The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1919-05-02
NORTHWEST NOTES

A number of prominent farmers In
the Moore section of Montana have
just organized the Moore Farmers
Elevator company. with a capital Of
$1,000.
II Is estimated that there viii he
1000 automobile owners In the state
OF Wyoming before the end nj 1919.
These owners will pay into the state
treasury for state licenses SiOo,On
Brig. Gen. Richard NJ Riatchfor,I,
seventh ranking hrigadier general la
the United States regular army aud
at present commander Of the Panama
canal zone, has been assigned as COIN
manding general Of Camp Lewis.
+. Lawrence R.Ifenstein. aged y.
years, entered plea Of guilty to a
charge Of bigamy In the superior court
at Spokane and was sentenced TO "a
term of six months 10 five years In
the state reformatory at Monroe.
There are AT present sixty seven cit
liens of twenty-five counties either un-
der sentence Of deportation or held
for the completion of deportation pro-
ceedings In Oregon, according To the
records of the Portland immigration
office.
The state board III equalization IL
sending In the assessors Of Utah cir
cular letters giving the boards views
ON the proper methods Of assessing
banks, and intimating that bees. which
have been largely escaping assess.
ment, should be valued nj $40 per
colony.
The general outlook for water sup
ply In Utah this summer Is somewhn
better than last year. but March clos
ed with continued deficiency In
precipitation, and the average supply
bids fair to be something less than
normal.
George r. vanderyeer. former pro-
scouting attorney OF King county,
Washington, will he counsel for thirty
one alleged Industrial Workers Of the
World charged with criminal nm.
archy In connection with Seattle's Feb
ruary general strike.
yiying members of the little band NJ
placer miners who laid the feunia.
ton Of the city OF Butte On the banks
OF Silver Bow creek In 1854 aud ls6a
when IL called William Owsley 10 the
great beyond. last week.
The state highway commission Of
Oregon has let contracts of - miles
| OF paving, - miles Of grading and for
bridge across the mouth Of the John
Day river, on the Columbian river high.
way. The total calls for nm expendi.
ture OF approximately S2.ooo.O0
Five hundred members of the 36ard
regiment, part OF the 9lst (Wild West)
| division, Of the American army, were
entertained In Reno. en- route from
France TO their homes In California
where the regiment viii be mustered
out ut the Preside of San Francisco
Orchards Of Utah have not YET been
hurt by frosts. Is the belief Of the
state crop inspector who has inspected
valley. The fruit buds were not far
enough advanced 10 be hurt aud the
Indications for n bountiful fruit crop
We're never better than now.
Western federal aud state crops
pest inspectors, horticulturisis. boian-
lists and timber owners will hold "A
conference In Portland. ore. April ~
aud -. The purpose Of the conference
" Ia consider the white blister rust
disease In relation 10 the nursery and
timber conditions OF the west.
The Northwestern Fly Casters assoc.
citation will hold It's 1919 champion
ship In Portland. August /, = aud g.
The event Will be staged in new
concrete pool now under construction
and the winner of the all-round cham
pionship will be able to enter the ma
tional tournament at Chicago, August
70 u and -,
Action ~ Commissioner John l.. TIL
sley of the municipal department OF
public safety IN refusing Sam r. Crane.
an attorney street speaking permit,
following the election from It's usual
meeting place there Of the League for
Democracy nj Home. alleged by the
police 10 be "A radical organizer, WIS
upheld by the city council at Seattle.
More becis will be planted In the
United States this year than for any
previous year. according 10 officials ~
the Ttah-I Idaho Sugar company The
continuation Of paying for beets nj the
rate Of $40 per ton j. inducing Saany
farmers who have heretofor. stead
fastly refused to plant bects Ia change
their minds and cultivate a crop this
year.
One hundred and twenty miles Of
the old railroad grade ~ the Las
Vegas aud Tonopah railrond from
Beatty 10 Las Vegas. Nevada. together
with fiftyfive bridges, two wells. con
siderable corrugated pipe and ether
equipment. have been taken over by
the state department of highways and
preparations will BE- nade al once TO
open up the old grade for road.
Recent storms aud cold weather