The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-05-07
INLAND NORTHWEST

Malin, Ore. was instantly killed. his
neck being broken. when a Ford 10
which he was riding was overturned
Lem Dick Chung. an old Chinaman.
was found dead in bed in his cabin in
Chinatown. at winnemucca. Nevada.
where he had resided for many years.
! The Electrical Contractors and
Dealers of Montana formed an organ
ization I'm Butte last week for the mu-
tual benefit Of the n,embers and the
Industry.
Alfred Jones. colored. serving a
thirty-year sentence for murder. es-
capped from the hog ranch of the Deer
Lodge, Mont. penitentiary, and is stu
at large.
Parading in defiance of a police or.
der at Great Falls. Mont, 29S menu
bers of labor unions were arrested,
but later released, after the parade
had been broken up.
Further details regarding the shoot
ing of Sheriff c. X Wyman of Beaver
head county, Montana, by a bandit at
Monida, show that the bandit murder
ed the sheriff in cold blood.
new hydrating plant is being con-
Structed AT the works of the Nevada
Lime and Rock company at Sloan,
about 20 miles south of Las Vegas.
Nevada. The new plant will cost $685.
90.
The wife of any man who wants TO
he naturalized in the district court hc
Sterling, Colo, must qualify for cit
izenship with het husband, according
to a recent ruling of Judge Stephen
son.
]. ]. Mcdonald, SO, of Unity, Ore,
died last week from spotted fever, due
to the bite of sage tick. This is the
first fatality in several years that has
resulted from the dread disease in
that section.
The trials of l.. w. Fristoe and Joe
Bell, both charged with murder in the
first degree, will be the first cases
held in the Ninth judicial district court
ut Ely, Nevada, for the May term,
opening May 3.
X. Clay Crawford, alleged conf
NShIC uhbtl III thitaSV 10
believed to be the same Crawford who
malcted the faculty and high school
students at Hood River, Ore, out Of
several thousands of dollars.
A permanent speakers bureau is to
be instituted by the Billings (Mont.)
fled to address meetings in smaller
towns on irrigation, agriculture, Com
mercial club work, community life and
kindred subjects.
During the latter half of last year
; hunters employed by the government
, ard the Utah Livestock board killed
1859 predatory animals in Utah with
firearms and traps. These included
i / wolf, lynxes, 10 bears, 23S bobcats,
: and 1,604 coyotes.
! 1t has been reported that about one
thousand head of sheep died at Iron
Point, Nevada, last week after being
shorn. The heavy storm and cold
weather came on just after the wool
] had been removed and this caused the
unusually heavy loss.
Five hundred and seventy farmers
Of Valley county, Montana, have made
application for assistance under the
seed and feed relief act for which the
n time for application has now closed.
t The maximum allowance is $50 for
!, seed and $120 for feed.
The Nevada State Taxpayers Asso-
+ citation, Quasi-official organization to
! promote economy in the administra-
= ton of public affairs and to cooper
ate with the state tax commission in
i the equalization of assessments, was
Il formed in Reno recently.
Temporary marking of the Custer
Battlefield highway was begun in
!, Montana last week. These signs will
/, be placed at short intervals from the
' Wyoming state line to Glacier park,
:, and will remain up until the perma-
), neat enamel signs are placed about
70 July Is.
Reclamation of 10000 to $1,000 acres
Of rolling land west of and within two
and one-half miles Of Great Falls,
Mont, and extending along the Sun
river nearly to Simms, Is proposed,
- and farmers interested are holding
dances and other entertainments to
20 raise the funds for a preliminary sur
: vey.
a AS neither Mary Pickford nor Owen
4 Moore is in Nevada to be served with
10 summons In the states suit to sci
pr aside the divorce decree granted to
al Miss Pickford, Judge Langan, in the
d. district court at Minden, signed ar
Or order directing service by publication
OF for six weeks in Gardnerville paper
e. copies Of which are to be sent to the
n two at Hollywood, CAL
r. When the work of destroying pre-
datOry animals was started in Utah il
1915, it Is estimated that there was al
annual loss Of 100000 sheep from pre-
Oh datory animals in Utah, whereas thu
~ loss for the fiscal wear 1910 was lea