The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-09-17
INLAND NORTHWEST

ESTIMATES OF the potato crop IN Ne
vada this year range close to 1!000.-
600 bushels.
Night school in Virginia City. New.
will be organized September 20 in com
mercial. home economics and regular
academic courses.
Conferences are to be resumed be-
tween operators and miners on the
proposal to increase the pay scales OF
the 1900 men employed in the colleries
of Montana.
Work of grading the road between
Minden and Gardnerville, preparatory
to building the new concrete highway
is now under way and large force
Of men are at work
The recent assessors meeting in
Carson City. New, brought out the
fact that japanese now own 1850
acres of land in Nevada. the larger
part being in Elko county.
| cooperative store movement,
sponsored by the railroad brother
hoods of the division. of whom there
are sixteen different locals, Is being
| al MlSSOuid, MUM.
About one-sixth of the 300 sheep
purchased at the ram sale held in Salt
Lake under the auspices of the Ma
tional WoolgrOwers' association were
purchased by Nevada stockmen-
Wisdom. Mont, one of the few
frontier towns of the west remaining
was host to more than 1900 people
during the staging of their annual
Harvest festival and wild west show
last week.
Actors, actresses singers and other
talented Montanans are invited to CON-
pete in the Montana state fair vaude-
vile contest by the Helena CONNER
cial club, in special bulletin issued,
by the club.
/, James F. Carter. who recently stole
. II horse, saddle, bride and other rid
, ing equipment from the Williams es-'
, tate ranch at Alpine, New, has beep
sentenced to from one to fourteen
9 years Imprisonment.
v With the idea of encouraging the
d planting Of a large acreage to potatoes
q | III SOuhiy HCAl SpiliiS, mVNC-
Q ment is under way in Glasgow, Mont,
; to bring about the erection of po-
d tatO warehouse there.
Payette and Washington counties of
d Idaho, and Malheur county, Oregon
N conducted joint farm bureau excur-
lie sion for the study of livestock, paying
e visits to dairy and beef cattle herds
E. and to sheep breeding farms.
New launches, equipped with un-
le Ger-water exhausts. to still their en-
pit gines. have appeared among the boats
IN used on Puget sound to smuggle
liquor in from Canada, according to
Donald Mcdonald, federal prohibition
director for the state Of Washington.
Straight business with no banquets,
p dances, motor rides or other amuse-
ments, but all Of the time devoted to
Ia lettering the business makes the an
F. nual convention Of the Launders' As
Pc ISOLATION Of Montana, held at Butte
pf last week, different from most con-
r. ventions.
r. Breeding of eve lambs is inadvis
pr able and the attempt usually results
IN In partial failure, according to r. b
On Millin, sheep specialist Of the Unlver
fr slty Of Idaho extension division. No
as more than so per cent Of such ewes
7. get with lamb, and both eve and laml
vh are stunted.
w A new worlds champion jersey Gov
r'e has been developed in Oregon. Thi
r. time 1t is Jean Marigold Of ST. Mawes
'ih register d Jersey COW on the farm
'r' Of Robe, L. Burkhardt, Albany, Ore
that has ust completed an official ties
Of $685.: pounds fat and over 1900
pounds uf milk.
Suffering from q broken leg an
from terrible cuts received when h
. was thrown in front of a mower whe
ing his team ran away, Knute homeland
I'M IS, lay for twenty-four hours ia fiel
our on his ranch near Malta. Mont, unit
liic discovered by neighbors. He SUI
10 cumbed to his injuries three day
ew later.
The trial of eleven men prominer
~, In northwest shipping circles WI
~ were indicted by federal grand jul
"a last January and March on charges
m, Irregularities in accounts with Il
No., government In connection with shi
building contracts with the shippir
board during the war, will begin tn
week al Seattle.
, ~ Notice has been served upon Il
nic. governors of Nevada and Idaho that
er;. new railroad line, to be known as Il
nor. Idaho Central, will be construct
rom from Wells, New, to RogersOn, Id
,on. connecting the Southern Pacific al
snh- Union Pacific lines. The new line W
be built along the route via Conta
New, covering distance Of nine
miles.
fer Game is plentiful throughout
and state Of Montana, except as to e
the which were slaughtered and died FRI