The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-11-18
INLAND NORTHWEST

Peacefully walking away from their
work, about 1000 coal miners went on
strike at Roundup. Mont, In obedience
to orders received by the local unions.
Coal in transit, consigned to Butte
dealers, will be seized by the railroads,
according to instructions received by
superintendents of lines entering
Butte.
| According to reports given out at
the Butte Water Company office the
water situation has improved so
greatly that fear of famine this
winter Is no longer felt.
The schools at Billings, Mont, have
been closed because of the coal famine
due to the strike Of miners. More
than 1000 pupils and 120 teachers are
affected by the closing order.
Base hospital No. so, formed in Seat.
tie and the only Washington hospital
! unit recruited during the war, will be
kept intact as an organization and
ready for national emergency.
Destruction of practically the entire
business district of Jarbridge, New,
with a loss estimated at $4,000 was
the result Of a fire last week, the fire
sweeping the entire business section.
News from the ranges surrounding
Austin, Nevada, is that all the fat cat
tie have been sold and shipped away.
There are quite number of feeders"
remaining at the ranches, but no beef.
The ranch home of Isaac ROsted
H0wie, near Big Timber, Mont. was,
with all furniture, completely destroy
ed by fire last week The fire started
from defective stove pipe in the
dining room.
Utahs cleanup campaign against
weeds, which was inauguarated this
year under the direction of the state
crop pest commission, has proved that
the people are anxious to rid the state
of the pests, according to the commits
sion.
The coal mines at Price and Helper,
Utah, where the states largest mines
are located, are working with nearly
normal forces and the situation is re-
ported quiet. 1t is not believed there
will be any further trouble in this Sec
ton.
Two thousand elk are reported to be
in herd in the Jackson valley district,
WyO., according to report received
from the supervisor of that forest
. area. They We're driven to the valley
by the heavy snowfall in the noun
tains.
John McNair, ii, and Gail Steven.
son, Is, stepped off the train at Salt
Lake to be greeted by the McNair boys
father, in company with a juvenile
court officers. The two boys ran away
from their homes in Colorado Springs
several days previous.
People of the Rio Virgin Valley in
Nevada, are favoring the idea of form
ing an irrigation district under the law
passed by the last session of the legis-
lature, and issuing bonds for the pur-
pose of carrying out TIE plans for a
permanent irrigation system.
A charge of giving whiskey to
minor has been filed in justice court
at Billings, Mont, against Nelson W.
Greer, whO as a special detective, ap-
peared recently as witness for the
state in number of local cases involv-
ing traffic in intoxicating liquor.
Although he is still confined to his
bed in a Butte hospital recuperating
from the effects of an operation for
appendicitis, Gov. S. V. Stewart is
able to keep in touch with the coal
crisis in Montana, it is asserted, and
is retaining active direction of affairs.
George Desmond accused with John
Laird and Claude COsman of having
robbed bank at Sultan, Wash, last
June, and stealing $4,000, chiefly IN
Liberty bonds, pleaded guilty at a
hearing at Everett, and with his COM
panions was bound over to superior
court.
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basin section Of the valley just over
the range>On the Idaho side from Jack
son Hole, Wyo., reported last week !
that great heards of elk had come
down from the mountains into the val
ley and were feeding on the hay on the |
ranches.
The town of Wyola, Mont, is rap |
idly growing and now new addition |
has been plated to the little village
and lots are being rapidly sold. Wyola
is the first place of any Importance |
after crossing the Wyoming line and
has very fine community from which
to draw its trade.
In statement issued to the public
the grade teachers of Roundup, Mont,
set forth the fact that many of their
number 60 to school without break
fast and spend the noon hour cooking
their own meals because the pay re-
ceived by them is inadequate to sup
port them properly.