The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-10-15
INLAND NORTHWEST


well known citizen of Butte. was ia
tally injured when the auto he was
driving collided with street car.
Lincoln county. Wyoming. a new
county. Is found to have a population
od 12.4S7. and johnson county. Wyo-
ming, has 46l7. as against 1853 ten
years ago.
Nevada is one Of the states to show
a deer ease during the past ten years.
now having a population of 77.4O7. as
against 81 ,s75 in 1910. a decrease OF
So per cent.
Lemuel r. Tasker, until recently a
passenger brakeman on the Salt Lake
division, and an old time railroad man.
dropped dead at the club house at
Sparks, New.
Small electric lights, operated by
wireless, will guide planes at night
on the transcontinental air I,ail route
between Cheyenne, Wyoming. Salt
Lake and San Francisco. It is an
nOunced.
Nevada churches are to be given an
opportunity to join in the "within the
church" movement for the adoption Of
the motion picture as q means Of CIV
ing more universal appeal to the
church message.
Surveyors are busy stalking out lots
and tractor and machinery are being
oiled up to grade the streets Of ''Pe-
trolia," a town which the oil industry
will contribute to Montana. Petrolia
is IA miles east of Winnett.
| Prices of lumber dropped from 10
to II per cent at Denver last week,
according to two large lumber COM
panies' announcements. The total
decrease in the last six months has
been nearly 30 per cent. 1t was stated
Police at Ogden are searching for
automobile thieves who recently stole
a new six-cylinder machine from the
show window of local concern. The
car had never been run and was kept
in the window for demonstration pur-
poses.
Wyoming, the present population Of
which is announced by the census bu-
reau as 194,4O2, has made a gain Of
S3 per cent in the past ten years, or
an actual gain Of 4S,437. Only Mon
tana and California have a larger
percentage of gains.
Humboldt county, Nevada, has lost
nearly half of It's population In the
past decade, its present population
being 3743, whereas in 1910 In had
6S25, loss of As per cent. Pershing
county was made out of Humboldt
county two years ago.
The hunting season opened with the
death of George Gsegg Of Sultan
Wash. He was following a deer trail
with companion when me trippet
and his rifle was discharged, inflict-
ing a terrible wound in his hip, death
resulting from loss Of blood.
The bones of human body which
has been identified as that of Fred
Haskins. homesteader in the north
ern part of the county, were found in
coulee near Flat, Mont, by neigh
Dor while riding after cattle. Haskins
has been missing since July IS.
The $1,OOO,0OO lawsuit. which was
TO be heard in the federal court at
Great Falls, Mont, last week, involv-
ing title to 100 acres at Kootenaf
Falls, IL miles west of Libby, was dis
missed by the government, thus clear
ing the GlNat Northern railways title
w. 3. Burkhart, local business
man, shot and killed a 415-pound black
bear with single bullet from %
caliber rifle within few miles Of
Missoula, Mont, the other day. Mr..
Burkhart was hunting birds but took
Il chance when the bear presented It.
self.
Olaf Anderson, who is confined In
the county Jail at Astoria. Ore. await
ing trial for the alleged willful drown
Ing of his wife and who was arrested
on evidence furnished by his six-year-
old child, is recovering from self
inflicted wounds in the neck following
his attempt at suicide
Control of transportation in South
ern Nevada has passed from the Salt
Lake railroad to the Santa Fe, accord
ing to reports from Tonopah, which
tate that the Tonopah & Underwater
!, 'ailrOad has purchased the Central
Iullfrog- Goldfield railroad with the
latter cOmpany's terminals.
California potato purchasers are
hesitating about purchasing Nevada
. potatoes shipped from Washoe coun
ty. New, by reason Of the fact that
the county is known to have the al
falfa weevil, and the California ranch
ers fear that the weevif may be car
ried into California by this means.
, The famed celestial streets of gold
!. came near having modest counter
part In Montana recently when by the
: merest chance carload Of gold ore
: was saved from utilization as pavlnS
:, material for road between Butte
! and Anaconda. The paving materal
| M Ao ~ ot.