The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1919-03-21
NORTHWEST NOTES

ers in northern and western Montana
are looking forward TO the biggest
year in their history.
A plan 10 attract ducks and mlgra-
tary game birds to eastern Washing
ton by planting Wild rice on the shores
of lakes fat that section has been start.
ed by the Spokane game commission.
Butte Will show the state what Sill
yer Bow county dirt can produce Ii
the plans III prominent men and wo-
ment Interested in the Development of
gardens in the mining city are carried
out
The i'ocatelio Athletic club has teie-
graphed TEX" Richard an offer of
SlGn,UD cash Tor the Willard Dempsey
heavyweight fight. The message said
the Idaho boxing laws had been re-
vised 50 that the light might he held.
Despite precautions being taken by
| the federal government elk In the
Jackson Hole country near the yellow
stone national forest are decreasing,
| according To Smith Riley of the game
! preservation department of the forest
service.
Announcement Is made by the Great
| Falls land office that l5,5W acres az
land that had been included In the
Sun River irrigation project has been
| opened Ia homestead settlement aud
filings will he received on the tracYs
on and after March Is.
Threshing operations are likely 10
| lap over on the spring blowing In the
| Dillon. Mont. section. as during the
| past few days several ranehers and
| farmers have been finishing up this
work. Bad weather during the fall is
| the reason for the unusual delay
| A total of 64a bills. exclusive of me-
MORALS and resolutions. were intro
duced In the Montana legislature. just
| closed--440 In the house and 2Oa in
the senate, Between $50 and 2Ta meas
ures reached the governor, over half
of them In the last three days OF the
| session.
Another wave OF !nnenxa has struck
Bozeman, Mont. and vicinity, the Gal.
latin county higirschooi being the cen
ter Of the present wave, II Is be-
lieved 10 have resulted from the visit
Of high school students In Helena last
week TO the district basketball tour
nament
Assurance that the telephone EN-,
ployees may negotiate with telephone
company officials or with postofticc
department officials nj Washington re-
| ..tl a
given Governor MiIliken of Oregon
ut IA conference with Postmaster Gen.
eral Burleson
Seven new counties were created by
the Montana legislature, and five new
normal schools established, the latter,
however still having 10 run the gaunt-
let Of the governors office, as does the
bin abolIshing the deputy game war
dens and that reorganizing the state
Highway commission.
The manufacture and sale OF near
beer Il prohibited In Nevada under n
the state supreme court The decision
was made In an injunction suit
brought aJy The state against the Reno
Brewing company Ia test the clause
In the prohibition act.
Portland salt shippers must be con.
tent with the present freight rates on
that commodity Ia Idaho, Washington.
Oregon and Montana. which they
deemed 'prejudIcial 10 their interests
and preferential to SAltair salt pro-
ducers," In accordance with the deci-
sion recently handed down by the in
terstnte commerce commission and
sent 10 the Utah traffic service bureau.
Reports from the travellers who
cover All of Utah and southern Idaho.
show prospects for business during
the current year mr.. very ene1urag.
ing During the last month consld-
cradle amount of moisture has falleb
In practically all Of this territory. The
farmers report In most districts that
the winter wheat is in exceptionally
good condition aud II weather condi-
tions are favorable there wilt be n
larger acreage of spring planting this
year than ever before In either Utah
or Idaho.
1 lnffshhsd compensation 10 men III
jurcd in Montana industries. soldiers
| welfare Legislation with substantial
| appropriations referendum To the peo-
| pie an "a revision of the primary law
| To permit holding state conventions for
| the nomination Of state officers aud
the substitution Of closed for the
present open primary system. "A refer
endnm on "A Sl5DO0,OOo bond issue
for good roads. aud another referen.
dun on bin To legalize boxing. were
among the most important piece, Of
legislation enacted by the Montana
legislature at the closing session.
After 10 years of experiments the
state of Idaho has given mp the direct
primary system of nominations and
returned To The convention plan. Gov
| ernor Davis has signed the amended
new election law, which repeats the
direct primary.
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