The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1920-08-06
INLAND NORTHWEST

es"ey eoDHss3icner3 have yot-
cd $1,000 TO be used to provide a corr
~ exhibit for the state fair az Helen.
next fan. The exhibit will De a e.
ture of the western Montana fair ber.
later.
Officers Mooney and Ross of MI
lon returned from trip through a..
Centennial valley recently and reno,.
that the grasshopper pest is BENZ
eombated by about fifty men nos,
and are being rapidly killed off.
The contract for the new city han
at Deer Lodge, Mont, was Ie. =,
meeting Of the city council. Nelso,
q Peterson Of Butte, who are build-
Tag the courthouse. receives. the con-
tract, the bid being for s44,sso
Increases in pay to railroad met.
employed in the Livingston distr;ct
wiii total nearly half million a wear
local officers Of the Northern Pacific
estimated in discussing the award 90
the railroad labor board.
Mountain lions are causing so much
damage in herds grazing near tbe
h"rthern boundary Of Yellowstone
park, stockmen win seek 70 have
bounty placed on them, according IN
John Pfohl, a resident Of CarbeIl.
Park county.
Nearly all Of the sixty men needed
TO reorganize the former Billings uni,
Oh tine Montana national guard. com.
Psny n, have been secured. Organiza-
ton OF the company will be CONNECT
ed within ten days, according TO Cant
William Morse.
The street car fare ar Tacoma
wash, was increased TO 10 cents las,
week, when the 'tate railroad corr
mission granted tine company permits
sion to make the change. The cash
fare at present is cents. Commute
non books will be sold at 8 cents a
ride.
Oregon. Wash seton and idaho nu,,-
lie service commissioners viii confer
at Seattle, August 9, to consider plans
for equalizing log and wood rates ON
the railroads in the three states. a.
an earlier conference. the Oregon com
mission eontended for a reduction Of
the rate for carrying wood.
Home Industries Week. featured
oy the exhibit Of products already
manufactured in Butte and those that
could be profitabiy made there. viii
mark the opening of the new chamber
OF commerce headquarters in the Pal
Las building, according to an an
nouncement marc by Manager P. l.
Wills.
Canadian government railroads viii
accept the schedule of wage increases
granted railway men in the United
States, ]. D. Reid, minister of rail-
ways, announced at Vancouver. Tb,.
would result, he declared. in an in
crease of from SAT 900, 900 TO $40
ooo'oo0 IN operating costs, which
would have to be met by increased
passenger md freigh. rates.
Giant hydraulic streams are slowly
carving out of the University Of Wash
ington campus at Seattle the site for
$ooo,0OO stadium. being built to
stage the university's athletic corr
tests and the city's big outdoor meet
ings. Washington field. as the sta
dlum has been named. will seat be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 people when
completed. The structure IS being cor
structed in units.
John Ferguson. a negro who jumped
through glass door of local garage
at Spokane and escaped after his ar
rest by federal office. on a charye
OF violating the Mann act. was CAP
tured near Marshall by federal off
GERS. The woman he is alleged 70
have transported was taken in eu.
tody at Occur d'Alene. Ida, yes,er-
day.
News of the death of Conrad Kohrs,
Tor more than half a century identified
with the city of Deer Lodge in almost
every phase of life. was received with
deep regret. Although for several
years The Cattle King" as he was
called, spent the greater part of his
lme IN Helena. his frequent visits
we're pleasure to friends, who always
round a warm welcome at the Kehrs
iome and DELIGHTED to hear the stories
u early days. as only man who had
AIKEN part in the stirring events could
portray them.
inree western statesWyoming. Mon
lana and ldaho-led all others on May
IN the number of bank depositors
per 1000 population. according to fig
ares compiled by the comptroller Of
ne currency at Washington. Wyo-
ming heads the list with 3a4 deposi-
ors for each 1000 persons in the state,
Montana ranking second with s49 and
Idaho third with 29S. Ratios of other
states per 1000 included California,
40. Alaska and Hawaii ranked low
st with 80 and "a depos;sors. respec-
ively, for 1000 inhabitants.
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