The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-12-09
INLAND NORTHWEST

the November report.
Twelve surveying parties are In the
field In Montana, surveying for high
ways which 1t is expected will be built
next year. .
The thirteenth annual convention Of
the Lincoln County Woolgrowefs' asso-
citation was held ut Cokeville, Wyo.,
November q and %.
A total Of 1900 miles of highway can
be built in Montana next year If suf-
ficient contractors can be found to
undertake about $5,5O0,0O0 worth of
work. .
An ordinance has been passed by
the authorities at Denver, giving Off
Gals sweeping powers in dealing with
radicals and suppressing radical utter
ances. ~.
Salt Lake capitalists are planning
on building an amusement park at Pos
catello, Idaho, with dance hall, bath
ing resort, roller coaster and other
features.
The coal production situation in the
Kemmerer, Wyo., mining district is
rapidly assuming a normal condition,
additions being made to the working
force every day.
George Winans, a brakeman, ended
his life at hotel at Whitefish, Mont,
cutting his throat with a razor. Eel
low workmen say. he had been acting
melancholy and depressed Of late.
The surveying of 1000 miles Of road
projects in Montana has been under
taken by the state highway commits
sion In order to expedite road construc-
ton made possible by recent county
elections.
Snow about Gilman and Augusta,
Mont, has driven great herds of elk
down into the valleys, and farmers
there must feed them or they will die,
1t is said. Feed already is scarce in
that section.
Bert Clarkson was instantly killed
at Ontario, Ore, while at work as a
lineman. When he reached for
crOss-arm, he missed it and caught
hold Of live wire, receiving a heavy
current through the chest.
From the Jackson Hole country in
Wyoming comes the report that herds
of elk are beginning to come down into
the valleys from the mountain Sec
tons and are attacking the hay stacks, q.
sometimes making serious inroads
upon the winter stores. y
During a fight between James Col
lett and Louis Magnetic, at Cumber- \
land, Wyo., Colleti was shot through
the heart, and Magnetic badly cut and
beat up. Magnetic Is in hospital and
will be charged with murder when he
has recovered sufficiently to face trial
Charles Kenyon seriously wounded
Luther Wells In gun duel near Den
mis-, Mont, Wells being shot through
the groin. The shooting was the re-
suit of an old-time feud, both men hav-
ing gone armed for some time with
the expectation of settling their diff.
ferences.
The Billings, Mont, high school,
built in 1913 and believed then to be
large enough to accommodate the
growth Of the classes for the next ten
years, has been outgrown by the num-
Der of students, and it has been found
necessary to transfer a number of
other buildings.
2 Thirty-four children were examined
in week of child welfare work con-
Quoted at Smiths Prairie, in Idaho, by
representatives of the county farm bu-
reau, the university extension division
and that state anti-tuberculosis society.
A health crusader club was organized
and home-nursing demonstration was
given.
The interstate commerce commission
has set January 5, as the date for the
hearing of the petition of the Utah
State Automobile association for re-
ductiOn Of the rates on gasoline and
other refined oils shipped from. points
in Wyoming, California, Kansas and
Oklahoma to Salt Lake, Ogden and
Provo
According to A. J. Jaemicke, insect
specialist of the forest service, in the
smaller creeks and along their banks
in Tillamook county, Oregon, there are
millions on millions of caterpillars-
so many, in fact that they are found
dead in windows. Even the bottoms
Of the streams are covered to a depth
Of several inches.
Thesbudget for the rabbit extermi-
nation project of the Power county,
Idaho, farm bureau, as presented to
the county commissioners, calls for
the purchase of 500 ounces of strych-
nine sulphate and $500 ounces of
strychnine alkaloid. The commission
ers purchased three-fourths of a mile
Of rabbit wire, for use in the rabbit
drives.
Accused of the murder Of Lena Po-
sey, colored, who, the police say, he
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