The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-09-10
NORTHWEST NOTES

Montana, was thrown from his hors
and instantly killed at Roundup.
Miss Jeanette Rankin, the onl
woman in congress, was defeated |
the Montana primaries in her rae
for the nomination to the Unite
States senate.
Twenty of the student who wer
graduated from the State Uniyersit
OF Montana in June have been offere
positions as teachers in the h:g
schools and grades throughout TIL
state.
Adolph Koser, German, 30. years, wa
! arrested at Ogden and is being hel
for officials from the department 0
justice. He is charged with .incitin
! the car cleaners and icers at the uniol
station to strike. st
There is great JOY In the Rober
Hyde family, residing near Thermo
polls, Wyoming, in that letter ha'
been received from the son, who wa
officially reported as a Hun victim
indicating that he is alive.
Hooverizing on lawn. mowers ant
saving manpower by turning youn,
lambs loose upon Salt Lake lawns t.
do the. work that pa and the family
mower used to accomplish Is the latest
war innovation in Salt Lake.
Wives who waive exemption AZ de.
pendents Of selective draft men can.
not obtain release Of husbands, once
the men are indicted into military ser.
vice, according to a, ruling Of the
judge advocates office at Camp Lewis.
Tom Botterill, chairman Of the high
ways transport committee Of the Colo
RADIO state council of defense, has been
made regional chairman Of the motor
truck transportation system for Colo
RADIO, Utah, New Mexico and Wyo-
ming.
There is every indication that the
average wheat crop in Montana this
fall will be large and in some instances
will exceed expectations. Several
farmers declare that as high as sixty
bushels to the acre will be realized
on their best land.
A u. s. medical service corps
Is to be organized in Utah in line with
instructions received last week. The
organization will mobilize the medical
profession Of the state to provide for
the health needs Of the military forces
and civil population.
DR.. F. C. Smith professor of psy-
chology Of the State University of |
Montana, has accepted the invitation |
Of the chief psychological examiner of |
Camp Lewis to be present when mental
.ests are given to the contingent of
lrafted men who arrive at the camp
IN September q.
Three-score and two, hale and hearty.
With physique that totalled 100 per
'ent In the army examiners records
lgainst his name, w. B. Matheson of
Anaconda, Mont, who has two sons
n the service, has given his family
perfect record of patriotism by en-
sting in the army himself. Ii
All the Tacoma newspapers have an
ounced an increase in price due to
ne rising cost of publication. The
forming Ledger and Evening News
ribune increased from 2 to 8 cents
he copy. The Tacoma Times from 1 ,.
cents. The Sunday Ledger will
cents after September 8. /.
Il hope can pass the physical ex- =
when register for the new !.
raft" said Walter George Ebert, 20 :
ears old, as he retired at his home
Salt Lake. The next morning he was y
und dead in bed, death being due to 4
.art failure. He had several times e.
zen rejected when he tried to enlist. 4
While the proposed Pow Wow and lc
lnual fall roundup was called off in n,
lion, Mont, this year on account of d,
e men and horses being needed on "
e ranches, the neighboring town of &C
lsdom has made plans to hold &C
ry interesting harvest day program tr
Saturday and Sunday, September
and g. m
A striking example of the effect of ia
war at the state university at of
no, Nevada, was shown when the or
Z. H. 2. o. fraternity house in du
no was sold and its life as a frater en-
y house ended. When war was de. I'M
red by this country the house was mi
'upied by twenty-four students and ma
club was prosperous. be
flat minimum wage scale of s13. 20 III
week for women employees under ~
isdiction of the state industrial wei. I'M
e commission was announced at oe ,
'mpia, Wash, last week, by repre-. ~.
tatives of employers and employees 't
have just concluded a war emery. =.
y conference. The new scale re- 81
ces old schedules running from So VI
$40 a week. ia
@ exl
Ina' Juan scounueS and the
es must Immediately submit to the wh
e highway board descriptions Of vii
jected road improvements, with any 70
ntenance work planned on roads sen
bridges, was issued last week by MIC
r. Browning, state road engineer. pro
road and bridge information will son