The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1919-05-23
NORTHWEST NOTES

northwest, Is now assured Tor Wheat
land county, Montana.
In addition tn bond issues totallng
SS.s1o,n1 the voters of Denver on
May ~ win pass on five proposed
changes In the city charter
Work Ia the wooden shlpbull,ling
yards of Portland Is slackeulng. and
existing contracts will only maintain
the steel yards until October, it is
reported.
With the development of the Divide
district, Tonopah, Nevada, has IN Joy
Ell an Increase in Formulation and pros
neritN that almost rivals the old Gold
field days.
Believing that increased telephone
rates, which became effective May /.
are exorbitant. the county commis-
aoners have ordered that phones he
removed from Ia offices In the court.
house nj Butte.
Although there has not been drop
of rain In Eroudwater county. Mon
tana, this spring. the farmers are still
blowing and sowing In preparation for
bumper crop In case moisture does
fall To help them out
George Primrose, aud Dolph John
son. two Of the three men who held up
the Clarke county bank M NnshougaI,
Ore, were captured ut The Dalles af.
ter fight in which CHIEF of Police
Gibbons was shot and killed
Mrs. Jessie Condor. OF Galconsia.
New. Is in the hospital, having been
shot In the foot Walter Trumble,
foreman OF a bridge gang for which
Mrs. Condor cooked. Is alleged 10 have
done the shooting while drunk
The Oregon Short Line Is seeking n
raise IN freight rates on wool ship
ments from points In Montana, Idaho.
Utah and Wyoming Ia eastern points,
such as Boston, Utica. Philadelphia.
Albany. Baltimore and Cleveland.
John Brown of Harpers Ferry fame,
died nj his home at Portland as the
result Of gunshot wound. Members
OF his family said he shot himself be.
cause OF dependency through illness
Bids for highway projects totaling
more than 81 ,.s0,0OO and covering
more than 10 miles have been opened
at Portland by the state highway
commission and the contracts will be
awarded as soon as the bids can be
tabulated.
or the S9U0,o00 appropriated by
congress for road building purposes
$4,000 viii be spent In trail build.
ing In Montana and Idaho. AT least six
field. and nm even larger number Of
construction crews.
Following the finding OF mans
left forearm ON the truck OF IA mail ear
nj Ogden. other fragments OF an UNI
identified mans body have been found
near Kawlins, Wyo. There was moth.
ing found In the clothing that would
lead to Identification.
At the present livestock market
price of II TO ~ cents, T.. l.. Dana OF
near Parkman. reputed Ia be one Of
the Wyoming cattle kings. will receive
between two and tire millions OF dol.
lars for approximately 20OO0 head Of
cattle lac proposes Ia ship to the Chi
cage markets In the near future.
Rhyolite the boom camp In Nevada
of 1905. Ii giving up It's best material
for the up.buIlding Of the new Divide
Ciiy. The splendid buildings that made
Rhyolite the queen OF The southern
desert are being dismantled. and the
lumber. window frames. doors aud
sasies are being hauled 10 the new
camp.
At the close OF The Oregon state
sheet held at Pendletou. Frank Troeh
of Vancouver. Wash. won high honors
on the sap targets with 100 to his cred
II. III. :. Sharman of Salt Lake takes
second place with +ss Dr. u r.
cathey of Portland, ore. third wr.,
49, and r. G. Grice OF Boise, Ida. was
fourth high, scoring ss3
School children Of Oregon will not
be asked 10 subscribe funds for the
purpose Of maintaining the battieship
Oregon In that state. This was the
decision Of Governor Olecott and gu.
periniendent Of Public Instruction
Churchill. who were agreed that plan
10 have public school pupils eontri-
butte ! cent u week is not feasible
Harry G. Bales. who was discharged
from the police force at Portland In
January on d charge Of having stolen
$40 from bottle containing donn.
lions for the benefit Of French and
Belgian orphans. was found not guilty
by the municipal civil service board
and was restored 10 duty with full
pay dating from the time Of his dis
nIs~al.
r Suspected ~ being typhoid fever
directly responsible for seven
teen cases of typhoid aud five deaths.
a ranch hand has h..en taken To usl.
ena from western Montana by officials
n tile state board OF health and placed
under observation definitely Ia deter.
mine IT, uneunSeiously. this rnnn has
baea Sprending germs of disease and