The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-03-12
INLAND NORTHWEST

There have been issued to date by
the state university of Montana ia
war certificates to those students who
were in some branch Of the service
during the recent war;
The crop movement which is now
under way in Oregon Short Line terri
tory, is the heaviest for many seasons,
according TO II. V. Plat, general man
ager of that railroad.
While the usual Saturday night
crowds walked past the front of the
building, an unmasked burglar held up
a jewelry store proprietor In Spokane,
getting away with 5000.
A lone robber who attempted to hold
up bank in Butte met with a sur
prise when the teller reached for a
revolver, the would-be rObber hastily
beating retreat without securing any
booty.
Nearly all Of the 66S,OOO acres of
federal land, awarded to the state Of
llaho In special grants at the time of
her admission to the union. has now
been absorbed by the state under land
patents.
Twelve live blue foxes, valued at
$500 each, and 26.1S5 sealskins, esti-
mated to be worth nearly S2,5OOOOO,
were brought to Seattle from the gov
ernment sealing grounds on Pribiloff
islands by the naval collier Nanshan.
Senator Miles Poindexter Of Wash
ington having announced his candidacy
for the presidency. his lieutenants
are now touring the northwest, lay
ing plans for his nomination by the ma
tional Republican convention dele
gates.
All coal produced by Montana, Wyo-
ming Idaho and Washington will be
utilized by railroads If the threatened
miners strike becomes effective, and
none will be available for other pur-
poses. local dealers have been in
formed.
A proposal to sell the BullfrogGold-
field Railroad company's holdings in
Nye and Esmefalda county (Neyada)
to the counties or to the state, has
been made by an attorney for the COM
pany, to the members of the tax COM
mission.
Extension of so days from Nov. to
Dec. 1, was granted railroads in Mon
tana in which to comply with the or
der Of the state railroad commission
in equipping locomotives with illumin-
ated headlights in compliance with a
recent state law.
Chiropractors of Utah have won the
first skirmish of the war instituted by
the state board of medical examiners
TO put them out of business in Utah.
the courts having dissolved the tenn
porary injunction preventing their
practice in Utah.
The high school girls OF Montana
will have an opportunity to attend the
fifth vocational congress for high
school girls, which is to be held this
year at the Montana state college at
Bozeman, the dates set being Novem-
Der 20. q and %.
Being mistaken for an elk. Norman
Winchell of Three Forks, Mont, was
shot and killed by E. L. Reugamer
Winchell was clad in khaki suit and
cap. and was walking through the
woods where he and Reugamer had
gone on a hunting trip.
Col ]. G.. Scrugham was again elect
cd 7 1f
the state of Nevada at the convention
of delegates at Reno last week. The
honor was given him in recognition of
his efficient work in getting the var
lous posts of the state organized.
A bungling attempt was made to rob
the bank at Kolin, Mont. The crook,
on gaining entrance to the place, un-
dertook to reach the money by using
hammer on the lock and handles
of the safe. He battered 1t up bit
but failed 10 accomplish his purpose
Prophecies of severe winter with
an unusually heavy snowfall are no
causes for dlsmay to ranchers and
stockmen of Beaverhead county. Mon
tana. who express their willingness TO
GO through frigid year with no other
reward than TO see deep SHOWS in all
the mountains. expecting increased
crops next year.
The city of Evanston. Wyo.. Is no
longer a Migrants paradise. The city
fathers in searching for ways and
means of replenishing the funds of
the city treasury, which have shrunk
appreciably since the exit of John
Barleycorn. decided to subject every
weary Willie" to license fee Here
after. IL one would loaf in Evanston,
1t will cost $50 for the privilege.
There will be special session of the
Nevada legislature In the very near
future, probably about the middle of
November. according to a statement
made last week by Governor Boyle.
The special session In the opinion of
the governor, has been made necessary
by developments In recent strike stu
atoms which show that the Nevada