The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1919-01-17
NORTHWEST NOTES

TO pass The Susan Is. Anthony woman
suffrage Amendment 10 the federal
constitution was adopted by both
houses of the Colorado legislature.
Roman was named temporary county
seat of the proposed county Of Lake
TO be created, according TO the plan OF
us sponsors, from parts Of MiSsoula
flathead and Sanders counties, Mon
ANA
The annual convention of the Ma
ional Woolgrowers ASSOCIATION, which
was TO be held in Salt Lake City, .Ianu-
airy Is 10 II, has been indefinitely
postponed. owing 10 the influenza epi
1emic
The state automobile show that was
to have been held at Great Falls in
January, in conjunction with the Coop
orators congress. has been abandoned
because no hall large enough can be OBJ
tanned.
Agricultural and stockraising indus
tries in Utah are in better shape than
they have ever been before, according
to Professor l.. q. Peterson, president
of the Utah Agricultural college at
Logan.
The Wyoming &Sebraska Telephone
company has been granted permission
by the Nebraska railway commission To
increase for period of SIX months
from January l all OF its toll and ex-
change rates.
The live stock sanitary board OF
Montaaa has put quarantine on
sheep from Idaho, where scabies is
said to have appeared. Shipments in
future will be permitted only under
federal health certificates.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineers III Montana will ask the com
| ing legislature TO pass bin compelling
| automobiles to stop ut railroad cross
| ings in an effort to reduce the num-
Der of accidents in this state.
| Four hundred and forty-seven gold
stars We're displayed on the huge army
the War Mothers of Utah nj Salt Lake
last week, The sailors and marines
| flag bore siNty-two gold stars.
A convention of representatives of
Presbyterian churches in Washington,
Montana and Idaho will be held at
Spokane, January IS and 10, 10 plan
for the part of those states III the new
era movement of the Presbyterian
| church.
At the coming session of the Mon
|
will he presented asking for the segre-
CATION of five townships from northern
Sweet Grass county and the placing OF
these within the boundaries of Wheat
land county.
Ladies of the White Pine (Nevadm
chapter of the Red Cross are sending
out an earnest appeal To its members
and friends asking That everyone Will
lend all the help possible to enable the
chapter to finish on time the work as
| signed to them.
| The state land registrar, in his re-
port to the governor, showed an in
crease In 1913 of millions In farm
loans. The total at the close of 1917
WIS SOUO,oSo, anu s'hi i"'Ni F-'''''
go. Just 1,09s loans were accepted
during the two years.
In recent letter received from
Leslie Mckernan of Ely, Nevada, who
is serving with the American forces In
France In the Twenty sixth engineer
corps, he relates that he was beside
the guns when the last shot of the war
in that sector was fired.
The secretary of state of Montana
has received carload OF 1919 auto
mobile license plates, being the hrst
consignment of n total order for eopo
plates. which Is 10000 more than were
ordered at first last year. In 1918.
81 .OI3 owners licenses were issued.
The Paris peace conference will hear
from the Utah legislature this winter,
IL a concurrent resolution already pro-
posed goes through with the speed eX-
pected. This resolution favors, in gen
eral terms. the establishment OF
League of Nations with the United
States as Il charter member.
The people of Whitehall, Mont, are
up in arms against the proposition OF
forming the proposed new county To he
known as "Pershing county, with
Three Forks as the county seat. The
formation Of such county would take
from Jefferson county u large and Ter
tile slice she Is loath TO give up.
That swindlers may not induce re-
turning soldiers 10 exchange foreign
money at less than The current eh-
change rate, The Salt Lake comfy
chapter Of the Red Cross Viii he pre-.
pared in n few days To discount ali
money which may he brought by men
Of the military service.
The establishment of the Montana
FIGURING Mills company AT Harlow
town. Mont, will purchase practically
10000 bushels of wheat direct from
Wheatland county farmers. The esti'
mated wheat production Of the eniire
county j. ] .1D0,0gD bushels.