The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-01-17
INLAND NORTHWEST

The Las Vegas (Nev.) Rife club has
received its allotment Of arms and am
munition and Is planning to hold reg
ular shoots.
For the first time in history F'lathead
county, Mont, Is to have a woman at
torney engaged In the practice Of law.
The woman who enjoys this distine-
ton IS Miss Nellie MacNamara.
The legislative board Of the Order
Of Railway Conductors in Montana will
demand Of the legislature the enact
ment Of law prohibiting the opera
ton in mountainous regions Of the
state of exceptionally long trains.
The temporary shutdown at the
Hanover, Mont, cement works, due to
the falling off in the demand for the
products, because Of the cessation Of
constructive work, has Increased the
number of unemployed men In this
section.
The first public booth to be estab-
lished anywhere in the United States
for the sale daily Of thrift stamps, To-
Gated in the Lewistown, Mont, post
office, has just been Abandoned. This
booth was established over thirteen
months ago.
With the passing Of strong drink in
Montana, number of the saloon men
of Butte have converted their places
of business into soft" drink estab-
lishments, but have not as yet been
Obliged to put on extra help to take
care of a rush.
A report of the work of the Carson,
New, mint for the past fiscal year
shows: Deposits received, 1853; value,
gold, S270, 1871 silver, S115,T19; total
OF S3S6,55O. Income. S1961.51; ex-
penses from appropriations, S7632.3S
number Of employees, 5.
Growing sentiment in favor of
state constabulary in Utah in place of
a national guard organization may
have the effect of reducing to approx
mately 81 900 the appropriation asked
by Major Fred, Jorgensen, adjutant
general. for home guard purposes.
The total amount of money loaned
to Montana farmers by the federal
farm loan board is 1921, 790, accord
ing to a report just submitted to con-
gress. In the state, I'D national farm
loan associations have been chartered.
The number of loans made is 1884. and
the average size of the loan is Sz455.
Almenza Yerdon. an aged miner and
homesteader living at beaver Flat
forty miles from White Sulphur
Springs. Mont, was burned to death
on New Years day. The last seen of
him alive was two days before the
fire, which consumed the cabin. At
that time he was apparently in good
health.
About 700 employees of the Kruse &
Banks and the Coos Bay Shipbuilding
company yards at Marshfield, Ore,
quit work January Z. They first de
manded wage increase of is cents
per day, which was refused. They
then demanded that the yards be en-
tirely unionized, and when this was
refused a strike was declared.
jefferson F. Howell, for whom the
police of Salt Lake are searching on
a robbery charge. may have been i'm
picated in a double murder committed
ten years ago. it is charged. The
double murder was that of Bryan E.
Nelson and Dick Stillwell, who were
stabbed to death in their saloon at
Iceland, New, June 16 1909.
Total valuation of Montana. as re-
ported by equalizers, is 1892, 692, $50.
That of the railroads is So, ,T06.
Silver Bow county leads with S53. 49,
OO6. Cascade is second with So, 1T4,-
965. Fergus, third. with S2S,4S0, 39S,
and Yellowstone fourth, with S25,STa.-
022. Lands are valued at S1S0,TS7, $50,
improvements at $3S2, 51O,SS9, livestock
at ST5,00O,516 and personal at S101,-
$50. 30
The Roundup, Mont, postoffice
doubtless deserves the palm for adapt
ing itself to war conditions. Every
male employee in the postOffice offered
his services to the government and all
were accepted, with the exception of
Postmaster Dawson, who would have
been relieved so that he also could
have donned a uniform had not the
sudden close OF activities prevented
such a course.
The. supreme court. in affirming at
Salemn, Ore, the juIgment of Judge
Knoles of Union county in a case
against c. L. Busick. held that pur-
chaser of liquor in Oregon is not guilty
of an indictable offense and conse-
quently is not an aeeomplice. As re-
suit, it held. a trafficker in liquor may
be convicted ON the unsupported testi-
mony of bie purchaser and no zorro
borative e.idence is needed, provided
,ne jury believes the testimony Of the
purchaser.
The Oregon State Federation of
Labor adopted resolutions urging Inn
mediate withdrawal of American troops
now in Russia and declaring that in
terventiOn in Russia "appearS to Vio-