Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1922-02-24
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The News Happenings of
Seven Days Photographed
INTERMoUNTAik

INTERMOUkTAIk
Following the recent big storm,
snowslde occurred short distanc
below Philips Station, near Lake Tia
hoe. Nevada, completely demolishing
summer home there, and leaving
bank of snow across the road fort.
feet deep and twenty-five feet wide
One-faf million pounds Of wool %
the 1920 and 1921 clip sold In En-
nett. Idaho, at 27iA to 80 cents {
pound Part Of the wool was in stor
age in Portland, selling at 27A cents
part in storage in Boston sold for 81
cents, with tags and black wool out
It is said that thirty moOnshiners
throughout Nevada have combined their
Illicit distilling activities with the sell
Ing of stolen beef, reducing the over
head upon the liquor manufacturing
and perhaps making a neat profit on
the "side line" Many stills are located
in the mountain ranges throughout
the state.
Special crop reports received indi-
cate that Pacific northwest grain
growers enjoy prospects of the great |
est crop of winter wheat with greater
Than the normal planting of spring
grain. Every section reports less
damage to winter grain than for many
seasons. The Big Bend district re-
ports that if present conditions con-
tinue there will be insufficient ware
houses to handle the coming crop.
The old Jib mine situated at Basin
2S miles northeast of Butte, has been
reopened. The Jib property Is a con-
solidation of the Katie, Hope and At
iantic mines, of which the Hope is
probably the best known on account of
ITS past production. About S2,OO0,OOO |
worth OF ore had been mined from i
above the 300foot level, prior to 1898. 7
since which time little work has been S
DONE
GENERAL
The amount of money In active cir .
culation is decreasing. 1t is now 49,
O97, 220057 against $685., 433, 4ST last ;
month, and $S,2S6,36O,557 this month :
last year National Bank statements
show big Increase in resources. :
Lew Shank, mayor of Indianapolis,
is stocking up room in the city hal,
with groceries. At recent unemploy- il
ment ball, $4,000 was placed in the il
hands of the mayor to assist the un- 7,
employed. and $1,000 of this will be 81
used to buy the foodstuffs The "grc- m
cery'' when opened will dispense bas in
kets of food to needy families.
Corporations are given until June d,
18th, under recent Treasury decision. al
for completing returns for calendar th
year 1921, conditioned upon the filing re-
of tentative returns by March 10. April W,
10 and May Is, 1922, according to the No
yearly basis used, the tentative return nc
TO Je accompanied by one fourth of the ge
amount of the tax due.
mite a few days ago at McCook. ILL.,. Ga
which rocked the entire northern sec. 10
ton of Illinois, was the result of th
plot, Il. NJ. PERFORMER, assistant state cc
tire marshal, announced after an all no
night investigation of the blast. The in
explosion was remarkable because of Rc
he fact that while it was felt 100 miles tb
Ill
injured. an
de
Within view of score or more wit
lesses Geo. Mould, IS, took off his
classes, placed them on a window sill. pla
md walked out to a railroad track, by
,lacing his neck over the rails in the ma
,ath of a backing freight train. His Sci
lead was cut off before the startled me
witnesses realized what was taking ish
lace. Police are unable to assign a ha,
eason for the mans act. wo
he
Because he refused to sue the De wh
-oit, Toledo & IrOnton railroad or to
uggest settlement for injuries re- 2
sived last October, William Pisc has to
cen rewarded by Henry Ford, owner a
f the road Piso was badly crushed fra
! IN accident while employed by the wit
lIroad. Ford ordered him taken to 542
hospital where he remained until pici
lily recovered For1s representa- ives dan
len made a proposition to pay Il. his
Ipenses while he was disabled. allow +
m full pay with bonus. and ;:ive or
IN q life Job as crossing watcl,nan Is .