Show NORTHWEST NOTES electricians in the employ of the montana bower company went on strike laba week demands presented d to the cornin company tny tire lire for nn an increase from grio ro a day the present wage to 8 a lay day labor unrest 1 Is 14 4 induced in ili a large measure by unscrupulous methods methodi employed pio ed by according to a resolution adopt ailo pied eil by the L bulte atte engineers gi union was introduced in ohp house hotie monday by boulware of silver bow in conformity with the recommendations or of gov sum sam V stewart slew art and suggestions gest ions 4 or of mayor of butte treloar of silver bow has introduced a measure in the legislature which prohibits policemen from collecting salaries after they have been discharged owing to the shortage of hay and teed feed crops the roundup montana commercial club undertook to ship in end and sell at cost to banners fan fam ners such hay as they might need the otter offer was first published last week and within three lays days orders for over tons had been rec elvel at the request of secretary lane senator myers of montana monday introduced trod a bill providing an appropriation ot of or so much thereof as may be necessary for th the 0 purl purpose Mst of protecting timber on t the he public lands landi from forest fires to be expended under the blon of the secretary of the interior twenty four counties of montana have filed petitions with the secretary of state against holding the alie special primary amendment elect election on on sept C and five others are known to be on the way to th the capitol capi lol it if they reach celena the election will be automatically held up according to a ruling by attorney general S C ford damage to crops lias has resulted in elko coun county ty nevada through ravages by round ground squirrels the to loss being estimated at in the metropolis tro polis polls and Lamol lamoille lle farming districts alone an organization has been formed at metropolis to provide funds with which to conduct a campaign of destruction st against the rodents notice of advances ranging from 10 to 25 per cent in the rent of apartments at spokane was served on tenants and rents of business property ind and dwelling houses also were raised somewhat landlords denied increases were the result of concerted action but said they were demanded by the advances in cost of upkeep of their property state and federal law Is to be invoked against criminal food p profiteering in montana die county attorney of silver dow bow county at butte Is cooperating with the united states district attorney who will be asked to secure indictments by a federal grand jury against those persons who cannot be reached by state law notice has been served in the house of representatives of montana that when the measure to enforce prohibition comes up an amendment making it unlawful to possess liquor stored prior to july 1 would be offered this has raised a question as to common law rights of citizens which have been observed for centuries the measure was unexpected but prohibitionists expect it will be passed ten proposed methods of procuring financial aid or employment for farm fann evl ern whose crops have been destroyed were discussed at an executive session of the montana house but a solution which is applicable to all problems by the drought has not been discovered it was stated Cons constitutional provisions make it impossible for the state to contribute financial assistance si although no reports of serious developments in the idaho and montana forest fire situation had been received at district forest service headquarters at missoula soula montana officials Is declared conditions were alarming with an absence of rain iraln and no prospects for relief bellet in this direction ed J riggs assistant cashier of the wyoming national bank at casper shot and killed himself at the home 0 tile the rev W 11 II bradley pastor of the presbyterian church whose guest he was to be at dinner As riggs arrived at the ministers home he was handed a note from the girl lie w was as to marry breaking off their engagement stories of water shortage in montana are not borne out by statistics on drowning for the month of june according to dr J J sippy state epidemiologist demi deml whose figures show that 13 persons lost their lives in this manner with one exception that of a baby dro drowned ned by falling into a u bucket at euraka the deaths were the he result of swimming accidents an estate valued at in rea real and personal property ii in multnomah nomah county oregon was left by george primrose the minstrel who died last week at san diego cal viola primrose his widow and albert a brother were named as beneficiaries under tinder the tha will filed for probate sir robert clobert borden Is understood to have asked the british embassy at washington to request in an inquiry late the arrest of 0 walter scott former premier ot of saskatchewan at pembina N X D by a united states immigration official on the ground that he was traveling without passports sir mr scott has hai protested to the premier against the treatment lie he received asserting lie li was ordered to leave a northern pacific train and after being arrested was kept locked up tor for nearly three hours before escaping by b breaking I 1 through the plastered wall of I 1 his cell |