The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-12-24
INLAND NORTHWEST

the American legion In Montana 10 10
Washington to lay before the war r.sk
Insurance bureau complaint Of alls ed
neglect to Nontana veterans
Philip Lefthand. an Indian 'ivins
near Oak Greek. Colo. reputed to be
13S years old. died from burns received
+ when his clothing caught fire from
sparks from q pipe he was smoking.
A coroner's jury will investigate the
shooting at Las Animas. Colo. OF
Floyd Ham. y. wealthy rancher. slain
by j. b. Barrett, q homesteader. fol
lowing a quarrel over cattle grazing
land.
The Geyser Mercantile company Of
Geyser, Mont, was destroyed. to-
gelher with warehouse, as the result
OF fire. The loss was a total one
and is estimated at $4,000 with insur-
ance of $4,000.
A campaign to raise S35OO00 In
Washington as the states quota In the
national drive to be conducted by
Herbert Hoover to provide S33,OO0.OOO
for starving children in Europe, has
been inaugurated.
Two men were killed, literally
blown to pieces. and three others were
seriously injured by an explosion Of
coal gases In the bunkers of the
steamship Victoria Of the Alaska
Steamship line at Seattle.
w. II. Mcdonald, special police
man. who rescued 5-year-old Hazel
Simmons from in front of an oncom-
Ing electric train on a downtown
street ut Portland, was given a $3.50
reward by relative Of the girl.
Western beet growers want half the
sugar produced from their beets or
there won't be any beets next year.
This was the decision at the annual
meeting at Denver of the Mountain
State Beet Growers association.
A 20 per cent reduction in the retail
price Of lumber was announced last
week by dealers Of Spokane. An over.
supply was declared to be the reason
for the cut. 1t is the sixth price re-
duction in lumber since last February.
The scout cruiser. Omaha, whose
1O5 horsepower engines are expected
to carry her through the seas at
thirty-fiye knot speed, was launched
Mt Tacoma last week. Miss Louise b.
White of Omaha, Neb., christened the
vessel.
Alex McGibben, Al, a wood cOn-
tractor, was shot and instantly killed
1t Seattle In quarrel over theft
II chickens, according to police, and
Pete Colaghino, As, section hand, Is
N the county Jail Charged with the
shooting.
Efforts are being made by thu
ir,eters of Oregon to have the
Greeters' association SET
aside December as d memorial day
N honor of the late Fisher Harris of
Salt Lake, author Of the slogan, "See
First"
1t Is said that crews have been Sc
cured as to the identity Of the three
men who rode up alongside an auto
In which Jack Harden of Lewistown,
Mont, was riding last week, presum-
ably on a return trip from Canada,
murdered him and looted his car.
Plans are being made for construc-
ton at Centralia, WASH, of what Is
expected to become an American
Legion shrine-a building dedicated
to the memory of four legion men
killed by alleged Industrial Workers
Of the World during an Armistice day
parade last year.
The Central Montana Wheat Grow
ers' association has planned number
Of meetings to be held Immediately in
the central part Of the state for the
purpose Of considering in detail the
form of contract adopted for the con-
troll of crops for term Of yesrs by
the association.
Robert A. Jones, secretary Of state
for Idaho, has written Sam A. Kozer,
Sc .retary Of state for Oregon, sug-
getting that the secretaries of state Of
Oregon, Idaho, Washington and Cali
fOrnia meet in Portland December 70
and q to consider Interstate auto
mobile regulations.
Fighters And followers Of the prize
ring will not be allowed to remain In
Portland unless they go to work and
behave Themselves, Chief Of Police L.
v. Jenkins announced after informa-
tion had reached police headquarters
that the boxing world habituas were
flocking ir. Portland.
Revision Of the tariff to protect
American Agriculture" and immediate
Encouragement Of foreign credits ITO
encourage and reestabllsh trade with
Europe" was demanded in resolutions
adopted at Spokane at joint meet.
Ing Of the Washington and Idaho
Wheat Growers associations.
The plans for roads in Montana in.
elude linking up 10000 miles Of high.
ways and byways and In developing
100 miles Of well defined arteries
Of travel throughout the state to af.
ford better facilities for farmers n