The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-03
NORTHWEST NOTES

Montana's quota of 1916 in the United
States student nurses reserve has beer
exceeded, 225 applications having beer
received.
Miss Hazel Hunkins of Billings, on,
Of the suffragists who were on a hun
ger strike In the District Of Columbil
Jail, was released last week.
The summer session OF the Montana
State Normal college closed August %
ending the most successful term ir
the history of the institution.
Farms in the district between Bel
grade and Manhattan, Mont, suffered
crop losses aggregating half million
dollars as result Of hailstorm re.
Gently.
Livingston was chosen as the place
for the annual meeting in 1919 by the
Yellowstone Glacier Bee Line associa.
ton at its annual convention at
Choteau.
Reports from Washington show that
Montana has dropped from eleventh to
thirteenth place in the standing of the
states, listed according to the sale Of
thrift samps.s
The two-year-old daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Dudley Phillips Of Dillon,
Mont, was drowned in large irrigat-
ing ditch which flows through the east
ern part Of town.
The old Stag dumps at Argenta,
Mont, are being hauled to Dillon in
large trucks and sent to nearby
smelters, where the silver and lead
are being resmelted at a profit.
Unlimited support Of the cause Of
the United States in the world war
was pledged by the Grand Army of the
Republic at the closing session Of its
fifty-second encampment at Portland.
The committee in charge of the coun-
ty fair and Pow Wow, at Dillon, Mont,
at a request from the farmers and
ranchers Of the community, has de.
cided to call off the roundup this year.
With the selection Of Great Falls as
next years meeting place and the cleo
ton Of officers to serve during the en-
suing year, the Grand Lodge of Mon
tana Masons was brought to a close at
Billings.
Shipments of coal from southern
Wyoming for the week ending August
II aggregated 2436 cars, while the
shipments from Utah were 2121 cars.
which was an increase over the ship
ments Of the previous week.
overcharges for fuel, totalling over
$500, are being gi,er by the Wash
ington state fuel administration to the
Red Cross and Washington coal con-
suncr.. The administration collected
the money from coal dealers, who made
the overcharges after the government
set the coal prices.
No more state banks will be Or
ganized in Montana as long as the war
continues, unless for some very excep-
tional reasons which are not likely to
arise, according to State Examiner
H. 8. ,Magraw, who stated last week
that he will discourage the organiza-
ton Of such banks.
The board of trustees Of the First
church of Bozeman,
Mont, and the official board of the
Methodist church of that city at
joint meeting decided to place before
the members of the congregations Of
both churches proposition for the
uniting Of the churches for the period
Of the war.
Assessment returns from various
in Montana are said to show
the usual divergence Of values and
startling, although rather common, dis
according to state officials. -
A year ago, when county assessors met
with the state board Of equalization, an
effort was made to establish consistent
grades Of valuation.
A. D. Prouty is in Jail at Helena,
'harged with second degree assault, ,
he crime being an assault on Miss !,
Addie Debraugh Of Helena. The girl
8 in hospital and probably will not ,
i've, as her skull is fractured. Prouty /
s scion of Montana family Of the
lrst prominence and q divorce. He y
lenies the charge. " q
In response to petition from the
armers and grain growers of Big Horn
onuty, the Montana council Of defense
as requested all county councils Of I
efense, peace officers and others to I
i've attention to the guarding Of sleva. I
DTS and grain depots at shipping v
oints, at the time when a great bulk q
( grain 10 being harvested and ship h
ed. h
The tuberculosis survey now being Il
under auspices Of the Utah
ublic Health association and the state
oard Of health has now been COM
letsd in half Of Utah county, with n
ratifying results, according to an s
ouncemsnt issued by Frank W. Nc n
lere, secretary of the association. fl
Jack Harmon, native OF Finland, n
} years Of age, was killed Of the Hill Of
mn If tho Mines Timhor coynponv m