The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1919-10-17
NEWS FRO. ss.s PLACES

difnculty.
A large reservoir Is to be built In
Fall River meadow. 30 miles east OF
Ashton, Idaho. for the purpose Of IT.
rigatlng two million acres Of land.
Seyenty-nine FARMS, comprising $500
acres. were disposed of by drawing
at Powell. Nyo., the headquarters Of
the StlOshone reclamation project In
Wyoming.
Alice Duffy. aged 10 years, died In
Helena hospital from shock and Sc
rious burns received while assisting In
| starting a fire In the kitchen OF st.
Josepb's Orphans home.
Herbert g. Thompson, superinfend-
cnt Of the Nevada Packard mine at
Packard, Nevada. was killed when he
| fell from the 3G0foot level Of the mine
| 10 the bottom. 106 feet.
The leaders In the movement to
create judith Basin county out Of the
west side OF Fergus and the east end
of Cascade. In Montana. have begun
the circulation Of new petitions.
A rural life institute, gotten up along
| the lines Of the old-fashioned farm
ers' institute, with many additional
| features, Is scheduled to take place at
Twin Bridges. Mont, October 1923.
A Lewiston, Mont, elevator company
has begun i'm action against the Great
Northern 70 recover $500 represent
ing the value of wheat alleged to have
been lost In transit on shipments east
Secretary Franklin X. Lane Of the
Interior department has announced
that 100000 will be expended In
reclaiming Utah, Lake bottom land by
diking the shores of the lake and
draining the water-soaked land.
A Lewistown, Mont, correspondent
says the first Lewistown woman to kill
u deer this season Is Mrs. John Brooks,
who has just returned from the Little
Belt mountains with Mr.. Brooks. The
latter brought down black bear.
According to the report just issued
by the government of the production of
gold and silver In the United States
for the calendar year 1918. Nevada Is
fourth In the list In the production of
gold and third In the production of
silver. ffr2 =
Montana merchants who full to ap-
ply for licenses under the state 'pro-
fiteer" bill before November l face
fines Of 500 to $1,000, according to a
resolution adopted by the Montana
trade commission. which administers
the law.
Several hundred men will be en-
ployed this fall by the national govern
ment improving the highways In Vel
lowstone National park. Already a
large force has been started at work
and will be augmented as RAPIDLY as
possible. ra
The story Is going the rounds caboht
a bootlegger who, sampled his ASyn
goods SO freely that he was found by
the roadside near Winnemneca, Ney.,
by three of that towns residents, who
coniiscated the greater portion of the
bootlegger's stock.
Aftyrt being at liberty for nearly
seven years following the fatal stab
bling of james Ferry at Butte on the
night of November u. 1912, Dan Mer-
rlean has been taken to the state
prison to start In on his long term of
from 40 to SO years at hard labor.
Under the law regulating the fixing
of the true value of property and the
levying Of taxes upon certain fixed
percentages, the assessed valuation Of
Cascade county, Montana, this year
is smaller by Sl.5la,oi0 than In 1913,
when the taxable valuation was S42,-
1I4,961.
Reports from eight counties in Mon
tuna show that the situation In regard
to the shortage of hay Is not SO acute
as II was thought TO be about six
weeks ago, several counties reporting
that the marked Is slow, the third cut.
ting yielding we'll and that the demand
Is not so acute rs II has been.
A maximum grade OF @ per cent from
Salt Lake over the Lincoln, highway
TO Carson City, New, will be possible
soon, members of the highway asso.
citation announce. The association will
subscribe Sl25tOoo and the remainder
necessary to construct the highway.
$4,000, will come from federal, state
and local funds.
Not having the heart to shoot an old
horse belonging To them. Erick and
Herbert loare of Eureka. Utah.
hnmanely MS they thought. put a stick
OF dynamite In each ear of the horse
and, turning their fuces away. touched
match to the fuse and ran. There
Is no more horse and Erick and Her.
bert feel easy IN conscience.
A Tonopah dispatch says that.
standing hchln,l the curtains of n dark
room leading into the office of her
boarding house. Mrs. Mary Harriag-
ton' according 10 her report To the Of
tcers, watched Fred Rowe, driver for
the Welis-Fargo company. open the
safe and take out sos In marked cur
rency. Then she ieveled revolver ut
his head and forced him to return the
money He wax furnad arar q, sha