The Garland City globe. (Garland, Utah) 191?-1925, 1918-10-31
NORTHWEST NOTES

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Lewis will depend on the decrease OF
Influenza cases in cities and towns
nearby camp, officers at headquarters
announced last week.
Influenza seems to be gaining head
way at Butte, Ekalaka and Eureka,
but elsewhere in Montana the situa-
ton is unchanged reports to the state
board of health indicate.
John Hartman, who was arrested Mt
Columbia Falls Mont, some time ago
for having failed to register for the
draft in 1917, has been indicted into
the service and sent to Camp Lewis.
Free entertainment on large scale
will be furnished the men of Camp
Lewis while they are held on the mill
tary reservation because of the influ-
enza quarantine and until further no
tice.
The inquest over the body Of Frank
NJ. Stevens, a rancher in the Moore
section, found lying in the road close
to his place, resulted In a verdict OF
felonious killing being returned by the
jury.
Specimens of 274 Washington man.
mails and 1S1 birds have been obtained
| by Walter p. Taylor, assistant bio
loglst OF the department Of agricul-
ture, during his survey work In the
state of Washington.
Fergus county, Mont, has a total Of
1920 voters registered this year,
considerable increase over last year.
This increase Is due to the very heavy
registration Of women, who have more
than offset tho loss from men enter
Ing the army.
In u statement from the United
States public health service, 1000 cases
OF influenza were reported at Billings,
Mont. The federal authorities mt.
tribute the spread Of the disease in
Billings largely to the failure to close
the schools.
Far removed from the fighting
fronts, but eager to play their part in
defeating despotism, thousands Of Ore
gon shipbullders, broad.shouldered
giants, are working day and night
turning out wooden and steel ships to
carry men and supplies to ports Of
debarkation.
The war Industries board has an
nounced to representatives OF tn, In
land empire numbering interests that
II does not intend to close down their
mills. but regards the manufacture
OF apple boxes and other food con-
tainers, railroad ties and mine tlmbers
rs essential.
Representatives OF the railroads, the
state railway commission. the livestock
commission and others interested met
ut Helena last week TO discuss steps
toward asking reduction of railway
rates on livestock shipments into Mon.
tana next spring aud also between III
various districts of the state.
Orders for Sl5O00,000 worth Of cat.
erpillar tractors may come 20 ma
chlnery manufacturers OF Utah, Colo
RADIO, Wyoming and New Mexico as a
result OF efforts now being put forth |
by officers of the resources and CON
version committee of the war indus
tries board for the new Twenty'tirst |
district.
Press dispatches from the east stat |
Ing that arrangements had been made |
between the United States bureau Of
markets, the food administration and |
the packers 10 maintain uniform |
price of $3.50 for choice fat hogs |
during November Is encouraging news
to the farmers and stockraisers In the |
intermountaln country.
William Price Appleby, the last one
Of the pony express riders. who H.
the long ago rode the trail between
San Francisco. Salt Lake and st. |
Joseph. died at the home Of his daugh-
ter In Salt Lake, October %. He YVES
so years old and probably the next /
oldest inhaDitant OF Salt Lake In point |
Of years OF residence.
Joseph A. Thatcher chairman OF the
board of directors of the Denver Ma, |
tional bank, and widely known T.
western banking circles. died at his
home In Denver, October % aged so |
years. One of Denver's finest memoir
ials, the Tratch fountain in City park,
was gift from the bank to the city.
II was dedicated last month.
There will be no increase In the
allotment of sugar, even
though huge quantities are stored in
the warehouses of local sugar com.
panles, according to Food Admlnistra,
tor of Utah Armstrong. Limited trans
portation facilities made Il impossible
at the present time to move the west
ern sugar, says Mr.. Armstrong.
Farmers throughout Utah and Idaho
are now engaged in harvesting the
largest sugar beet crop ever known
in the west. and are using all avail.
able labor In digging and topping the
beets, which are expected to yield a
large part of the sugar that will sup.
ply all states west of the Buffalo.
Pittsburgh line from now until next
April.
Under orders to report for duty.
without delay, the Hon. Sydney San
ner, associate justice of the Montana
supreme court, who recently accent
ed en- appointment as major judge al