The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-11-14
INLAND NORTHWEST

10 orders received by the local unions
Coal in transit, consigned to Butte
dealers, will be seized by the railroads
according to instructions received ~
superintendent Of lines ent..,t,g
Butte.
According to reports given out ar
the Butte Water Company office the
water situation has improved 50
greatly that fear of famine th.>
winter is no longer felt.
The schools at Billings, Mont, have
been closed because of the coal famin.
due to the strike of miners. More.
than 1000 pupils and 40 teachers are
affected by the closing order.
Base hospital No. 80, formed in Seat
tie and the only Washington hospital
unit recruited during the war, will be
| kept intact as an organization and
ready for national emergency.
Destruction Of practically the entire
business district Of Jarbridge, New.
with a loss estimated at $4,000 was
| the result OF fire last week, the fire
sweeping the entire business section.
News from the ranges surrounding
Austin, Nevada, is that all the fat cat.
tie have been sold and shipped away.
There are quite a number of feeders
remaining at the ranches, but no beef.
The ranch home Of Isaac Rosted
Howie, near Big Timber, Mont, was.
with all furniture, completely destroy
ed by fire last week. The fire started
from a defective stove pipe in the
dining room.
Utahs cleanup campaign against
weeds, which was inauguarated this
year under the direction of the state
crop pest commission, has proved that
the people are anxious to rid the state
of the pests, according to the commits
sion.
The coal mines at Price and Helper.
Utah, where the states largest mines
are located. are working with rSarly
normal forces and the situation is re-
ported quiet. 1t is not believed there
will be any further trouble in this Sec
ton.
Two thousand elk are reported to be
in herd in the Jackson valley district,
Wyo., according to report received
from the supervisor Of that forest
area. They were driven to the valley
by the heavy snowfall in the noun.
tains.
John McNair. IA, and Gail Steven.
son, Is, stepped off the train at Salt
Lake to be greeted by the McNair boys
father, in company with juvenile
court officers. The two boys ran away
from their homes in Colorado Springs
several days previous.
People of the Rio Virgin Valley in
Nevada, are favoring the idea of form
ing an irrigation district under the law
passed by the last session Of the legis-
lature, and issuing bonds for the pur-
,, pose Of carrying out tie plans for Z
. permanent irrigation system.
,, A charge of giving whiskey to a
at Billings, Mont, against Nelson W.
Greer, who, as a special detective, ap-
peared recently as witness for the
state in number Of local cases involv.
ing traffic in Intoxicating liquor.
!, Although he is still confined to his
bed in a Butte hospital recuperatine
from the effects of an operation fol
appendicitis, Gov. s. v. Stewart Il
. able to keep in touch with the Goa
CRISIS in Montana, 1t is asserted, ant
:. is retaining active direction of affairs
d George Desmond, accused with Johl
a Laird and Claude Cosman Of having
h robbec bank at Sultan, Wash, las
e June, and stealing $4,000. chiefly Al
Liberty ponds, pleaded guilty at
J. hearing at Everett, and with his CON
u ranions was bound over to superio
q court.
,r Ranchers and stockmen Of the Teto
Y. basin section of the valley just owe
rs the range on the Idaho side from Jacl
son Hole, Wyo., reported last wee
that great heards of elk had CON
down from the mountains into the va
ley and were feeding on the hay on tt
:. ranches.
The town Of Wyola, Mont, Is ra
IN idly growing and now a new addltit
no has been plated to the little villal
%. and lots are being rapidly sold. Wyo
re is the first place of any importan
pa after crossing the Wyoming line al
do has very fine community from viii
to draw its trade.
m In a statement issued to the pup
nut the grade teachers of Roundup, Mon
set forth the fact that many of tn
10 number 60 to school without bres
All fast and spend the noon hour cooSi
ed their own meals because the pay
en- ceived by them Is inadequate to 81
he port them properly.
lat At Midnight on October 81. all uni
by miners in the Kemmerer, Wye. g
mining district. in obedience to ord
from their leaders. went or STIR
The district is adjacent and trl