The Idaho recorder., 1920-09-10
NORTHWEST NOTES

lands In the Big Horn basin country
In Wyoming, causing considerable dam
age.
The special grand jury investigating
street ear riots In Denver last week.
returned twelve indictments involving
thirty three persons.
Posses trailing desperadoes who at
tempted daylight holdup of bank
at Spokane, captured youth whom
they suspect as member OF the gang.
George Differ of Hamilton, Mont.
sustained painful injuries when he was
run over by unruiy team while driv-
ing a mower aud sustained fractures
OF two ribs,
Excellent headway has been made
In the organization work Of the Mon
tana Sugar company. which plans the
construction of $i.5O0.O00 sugar re-
finery ut Forsyth.
Bert Z. Allen. former resident Of
Salt Lake. Is under arrest In Los An
geiex, charged with bigamy. Allen
claims he had been led TO believe his
first wife had obtained divorce.
Alleged cruelty to his 9-year-oid soa
has landed Lee Metcalf in Jail II hi
lings. Mont. The prisoner Is charged
| with beating the boy with q halter
after having bound and gagged him.
Since the supply Of power from the
iAhontan plant OF the Nevada Valley
Power company Was cut off because Of
lack Of water. Lovelock. New. has de-
pended for Its supply Of electricity on
. small auxiliary plant.
The express companies operating In
Nevada have filed = supplemental pc
| tttion for nm increase la rates on Ne
vada business. and the hearing has
been set for September End BY tho
public service commission.
Arthur tsunny) Edwaris. colored.
| was sentenced To serve froni Que and
one-haif 10 three years In the state pen
itentiary after he had pleaded guilty
10 stealing tires from the backs of au-
tomobiles at Billings. Mont.
| Twelve Nevada ex-srrvice men have
been given awards of $50 s~hoia rships
nj the University of Nevada by the
state educational committee for de-
nobilixed soldiers of the national war
work council Of the " ~ &. A.
Robert Case. OF Billings, has found
that making "A prct Of n rattiesnnke ~
attended with difficulties. He has Just
emerged from n hospital there after
five days of suffering from the effects
Of sting ah III. hand. and his arm ix
still badly swollen.
The connty valuations a. extended
on the tax rotis by the assessors and
sent Ia the state tax commission. show
a total valuation of the state of Me-
sada Of x2I3.1Us So for The year i,GlD
This is an Increase for the state over
1919 Of si5.1s3.si5
!. Whisky and drug raids dnring the
last week In which seventy five arrests
were made, liquor and narcotics val
ued nj xtD.00 confiscated and scores
OF stills seixesi throughout Colorado.
Wyoming and Montana. IRE announced
by federal prohibition agents.
Police enacted thrilling movie plot
NJ Denver when they raided Chinese
opium den and rescued Hazel Foster.
white. i6. and pretty. Large quantities
Of drugs we're found In the dive. Th.
girl said she had been held captive two
weeks. but declared she had been well
treated
Operations for seven children. who
would not have received medical al
t.ntion without the agencies of ih.
state board of health. were conducted
MT the clinic in Billings recently. when
IL were examined with a View 10 ror-
recting deformitics following iufantiic
paralysis.
From reports OF government, inspec-
tors. II appears that the vigorous war.
fare which Was conducted this year has
practically eliminated seab In the
/ focks of Lincoln county. Wyo. Last
spring the stat. and county co-operai.
ed with the federni authorities and
, rigid inspection of all sheep WAS masis
. when they came off the winter range.
. Business men Of Denver appear eoo.
fldent that Colorado will vote the SIS.
. 5OOO In bonds for The tri-tunnel pro-
jcct NJ the coming election. The bonds
are proposed 10 finance the boring of
: three tunnels through th~ Rocky noun
tRins to open np eastern outlets to vast
areas of land In western Colorado rap
L able OF producing immense ,~seurc~s
and wealth
A big realty deal Was .oa~ummai et
: last week when John fatnbs sheriff
AT Priseviii~. Ore. bought the Nirk
Zilier ranch at Cumberland. eixht~~n
|. miles south OF k~mmerer. Nyo Tn.
consideration was xIs.G0 for = tract
of eighty aeres and The exceptional
price i. accounted for locaily by the
. fact that several oil wells are being
drilled In tn. Immediate neighi.orhs-nd.
{ The Pacific 4 Eastern railroad was
sold st puddle auction at M~sif"r''.
G Ore. under direction Of IN" uniiei