The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-08-20
INLAND NORTHWEST


killed and four residents of Mana
were badly injured when the auto
mobile In which they were riding
went into the ditch two miles below
Sonoma, Cal
Ralph z. Woolley, hydraulic en-
gineer of the United States geological
survey, viii make . survey of ths
electric power generating POSSIBLE
ties of the head waters of the Green
river in Wyoming.
| Air mail planes will fly between
Cheyenne, Wyo., and Salt Lake in
two weeks, although no mail will be
carried until the Inauguration of reg
ular cross-country service on Septsm-
Der z, it has been learned.
| More than $4,000, 900 is to be spent
this year upon the roads of Utah and
Nevada by the United States bureau
Of public roads of the Twelfth districs
with headquarters in Ogden, accord
ing to the report issued last week
Harvesting Of winter wheat is now
quite general in the Lewistown, Mont,
section, except in the eastern part Of
the county. where it is all cut. Re-
ports coming in 90 far show Uniform
~ good yields. with the wheat grading
high.
| A reward Of $1,000, offered By
Great Falls, Mont. and $500 BY Cas-
cade county, Mont, il posted for the
srrest and conviction Of the murder
srs Of Officer Frank H. Connolly. He
was shot the morning Of August 2,
ct Great Falls.
/ The sheriff's force has destroyed
the wine and beer seized by the off.
GERS during their raid ct Lehigh,
Mont, the lot consisting Of one bar.
rel Of brew, nine cases Of bottled
beer and three kegs Of wine, all of
this being home made.
Boy Scouts from Ogden and Sals
Lake City, hiking through Yellow.
stone national park, were told By
Superintendent Albright that nation
1 al park service officials hoped theie
trip was q forerunner Of what scouts
, in every state would do in the future.
AL Immediate relief from the water
: shortage, which i threatening thu
crops in the Newlands irrigation pro-
ject and the Truckee valley In Nevada
q cannot be expected from the worl
y that il now being done 1t Lake Tahoe
le The engineers agree that this il thu
r. case.
y Travel reports compiled by Officials
o. Of Yellowstone park for the month q
. July, strongly indicates that the vaca
9. ton land will be visited by more thai
e 10000 tourists during the 1920 sea
3 son, as 4o.946 people have passe
- !. through the gates during the month
- OF June and July.
Nv II have no fears regarding the cos
no situation" said H. M. Adams, vic
il president in charge Of traffic Of tn
~ Union Pacific system, in an inter
NJ view at Salt Lake. "The general stil
b. ring up that has occurred in the cas-
nd has had good effect and we ca
10 handle the situation now"
According to the July crop repoi
= issued by H. M. Justin, Utah agricu
tural statistician Of the bureau 9
= crop estimates, intimations that tn
p July drouth had done serious injur
to crops were illfounded. On tn
contrary, the hay crop in Utah, fc
~ instance, is SO per cent larger tina
- last year.
Mrs. Ruth Richards, 26, manage
=. Of an apartment house, was shot an
he killed in her rooms at Portlant
When the police broke in the door, fol
lowing the alarm given when sewers
= shots were heard, they found Mr.
Richards dead an DR.. Norma
Bouchet, q, dentist, lying on tn
floor badly wounded, with smokin
revolver in his hand.
Automobile tourists need not post
pone trips to the Pacific northwes
this season because Of the gasolin
shortage for even during the ration
ing period they were able to secur
gasoline, according to word receive
by the Butte Chamber Of Commerc
from the Pacific Northwest Tours
association, with headquarters in s.
attic.
AS result Of water shortage, graf
crops in Nevada are partial failur
according to the report Of NJ. NJ. Ju
tin, statistician Of the bureau Of Gre
estimates. The hay production
the state win not reach more this
half the total tonnage Of last yea
The general crop loss on the low
2 Humboldt is said to be extensive. Be
4 ter crop prospects are noted in Il
eastern part of the state.
M With little work having been dol
ri heretofore on the roads leading fro
Powder River county into Wyomin
and the condition being called to Il
attention Of the commissioners by Il
Broadus chamber Of commerce, BOZ
Sheridan and Campbell counties
Wyoming have had crews Of mi
working on the highway south
Moorhead for the past month repai