The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1921-03-18

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| Major W. j. Doney. commonly
known NJ the Mayor Of Fixes Peak, =
II pioneer of Montana. died student,
at Gold Creek Of heart disease while
on his way 20 Mssonla
Contract work upon the roads In Ne,
ynda. IN which federal aid through the
bureau Of public roads is being given
! Is proceeding satisfactorily, according
I 10 District Engineer b. j. Finch of
the bureau.
Portland. Seattle and Spokane are
contcnders for designation as the ter.
ininal for marketing the wheat crop
OF members Of the grain growers as.
/ sociatlons Of the four Pacific north
western states.
Senator Charles B. Henderson. of
Nevada. was shot through the fleshy
| part Of the forearm at his office In
Washington by Charles A. Crock, an
! insane man, who had fancied grlev-
ance against the senator.
/ The question OF calling n consti.
| tutional convention will not be sub
mltted to the voters of Montana II
| the next general election. II. Il. 1856
| by Dodds failing to obtain the neces-
sary two-thlrds vote In the house.
Arthur Gardner, head fireman, was
drowned when the tlredge Port of Port
land sank In the Willamette river. near
, Portland. Discovery of the body was
made by crews raising the craft, which
sank as II result of II pipe breaking.
by vote of 36 to =. the Washing
ton state senate passed the ant-alien
land bin. 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, viii be reduced by an
average of % per cent. effective March
10, and retail coal prices will be cut
from 30 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
dead on the hillside at Mountain
junction, east of Butte, Il month ago
with two bullet wounds in her heart
Joshua Sykes, head of the '''raber-
nacle 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 10 begin penitentiary term
for obstruction OF the selective draft
The Northwest Wheat Growers as
ISOLATION. an Interstate selling agency
to control the sales Of the growers
associations in Washington. Oregon.
Idaho and Montana, was formed ut
meeting at Spokane of nearly two
score delegates representing four as
sociations
Doubt as to the constitutionality
of the search and seizure clause of the
Montana prohibition law was ex-
pressed In district court at Great Falls
by Judge ii, Ii, Ewing. in ruling on
motion for dismissal of the confisca-
ton proceedings against Nick Baatz
of Great Falls.
Assurances have been given by the
management OF the Northern Pacific
railway, says Mssoula dispatch,
that from $50 to 400 men will be re-
turned to employment on or before
April l, working on the new improve
ment program planned along the sys-
TEN this season.
Mrs. Adele Webb of Baker, Ore.
was seriously burned while starting
fire with Kerosene. She apparently
thought the fire was thoroughly ex-
tinguished and ON pouring oil ON start
ed the blaze which burned all the
clothing off her body with the excep-
ton of her shoes.
Many farmers In the Dillon. Mont
section have started their spring plow-
Ing and already quite large acreage
Of sod has been turned. The mild
winter, with the present spring.like |
weather, has permitted ranchers Ia |
begin work many weeks i'm advance OF |
the usual time. There is very little |
frost in the ground.
There is y difference of approx |
mately 20 per cent between the pro-
posed wage scale formulated and ap-
proved by the Utah General contrac.
tors association, through its executive |
committee. for MI of the trades and |
crafts connected with the building in. I
dustry IN Salt Lake. and the existing
union scale of wages. Ii Is expected I
that an agreement will soon be /
reached
Charles Mcmahon. Fl years of age.
who was taken from Il Union Pacific
train ut Evanston. Wyn.. while in de-
mented condition. attempted suicide by /
plnnging through window In the Jail. /
His neck was badly cut.
\ group at Sls.iner> in Ontario. ore. /
have formed the Malheur Shrine club.
anu expect to have an organization