The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-01-31
INLAND NORTHWEST

broke all records in flight from Salt
Lake to Rock Springs, Wyo., when
he flew the distance Of 1855 miles in
one hour.
In the last two years SKINS of viii
animals valued at $10,947.S0 have
been sold as a result of the efforts OF
| the official hunters stationed in vari-
Gus parts of Nevada.
In keeping with decisions Of the ma
jority caucuses, l.. K. Ewart OF Cody
vas chosen speaker of the Wyoming
house and w. w. Daley of Rawlins
president of the senate
AT a meeting of the Sawtooth Wool
growers association in ShOshone,
idaho, it was agreed to reduce sheep
Aerders' wages the coming season
from $75 to $50 month.
The total property valuation for
Montana for 1920 is 81, 66S, O24, 106 COM
pared with $1,7O1 ,39O,523 in 1919, ac-
cording to figures announced by the
stage board of equalization.
Notice of a bill for the establish
ment of court of industrial relations,
modelled after that of the state Of Kan
sas, has been given in the lower house
of the Montana legislature.
Letters signed SHADOW" and de-
manding amounts varying from $25,OOO
20 $4,000 on pain OF death and other
damage have been received by five
prominent men of Portland.
Joseph Conway, aged y, was killed
in small coal mine near Hardin,
Mont, when rock weighing l20c
pounds fell from the roof of the mine
portal and crushed his head.
Louis f. Hart, who has been acting
governor of Washington since Cover
nor Ernest Lister retired because of
illness in February, 1919, was inaugu-
rated January II as governor of the
state.
The marriage of Vida Olson and
Willie FOng, a white girl and Chi
nese of Lewiston, Idaho, which took
place last November, las been annulled.
The girl was minor at the time Of
the ceremony.
Missoula poultry men will have the
support of the local chamber of COM
merce in a determined effort they in
tend to make to bring the 1922 con-
vention of the State Poultry assOcia-
ton to that city.
The State Federation of Labor, in
session at Boise, Idaho, last week, dis
cussed the "open shop" to which it is
opposed and which it proposes to fight
with all the forces that can be rallied
by organized labor.
A garage employee at MelstOne,
Mont, named KilschOte, committed
suicide by jumping from the top of the
local coal dock, injuring himself so
badly that he died while being taken
by special train to Roundup.
Senator Key Pittman has set all
doubts at rest regarding his intentions
to run for the United States senator
ship in 1922 He has wired to Ne
vada newspapers emphatically stating
that he will be candidate for the
position.
Organization of a cooperative mar
keting association for handling Ore
CONS wheat crop was discussed at ses-
sions at Portland of the Oregon Farm
Bureau federation. Problems of hay,
wool and mohair growers also were
considered.
The Washington state bonus to SOL
diers of the world war, voted at the
election, will cost $18,OO0,-
600, James H. Davis, chairman of the
appropriation committee of the lower
house of the state legislature, an
nounced recently.
Charles Soticam. member of the
Puyallup tribe eof Indians, died re-
Gently at the age Of no years. He
was a cousin of Chief Seattle, after
whom the city Of Seattle was named.
Soticam was one of the "head men"
Of the Puyallup tribe.
The sheepmen of the Bull, Idaho,
section have announced wage re-
duction for the current year. Sheep
herders will be paid from $50 to $50
and board, the amount depending on
the length of time they have been pre-
viously employed in that capacity.
Camp tenders will receive the same
wage.
One hundred local unions, having
total membership of 6337 and affiliat-
ed with 81 national organizations, con-
stitute Nevadas quota of organized la
Dor, according to the report, and Of
these railroad employees are shown to
have the greater number with four
unions and 1865 membership. The
miners have 16 unions and III men,
bership.
A water power bill introduced in
the Oregon legislature proposes the
creation of a hydroelectric commits
sion to make survey of present
hydro-electric plants and power prof.