Show NOTES the increase in population in wyoming tiling during the year 1013 1918 was Nas 7 per cent from imjoo it 1017 1917 to t in 1018 jio A forn corn show was held at winnett mom blont lat last week the display ot of corn both ns as to variety and quality was exceedingly cee fine suit stilt to compel tile the western loan building association organized in I 1 utah either to cease doing business bu stiles 8 in 1 Alon montana tana or to con conform forin to the laws ot of montana was tiled billed at helena last week edward fisher was shot by bv ills wife at butte and fatally wounded sirs airs fisher alsher asserted that her husband lius band had insulted her and threatened to beat her ter and that she had shot him through the heart the state bank of windham mont has been closed by order of state examiner 11 II S magraw and Is under ills his control it Is announced the bank was closed in december 1014 but lat later allowed to reopen peter J believed to be a rabid I 1 IV IV is is held in custody in mont charged with urging bolshevik propaganda upon discharged dischar als Char geil soldiers returning to their homes inythe west E n B roe a prominent rancher and stockman recently donated a huge dressed bog to the butte joshers boshers Jo club which was distri distributed by the organization among the needy people of that city the hog bog weighed pounds counties and municipalities of the northwest contemplating public improvements prove ments are urged by the council of defense to advance their programs as rapidly ns as possible to prevent a surplus of labor and a shortage of jobs allen alien employed emp loyes of northwestern lumber concerns must go to make room for the returning soldiers and sal sailors lorg those who claimed exemption from military service because of their foreign relationship are already being discharged officials of the west coast lum berbens ber mens association were authorized authorize 3 at a meeting of that body at Tac tacoma olila to incorporate the fir production board for tile purpose of handling all future federl federal government goern ment orders from mills of the pacific northwest students in tile the university of montana who nilo left school to enter the army and either already havo have been or will be discharged shortly will be enabled to graduate with their classes through courses that will be offered them during the summer months following the destruction of the elko nev cv grammar gra nimar school building by fire christmas day the problem of housing the students of these grades des when school cal ool reopens after more than two months influenza ban has been attacked by tile officials and temporary quarters will be provided conrad Hoerl Ilo erler cri of claytonna Clayt onla idaho lind had been stacking hay and slid down the hie side of the stack to the ground As lie geared the ground ills his leg struck a hay knife projecting from the stack almost completely cutting it oft off an artery in the leg was severed and death followed in about three manutes mt nit the opinion of I 1 a t majority of the governors of the stait states cs is that the returned soldiers ol diers do not expect or want to be babied all they want Is a square deal anda chance to participate in tile the economic affairs ot of the nation according to governor stewart 0 of Alon I 1 montana tana who lias has returned from annapolis where lie attended the governors conference the worth w orth of livestock products ex ported exported from wyoming during 1918 was cepres representative curative cuta tive of the following beef cattle lead head valued at sheep 0 head valued at 11 2 00 hors horses es and mules head valued at 0 swine head valued v fit at wool pounds valued at SIG poultry and dairy products 1355 1 50 OK hides when prohibition vent ent into effect in Alon montana tana january 1 there were about employees of the saloons A large percentage of saloons will continue in business s either cither with soft drinks or lunch or both or ns as bowling alleys pool halls hails or shooting galleries and it Is thought most ost of tile the saloon employees wilt wll be retained while bile tile the experiment Is being tried several of will turn to making the larger brewell bre werl artificial ice others it is planned wl will I 1 I 1 dry ve vegetables ge tables the value of WY Wyo agricultural output tn 1018 1918 6 was wag representative senta tive of the following crop yields valued billed at hay ton va wheat GJ bushels bushe Is valued at 0 outs oats bushels valued tit at potatoes bushels busU els valued Lat at 01 1180 orn foru c 10 bushel bucheli bu sheli valued at barley jS bushels valued at bushels valued fit at I 1 06 rye uil including flax ag emmer calmer millet mill et borghuis borg hum roughage orchard products garden truck etc 00 he slate concerning one 3 ine of the facts 1917 little known 0 of montana 1 bind filings one third of all tile the public in montana made in tile the country r were lands ands I 1 left in the of public the which acres half of state Is bunning funning fu fi nning flasted to jo is 18 estimated la be 11 flood ot of by means ot of tle tile greatest the local letters lett ers ever poured identa sent seat ch christmas rist residents butte res postoffice office post friends twice ty C greetings tings to groc cards letters and christmas many us machines through the mailing tent sent were day daj la in the history ns as on any of the office |