The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-01-02
INLAND NORTHWEST

Grams VIII mlngle al Livingston June
30 and July 1, when the q. A. Il. and
the American Legion viii hold thsr
conventions at the same time.
Cities that have armOries will get
first consideration, IL Is announced, IN
organization Of the Montana national
guard. which now Is proceeding under
Adjutant General Phil Greenan.
Neary 600 head of horses and cattle
were shipped out of Star valley. Wy
oming, TO Nebraska during the past
week for winter feeding. on account OF
the scarcity of hay in that vicinity.
one hundred fifteen soldiers garri-
soned at Fort Mackenzie during the
prevalence of the strike in Wyoming
have been sent back to their former
barracks at Fort Wright. Washington
The barracks on the grounds of the
Multnomah county hospital at Port
land are to be Immediately converted
into an isolation hospital as a step
toward combating the smallpox cpl
demic.
A m untain lion that stands AS high
as "A calf and is estimated To meas
ure II feet from tip to tip has been
chasing woodcutters away from near
by camps, according to reports from
Helena.
Police reserves were called to quell
riot mt the Minnequa Steel works
at Pueblo. Colo, when Austrian we
men pickets stoned steel workers VIII"
had returned to work in defiance ~
the union strike order.
The unprecedented wave OF crime.
which Denver is combating, may be
attributed TO wholesale clean-ups In
Chicago and Los Angeles, where the
police are routing all undcsirabes, ac-
cording TO Denver police authorities.
Soon after fire Was made in the
range at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
A. V. Call at Alton, Wyo., an explo-
sion occurred. which blew out win
dow panes and shattered the stove
beyond repair. Freezing Of the water
| jacket was the cause
Mrs. Fern Draney Of Alton, Wyo..
has Just received from Paris cita-
ton signed by Marshal Petain in hon
or Of her husband, who died in action
during the world war. Accompanying
it was croiX de guerre and the sol
dier's personal effe,ts.
Two men were seriously wounded
and over 100 persons mostly Christ
Mas shoppers, were held at bay, when
lone bandit, belle, ed to be the man
VINO, at Olympia, Wash, shot and
killed +. II. Schultz. attempted to hold
up stationery store in Seattle
Through cooperation of the state
highway commission and the state uni
versity, efforts are being made to build
UP in Montana a special course of
study which in time will produce "A
corps of highway engineers to assist
in the problems of road building in this
state.
A stay Of pleading until December -
was granted by Superior Judge vii.
son of Olympia, sitting at Montesano
WASH, In the case of eleven alleged
1. w. WIS charged with murder in con.
nection with the shooting Of Warren
0. Grimm, former lieutenant in the
United States army. at Centralia, No
vember II.
The governors of Colorado, Arizona
New MeyicO, Wyoming, Utah and
Idaho will meet in Denver on January
10 to formulate course Of action te
be taken by the states in the move ts
have turned over to the common
wealths the public lands and also I.
make recommendation for construc
tive irrigation program.
A bandit shot and killed r. Fl
Schultz, an Olympia, WASH. automo
bile dealer, after robbing department
store of nearly $1,000. Schultz, VIII,
had been deputized during the /. w
W. trouble in Olympia, led the pur
suers of the bandit. He carried al
automatic pistol, but it jammed whe,
he attempted to shoot the bandit.
Poachers paid heavy tribute to tn
state of Montana during the pasr Yea,
ending November. During the frs
SIX months of the fiscal year 100 al
rests were made. They resulted in
total of 1Sl convictions, netting tn
state IS 2S1.5O in fines.
Of an average of 2,712 employees /
eight OF nine coal mines operating i
Montana. there are LBS aliens in tn
mines. of whom 562 have taken on
J first naturalization papers and 76
have none at all, according to officis
reports. The average pay Of thes
employees is $500 year.
To save more than 10000 elk r,
ported to be starving in jackson va
ley. Wyoming, due to heavy snow
the advisory board Of the Jackso
Hole Cattle and Horse Growers ass,
citation will confer with the Unite
States forestry service and offer ha
and money to save the herd.
Sitting for twelve days, the speci,
session OF the Colorado legislature ra
!, flied the woman suffrage amendme,