The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-03-25
INLAND NORTHWEST


irrigation Of gardens, the Butte Waite
company announced last week.
The people of Montana bought STA
1852 worth of war savings stamp
through the postOffices of the stat
during the month Of February.
Twelve and One-half cents per hea
has been decided upon as the sheer
shearing price for 1919 by the woo
growers associations of Nevada, Utal
and Idaho.
Three dozen gamblers are at libert
under bail, bonds or consOling eacl
other in the county jail as the result
of a series Of raids pulled off at Re,
Lodge. Mont.
More than 100 educators from al
parts Of Montana and from othe
states assembled at Missoula, Marcel
10 to attend two weeks convention
Of the state school superintendent.
There was only one death by acct
dent on the Oregon Short Line rail
way system during the month of Feb
ruary, according to a report just Is
sued by ]. G. Clark, safety first com
missioner Of the railroad.
Within the past week the returned
Dillon, Mont. soldiers and sailors have
been organizing themselves into al
association in order to obtain mutua
benefits along various lines, both in 9
social and business way.
BY vote of eight to four the sen
ate of the Nevada legislature refused
to pass resolution indorsing league
Of nations "of which the United States
shall be member" The resolution
was passed by the assembly early In
the session.
The Loyal Legion of Loggers and
Lumbermen originated in the north
west by Colonel Dtsque in June, 1917,
as war organization to counterfeit
the /. w. w. and Bolshevist trouble
makers, has been reorganized on a
permanent peace basis.
The residence of John Turner, at
Butte, was dynamited. Mr.. Turner
and his family were sleeping on the
north side of the house and escaped
all injury. Neither Mr.. Turner nor
the police have any theory as to why
the house was dynamited.
The act passed by the Nevada legis-
lature dividing the county of Hum
boldt and creating the new county of
Pershing, must be referred to the peO-
pie Of Humboldt county for decision
at the next general election, if the
people of that county demand it, &C.
cording to a general legislative act of
1915.
Thirty minutes before he left for
California to recuperate from recent
illness, Mayor Ole Hanson removed
F. NJ. Listman from the Seattle civil
service commission. The mayor said
his reason was the fact that Listman
went on the bond of Walker Smith,
recently charged with criminal an
archy.
The epidemic of influenza visiting
BOzeman, Mont, and vicinity at this
time, the third wave of the disease,
mas been light in most instances, but
he death toll is becoming more ap-
parent during the progress of the cpl
1emic and number of severe cases
nave developed into pneumonia and
nave been fatal to the victims.
Evidently being firm in the belief
hat Reno will be the scene of the
Willard-Dempsey fight, and recalling
he early days of July, 1910, when it
vas impossible to get hotel accommo-
lations in Reno at the time of the
Ieffries-JohnsOn fight, four San Fran
.isco men have already reserved rooms
It Reno hotel for the day and night
# July next.
During January Vermont led in per
apita sales of War Savings Stamps,
With $1.2O or total Of $43S, 900; Mon
ana with a total of $4,000 and $1.O5
er capita was second; Utah with a
otal of $4,000 and "a per capita
vas third. Idaho was fifth with a
er capita Of 81, while South Dakota,
oregon and Colorado ranked sixth,
eventh and eighth with per capitas
+ 81, rs, and 70.
The governor of Montana has an
ounced his veto Of house bill No. 264,
to abolish the game ward
MS and give their work over to the
heriffs. The governor deprecated the
roposed law as an extra burden on
le taxpayers, as not being good gov
and as actuated by political
That Salt Lake and Utah business
ZEN should raise $5,OOO,OOO for the
instruction of a railroad line into .
intah Basin and Millard county to
evelop those storehouses Of Utah's .
ealth was the statement made in the
snctpal address before the members
the Commercial club of Salt Lake
le day last week.
Approximately 200 enemy aliens, in
ates Of the war prison barracks at ]
ort Douglas, will be released within :