The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-03-21
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known as the Mayor of Pixies Peak
pioneer of Montana, died suddenly
at Gold Creek of heart disease while
on his way to Missoula.
Contract work upon the roads in Ne.
vada, in which federal aid through the
bureau of public roads is being g!.en
is proceeding satisfactorily, according
to District Engineer u. j. Finch OF
the bureau.
Portland, Seattle and Spokane arc
contenders for designation as the ter.
m!nal for marketing the wheat crop
OF members of the grain growers as
sociations of the four Pacific norlh.
western states. l
Senator Charles B. Henderson, of
Nevada, was shot through the fIeshy
part of the forearm at his office in
Washington by Charles A. Crock, an
insane man, who had asfancied griev.
ance against the senator.
The question of calling a consti.
tutiOnal convention will not be sub
mitted to the voters of Montana at
the next general election, II. B. $3.50,
by Dodds, failing to obtain the neces-
sary two-thirds vote in the house.
Arthur Gardner, head fireman, was
drowned when the dredge Port of Port
land sank in the willamette river, neal
Portland. Discovery of the body was
made by crews raising the craft. which
sank as result of pipe breaking.
BY a vote of 36 to 2, the Washing
ton state senate passed the antl-a|ien
land bill, which prohibits aliens not
eligible to citizenship from owning or
leasing land in the state and prohibits
all persons from engaging in land
deals with such aliens.
Wages of coal miners in all mines In
the state Of Washington, with the ex-
ception of two, will be reduced by an
average of % per cent, effective March
10, and retail coal prices will be cut
from 80 cents to $3.50 ton, Washing
ton coal operators have announced.
Grief over the death of her mother.
whom she idolized, is believed to have
been the motive for the suicide of
Nettie A. WilbOrn, the woman found
dead on the hillside at Mountain
Junction, east of Butte, a month ago
With two bullet wounds in her heart.
Joshua Sykes, head of the "Taber-
1acle of David has been taken into
custody at Denver on orders from fed
eral authorities in San Francisco.
where he Is wanted for failure to sur
render to begin penitentiary term
Tor obstruction of the selective draft.
The Northwest Wheat Growers as
ISOLATION, an interstate selling agency;
% control the sales of the growers
associations in Washington, Oregon,
IDAHO and Montana, was formed at a
Meeting at Spokane of nearly two
core delegates representing four as.
ociatiOns.
Doubt as to the constitutionality
# the search and seizure clause of the
1ontana prohibition law was ex
ressed in district court at Great Falls
y Judge Fl. H. Ewing, :.,,'fffg on
a4'iaG for dismissal of the confisca-
on proceedings against Nick Baatz
Great Falls.
Assurances have been given by the
of the Northern Pacific /
lilway, says a Missoula dispatch,
lat from $50 to 400 men will be re-
lrned to employment on or before
pril l, working on the new improve
ent program planned along the sys-
IN this season.
Mrs. Adele Webb of Baker, Ore,
as seriously burned while starting a !
re with kerosene. She apparently
fought the fire was thoroughly ex-
nguished and on pouring oil on start
the blaze which burned all the
othing off her body with the excep-
on of her shoes. Is
Many farmers in the Dillon, Mont,
ctiOn have started their spring plow-
g and already quite large acreage i,
sod has been turned. The mild {
inter, with the present spring like t
Gather, has permitted ranchers to l
gin work many weeks in advance OF {
e usual time. There is very little /
Ost in the ground.
There is difference of approxi- \
ately 20 per cent between the pro- {
'sed wage scale formulated and ap- I
owed by the Utah General Contrac- d
rs association, through it's executive 4
for all of the trades and T
ats connected with the building in l
lstry in Salt Lake, and the existing q
hon scale, of wages. 1t is expected g
at an agreement will soon be e
ached. g~tE t
Charles Mcmahon, 80 years of age,
10 was taken from a Union Pacific e
lin at Evanston, Wyo., while in de- o
snted condition, attempted suicide by
lnging through window in the Jail. o
s neck was badly cut. e
group of Shriners in Ontario, Ore, n
We formed the Malheur Shrine club, a
d expect to have an organization il
lbracing the so Or more men who are Is