The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-05-05
News Happenings
Of the Crest
lntermountam States

Denver.-with the passage OF the
Moffat tunnel bill by a vote of % to
4 and of the Peterson flood proven.
ton bin by "a To 2. the state senate
has brought nearer the day when
northwestern Colorado will have ade-
quate railroad transportation and
southern Colorado will be protected
against flood.
Sault Ste. Marie. OMIT is report
ed that within the last two weeks lbs
claims have been staked in the Gour-
deau gold area, making the total
number of claims to date over 600.
Some of the latest claims are being
staked eighteen miles west of Gour-
deau.
Calgary.-Calgary has become fam
Gus as having the largest annual as
ISOLATION auction sale of pure bred
| bulls in the world. At the twenty first
annual sale this spring 425 pure bred
beef sires from the best herds OF AL
berta changed hands at the local stock
yards. In the past wenty-one years
since the initial sale of 1901, total
of 1861 pure bred bulls have been sold
for an aggregate of 81 ,029,750.
| Winnipeg, Man-With an early
spring we'll on the way, plenty of
moisture guaranteed for the early
months, a bumper crop was predicted
for Manitoba in 1922 by Hon. G. Ii.
Malcolm, minister of agriculture. The
acreage is estimated at 1902 $50, as
compared with Abs, POO acres in 1920
Salt Lake City.-This city has a
brand new radio telephone club, the
first of its kind to he organized in
Utah or the intermountain country
The new organization is to be known
as the Radio club of the Commercial
club. Its sponsors are members of
the Commercial club. They have or
dered n complete wireless telephone
outfit and within a short time expect
to be receiving messages out of the
ozone and listening in" ON all of the
big news sent broadcast via the radio
telephone.
Salt Lake City.-Breeding sows in
Utah, in April the figures being the
compilation of the United States de-
partment of agriculture, show 1900
as compared with 1000 in 1921. For
the country at large the figures sho "
that breeding sows on farms, April /
were Ill per cent more than they
were year before that date. This
rate Of increase is extremely large
The number of these animals this year
is estimated to be Il, 10000, or IN
increase of ,237 900 animals within
the year. The generally accepted ex
PLANTATION of an expected large in
crease in breeding sows this sprinl
is the corn crop of last year, which
was larger than usual, and the unus
ually large farm stocks of corn. Hogs
were needed to eat the corn, and alsC
corn was worth more AS pork than al
corn.
Salt Lake City-The annual oper
attic production OF the University 81
Utah will be given in the Salt Lake
theatre on May ) and 6, when Massen
cts grand opera "Manon," will be pre-
scented. The title role will be taker
by Mrs. Edna Evans Johnson. She
has been heard in "Pagliacci," Aida, ;
and other productions. and is at pres
ent q members of the musical depart
ment of the university.
Pocatello.-The appropriation fo
the rehabilitation of the Fort Hall rec
lamation project will he svailabl,
. within "A short time according to
letter received by c. y. Ross OF tn,
Idaho Farm Bureau Federation from
: Congressman Addison T. Smith.
Fond Du Lac, Wis.-Dying to mus;
was accomplished by Mrs. Herman
Rail. aged "a. of Oakfield. who com
, mitted suicide by drinking poison
When the husband came home h
found his wife lying ON the bed in he
room. The photograph was playing
q safety razor blade was found besid
her, but she had not used IT. Note
, expressing disgust and dissatlsfactio
: with life were found in different part
, OF the home.
Chicsgo.-The fourth week of tn
. nationwide suspension OF coal mimi
. operations finds large stocks ON hant
a diminishing demand and stagnan
markets for all grades, at prices prat
tically unchanged as compared wit
values Of April /.
Blsckfoot.-Edward Taylor. year
Of age. and his brother, Leroy. II
years of age. sons of James Il. Taylo
, living near Kimball. eight miles mort
; Of Ha ckfoot. are dead: Keith Taylo
! 3 years Of age. is at the point Of dealt
. all from strychnine taken with COCO
r NJ dinner Saturday. The fourth sms
4 brother. detecting the bitterness. wa
: instructed by the father not To drin
h any more. He 10 expected to recove
Leroy died g few hours after partakin
and Edward twelve hours afterwar'
q Aberdeen. Wash.-A tour around III
: world by the lumber schooner Elmo