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Show NORTH WEST NOTES Klectrlclans In the employ of the Montana Power company went on strike last week. Demands presented to the company are for jtn Increase from .ffl.50 n day, the present wage, to $8 it day. Labor unrest Is Induced In n largo measure by unscrupulous methods employed em-ployed by profiteers, according to it resolution adopted by the Hullo Kn-glneers' Kn-glneers' union, which was introduced In the house Monday by llotilware of Silver How. In conformity with the recommendations recommenda-tions of Gov. Sum V. Stewart and suggestions sug-gestions of Mayor H'toddon of Hiilte, Treloar of Silver How bits Introduced u measure In tho legislature which prohibits policemen from collecting salaries nfter they Imvo been discharged. dis-charged. Owing to tho shortage of liny mid feed crops, the Itoumliip, Montana, Commercial club undertook lo ship in and sell nt cost to fanners, such bay as they might need. The offer was first published last week, and within three days orders for over 200 tons had been received. At the request of Secretary Lano, Senator Myers of Montana, Monday Introduced In-troduced a hill providing an appropriation appropria-tion of .f, "00,000, or so much thereof us may bo necessary for tho purpose of protecting timber on tho public .lands from forest fires, to bo expended under the supervision of the secretary of Hm Interior. Twenty-four counties of Montnna huvu filed petitions with the secrctnry of state iignlnst holding thu special primary amendment election on Sept. 2 ,uml flvo others are known to bo on Iho way to the capltot. If they reach Helena the election will bo automatically automat-ically held nil, necordlng to a ruling by Attorney General S. O. Ford. Daningu to crops has resulted In Klko county, Nevndu, through ruv-uges ruv-uges by ground squirrels, Iho loss being be-ing estlmnted at $:W),000 In tho Mo-tropolls Mo-tropolls and Lamoille farming districts alone. An organization lias been formed form-ed lit Metropolis to provide funds with Which to conduct u canipnlgu of destruction de-struction against tho rodents. Notice of advances ranging from 10 to 25 per cent In tho rent of apnrt-ments apnrt-ments nt Spokane wns served on ten-tints, ten-tints, and rents of business property and dwelling houses ulso were raised somewhat. Landlords denied Increases wero tho result of concerted action, but said they wore demanded by tho advances ad-vances In cost of upkeep of their property. Stute and federal law Is to bo Invoked In-voked against criminal food profiteering profiteer-ing In Montana. The county attorney of Silver How county nt Hutto Is cooperating co-operating with the United Stntes district dis-trict nttorney, who will lie itsked to secure Indictments by a federal grand Jury iignlnst those persons who cannot bo reached by statu law. Notice has been served In tbo bniiso of representatives of Montana that when tho measure to enforce prohibition prohi-bition comes up, un amendment making mak-ing It unlawful to possess liquor stored prior to July 1 would be offered. This lias raised u question ns to common law rights of citizens, which hnvo been observed for centuries. The uu-usuro was unexpected, but prohibitionists expect It will bo passed. Ten proposed methods of procuring financial aid or employment for fanners fann-ers whoso crops have been destroyed wero discussed nt an executive session of the .Montana house, but a solution which Is applicable to all problems jointed by tho drought has not been discovered, It was stated. Constitutional Constitu-tional provisions miiko It Impossible for the stato to contribute financial as-ilstauce. as-ilstauce. Although no reports of serious developments de-velopments In the Idaho and Montana "orest flro situation bad been received at district forest service headquarters ut Missoula, Montana, officials declared declar-ed conditions were alarming with nn absence of ruin and no prospects for relief In this direction. IM. .1. Itlggs, assistant cashier of tho Wyoming National bank at Casper, shot and killed himself nt tho homo of the Itev. W, H. Hrndley, pastor of tho Presbyterian church, whoso guest ho wns to bo at dinner. As Itlggs arrived nt tho minister's homo ho was handed a note from the girl lie was to marry breaking off their engagement. Stories of water shortage In Mon-tnmi Mon-tnmi nro not homo out by statistics on drowning for tho month of June, according to Dr. J. J. Slppy, stnto epidemiologist, epi-demiologist, whoso figures show that 111 persons lost their lives In this manner. man-ner. With ono exception, that of a baby drowned by falling Into n bucket at Kiircka, tbo deaths wero tho result of swimming accidents. An estnto valued at 25,000 In rcnl and personal property In Multnomah county, Oregon, wns loft by Georgo Primrose, tho minstrel, who died last week at Sun Diego, Cnl. Vlon Primrose, Prim-rose, his widow, and Albert, a brother, tvere mimed as beneficiaries under tho will, filed for probata. |