The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-09-03
INLAND NORTHWEST


TO the federal census figures.
Clark county. Nevada. showed an
Increase Of 463 per cent Ia population
during the last ten years. according To-
census returns made public last week
Three prisoners escaped from the
county jail at Baker. Ore. By lower
ing themselves from thrd-stOry win
dow with "A rope made from their
bedding. after prying off a window
bar.
There is no trouble in getting a job
In Nevada. according 10 the Reno en-
pioyrnent agencies. either skilled OF
unskilled. In fact. employment is
more plentiful than men. who appar-
emily care To work.
Elmer Bushbaum. 70. bookkeeper.
was killed. and Edith Cashier and
Avice Bitzan were seriously injured
when the auto in which they were
riding went over an embankment
seven miles west of Billings, Mont.
!. Market experts predict that Montana
will ship about 100000 head of cattle
to market this season, or about IS per
cent of the last years shipments.
which totaled 475.OOO and established
a precedent in the cattle history OF
the state.
A collision of two switch engines az
Cariin. Nevada, resulted in the loss
Of leg by Engineer +. r. ,Birdsali
who was rushed to the hospital a,
Ogden, Utah, in what proved to be
vain effort to save the leg, which was
badly crushed.
James c. Bulger, president Of the
Colorado Federation Of Labor, has
telegraphed to Secretary Of War Baker
protesting against United States SOL
ditrs riding on Denver street cars and
assisting and protecting strikebreak-
ers In the operation of cars"
The Pacific & Eastern yailroad was
sold at public auction at Medford.
Ore. under direction of the United
States court to nj. d. Olds of She
boygan, Mich, for $4,000. Olds, who
has been heavy timber purchaser iu
this section, was the only bidder.
Estimates Of the potato crop In Ne
vada this year range close to 1000, 600
bushels. The government crop estimate
places the yield at $4,000 bushels.
compared with 100000 bushels year
ago. The acreage is estimated at
5000 acres, about the same as year
| ago.
Fifty loggers, who were ousted from
their jobs at the Shaffer logging camp
near MOntesanO because they refused
to become citizens, have been replaced
by men who are citizens or are willing
TO take out their first papers, tie
Loyal Legion Of Lumbermen amt
LOggers announced.
Uncontrolled blazes in the woods OF
the Flathead national forest In north
western Montana, the Kaniksu forest
in northern Idaho and northeastern
Washington and the Selway forest In
northern Idaho. today present the most
serious problem to the fire-fighting or
ganization of district No. of the for
est service.
The excitement ut Ely, Nevada.
caused by the flow of gas which was
encountered in the Petroleum Com
pany well in the Illipah Basin few
days ago has about subsidized. The
drill is continuing on its course down
ward and the management is of the
opinion that with depth big flow of
oil will be encountered.
Warming has been issued at Tacoma
against the oriental fly, which is re-
ported to have infested the city. A
man was bitten. with the result that
his arm swelled to twice it's normal
size. Reports are current that several
women have been bitten by the fly.
IT is believed the fly was brought To
this country on oriental boats.
Carl Christensen, 80. lineman Of
Denver, was instantly killed near Tor
rington. Wyo., while working OIL a
high-tension electric wire. The lines
were supposedly dead. but for some
unknown reason the current vas
turned on and Christensen, who was
at the top of thirty-foot pole, was
badly burned and thrown to the
ground He died two hours later.
Although state quarantine exists
IN Utah against entrance Of sheep into
that state from Idaho without certifi-
cation from the United States bureau
OF animal industry that the animals
have been dipped against scabies. II
was decided by the executive commit
tee OF the state livestock board last
week that sheep might be brought in
Tor the ram sale on an inspection GER
uficate from the same federal bureau
Circuit Judge Morrow ut Portland
dismissed the test case brought by
Deputy District Attorney Bernard.
charging Henry Brigardeau with be-
ing member of an order advocating
criminal syndicalism and the disrup-
ton Of government The court held
that simply being a member did not
constitute a violation Of the state
criminal SvntIicoliSm oct xyt;oh utatax