The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-12-12
INLAND NORTHWEST

duitas the coai shortage.
Western newspapers Who ASSIST
10 the recent third Red Cross Chrin.
mas roll call are praised Ia the on
cial Red Cross A X. G. Rays Of ~.
Mountain division.
The yearly losses by forest fires N.
the chief subject discussed at the opss.
ing session of the conference Of le.A
ing officials Of the United States for.
est service. held ut Salt Lake las. week
The Montana railroad commission 1.
seeking lower rates from the UnitsS
States railroad administration n.
sand, gravel and crushed rock, whicb
proved highways.
In the intermountain west where
lhere is a shortage this season of hay
and other forage, the SLIDING of beef
tops is recommended by the United
States department Of agriculture n
an aid in meeting the condition.
December examinations of Nevad,
school teachers will be omitted again
this year. The state department Of
education having determined upon
this procedure. all teachers certif.
Gates will be valid up to next June.
In 1902 James r. GOss of Billinps
Mont, purchased 24O-acre ranch five
miles southwest of Billings for S12.H
per acre. Last week he sold d.
ranch to a farmer north of the CITY
for $175 per acre. a total Of $4,000.
George Braskett, convicted in the
justice court at Ely. New, on 4
charge Of violating the prohibition
law and out on bond awaiting an ap
peal to the district court, has disap.
peared from the jurisdiction of the
court.
The biological survey of the United
States department of agriculture, In
cooperation with the North Dakota
Agricultural college, has made ar.
rangements to begin work in destroy.
ing coyotes and other predatory ami
mails in North Dakota.
A wage agreement based on the
price of silver has beeA entered into
by the Rochester Mines Company Of
Nevada, and its employees. through
which the men employed at the mine
, receive bonus when silver reaches
$121 or more an ounce.
The Anaconda Copper Mining COM
pany is preparing to close all its mines
and smelters in Montana because of
. fuel shortage, officials have announced.
About 1900 men employed in Butte,
Anaconda and Great Falls will be
, thrown out Of employment.
: Federal informatiOns against the
, most radical of the 80 foreign miners
arrested at Carneyville, Wyo., charg-
3 ing them with violations of the In
! junction issued by Federal Judge An
/. derson, will be filed and deportation
proceedings will be instituted.
f More than 270 aliens are on the
9 payroll of the Great Northern al
J, Havre, Mont, according to the quar-
y terly report received by the state &c
t cident board. They are from all races
} in Europe and while few have takeI
9 out papers the majority have no
= nnd many have been refused papers
!. In plea for the abolition 0
II strikes as means of settlement 0
disputes between employers and EN-
ployes Mrs. Emmaline Pankhurs1
al English suffragist leader, In an ad
ID dress at Seattle, declared the presen
re unsettled Industrial conditions cam
sr about as \ direct rsult of the teaci
- ings Of Kar. Marx, German socialist
~ To determine the position of dept
ID tized civilian, killed while acting as
re- special deputy sheriff, is the lates
O. problem for the state accident boar
re OF Montana to solve. The case cam
~ up over the claim for compensate
IN Of the widow of a civilian special
Is deputized to assist in the manhunt {
{! a farm hand at Manhattan few weel
~ ago.
nv Residents of the town Of Hobsc
III and Moccasln, Mont, and farmers
lis that vicinity during the past week a
or propriated to their own use a coup
re of cars of coal which had been place
re on sidetracks, one In each of the tv
lr- towns.
as "Bilr' Carlisle, benign bandit, WI
nv holds up trains for pleasure and
nm bates the ethics of highway robbie
,ht with his victims. may attempt to hi
9Th In Salt Lake, it is thought, and I
i've local police are keeping sharp loo
ro- out for him.
IRE Exculpated for the death Of
~ prospective father-in-law, young 10
~ Pantalone, former service man, Il
tho been discharged by the trial jud
nm. at Salt Lake. Pantalone was accus
me Of the murder Of Steve Melich, )
lea bian, of Bingham, Utah.
all The snowfall in the mountains
len Montana Is unprecedented and assn
iAe ample water for oil purposes n
. , year. The general predictions of
ma early and hard winter apparently
aaS to be fulfilled.