The Idaho recorder., 1922-02-17


port of the federal grand jury.
building construction valued at $751;
oOO was undertaken In Salt Lake dur
ing January. 1922. compared with $Io,-
80 during the same month of 1921,
according To data compiled by W. II.
Pinney. city building Inspector.
The right of city health authorities
to enforce quarantine In every case
where the infection Is considered "A
menace To the public was affirmed by
Chief Justice Theodore Brantiy Of
the supreme court of Helena, Mont.
To perfect an electrical machine by
means of which deposits of rare min
erals can he located through flow
of current is the ambition of Harry
B. kuntz of Elko. New, and Mr.. Kunaz
Is now working upon such a :aachine
with former experiments in the elec-
trical field TO aid him.
Approximately 5000 men are now
employed in the Butte mines which is
about half normal figure. The
pennsylvania Is the tenth mine in the
district 10 resume work since a nine
months close down necessitated by the
low price of copper which prevailed
in 1921.
A ~ 10 of 4 49,
Grove. Ore, lumber production for
1921 places Ii ut 500O0,OOO feet. This
estimate places the cost of produc
tion at $750,000 and the amount spent
for labor at $500, 900. The money spent
here for lumber is practically all out
side money. But very small part Of
the totai is sold locally.
Boy Scouts of Utah, Idaho, Colora-
do, Montana and Wyoming are to be
invited to Odgen for the infer-troo
contests on field and track, according
10 the announcement of Mayor Frank
Francis, president of the Ogden Scout
council. The dates for the tourney
will be announced later, according TO
Elmer Sebbelov, deputy scout commits
sioner.
III the plans of the state fish and
game commission materialize Montana
trout and grayling will be obliged to
give up their annual suicide trip to the
headquarters of the irrigating bitches.
AT the recent meeting held in Great
Falls the commission took up the mat
ter of ditch guards and ordered a
sample of the model the game authori.
ties In Washington are now expert
menting with.
investigation of the charges made
TO the Virginia state assembly that
Alexandria just across the river from
washington, is the Reno" of the
East" has revealed these facts: A
total of 557 divorces was granted dur.
ing 1921 to individuals who swore they
were bona fide residents of Alexandria.
This ratio will allow one divorce for
every fourth family in the historic
little City.
Discussion by members of the
Seattle, Wash. school board of the
question of Limitation of high school
and grade school athletics to sports
and games that do not endanger health
OF the players. was said to have given
rise to the possibility that football
basketball and track activities may be
eliminated. and that so-called less
strenuous sports, such as tennis, soc.
Ger and baseball, may be allowed only
under strict supervision.
what Is said by local prohibition of.
ficers to be the largest and most com.
piete apparatus for making moon.
shine whiskey ever raided by them
IN Washoe county, was discovered
about two miles south OF Reno, New.
The equipment included three 80 gal.
lon stills. which were in operation,
two 30gallon stills, six 250-galIon
mash tubs, six 50-gallon mash barrels.
| copper dippers, strainers and extra
tubing. all made of the best materials
About 1900 gallons of mash and 275
gallons of high-grade moonshine were
in stock.
Jose Tnaindia of near Eureka. New.
met with very serious accident. when
loaded four horse wagon which he
was driving struck large rock. He
| thought the wagon was going to CAP.
size and jumped off the seat 10 the
ground As he did so the other for
ward wheel struck another rock and
cramped the wagon 80 that he was
caught, the forward and hind wheels
passing over both legs. and the team
becoming frightened ran away. The
team stopped half way up n small hill
about a mile and a half away. Not.
withstanding both his legs were bro
ken and the weather was below the
zero mark. he craw.ed the mile and
half TO the team, got up Oh the wa