The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-09-03
NORTHWEST NOTES

this year at a central af-
fair at Kemmerer, Wyo.. In which all
Of the surrounding coal camps win
Joseph Bell, IN. implicated with
L. w. Fristoe. now serving life SEN
tence for the murder Of Deputy Sher-
III Requa and Constable Sinclair last
February. escaped from the Nevada iu-
dustrial school ut Elko. New. last
week.
Joe Nash. n miner. employed by the
Tonopah Divide Mining company. at
Divide, New. had both legs broken and
was severely bruised when the floor Of
the stope where he was working gave
way and allowed him TO fall distance
Of - feet
With apparently no reason what
ever. ]. e. Lawson. said to be an ens-
pioyee of u construction company.
started down the street at Pocatelio.
Idaho. and before he could be headed
off by the police. had smashed nearly
$500 worth Of windows.
Al the state convention Of the Amer
lean Legion, held nj Sheridan. Wye. a
resolution was adopted favoring the
support by legion members Of any
member who may he a candidate for
public office, regardless OF the candi-
dates political affiliations.
State tuition funds amounting to
xi7l .O7l.D have been apportioned by
the superintendent Of public instruc-
ton to the seventeen counties Of the
state Of Nevada on q basis OF the
school census showing i4.sS5 persons
Of school age. and $40 teachers.
Work will he started on the Ameri-
can Falls. Idaho. dam before the first
Of the year, according To present plans.
Most Of the time since the right Of con-
strurtlon wns obtained from the gov
eminent has been spent In surveying
and securing grounds for the over
flow.
| Mel Hart. one Of the five men
| charged with the murder ~ Sheriff TIL
| Taylor. AT Pendleton. ore. Iast month.
pleaded guilty to murder In the first
degree last week. His alleged confed-
crates, Jack Rathie. Jim Owens, Rich
ard Patterson and Louis Anderson.
pleaded not guilty.
Arrested In Los Angeles after be-
Ing free fifteen months. Albert j, Bar
rell escaped convict from the Wye
ming state penitentlary, WAS lodged IN
the Wyoming penitentiary. last week.
Barrett was committed 10 the Wyo-
ming penlteniiary for assault with in
tent To murder. January II, 1917.
Reciprocal legislation IN Utah and
Wyoming under which residents Of
one state viii be permitted Ia build
storage reservoirs In the other for ir-
rlgntlon Of lands In their home states,
will be one of the subjects taken up
nj the conferences of the League OF
the Southwest Ia be held la Denver.
Permit To the Southern Utah Raii.
+, way company to dismantie the lin.
, which formerly served certain coal
mines now served by the Utah rail-
A way, aud which WIS broken In MAY.
a 1917, by the washing out Of the Nam
f, moth dam and reservoir. has been Is
!, sued by the public utilities commits
!. sion.
The Rev. II. \. Rosenberger. pastor
. OF TIA. East Congregational church
Z nj Tacoma, Wash. il dead, after fifty
: yenrs IN the ministry. In his half cen
D fury service he has preached 1902 ser
d mons. baptized 72I persons, innrried
o 40 couples and made more than 3s.Up
y pastoral calls In Iowa. Texas and
r. Washington.
Reports Of killing frost which
q swept the state Of Idaho last week, ARE
Is beginning 10 come In. From Halle,
% the report comes that all tomato anf
n cucumber vines were killed and fh'
% potato vines were seriously hurt. Man,
10 of the farmers In the vicinity OF Sodf
=. Springs repor, that their potatoes wer'
e frosted In the ground.
Preliminary reports on the rye har
u vest Ia Idaho indicates Yield of four
~ teen bushels per acre ON $500 acres, %
II $4,000 bushels. Last year the yiel'
- was fifteen bushels per acre. with a Ia
II tai crop OF l3a, 900 bushels. Much inter
To est l. manifested In rye as dry LAM
IL crop. In many instances II yielded bet
al ter than wheat last year.
A deal has been closed In Arco, Ida
IN no, which establishes new receri
Ok price paid for land reclaimed unhe
rs the Carey land act. u. T.. Rhis"r
Oh bought nm eighty acre ranch from An
% ,hon Ni.ison for $1,000. Mt the rat
~ or SIf8.25 per acre. Previous To I'M
~ sale the highest price paid for Care
IT. net land Was xi2s per acre.
AT the meeting of men Interested J
the retaining of lands In the IVES
TX IA be held al seattle. September j.
idaho viii Il. represented by deli
= CATION ARMED with plenty Of facts n
cnrding the needs of the Gem STATE
~ Invitations have been extended !
some 900 men In the five states WI
- .r.. Interested In re.-ln ma ttUn 10 attend