The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-09-24
NORTHWEST NOTES

turned over.
Twenty persons were hurt, some Sc
rlously, when Il street car at Denver
| split switch, plunged into the curb
and turned over.
Henry Bruno of Fallon, New, was
stabbed during an alteration with
another man AT Salt Lake. He is in the
hospital and will recover.
| More than $4,000 worth of ice has
| been purchased in Butte and AnacOn-
da during the past six weeks and
shipped to California cities.
A highly successful and wonderfully
interesting fair was held by the peO-
pie of Starr Valley, Nevada, as fore
runner of the Elko county fair.
Travel to Yellowstone park this year
has reached the total of 1900 in fig
ureS complete up to September l. Su-
perintendent Albright announces.
Furnishings and stocks of two for
mer saloons operated at Billings, Mont,
as soft drink parlors since prohibition
are to be sold and proceeds turned
INTO tlle SclloOI luIlu.
After stealing car in which to
carry away their loot robbers entered
the store of the Wilsal Mercantile
company, at WiIsall, Mont, and car
ried off 81 800 worth of merchandise.
Satisfactory experiments with radio
(wireless) telephones for fire prOtec-
ton purposes have been conducted
ths year In the national forests On the
Wallace, Ida.
Mr.. and Mrs. George of Fort Bridg-
err, Wyo., had narrow escape from
death or serious injury when truck
in which they were riding went over
the grade in Nugget canyon between
kemmerer and COkeville.
During Il windstOrm at ElkO, New,
Mrs. Il. f. Canadian was caught un-
derneath high board fence, which
was blown down, suffering severe in
juries. Mr.. and Mrs. Carnahan, auto
tourists, were camped beside the fence.
According to the preliminary notice
of the census bureau of the federal de-
partment of commerce, the population
of Deer Lodge county, Montana, has
increased from 12,9SS in 1910 to 1923
in 1920. During this period Anaconda
increased from TO- 1874 to ,66S.
Montana and northern Wyoming
coal miners scored victory when
after three days in conference with
representatives of the operators of
both states, the workers gained Il flat
wage increase of $50 day for men
and 81 cents for boys, effective from
August IS.
Byrl Market, Ii, of Buffalo, Wyo.,
riding Buck a bay horse, belonging
to Clyde Lawyer, won the 4O-miIe horse
mont, Wyo., in > hours and 20 min
utes. He captured a $3.50 prize Of
fered by citizens of Clearmont. Six
teen riders participated.
Frank Nabrada, Basque vaquero,
was drowned in the Owyhee river
about forty miles from McDermitt, Ne
vuda. Nabarada and several other
vaqueros were rounding up cattle and
1t became necessary to cross the river.
His horse threw him and, being un.
able to swim. he was drowned.
John Fisher. veteran of the world
war and rancher of the FOntello dis
trict in Wyoming. had a narrow es-
cape from death when lightning
Str Il
conscious. He was discovered by a
party passing several hours later and
taken TO a nearby ranch, where he is
recovering.
Governor Boyle Of Nevada suffered
a broken finger while returning to the
capital from Virginia City. The gov
ernOr was standing at the rear of the
train with one hand braced against
the door frame when sudden lurch
swung the heavy door on his fingers,
breaking bone and decorating the
member.
DIR. Emil Starr, chemist for the
Montana sanitary commission live
stock board, is conducting experiments
III tuC NouiitiN Stulu VI MlleS lily TO
ascertain the active principles of the
so-called loco weed, which is declared
to make horses wilder and cattle walk
calmly over cliff and shy at an ir-
rigation ditch.
Thoughts of his killing of Jack Do
bier without provocation during a
patent medicine debauch two weeks
ago are SCATTERING the nerves of Ellis
John in his cell at Columbus, Mont.
John Is terrified at the thought of
hanging, which he believes inevitable.
and he continually centuries up pic
lures of lynching
Eugene McCraney, IS, of Joliet, ILL.,.
at Gienwood Springs, Colo, on his
honeymoon, met death in swimming
pool, while his bride looked on. Nc
Craney WAS endeavoring to slide down
an incline into the water while stand
ing. Halfway down he lost his bal