The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-02-25
INLAND NORTHWEST

bed by three men who held up the
cashier. Harold Bell. and escaped in an
automobile with s12O0.
doc" George. an oid-time gambler.
well known around the Goldfield
Motel, was found dead In his cabin in
Goldfield. Heart disease IS supposed
TO have been the cause.
Unemployment is decreasing in the
Pacific northwest and the Rocky
mountain region, and there are marked
signs of an industrial revival. il was
declared by federal employment direc-
tors gathered in conference 1T Spo-
kane.
bill establishing a state racing
commission and permitting the use of
pari mutuel betting machines passed
the Washington state senate after IA
clause referring 1t TO vote of the.
people had been inserted. The bill
now goes to the house.
Horse racihg in Oregon, under super
vision of state racing commission
similar to the commission now super
vising boxing, would be authorized un.
der biii introduced in the legislature.
racing season is established between
May IL and November l.
Wa.u Daniels, c. A. Brown and
Lewis Madsen were found guilty Of
murder in the first degree with
recommendation for life sentence by
jury in superior court at Seattle for
a IF Datr I
Stevens in pistol fight January IL.
Montana property, valued at well up
INTO millions of dollars and upon
which liens have been filed by the
bureau OF internal revenue for non
payment of taxes and penalties as
;essed for revenue law violations, may
De sold to satisfy these claims, it has
been decided
Nevada was organized as a terri
tory in 1861 and was admitted to the
Union as the thirty-siXth state in De-
tober, 1864. According to the four
teenth census taken in 1920 its popula-
ton was 7,407, which represents
decrease Of 4.46S as compared with
the 1910 census.
Montana road projects to be under
taken by the forest service during the
year of 1921 will include the Skalkaho
road in the Bitter Root valley. the
Metaline road to the Canadian line,
two sections of the west Gallatin read.
and the Lenoa bridge over the:
kootenai river
Tom Fong, notorious Tonopah ped
der of narcotics, was arrested twice
last week on the same day, and each
time he was caught with the goods
Tom has been arrested eight tines al
together for selling hop. He pays his
fines and then goes out and sells a
little more on the same day.
A. ID. Allison, a fruit grower, was
struck by speeding automobile on
the Appleway eight miles from Spo-
kane and received injuries which
caused his death. Roger Bartlett, aged
10, driver of the machine, who it is
declared failed to stop his car follow
ins the accident, was later arrested
Disabled soldiers and sailors of the
world war will be required to pay in
come tax on money received from the
federal government as compensation.
in the event their total income
amounts to more than $1,000 year in
the cases of single men and $1,000 in
the cases of married men, it is an
nounced.
The Salt Lake office of the United
States secret service has completed an
investigation of recent counterfeiting
III Pocatello, st. Anthony and Reyburg.
Idaho, which resulted in the arrest of
Lee ii. Proctor, alias Lee Alien, u
years of age, and his wife, Nora Proc
tor, y years of age They are charged
with raising 81 bills to $40 bills.
John Il. LaShar, prominent Den
yer promoter and real estate dealer.
his wife, Mrs. NJ, Il. LaShar, w. II.
GIL, Greeley merchant and land
owner, and w. II. Salisbury of Greeley.
a salesman, were arrested last week ON
indictments returned by the Weld
county grand jury charging fraud in
The sale of oil stock in companies or
ganized by LaShat.
Charles Clinton, alleged bank rob.
Der, was found guilty at Colorado
Springs, Colo, of assault with intent
to murder. Clinton was wounded and
his partners. Archie Kltterman and
9. 5. Seitz, were killed on October 20
last In battle with Officers Wraith
ana Schisler of the Colorado Springs
ponce department, following an at
tempt to hold up an Ebert, Colo.
bank the night before.
James Rush, aged 10, of Longmount
Colo, earned the enmity Of his school
mates because of his prowess with his
fists, having whipped nearly every
youpgster in school. One afternoon
last week number of the lads
bounced upon him and hung him from
Tree with rope. An officer han.
pened along and cut him down. The
'ac IL III serious condition.
Judge nunn of Littleton, Colo. sit.
ing In the criminal division of the
Denvcr county court has DECIDED tho.