Show INLAND NORTHWEST sheep she shearing axing plants are working overtime in sections of the interior of oregon e reno paid tribute to the war heroes pf the nation on decoration day im services being held flag day will be celebrated in beno reno on june 14 in a befitting manner the elks having the celebration in charge J F rooney a tanner farmer near san de fuca wash shot and dangerously wounded his wife during a quarrel and then killed himself two hundred two cearold year old heifers purchased in texas at 54 per head have recently been placed on the kal kai bab indian reservation in utah fire of unknown origin at north bend ore swept through the upper edories tories ir ot of tow four buildings in the busl busi ness district causing damage estimate ed at 15 arthur enquist a spokane police man was drowned and sergeant alex mcdonald narrowly escaped a similar ate fate while fishing in deer lake forty miles northwest of spokane an eiko elko citizen recently added to his collection the hides of 0 tour four mountain lions those ot of a mother and three lion cubs the hide ot of the mother lion meas aring eight feet from tip to tip nevadans report trout fishing at lake tahoe better this season than ever and attribute the record catches to 10 the fact that the season opened in june instead of may as formerly the cold wave may result in a short age ot of the hay crop tor for stock summer ranged on national forests super visors report that the first crop of al falfa will he be short in man places on the fish lake forest in utah experiments are being conducted with the jorgensen demonstration lambing herd mith various devices tor for keeping coyotes away from the sheep at night the stock carrying capacity of the paradise mountain range division of the forest in nevada the wern most forest area in the local district Is to be greatly increased by water development the application of the evada nevada fish and game protective association to the bureau of fisheries tor for fin gerling trout has been granted and the streams ot of nevada will be stocked stacked to this extent at once of the hunters employed to kill coyotes in northern california and nevada the best average has been made by alta de long who killed 20 in 16 days in the vicinity of amos in the northern part of nevada wireless operators of reno ne vada have formed a club the object ot of the club being to bring together all persons in that vicinity that are in te rested in establishing a good system ot of amateur radio service in nevada after an investigation which the po lice said established that much of the drunkenness in seattle recently has been caused by drinking hard cider the police have begun a campaign against dealers and manufacturers of this product charles sweeny a millionaire min ing man ot of spokane died at portland after an illness ot of about a month he ile was a native of new york and came west soon after the close of the civil war and for a time was connected with the comstock and belcher mines in virginia city nev the short line railroads ot of the west ern states will make a fight in con gress to have the railway mail car nage rates increased tl at they may make at least a profit from the parcel post matter consigned to inland towns which do not enjoy rail transports tran tion display displaying ying a pair ot of torn trousers H G denver of Sr ingfield mass who is hiking from san francisco to his home arrived in ogden utah beclar 1 ing ng he was attacked by two mad coy otes near montello nev last week by the skillful use of a club he said he drove the animals away before he was bitten for economy in manufacture F T moore chief of maintenance Is having several hundred road and trail forest boundary and ranger station signs made locally the first lot have been del delivered hered for the uinta in northeast utah and the payette in western idaho two ot of the most favored na lionil forests in scenic attractions the next lot are for the idaho and mini mint doka forests hydrophobia introduced into the state of utah by rabid coyotes from foiada which followed utah sheep home from the winter ranges Is now appearing to an alarming extent among dogs and domestic animals discovering discos ering the berry boxes shipped into the state are not measuring up to standards required by the oregon law fred G batchel chief deputy seal er of weights and measures has dl erected all district sealers to confiscate s such uch boxes bee keepers around ore declare that the last froba did not in jure the prospects tor for a bumper sup ply ot of honey this season although the fruit blossoms were hard hit the increase of alfalfa fields will insure a big harvest tor for the honey bee the twenty first general annual con ference of the Y M and Y L M I 1 A of the mormon church will be held in salt lake june 8 9 10 and 11 and it is expected that several hundred dele gates from points in utah idaho wy oming outing colorado arizona new nea mexico and california will be in attendance honora leonard an aged inmate at the state hospital tor for mental diseases was instantly killed at reno when a dummy waiter used to convey food from rom the base basement mant to t the he three floors above dropped on her head breaking ber her neck and crushing the skull |