The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-07-25
NORTH WEST NOTES

ton received by Gov. ID. W. Davis.
Harvey Hardy, 20 years of age. for
merly sheriff of Salt Lake county and
In the early nineties identified win
the real estate and mining business in
Salt Lake. died Saturday AT Good
springs, New. according To word re-
ceived at Salt Lake City.
In spite of the fact that June frosts
and summer droughts have made tre-
mendous inroads on the wheat crops
of Utah and southern Idaho, enough
grain will be harvested To supply the
needs of the two states and make pos
sible the expectation of large guam
tity.
The chamber of commerce of Lewis
town. Montana, has begun the work
of making a complete business and
professional survey of the city, so that
every business and profession will be
listed for future reference. This is
the first survey of the kind ever taken
here.
Fire completely destroyed the steam
| boat Rambler, lake steamer 10 feet
| In length II foot beam, ut Occur d.
| Alene and but for the timely action
of the fire department and volunteers
would have consumed the city dock
and store and the entire frame work
of wharves.
The net receipts for the national
forests in Utah, Idaho, Nevada ana
western Wyoming, under the super
vision of the district office located in
Ogden, during the fiscal year, ended
June 30, amounted to $1S6,3S9.3l, ac-
cording to bulletin issued by the for
est service.
With view to drafting resolution
to congress favoring federal control
of the national domain, stockmen from
Arizona, Minnesota, California, Colo
rado Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, New
Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, South Da-
kota and Washington met In conven-
ton at the Hotel Utah in Salt Lake.
Three members of Northern Pa
cific train crew, John Kilcoyne, con-
ductor, Clarence Lotzenheiser, brake
man, and John Chevalier, engineer,
were injured in an accident ut tun-
mel near Quartz. Lotzenheiser and
Chevalier were injured seriously and
: are in the railroad hospital at MissOula
Montana.
REPUTATION of the widespread ru-
mors of total crop failures in Montana
Is contained in the weekly crop review
= by Charles ID. Greenfield, state COM
missioner of agriculture and publicity
- Good yields from the many irrigated
- regions of the state are predicted ant
- In the western part OF the state fruit
-. alfalfa and grain crops are In excel
10 lent condition.
r. Peter PerOe retired grocer i
tx hailed by women of the local Ret
O. Cross as champion knitter Of the nor
w thern division. Mr.. Peroe has spen
mt 2,l19 hours making sox and sticking
Is, for the Red Cross and in this perio
nd has knitted ISL pairs AN average o
IT, one pair in IA hours. He has bee
re awarded a Red Cross service butte
he in recognition Of his services.
TX G. w. Merritt, section hand en-
OF ployed by the Southern Pacific a
OK Montana, was killed when the Glendiy
all stub struck him as he stepped from
Oh side track to the main line, directl
in front of the passenger. The man
neck was broken, but otherwise h
body was not marked up, althoug
re- the stub was travelling at a high raj
on of speed.
Dzf;,, r., .vr1
at sidiary of the Midwest Refining con
OF pany, Of Casper, Wyo., recently pu
sh- chased from J. Il. Hurst and Sid Ke
on CHAN 81 per cent of the capital stot
uid of the Carbon Oil company, which
ern drilling test WELL This compar
IN has also leased 400 acres from Il
III Tri-state Oil 4 Refining Co., viii,
Ell, has 400 acres on the structure al
US. of which former Governor George
'u- Carlson of Colorado, is president.
49,, An agreement for Il new wage sea
49,, providing for an increase of 81 a di
-, for mine and smelter employees of &
~, Anaconda Copper company here al
at Great Falls and Anaconda, Mon
was reached last week between {.
Kelley, president of the company, a
-. representatives of the employees.
Calling of q special session OF t
~ state legislature of Montana to anne
- the laws SO as to enable state a
co. main highways already planned or
inc be planned to be constructed and tn
COW afford employment immediately
roo. many farmers is urged in resoluti
,odv adopted by IA conference of represen
a ~ tives of the Good Roads associate
)een The first announcement of propos
Flu new railroad construction in Greg
ans since the war was formally ma
has when J. w. Foster of Portland, c.
2 Of structlon engineer, stated that
n a company which he represents
ince build from Mount Angel, on the w
the cida of tho Cascades tO Renu nv W