The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-11-05
INLAND NORTHWEST

going On in that city. and recently a
meeting was called TO take some ac-
don.
About 40 fainiIIes settled upon pub
lie lands in Nevada in the past year.
according to Igures prepared by the
registrar Of the federal land Office 1t
Carson.
An improvement program for the
Yellowstone park camps. which con-
templates the expenditure of 100000
this winter and next spring. has peen
announced.
Following complaints that much
moonshine liquor was being dispensed
in Roundup. federal officials raided
three places in and near the city, with
the result that several barrels of white
mule, in various stages of completion,
were found.
More than 1900 acres of land will
be drained in II districts in the Big
Horn basin in Wyoming by planting
season next year, according to r. A.
Hart, engineer in charge Of govern
ment drainage investigations in the
western states.
Phostrine gas, one of the most dead
ly developed during the war, was used
in the alleged attempt to kill Fred
Anderson and G. Z. Jensen at Reno.
New. The two men are to be wit
nesses in whisky cases before the San
Francisco jury.
Nineteen carloads of potatoes have
been shipped out of Kalispell, Mont.
during the past week by the North
west Potato exchange, the potatoes
having been sold at prices ranging
from S1.25 per 100 for Melted Gems
to $1.10 for Gold Coin.
Head offices of the Montana Grain
Growers association, whsch operates
string of elevators throughout the
state, have been moved from Great
Falls to Helena, in order to be closer
In touch with the banking interests
with which the association does its
business.
The furniture Of the famous 500 600
hotel at Metropolis, New, was sold
recently, when the purchaser of 1t con-
Quoted sale ct the hotel. Much of
the furniture was unused. The plan
to colonize Metropolis in 1913 failed
because of trouble over water rights
and the hotel has been empty since
that time.
Despite recent storms potato dig.
ging is proceeding in Utah, Idaho and
the northwestern states in q satisfac-
tory manner, and unusually large
crops are being harvested, according
to reports received last week. The
potatoes are in excellent condition and
have suffered little injury from frost
or disease.
Prohibition enforcement officers "wih
be using stomach pumps next to OBJ
tain evidence if they are not curbed
now,' Judge Z. f. Cushman said in
the federal district court at Tacoma
In denying the Introduction of certain
intoxicating liquor as evidence. The
officers lacked search warrants when
they made the seizure, it developed.
The first fatality Of the 1920 big
g'me hunting season in Wyoming oc.
Cured several days ago in the Dubois
region, 14O miles north of Green River.
IN one OF the most remote regions of
the state. Sam O'Neil, a half-br
Indian from the Wind River district.
was mistaken by his brother.In-law for
an elk, and shot through the head.
Death was instantaneous.
A report Of the census bureau re-
garding farm development in the west
shows that Montana leads the entire
United States with the remarkable
gain Of 119.1 per cent. Wyoming
ranks next to Montana, having in
creased her total number of farms
from 10.9S7 ten years ago to 1851
THIS year, gain of 42.1 per cent.
Idaho comes third, her farms now
numbering 42,109, as against SO,SO7
in 1910, a gain for the last decade of
o6.1 per cent. Nevada ranks eighth.
with 1854 farms toda.,, as against 26S9
in 1910, gain of III per cent.
AT mass meeting called at Half
way, Oregon, fifteen men were nomi.
mated for mayor and fourteen declined
TO make the race. The other one was
absent. A good friend made it known,
however, that this one would accept.
The forty-fifth anniversary Of the
Custer battle, June 25, 1921, is to be
celebrated on scale even greater
than the big observance in 1910 Dele.
gates from many towns in eastern
Montana and northern Wyoming, with
some from North Dakota communities,
Will meet at Billings.
Hundreds Of tons Of third cutting
hay In eastern Oregon is in
danger Of serious damage if the rains
Of the past two weeks continue. The
larger part of the third crop hay in
this section was in the shock, and tha
unexpected spell Of wet weather has
damaged 1t materially.
BackfoOt Indiens of Montana re-