The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-01-21
INLAND NORTHWEST


partisan ticket
News has been received that Fred
Lundgren, formerly of Hamilton,
Nevada, was killed in battle while
serving with the American forces in
France.
John j. Sullivan, miner, must
spend from IS to 70 years in the state
penitentiary for having shot to death
Emery l. Cupples, shift boss at the
Original mine at Butte.
Dominick Dehmar, aged 4S, single
and native of Germany. was killed by
a fall of rock in the Nettie mine at
Butte. He had been a resident of Mon
tana for more than 20 years.
The quota for Nevada in the cam
paign to raise funds for the starving
people of Greece, Syria and Armenia
is $4,000, which the campaign mana
gers believe will be easy to raise.
Sale of near beer containing any
quantity of alcohol whatever, even be-
low two per cent, Is in violation OF the
state prohibition law, according to a
decision handed down at Butte last
week.
Demands imposed upon srenograph-
ers by nation at war, and a cOnse-
quent increase in wages, has decreased
the usual number Of applications for
stenographic positions in the Montana
legislature. 4. ~. !. a .,+s
It is possible that the Montana leg
islature may enact q bill providing for
the creation of new normal schools
by petition, thus leaving the matters In
the hands of the people and the state
board of education.
OF the 1928 Nevadans who regis
tered for selective draft on June b,
the number of inductiohs into the SER
vice was 2S71 whites and q colored.
The total number of men Of the first
registration to enlist was 963.
The adjutant generals record shows
that of the total number of registrants
In Nevada available for service there
remain So of the 1917 class 81 of the
June, 1918 class; 1895 from 10 to 80,
and ia of the IS year old class.
Washable county, Wyo., claims the
distinction of furnishing to the war a
larger percentage of it's population than
any other county in the nation, 10 per
cent of the county's population ethel
volunteering or having been drafted.
The Montana Live Stock Sanitary
board has issued orders pertaining to
the shipment of Sheep into Montana
from Idaho, which orders, if adhered
to, will greatly reduce the danger OF
spreading infectious or contagious
diseases. la~'
Montana is now a part of the Tenth
district of the federal board for vo,
cational education. This means that
all disabled soldiers in the state will
be under the care Of headquarters al
Minneapolis, instead of at Seattle, a
/ previously announced.
V. c. Graham, miner employed
Ruth, Nevada, shot and mortal
wounded two assailiants after BEN.
knocked down and beaten about ~
head as he was going home at hight
Both of the men, Joe Rubic aid Eli
Krmptoich, died after being taken It
the hospital.
Reports from corn growers show tina
| y nd
of corn were harvested in Musse he'll
county, Montana, last year and thu
the average yield was 10 to Il bushels
including hailed and poor crops. II
some instances yields Of 80 to 80 bush
els per acre were had.
Thrusting aside some slight differ
ence as to methods of caring for re
turned soldiers, Butte business meI
and leaders in city industry promised
| to throw their full strength behind the
employment and relief committee o.
the Butte Army and Navy league al
meetings held last week.
Resolutions protesting to the inter
state commerce commission against the
recent arbitrary raise of express rates
and further consideration OF the coal
class and trans-cont.nental graded
rates were the outstanding features II
the meeting of the executive commit
tee of the Montana Freight Rate asso
citation held at Helena.
Five of the seven states interested
In the Colorado river reclamation prof.
ect, in which 10000 acres of land II
Utah are involved, have notified Gov
ernor Bamberger that delegates hav'
been appointed to attend the confer
ence Of governors called at Salt LAX
for January Is.
A petition for rehearing before tn
Nevada Supreme Court will be filed b.
the appellants in the Henry Miller in
heritance tax suits, according to al
torneys for the Miller estate. If thi
is denied it is understood that an ap
peal will be taken to the suprem
court of the United States.
The Helena Light and Railway com
pany's directors has decided; first, t
invite the city Of Helena to take owe
| ond nnarate the lines in such a wa