The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-06-25
NORTHWEST NOTES

but that is not more than the nor,aa,
increase.
The Episcopal church of Nevada now
has the deed which gives fun ti,ia 20
ana possession of four acres of Iona
on the Nevada side Of the STATE linz
at Lakeside.
Fr0sfs in the eastern part of Ne.
vaca In the past few days have causaJ
little damage except to the frui, trees
Inc range Is practically uniniured by
the heavy frost.
The Nevada prison board has COM
pleted negotiations for the purcbas., ~
a secondhand derrick that is in good
condition and will have 1t SET up nj
the quarry as soon as possible.
Frank J. Edwards. Republican. of
Helena, who was defeated by Cover
nor Stewart in the gubernatorial race
four years ago has filed his nominat-
ing petition for the same office.
A recent article in the Literary Di
gest, in stating figures with regard ia
salaries paid teachers in the rural
schools of the different states gives
Montana first place of the Is states
and the District of Columbia.
Wool clips from all over Nevada
were exceedingly light this year. av-
eraging only from one to one and a
half pounds per fleece. Only one in
stance is known where the fleeces
were up to the normal weight.
After sixteen hours deliberation. the
jury in the case of the state against
Marie NJ. Healey, charged with kill
ing her husband at Ely, Nevada, was
unable to agree. Mrs. Healey prob
ably will be tried again in July.
A sentence of not less than four
years and not to exceed eight years
was pronounced upon Louis Mainetti
of Cumberland. WyO.. convicted of
manslaughter in connection with the
death of James Colletti, a brother
miner.
MOntana's farm loan business is
growing steadily and, according to
Sidney Miller. register of state land
the state has just about enough bal
| ances left in the permanent invest
ment funds to meet the applications
| now on hand.
Oregon reports apples as IS pei
cent or normal, pears Is per cent, and
peaches % per cent, as compared with
95 per cent, 20 per cent and % pei
| cent. respectively, a year ago. The
state of Washington has also decreas
ed fruit crops.
| A motor car sent under the auspice.
of the Helena Commercial club spen
| the past week marking the park-to
park trail between Glacier and Yellow
| stone national parks. Guide post:
were painted and the turns and. dis
| tances indicated.
| Gold was first discovered in Las
Chance gulch. Helena, within few
feet of the present site of the Nor
tana club building, ii has been decided
by a group of pioneers who have gon'
over the ground and measured out thu
first placer claims.
"Every able-bodied man is expecte'
to work in some way for good roads
Such is the message being sent broad
cast i'm Lincoln county, in planning t
cooperate with all Wyoming in Goo
Roads day, which the governor ha
proclaimed for June ID.
Recently Los Angeles moving pic
ture outfit came 70 Carson, Nevada
in quest of discarded or stored gam
bling outfits. That they found VIVA
was wanted is testified to when nearl
a carload of all classes of gamblin
devices were shipped from Carson I
California.
A dispatch from Winnemucca. NJ
yada. saws that the Union Land
Cattle company will transport n
calves from the ranch To Wlnnemucc
by auto trucks instead of driving. IN
calves are to be shipped to California
Four trucks will be employed, eac
truck carrying % calves at trip.
Twenty five Montana counties
about half the state-have appropf
ated funds to cooperate with the stat
and United States biological surNe
this year in campaign against y
pliers. The use of poison Is belh
employed in most instances, bnt thu
far reports indicate that success ia
been Indifferent.
At the close of their crusade AGAIN.
dandelions at Great Falls, Mohlah'
during which they practically Stripe
lawns and fields of the weeus' u
hundreds of school children ehsase
in the contest gave parade anu WEI
guests of the city at picnic MOI
than million dandelions were turh'
in 10 the committee in charge oil u
event.
When a deputy failed To iihu
tstock of liquor in the soft drink pia'
of Alfred Johns at Neihari, Moh'ah
after he had detected Johns III u
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