The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-04-22
INLAND NORTHWEST

Bob Stewart, who died recently 1
San Diego, was responsible for tn
rush into Tonopah. At the time Q
Jim Buffers discovery he was keepin
the hotel at SOdaville.
| Six Austrians who were sent to Kal
ispell, Mont, to work in the wood
In response to call through the fed
eral bureau, We're refused jobs becaus,
they had been in this country too lonl
as aliens.
After going begging all winter a
ninety cents a hundred, sacked, fob
Helena, potatoes have taken a junil
within the past ten days and loca
growers are now being offered SIPS ;
hundred pounds.
If the bond issue carries April %
Kemmerer, 'WyO., will be located on {
state highway, that running from thu
Sweetwater county line near Granger
to Cokeville. Most of this is par
of the old Oregon trail.
Union labor of Tacoma will attempt
the recall of the entire city admins
tration because Of the refusal of the
commissioner Of public safety and
council to sanction the tag day of the
Soldiers and Sailors council.
The colony of radicals at Lake Bay,
near Tacoma, soon may be a thing of
the past, an action for the dissolution
Of the society having been started in
superior court. The society has been
divided into two factions for some
time, it is asserted.
Alien slackers or aliens who claimed
exemption from military service dur.
ing the war are barred from work
ing on any public enterprises or hold
ing any public office in the state by
law passed at the recent session of
the Washington legislature.
P. J. Hansen, said to be a farmer
from near Butte, was arrested at Man
itou station, Milwaukee & st. Paul
railroad by deputy sheriffs. The of
ficers declare he unloaded 1876 pints
of whiskey in suitcases from the train
when 1t stopped for water.
The automobile railway has started
upon its career in the Northwest. At
Spokane the Highway Motors Trans
portatton company, which will operate
eight strains" to points within so
miles Of Spokane over a system of 3O2
miles, has come into being.
Bonds of $4,000 each were approved
in district court at Butte, when Charles
H. Treacy, city clerk; John ]. Vines,
his assistant, and Jerry P. Crowley,
deputy clerk, were arraigned on
charges of official misconduct in con-
nection with the recent municipal cleo
ton.
The body of Joshua Bennett, aged
65 years and well-ls""w resident of
Mont, was found on the bank
of the Missoula river last week. He
had been missing for six months. There
were no indications of violence or. sui
eide, and the police believe that he
fell in the river accidentally.
Another evidence Of the prosperity
that exists in Utah is shown by the
increase in the capital stock of the
Hansen Live Stock Feeding company
of Ogden, which has filed with the
secretary of state an amended copy of
Its articles of incorporation, increasing
Its capital stock from 100000 to SIS
100000.
Sixty-one thousand five hundred
pounds of old clothing and shoes have
been shipped by the Salt Lake chapter
of the Red Cross to the Atlantic
coast preparatory to its destination
the refugee people of Europe.
Two carloads have already gone, the
first weighing 21O0O pounds, the Sc.
cond $4,000 pounds
In accordance with the provisions
Of the law passed by the recent legis-
ature putting Montana flour and GER
Sdl SOuCCAA6 LAO SohsAOAl
Of the state railroad and public utili-
ties commission, acting as a trade
that body has directed all
Iuch concerns to file with it before
April 10, list Of prices.
A rigid quarantine against the i'm
portation of sheep into the state OF
Oregon was put into effect by Cover.
nor Olcott last week, after consulta-
ion with State Veterinarian Lyle, who
d seeking to guard the sheep on the
ranges of this state against the raw.
ages Of scabies, a contagious sheep
disease which is raging in other states.
1t is learned from what is believed
In authoritative source that through
IN oversight Of the sixteenth assem-
,ly, in failing to arrange an appropria-
ion to start the operation Of law, the
grain grading inspecting and ware.
louse commission Of Montana with its
numerous deputy inspectors and au.
litors may not be able to function for
|ome time.
Flying 225 miles in ITO minutes
G. R. Evans Of Nevada
made a trip from Washington to New
l.