The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-03-12
INLAND NORTHWEST


the fire department facilities al Day
ton, Nevada.
The state game warden Of Nevada
reports heavy fur shipments through
out the state.
During the month OF January. AS
cars loaded with home products were
shipped out from FaIlon. Nevada.
Eight Chinese were burned Ia death
at WaIla Walla VIXEN a house was de-
stroyed by fire following the use of
firecrackers in celebrating the Chinese
New Year.
Masked bandits held up the clerk
at hotel in Lewiston. Mont. forcing
him TO face the wall while they rifled
the cash register, securing $50 In.
cash and checks.
During JANUARY, 1870 automobile
licenses were sold in the state of Ne
yada. the auto owners paying Sis.sIS.
for the privileges of operating their
machines during 1870.
A stock growers association has
been organized at Gold Beach, Ore
gon. for the protection Of farm animals
from predatory animals and to secure
better prices for stock.
/ What Is believed to be the last sale
Of wild horse hides In the United States
was made recently In Nevada. The
sale was made In Winnemucca and iI-
cluded about 800 hides Of wild horses.
Clarence Jones. aged u, was killed
when he fell into an ore bin at the
Butte Il Superior Mining company
mill at Butte, the ore running into the
bin after he fell, smothering him 10
| death.
| Leaving his brother $1,000 more by
the terms of his will than he did his
! wife, is the unique record established
by William r. O'Neil, wealthy stock
Oakland
For several years coyotes have
menaced the sheep business in Curry
county, Oregon. Petitions are now
being circulated to induce the county
court to offer 500 bounty for coyotes
ana SlO Tor VIII cats.
| Plans to close up the estate Of Jen>
+. Nelson, Alaska miner, believed To
he dead, was stopped recently at Sc
attic when letter was received from
/ Nelson stating that he was well and
expected to arrive in Seattle soon.
Two trappers who have been oper-
ating west of Winnemucca, Nevada
report having had fine luck so far this
season, and up to tie present time
have captured $40 muskrats, 8 beaver
4 otter 10 coyotes and wildcats.
{ At the recent convention at Astoria,
Ore, of the State Retailers associa-
association, the two associations were
merged under the name of the Ore
gon State Retail Merchants associa-
ton.
The Fourth regiment of field artil-
lery has been allOcated to Utah, Wye
ming, Idaho and Colorado, in accord
ance with the new policy Of the war
department to enlist men from var
iOus sections of the country for certain
regiments.
Charges Of violating the state GRIM
inal syndicalism law against Sam r.
Crane, formerly an attorney of Spo-
kane, have been dismissed, but Crane
is being held for deportation. He has
been an active l. w. w. worker, and is
said to be Canadian citizen.
Governor Hart has called the Wash
ington legislature to meet in special
session at Olympia, March D. to con-
slider action on the federal suffrage
amendment and to provide funds for
the University of Washington. the
Washington State college and three
state normal schools
Snow reserves in the watersheds of
the Deschutes and other central Ore
gon streams are lower than AT any,
time in the memory Of the oldest set
tiers, and unless heavy precipitation
comes by early spring, ranchers are
threatened with an insufficient supply
Of water for irrigation.
4 Mrs. Toby Riddle, descendant of II
long line of Modoc chieftains, is dead
ut the Klamath reservation, in Oregon
She was official interpreter for the
government during the Modoc rebel
hon and was at the conference on
April H. 1873. when General f. X. S.
Candy and DIR. Thomas were treacher-
ously slain by Captain Jack, the Mo-
doc leader.
! pair of snowshoes, bob-sled, a
saddle horse, an automobile and a
railroad train are the five means Of
transportation adopted by the Rev.
d. u. Reese. Of Pinedale. Wyo.. in IL
recent trip TO Douglas, Wyo., to Mt
tend pastors conference. He trav.
eled 662 miles to meet the ministers
Of the state.
After searching for more than y
week In the forests south of Loon lake,
40 miles south OF Libby, Mont. the
friends Of William Rodden, Manicke