The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-02-18
INLAND NORTHWEST

Butte committees endeavoring to sc
cure a reduction of living costs in tina
city will be aided by the legislature.
Montana stockmen advocate. passag
OF herd law, which will jeopardiz
neither livestock nor farming interests
but will afford protection to both.
A request for the deportation of Car
Larson, convicted in the United State
district court at Salt Lake for viOlat
ing the espionage law, will probabl.
be made.
Montana Is preparing to honor thOs'
of her sons who dOnned the khaki IL
defense of the state and nation. Tha
Legislature has voted $4,000 for en-
tertainment purposes.
| A safe cracker broke into the safe
of hotel at Austin, Nevada, last week
and made away with little over $500
The safe was an old-fashioned one, and
the rObber used a crow-bar in pryine
off the door.
The members Of gun club at Fal.
Ion, Nevada, have recently expended
$500 in an endeavor to stock the cOun-
ty with Bob White quail. The move is
somewhat Of an experiment, but sue
cess is hoped for.
The camp of Jarbidge, in ElkO coun-
ty, Nevada, is experiencing a revival,
number Of men having been en-
ployed at the different properties re-
Gently, largely augmenting the popu-
lation Of that section.
Fearing that he would be taken back
to Oregon to stand trial on a charge
Of forgery, Dr. S. G. Richards, veter.
mary surgeon, and character well
known throughout Nevada, committed
suicide in Carson by taking poison.
Cost of living, as one of the elements
entering into the Butte industrial dis
turbance at present will be investi-
gated and remedied if possible: This
was declared at a meeting of business
men, bankers, military officers and
laborites.
Chaotic conditions in Butte have
been induced by anarchistic and radi-
cal labor leaders who are continually
seeking opportunity to strike; no one
else is responsible. Federal troops,
however, have the situation under con-
troll.
More women are placed in employ
ment at smaller cost by the Salt
Lake women's division of the depart
ment of labor than any other city of
the same rating in the United States,
according to information received last
week.
Owing to the unsettled condition of
the copper market, it is reported that
the Thompson smelter. says Yering-
ton Nevada, dispatch, will close down
about March 1. Should market con-
ditions improve, the plant will be kept
in operation.
Farmers of Nevada are expecting the
legislature to furnish financial aid In
the war on the ground squirrels that
are causing havoc in different sections
Of the state. The lawmakers will be
asked to appropriate at least $4,000
for that purpose.
"Broke and hungry" is the, word |
from the front regarding the condi-
ton Of WIter Riley, aged IA and
Steve Elakovitch, 16, who ran away
from their homes in Anaconda about
two weeks ago. In their journey around
the world they got as far as Logan,
Mont
Decisions have been rendered in q
number of counties in Nevada that
drug stores cannot sell whiskey or
other liquors. This edict was issued.
Il Is understood, because number Of
drug stores were to begin business
with the idea that they might dispose
" liquor.
Five dollars was placed on the head
II every coyote In the state Of Utah
~ stockmen at meeting at Salt Lake.
After q three-hour discussion over the
county laws Of the state, 1t was de-
,ided that a IS gift would be made to
10 successful hunter Of the coyote
rom now on instead of the $3.50 pres
mt bounty. |,
: Another obstacle which has impeded
legislative progress In Montana was
:ast aside last week when the house
committee killed several
ills providing for construction Of fish
latcheries. County division, normal
shool and fish hatchery legislation
to retard progress Of both
louses early in the session.
While representation were made to
he state council Of defense that the
uture of the sugar beet industry in
Iontana is je0pardized unless the
ouncil rescinds it's order fOrbidding
reaching in the German language,
he order Of the council will stand at
last until special committee ap-
ointed to investigate conditions in the
ugar beet districts reports back.
BY the terms Of the will of the late
[enry L. Pittock, admitted to probate
Portland, the estate of the pioneer