20 make use Of the Idle land
on the right-of-way for the purpose OF
growing gardens.
Frightened by the explosion OF a
cartridge, which was touched off Ia
some burning rubbish, team belong
ing TO MAIDS Lorenson, "A dairyman Of
Dillon, Mont, ran away, causing CON
siderable excitement and damage be-
fore II was stopped.
The Montana railroad commission
has been advised by the director gen
eral Of American railways that "con-
struction Of new lines or branches or
extension OF existing lines shall not
be entered upon or contracted for
without the directors approval"
Reno. New. scene of the Johnson
Jeffries heavyweight championship bat
tie. may be the scene OF the Willard
Fulton match. July g. Just how they
will get around the law, which prohib-
It's boxing matches Of over ten rounds,
has not ms yet been explained.
Victor 4. Ward of Grimes. Okla, an
alleged draft eyader. was shot and
probably fatally wounded In a battle In
"a lonely cabin Ia the Seminole noun
tains. where Ward is alleged 20 have
been hiding for several weeks, accord
ing to word received at Rawllns. wyo.
The department Of electrical engl.
neers Of the Montana State college at
Bozeman Is offering course In wire
less telegraphy, covering practice and
theory. The course will prepare stu.
dents as radio operators In naval re-
serve. navy or signal corps OF the
army.
Secretary Of the Treasury McAdoo
has been appealed 10 by the Liberty
loan committee 81 Nevada 90 furnish
speaker Of national reputation to
speak at the patriotic rally 10 be held
Ia Reno April g. and which occasion
Il IL hoped to make "a bigger celebra-
ton than even the Fourth Of July.
The little town Of MusselShelI.
Mont, showed It's patriotism when
every business house closed for a bnlf
day IN honor Of an organized drive to
ruise funds for the Red Cross. An
auction sale. picture show cafeteria
supper aud dance realized the splendid
sum Of over SliO0 for the local branch
Of the Red Cross from population
of about 200 persons.
The pent up feeling against pro-
Germans nj Lewiston, Mont, found
expression when an impromptu com
I mite. f.vFiaH Edward Iaae.r ( uau,N