The Garland City globe. (Garland, Utah) 191?-1925, 1919-07-26
NORTH WEST NOTES

The cost of fighting fires now raging
In Idaho and western Montana may
total $1,000,000, according to informa.
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 wlsil
the real estate and mining business In
Salt Lake, died Saturday at Good.
| springs, New, according TO word re.
celved 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
slbe the expectation of large guam.
tity.
The chamber of commerce Of Lewis
town, Montana, has begun the work
of making II complete business and
professional survey of the city, so that
every business and profession Will be
listed for future reference. This is
tiic ilISt survey VI 'iit hilu tNti tunch
here.
Fire completely destroyed the steam
boat Rambler, lake steamer 60 feet
In length, IA foot beam, ut Occur d.
Alcne 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 and
western Wyoming, under the super
vision of the district office located In
Ogden, during the fiscal year, ended
| June 30, amounted To SIS6 ,3S0.31, nc.
cording to bulletin issued by the for
est service.
With Il view to drafting n resolution
to congress favorlng federal control
OF the national domain, stOckmen from
Arizona, Minnesota, California, Colo
RADIO, 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
ciflc train crew, John Kllcoyne, con-
ductor. Clarence LOtzenheiser, brake.
man. and John Cheyaller, engineer,
were injured In an accident ut II tun-
mel near Quartz. Lotzenhelser and
Chevaller were injured seriously and
are In the railroad hospital ut Mlssoula
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 and
In the western part of the state fruit,
alfalfa and grain crops are In excel
lent condition.
Peter Peroe, retired grocer IL
hailed by women of the local Red
Cross rs champion knitter OF the nor
thern division. Mr.. Peroe has spent
2,1i9 hours making sox and Stockings
for the Red Cross and In this period
has knitted 151 pairs AN average of
one pair In IA. hours. He has been
awarded Red Cross service button
In recognition OF his services.
q. w. Merritt, section hand EN-.
ployed by the Southern Pacific ut
Newton, Is miles east OF Billings,
Montana, was killed when the Glendiye
stub struck him as he stepped from a
side track to the main line. directly
In front Of the passenger. The mans
neck was broken, bun otherwise his
body was not marked up, although
the stub was travelling at high rate
of speed.
The Utah OH & Refining Co., sub.
sidIary OF the Midwest Refining com
pany. of Casper. Wyo., recently pur'
chased from j. T. Hurst and Sid Keo.
CHAN 81 per cent OF the capital stock
of the Carbon OIL company, which Is
drilling test WELL This company
has also leased 100 acres from the
Tri-statc oil & Refining Co., which
has 400 acres on the structure and
of which former Governor George A.
Carlson of Colorado, Is president.
An agreement for n new wage scale
providing for an increase of 81 n day
for mine and smelter employees of the
Anaconda Copper company here and
at Great Falls and Anaconda, Mont,
was reached last week between C.. +.
Kelley. president of the company, and
representatives of the employees.
Calling OF special session of the
state legislature of Montana to amend
the laws so as to enable state and
main highways already planned or TO
be planned to be constructed and thus
afford employment Immediately to
many farmers Is urged In resolution
adopted by conference of representa-
tlves of the Good Roads associations
The first announcement of proposed
new railroad construction In Oregon
since the war was formally made
when J. w. Foster of Portland, con
structlon engineer, stated that the
company which he represents will
build from Mount Angel, on the west
side of the Cascades, to Bend, by way
of Sisters, for the rewly incorporated