The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-05-05
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Spokane following injuries received II
an automobile accident.
| Upon plea of self-defense, H. H
Evans, Mountain Home rancher, ha.
been acquitted of the charge of muir
dering Claude Yates, his neighbor.
An examination of the records
shows that since January /, 1910, Ne
vada courts have decreed infliction Of
the death penalty in only six cases.
The Western Retail Lumbermen's
association has been invited by Gov
ernOr Charles r. Mabey to hold Its
next annual convention In Salt Lake
A complete wireless outfit is being
installed upon the roof Of the Elko
Nevada, grammar school by the girl
and boy pupils of the seventh and
eighth grades.
OF the 3,163 farms in Nevada in
1920, 1924 reported domestic animals.
Horses were reported by 2,917, mules
by $50, cattle by 2,518, sheep by $50,
and hogs by 1929.
Governor Thomas E. Campbell OF
Arizona has called by telegraph con-
ference Of the governors in the states
comprising the League of the South
west, to meet in Denver, May 10 and
II.
In the backyard of the family
home at The Dalles, Ore, four-year-
old Clifford Watson fell into shall
low pool Of rainwater which had &C
cumulated in a soggy depression and
was drowned.
Elko papers report the first big sale
of wool in that section of Nevada since
the slump year ago. Pete Corta of
Mound valley last week disposed Of
his entire clip of 1920 and 1921 at less
than Is cents a pound.
J. B. Campbell of Spokane won out
over Frank ]. Hagenbarth of Spencer,
Idaho, in the contest for a place on
the interstate commerce commission.
Mr.. Campbell's nomination was sent
" tAC SCAdtC VA ApIA [Ss
The Montana Public Service Com
mission has denied the petition Of the
city Of Butte for an order establish
ing five cent street car fare with
transfer privileges for students be-
tween the ages Of 10 and II.
Aid will be Forthcoming from Cali
fornia in the attempt of the Nevada
department of highways to have new
federal road act passed by the present
congressto give western states much
larger amount of federal money for
road building.
It is announced that the Montana
Wool Growers association has per-
fected plans to pool the coming clip
and concentrate it in warehouses
licensed by the government, financing
1t on warehouse receipts. Details are
being worked out. y
Because they said, farmers could not
tolerate additional tax imposts with
products at present prices, one hundred
farmers gathered at Billings, Mont,
and voted almost unanimously against
the Creation of 10000 acre drainage
district west of the city under law
passed by the recent legislature.
Yellowstone national park will be
officially opened to the public June 10
to accommodate a special party of $50
Shriners from Detroit, Mich. The De-
rot Mobiles plan to attend the sessions
If the imperial council in Des Moines
June IA, Is and 16, and then to take
side trip to Utah and the park.
AS a result Of the cleanup drive in
Montana made by the ''flying squad"
# officers of the American Legion to
the service men with the vari-
'us boards, bureaus and commissions
established for their benefit by the
government, $4,000 will run monthly
o ex-service men of Montana as base
Jay.
Although as the law now stands all
Executions in Nevada must be by use
f lethal gas in accordance with an
ct passed by the last session Of the
legislature and approved by Governor
boyle, no steps have been taken by
he Board of Prison Commissioners to
rovide a suitable death cell, and it
unlikely that any arrangements will
e made in the immediate future, un-
ess emergency demands.
Delegates to the Utah-Idaho Yellow ,
tone Highway convention meet in
daho Falls on Tuesday, May 8. Dele
ates from Utah and all of southern
IDAHO are to be present for the purpose
taking up with the communities in
crested and the states delegations in
ongress the matter of federal aid for
ne construction of hard surfaced
ighway from Salt Lake to the Yellow.
tone, Montana, entrance to the Vel
,wstone park.
w. v. Moran, Seattle manager, and
aul D. Porter, salesman, of con
ern called the Wall Street Securities :
of San Francisco are under
rrest at Seattle, charged with grand
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