The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-04-09
NORTHWEST NOTES

A labor shortage In Montana as soon
as spring opens is the prediction OF
those In a position to know.
Peter Duffy Of Butte, convicted OF
running a still near that place, was
sentenced to six months In Jail.
An eleven-stOry building Is to be
erected at Casper, WyO., which will be
the tallest building in the state.
Robert McGrath was instantly killed
at Wallace, Ida, when his clothing was
caught by a belt in the mill Of the
Hercules mine.
The clerks Of Kemmerer. Wyo., have
inauguratsd a movement looking to
the enactment of daylight saving
ordinance, which will be effective dur
ing the coming summer months.
Lady Hatfield, wife Of Sir Robert
Hadfield, one of England's largest
steel manufacturers, has taken up her
residence at Minden, New, with the
avowed intention Of securing divorce.
Owing to the insufficient number of
sugar beets harvested this year In
California, the Pingree Sugar company
factory at COrcoran. Calf, has been
moved to Whitney, Ida, near Preston.
strengthening is to begin in the
Winnemucca, New, section soon. Shear
ers are beginning to arrive from Call
fornia and Arizona. The first shear
ing will be done at Jungo and Leonard
creek.
Efforts to recover a 98-pound sack
OF flour and to punish the man who
was suspected of stealing it have re-
suited In the loss of $1,000 by the man.
ager of the milling company at Bel
grade, Mont.
Kemmerer, Wyo., will step up a
notch in classification Of city this
spring, when it observes the statutes,
which provide that cities of this size
shall elect mayor for two years and
councilmen for four-year terms.
Closed season for fish and more
elastic game law for elk hunting will
be proposed by the state fish and game
commission at meeting with repre-.
sentatives Of Montana fishing and
hunting clubs to be held shortly.
Hundreds of Hereford breeders from
all parts of the west are expected to
gather at Billings, Mont, on April u
when 134 registered cattle, represent
ing % of the best herds in the state
will be disposed of at public auction.
Officials of the Montana state high.
way commission have secured consent
of the federal bureau of public roads
for any county to do the federal aid
road work within it's boundaries on
day labor basis without first adver-
Using for bids.
Over three million sheep and nearly
55OOO0 cattle will Craze on the national
forest ranges of the intermOuntain re-
giOn this summer. These stock will
turn off gross revenue in beef and
mutton to their owners next fall of
over $27,OOO.OOO.
There were tWenty-seven men killed
in the coal mines of Utah last year
by the time the final count was com.
pleted, and a hasty survey of the re.
ports shows that thirteen of these men
were married and there were thirty
six children left fatherless.
A nronnsaj +o ..iso c15O OOO re- uo.4k
ern CALIFORNIA; share of a project to
construct from Reno, New, to the Utah
line highway following the Overland
route of the pioneer days, was adopt
ed at meeting at Sacramento of hotel
men and highway enthusiasts.
Poor pillow land in Idaho that aver
aged $34 per acre in 1915 Is worth $50
In 1920. Averaged good pillow land In
creased from sos In 1915 to $135 per
acre In 1920, while the value Of all
classes of pillow land jumped from $50
In 1918 to $1O5 per acre in 1920.
The state public utilities commission
Of Idaho has filed with President Will
'"1A ~ii' IhO uelcSH-
Ion Its Endorsement of John +. Shaugh-
Messy Of Nevada as a member of the
interstate commerce commission "if
The appointment is to 60 to a Demo-
rat"
Floods, due to an ice gorge in the
Big Horn river fifteen miles below
Hardin, Mont, have caused the loss of
much livestock by drowning; residents
N several ranches have been rescued
rom the upper floors of their flooded
ZONES, and the river has backed III
or three miles.
Utah and Nevada, comprising the
orty-etghth customs district, will have
he first woman customs collector In
he United States II the senate rati.
los the recent presidential appoint
nent Of Mrs. Estelle v. Collier, Of Salt
AXE City, to that position. She ia to
ucceed I. =. Thomas, resigned.
All union workmen employed on the
ity nigh school annex, the Boyd hos
ital building and the Colonial apart
rents, at Twin Falls, Idaho, have quit
FORK In response to orders from union
sadquarters. The order came as