The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-04-08
INLAND NORTHWEST

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was struck by an engine at Logan.
Mont. while crossing the track. and
instantly Killed.
one hundred acres planted in cam
ialoupes Is the object of the Canta-
loupe Growers association Of the Fall
Ion. New. section.
Search is being made by western
officers for Jerry Scraffin. who is al
legged Ia have Killed man at Cumber-
land. Wyo.. March y.
Geri Serafine. 30 years of age. who
killed Dominic Angelo, - years of age,
at South Cumberland, gave himself up
10 Sheriff u. e. Oakley in Kemmerer,
Wyo. Serafine pleads seIf-defense.
Earl Johnson, the young man who
stole "A horse, saddle and rifle from
Vim. Gibbs in Clover Valley, New
was trailed to Shafter where he was
arrested and brought TO Elko for trial.
Each person in Nevada would re-
celve property valued at S2I57 if all
property upon which a valuation has
been placed by the Nevada tax com
mission were divided equally among
the residents.
Flying AT Il rate of nearly two and
One-half miles a minute, Pilot Harry
G. Smith of the aerial mail service,
is believed to have established rec
ord for speed between Rock Springs,
Wyo., and Cheyenne, Wyo.
Henry Lunt, assistant cashier of the
State Bank of Charleston, Wash, shot
and killed himself He had been in
i'll health for some time. His records.
at the bank were declared to be in
order and he was said to have money
on deposit there. a..
Bills to the number of 2S3 passed
| both houses of the Nevada legislature
during the thirtieth session, an in
| crease over the totals of bills ap-
proved of 249 for 1919 and 240 for
1917. In 1913 the bills approved num-
bered 49, and in 1915, 2S7.
! A movement is on foot among a
number of the large land owners of
the Fallon, New. section to bring in
| Jap beet farmers and lease small
sized farm land subdivisions to them
at rental rates in excess of that paid
by the average white tenant.
Organization. of a S10,000000 cor
poration to handle canning and mar
keting of the berry crops of Oregon
and Washington as a unit was eff
iected at Portland at. a meeting of
twenty business men, cannery oper-
ators and financiers of the two states.
Terro Mlaka, iiu-jtsu lght-heavy-
weight wrestler, defeated Jack Tay-
Tor, heavyweight champion of Wyo-
ming, ut Casper in Il jiu-jitsu match
by pinning his shoulders to the mat
after four twenty minute periods.
Taylor was carried unconscious from
the ring.
+. a. Book, folmer mayor of Salt
Lake, has again filed formal applica-
ton for parole with the state board Of
pardons. Book is serving an indeterm-
mate sentence in the state prison for
the theft of more than $4,000 from the
city of Salt Lake when he was city
auditor.
Notice of reduction of wages has
, been served by the Butte Electric
, Street Railway company upon its 2OO
/ employees, due, it was declared, to the
! closing of the copper mines and the
) J consequent decrease in patronage. The
' amount of the reduction will be an.
l nounced after a conference.
What is thought to be precedent
| in the granting of pensions was made
t known last week when it was an
! nounced that the United States Blu
( reau of Pensions had granted an, an
nuity to Fred Singleton, of Provo
= Utah. in recognition of his services o.
8 the Black Hawk Indian war in Utah
Della Oldham was badly injured il
runaway accident when the horse
on the Tuscarora stage coach startet
= to run down the hill just north of tn,
Parks dinner station, says the Elko
= New, Free Press. She was thrown on
and her right leg broken. The driver
Perry Chapman, was also injured, hi
right ankle being broken.
\ Levi Ankeny, a former United State
senator from Washington, died a
Walla Walla, Wash, March 20, fror
A Il stroke of paralysis. He was Dor
81 in st. Joseph, Mo-. seventy seven year
y ago and crossed the plains with hi
/, parents in 1850. He was the frs
"a mayor of Lewiston, idaho, and at tn
ID time of his death was president 9
sA seven banks.
% In report made by censorshi
"a committee of the Ministerial associ,
3A ton of Missoua, Mont it threaten
~ that the churches may go into the mo,
III ing picture business because of tn
n class of films shown by Missoula pi
81 ture houses. Not all of the picture
are classed as bad, however
Fl 1t Is announced that Il. Blake Kel
~ nedy of Cheyenne will be appointed
& the federal bench In Wyoming as SOC
M as vacancy occurs, and that II.
Patton of Casper will be appoint,