The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-11-26


Wisconsin ad a resident az Rut,a ,or
more than 40 years. the first chief
week. 'a''
nile hauling logs near Dell. Mont
VIM fiemins, a rancher. was killed.
MS team running away. the unfortun.
ate man falling from the wagon. some
ei the logs falling upon him, crushing
him to death.
FIRST degree murder charges will be
placed against Private Hustled A. Wal.
ters' a soldier. absent without leave
from Camp Lewis, as the result of the
aeath OF Patrolman Jerome Palmer in
gun fight at Portland. /
SO Tar during the last summer and
this fall l2S.000 acres of land have
been located under the Pittman act
In locality eighteen or twenty miles
northeast Of Jungo. Nevada.
Calvin Luther Lightburn, friend of
Henry w. Longfellow, Brigham Young,
General William T. Sherman and many
celebrities Of half century ago, died
at his residence In Denver, November
IL. He was 70 years of age.
A rock-slide struck a Great North
ern westbound fast mail train at
katka, Idaho, and derailed the engine
All the cars remained on the track.
Engineer Lands and Fireman Nc
Knight were injured slightly.
Because, according to her reported
declaration, he had "alienated the af.
fections Of her children" Mrs. Fred
McCully is said to have admitted hav.
ing shot and killed her sOn-in-law,
Leon Richardson, near Plains, Mont.
Xavier Renois, an old pioneer, killed
himself in his cabin at Bannack,
Mont. Mr.. Renois was one of the first
to pan gold at the old capital, Ban
mack, and has lived in the county Sc
years. He was 81 years of age at his
| death.
| The unusual event of digging po-
tatoes while the ground is covered
with snow is going on in Starr valley,
Nevada. The early storm caught prac-
tically all the farmers Of that valley
with their potato crop still in the
ground.
Shipments of livestock from Mon
tana to eastern markets dropped off
10 per cent during the last two weeks.
compared with the two previous weeks
and indications are that the peak of
cattle shipments from Montana fol
this fall has been passed.
Charles c. Hogan, formerly a San
Francisco accountant for the Southern
Pacific, was found dead in cabin al
Tonopah, New, of starvation. 1t was
indicated that Hogan had met with re
verses in the last few years and was
too proud to ask for assistance.
| More than 5000 acres of land il
Wyoming were classified by the Unitet
States general land office during DC
tober as being within producing OF
and gas structures, and therefore no
subject to application under prospec
tors permits provided for in the min
eral land leasing law.
In view of the fact that Nevada is OIL
the verge of becoming an agriculture
state, it is interesting to note that al
most each week of the preceding tel
years has added new farm to the tC
tai number show in the 1919 census
In 1910 there were 1850 farms, Will
1920 shows 3,164 farms in the state.
One hundred forty carloads Of Fla
head valley potatoes have been shippe
this season from Kalispell by tn
Northwest Potato exchange, accort
ing to statements of officials Of tn
company, and there are approximate
three million pounds Of potatoes o
the floors of the new potato ware
house.
Construction Of 650-fOot bridg
across the Snake river in Jackson
Hole will be begun within the next tie
days, according to information r.
ceived at Salt Lake from the FOurt
forestry district office at Ogden b
Dana Parkinson, supervisor of tn
Wasatch national forest. The stru
ture will cost $4,000.
More than 1900 acres of land wi
be drained in the twelve districts
the Big Horn basin in Wyoming. FL
districts are as follows: Byron, Gov
ley, Lowell bench, Sunlight, Benz
: canal, North bench, Antelope, Alan
!. Worland bench, Worland and Cote
{ 1t is proposed to expend more ths
|, 100000 in this project.
The first nonstop flight betwet
! Reno, New, and Salt Lake was mat
last week by Pilot Kenneth r. Unge
] United States air mail service, wi
Q brought down eleven German plan
e while serving with the British Roy
+ Flying corps during the war. Ung
9 made the flight Of 437 miles in thr
n hours and twenty-four minutes.
1t is not generally known that Idal
I Is an important state in the produ
g ton Of commercial vegetable seed. Th
/ year she leads all states with f2,9
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