The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-01-14
INLAND NORTHWEST

| received It's allotment OF arms ana am
munition and is planning to hold reg
ular shoots.
| For the first time in history Flatheat
county, Mont, Is to have woman at
torney engaged in the practice of law
The woman who enjoys this distinc
ton is Miss Nellie MacNamara.
The legislative board of the. Order
Of Railway Conductors in Montana will
demand Of the legislature the enact
ment of law prohibiting the opera
ton in mountainous regions OF the
state of exceptionally long trains.
The. temporary shutdown at the
Hanover, Mont, cement works, due to
the falling off in the demand for the
|. products, because of the cessation OF
constructive work, has increased the
number of unemployed men in this
section.
The first public booth to be estab.
lished anywhere in the United States
for the sale daily of thrift stamps, To-
Gated in the LewistOwn, Mont, post
office, has just been abandoned. This
booth was established over thirteen
months ago.
With the passing of strong drink in
Montana, a number of the saloon men
Of Butte have converted their places
of business into soft" drink estab-
lishments, but have not as yet been
obliged to put on extra help to take
care of a rush..
A report of the work of the Carson,
New, mint for the past fiscal year
shows: Deposits received, 46S; value,
gold, $27O,S31; silver, $115719; total
of $3S6,55O. Income, $1961.51; ex-
penses from appropriations. $7632. 3S !;
number of employees, 5.
Growing sentiment in favor of a
state constabulary in Utah in place Of
national guard organization may
have the effect of reducing to approx
lnately 900 the appropriation asked
by Major Fred Jorgensen, adjutant
general, for home guard purposes.
The total amount of money loaned
to Montana farmers by the federal
farm loan board is 1891 100, accord
ing to report just submitted to con-
gress. In the state, 122 national farm
loan associations have been chartered.
The number of loans made is 1884, and
the average size Of the loan is $3.50.
Almenza YerdOn, an aged miner and
homesteader living at Beaver Flat,
forty miles from White Sulphur
Springs, Mont, was burned to death
on New Years day. The last seen Of
him alive was two days before the
fire, which consumed the cabin. AT
that time he was apparently in good
health.
About 700 employees of the Kruse &
Banks and the Coos Bay Shipbuilding
company yards at Marshfeld, Ore.
quit work January Z. They first de-
handed wage increase Of IS cents
per day. which was refused. They
then demanded that the yards be en-
tirely unionized, and when this was
refused strike was declared.
Jefferson F. Howell, for whom the
police of Salt Lake are searching on
a robbery charge, may have been i'm
plicated in a double murder committed
ten years ago, it is charged. The
double murder was that of Bryan E.
Nelson and Dick Stillwell, who were
stabbed to death in their saloon at
Iceland, New, June 16, 1900.
Total valuation of Montana. as re-
ported by equalizers, is $500, 1892, 7S0.
That of the railroads is $S2, 4S3, 7O6.
Silver Bow county leads with So, 435,-
DOG. Cascade is second with $42, liza
965. Fergus, third, with $28,4SO,39S,
and Yellowstone fourth, with $25,379,-
)22. Lands are valued at $18O,7S7 1893,
at $685., SIC, 1880, livestock
At $75,OOO,516, and personal at $1O1,-
$780, $50
The Roundup, Mont, pOstoffice |
doubtless deserves the palm for adapt |
ing itself to war conditions. Every |
male employee in the postOffice offered |
MS services to the government and all |
we're accepted, with the exception Of
Postmaster Dawson, who would have |
)een relieved so that he also could
nave donned uniform had not the.
sudden close of activities prevented
such course.
The supreme court, in affirming at
salemn, Ore, the judgment Of Judge
xnoles Of Union county in a case
lgainst G. L. Busick, held that pur-
haser Of liquor in Oregon is not guilty
# an indictable offense and conse-
Iuently is not an accomplice. As a re-
ult, it held, a trafficker in liquor may
re convicted on the unsupported testi-
nony Of the purchaser and no corro-
'orative e"ldence is needed, provided
lie jury believes the testimony Of the
purchaser.
The Oregon State Federation Of
.abOr adopted resolutions urging i'm
rebate withdrawal of American troops
ow in Russia, and declaring that in
ervention in Russia appears to VIC
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