The Meridian times., 1920-01-02
INLAND NORTHWE

30 and July 4, when the g. A. Il. and
the American Legion win hold their
conventions at the same time.
Cities that have armories will get
first consideration. it 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 gaFri-
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
MHltnOmah county hospital at Port
land are to be Immediately converted
into an isolation hospital as a step
toward combating the smallpox cpl
'deDiic
A mountain lion that stands as high
| as a calf and is estimated to meas
| ure IL feet from. tip to tip has been
| chasing woodcutters away from near
by camps, according to reports from
| Helena.
Police reserves were called to auelI
a riot at the Minnequa Steel works
ait Pueblo, Colo, when Austrian wo-
men pickets stoned steel workers who
had returned to work IN defiance of
| the union strike order.
The unprecedented wave of crime
which Denver is combating. may be
attributed TO wholesale cIean-ups in
Chicago and Los Angeles. where the
police are routing all undesfrables, ac-
cording to Denver police authorities.
Soon after a fire was made in the
range at the home OF Mr. and Mrs.
A. v. Call at Alton. Wyo., an expfo-
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 a eita-
tfOn signed by Marshal Petain in hon
or of her husband. who died in action
during the world war. Accompanying
it was Il cr0ix de guerre and the Sol
dier's personal effects.
Two men were seriously wounded
and over 100 persons, mostly Christ,
mas shoppers, were held at bay. when
n lone bandit, believed to be the man
who, at Olympia. Wash. shot and
| Eiiln1 + III
up stationery store in Seattle.
Through cooperation of the state
highway commission and the state uni
Tersfty. efforts are being made to build
up in Montana Il special course oi
study which in time will produce q
corps of highway engineers to assist
in the problems OF road building in this
state.
A stay OF pleading until December y
was granted by Superior Judge vii
son of Olympia, sitting at MonteSano
Wash. in the case of eleven alleged
/. w. W.'S charged with murder in con
nectiOn with the shooting of Warrer
O. Grimm, former lieutenant in ths
United States army, at CentraIIn- No
vemher IL.
The governors of Colorado. Arizona
New MeEico, Wyoming, Utah ant
Idaho vii meet in Denver on january
10 TO formulate course of action 1,
be taken by the states in the move t,
have turned over To the common
wealths the public lands and also I,
make recommendations for u cpnStrue
: tive irrigation program.
A bandit shot and killed E. III
Schultz, IN Olympia. Wash. autums
bile dealer. after robbing Il department
store of nearly 5000. Schultz, VIII,
had been deputized during the L W
W. trouble in Olympia, led the pur
Suers of the bandit. He carried N
automatic pistol, but it jammed wReI
, he attempted to shoot the bandit.
Poaehers paid heavy tribute to tn,
state of Montana during the past year
ending November. During the frs
six months of the fiscal year 100 ar
rests were made. They resulted in
total of 1Sl convictions, netting tn,
state $J.2S1.j 30 in fines.
, OF an average of 2,TI2 employees Il
eight of nine coal mines operating il
Montana, there are 1928 aliens in tn,
mines. of whom 562 have taken on
first naturalization papers and 80
i have none at all, according TO officia
4 reports. The average pay of thesi
: employees is $3.50 year.
: To save more than 10000 elk re
+ ported to be starving in jackson val
r ley, Wyoming. due to heavy SHOWS
the advisory board of the jackson
: Hole Cattle and Horse Growers asso
citation will confer with the Unitet
States forestry service and offer ha,
1 and money to save the herd.
Sitting for twelve days, the specia