The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-10-03
INLAND NORTH WEST


January Il, Is and 10. 1870.
over 400 applications for relief In |
the. way Of seed grain and feed have |
now been filed with the county COM
mf>>loners AT Lewistown. Mont.
A religious census which has just been
closed 10y the church organizations of
K1li,pell. Mont. shows that a total of
II different creeds are represented.
An overload broke the shaft ON the
big turbine at the generating plant of
rbe Alton (Wyo.) Electric company
and The town WAS in darkness for sew
,ral nights.
Not later than October l the Mon
tana trade commission is expected 10
begin active work on its statewide
inquiry into the high cost of living
and its cause.
Completion of the irrigation district
at shelby. Mont, which will include
$4,000 acres, is reported. This is
said to be one of the largest projects
in the northwest.
Assessment of the wire lines of the
Mountain States Telephone and Tele-
graph company in Montana has been
fixed by the state board of equaliza-
ton at S4.996,S5S.60.
Due to the new school house being
incomplete, school was begun at Ring
ling Mont, September 8, in the Con-
gregational church, which has been
htted up for that purpose.
over 80 men are needed for Jobs
in and about Salt Lake at good pay,
according to the United States EN-
ployment service. and no relief from
The situation seems apparent.
Charged with having disposed of
mortgaged property J. w. Holman, a
former Great Northern special agent,
has been arrested in Seattle and will
be brought back to Great Falls, Mont
If is satisfactory building can be Sc
cured for exhibition purposes the an
nual winter show of the Montana
Poultry association, usually held in
Butte, may be conducted in Great
Falls next January.
Daniel Haughton, 16 years old, died
from injuries received at Billings
when bicycle on which he and an
other boy were riding was struck by Il
hotel motor omnibus. The other boy
sustained broken leg.
a A campaign of eradication is to be
launched at once against the woody
maple bark louise, which, according to
State Horticulturist A. L. Strauss, has
been found to be working great harm
to Missoula, Mont, shade trees.
A woman sanitary inspector, whose
special field will be soda fountains and
and drinking establishments, will prob
ably be appointed by j. X. White, pub
lie welfare commissioner of Idaho.
s. w. Young and II. L. Standish OF
New York are inspecting the old placer
mine on Snake river, north of Alton
WyO., with view to financing renewed
operations under modern methods. Tht
old property has produced considerable,
placer gold
Property owners of Billings, Mont
on whose premises fire starts in ac
cumulated rubbish are liable to fin
of $40 an hour for each hour spent b,
the fire department in extinguishin,
the blaze, according to an ordinance
just adopted.
The Mendenhall Construction com
pany of Utah has begun work on tn
Montpelier, Ida, highway into Aftor
Wyo., shipping a large amount of roa
building equipment from the neighbo
state. About thirty teams and approx
mately 100 men are employed.
+. ii. Fendall is dead, Miss Margs
ret Beattie is suffering from broke
collarbone, and numerous others froI
prostratiOn as result of fatigue, el
element or overcrowding incident
the meeting at the tabernacle at Sa
Lake, where President Wilson az
dressed the people of Utah.
George Il. Riggs, Huntley, Mont
rancher, convicted of wife-murder, sci
NShNCu W utC anu iCplitNSu Ny uppC'
to the state supreme court. probab
will learn his fate within the ne,
few days Riggs has been in Jail SIM
March, 1918, when the body of his vii
was found in the burning kitchen
their home.
Proposed extension of the bounda
les of Yellowstone national park
include the Jackson hole country
condemned in resolution adopted +
Gently by residents of Cody, Wyo
Il mass meeting. The resolution
clares the plan is being furthered
those who would serve personal EN-
rather than public good"
The nevada State Fish commissi'
mas planted $4,000 rainbow trout
the Truckee river and expects the f
% flourish in the river because OF Il
proved water conditions. The Flor
ton Paper Mill company has appareI
~ discontinued dumping acid and OF
or materials into the stream. and t
river Is commencing to show mo