The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-05-21
INLAND NORTHWEST

Roosevelt memorial fund
1 Cotton i being grown near Las
Vegas. Navada. the crop thus Ear this
season being all that could be de-
sired
II Is expected that 200 persons Will
20 ON the special train to be sent from
Montana TO the national convention at
San Francisco.
The commissioners of Pershing coun-
". Nevada. have awarded the contract
for the building Of a new court house.
to cost S6s,5o0.
Dan Mullen. 30. engaged In mining
In eastern and southern Utah. shot
Grand Junction, Colo.
At a cost OF nearly $1,000 the farm
ers in the Glendale, Nevada, district
have purchased q thoroughbred Hol-
stein bull for herd purposes.
Members of Utah national guard
may become members Of the reserve
officers training camp, according TO
advices received at Salt Lake.
Monos Fortoni. convicted of setting
a brush fire on the Schell Creek divi-
zion of the Nevada national forest,
has been assessed a fine of 800.
Several of the large cattle companies
of Nevada are figuring on taking over
number OF small holdings in the state
In order to settle water difficulties.
Joe Bishop, serving a sentence for
, attempt murder at Elko, Nevada, has
been granted parole and will return
to his former home in Oklahoma.
Thirsty residents witnessed the de-
struction tof 50 gallons of whisky, val
ued at $1,000, at Billings, Mont, one
day last week as the result of court
order
A number Of applications have been
filed for the position of state labor
commissioner of Nevada, and 1t is ex-
pected that selection will be made
during the week.
C. w. Virgins, who shot Mrs. r. l..
Bell through the hand during quar-
rel at Ely, Nevada, has been given a
sentence of six months Imprisonment
IN the county jail.
Reports of crop conditions from
twenty counties in Montana indicate
that the farmers have cause to be ju-
bilant, and bumper crops are expected
in those sections.
Senator McNary, Republican, Ore
gon, has issued a statement urging
Oregon voters to support Senator
Johnson of California in the Republi
can presidential primary.
Andrew Brady. Butte police officer
charged with murder in connection
with the killing of Sylvester j. Prem
att, has been acquitted on direction o.
the judge of the district court.
Forest protection week for Utah ant
, Idaho has been set for May 20 to %
and the forest service Of the govern
ment at Ogden has issued very time
ly bulletin on the protection of for
ssts from fire.
As a result of the strike Of member
of the Workingmen's union at Butte
the street car service has been inter
rupted, and jitneys are being presse
into service to solve the tranSportatio
problem in that city.
While winding up his flivver. Charli
Myers of Ruby valley, Nevada, sus
tanned serious injuries, the crank c
the machine striking him in the moutl
breaking his jawbone and knOckin
out many of his teeth.
A raid by officers on the cellar Of
resident of the little settlement
Luning, Nevada, resulted in the III
earthing of cache of large qnantit
of bottled beer and four barrels {
brew, which was confiscated.
Joseph w. Bell, co-defendant wit
L. w. Friste in the shooting of S
Clair and Requ, entered a plea of mai
slaughter at Ely, Nevada, and was SCI
to the Nevada school of industry
Elko, instead of the state prison.
On April 80 the sum Of $S4, 4O4.19 ha
been collected from auto owners of n
vada for the privilege of operatil
their cars In that state, and 1t is
lieved the sum of 100000 will ha'
been collected before the close Of Il
year.
Pinned all night beneath an owe
turned tractor in the bottom Of d
irrigation ditch, Peter Paterson,
rancher near Cody, Wyo., delirio
from pain, attempt to beat out h
brains with wrench. He was final
rescued and is now in hospital wi
good chances for recovery.
Miss Beatrice Gordon, 16-year-O
daughter of Mrs. M. A. Gordon. co
at the general hospital, at Pocatel
disappeared from her home at no
Tuesday and has not been heard fro
since. The girls mother believes tn
she has been enticed from the city
n young man she met recently.
With needle obtained in the pris
shirt factory as his only tool Bert l.
ton has escaped from the state pris
at Rawlins, Wyo. Lotion found tt
d soft piece Of steel covered a dra
With great patience he slowly cut