Show NORTHWEST NOTES More them than of Idaho o will attend the annual convention o othe of f the National a association which opens in Salt Lake January 17 The Coeur dAlene river of northern northern north north- ern em n I Idaho aho sent suddenly Into flood d stage by the heavy rains of last week destroyed to worth wort h of property James E. E Edwards who has spent spen t nearly eight years eurs In the Colorado state prison In expiation of a crime crim e he may lUay not have committed soon maybe may maybe maybe be released as Innocent Suspected of being a desert deserter r from the United States army Harry ONeill O'Neill wl who o states states that hI his his- home Is Is' In Lead Lead- vile Colo Is confined In the city jail at Reno Heno pending further Information a as to his to-his his antecedents If shippers do not load cars cads promptly when cars are left for that purpose railroads are Justified In refusing to f supply such patrons with cars This advice Is furnished by the Oregon pub pp public tic lic servIce ice commission Officials of transcontinental rail fail railroads roads entering Seattle at a meeting last week decided to adopt Director General McAdoo's suggestion that switching at that terminal be unified und under r one management Renos Reno's new fire apparatus apparatus' costing approximately w was wad s' s exhibited to Reno residents one afternoon last wee week when the firemen dressed id in their best est manned the new equipment and paraded the time downtown streets Utah led the silver producers of the country countr for 1017 1917 with ounces men led the states state in ma gold gem production pro pro- pro pro- auction with ounces according accordIng accord- accord Ing ng to time tIle report of the bureau of th tile the e mint and the geological survey The public service commission of Washington and the public utilities commission of Idaho will meet In a n Joint session at Spokane February ry 4 for the the purpose of determining the valuation of the properties owned bythe by bythe bythe the Washington Water Power corn com pany pant Brigadier General John C. C Kennedy who won his military tIt title e In the time Civil war war died at his Ids home In Denver at nt atthe atthe i the age of or 76 years He was adjutant general of Colorado under Governor Routt and had Imd been a n re resident ld nt of Colorado Colorado Colo Colo- rado since since- leaving leming St St. Louis St.-Louis Louis forty years ago Joe foe Rondo Hondo con convicted at Reno of murder murdel in the first degree was sentenced sentenced sen sen- sentenced to serve a a 1 term of from om ten to thirteen years in time the state penitentiary Rondo was found guilty In his s second cond tri trial l on a n charge e of shooting shooting and and killIng kill kill- killing Ing lug Jacob in In a Reno Saloon early In October Stating that it is Impossible to obtain obtain ob ob- tain taro the men necessary to run its cars at lit Seattle because of high wages p paid ld In the shipyards and other Uler war war indus industries indus indus- tries the Puget Sound Traction Light Power company has applied to the state public service commission for n to employ women opera opera- tives li Vl o r f P fO ef u fortifications ns of the personnel of the American army and navy and ability to name name almost every American ship s German submarines up to last July Tuly were possessed by Thomas Helmuth Hel- Hel muth flitter Ritter alleged spy alleged spy held at Camp Lewis Wash according to military authorities Information obtained in la an Investigation Investigation investigation gation of the recent murder of William night watchman In the Auburn Wash Vash railroad yards by whisky thieves resulted In the tide arrest of Mrs Alice Wilson proprietor of a a. soft drink establishment at Auburn ona onn on ona a n charge of having received liquor stolen from cars Alleging that William J. J now deceased and f formerly a wealthy resident of Reno was was- dominated i in his declining years by S. S a a- young ayoung ung woman tt who ho it is averred caused him to deed over over ove certain properties to her the administrator administrator ad ad- of the estate has lias brought suit In the Washoe district court against Daisy Benj Benjamin to recover the property 1 Increased cost of ot living It has prompted the tile calling b by the state industrial welfare wel wel- fare commission of ot a conference at Portland to consider a request by the consumers' consumers league that the tide minimum wage for women be advanced nd from the present figures of oL Gi a week for factory fac- fac factory fac fac- tory help and a n week cek fo for store workers The conference will be held January 21 II L. L of Chicago wants wants the state stale land board to award to him ilia alleged al- al al dummy dummy or fraudulent entries made In the Twin Falls IaUs Idaho district several years years ago when the tile Carey act projects In lu that section were being promoted More 1 than More than of or Idaho will attend the annual convention of or the National association which m opens In ill Salt Lake January 17 A total oJ of i automobiles were registered In Idaho in ill 1017 1917 according to to figures In the In-the in the secretary of ot states state's office The registration Includes both pleasure cars and trucks Nevada cities and aud towns take first st rank la lu the I Pacific recruiting division of the United States army according to figures received In Reno from Sn Sa- Francisco covering cring the period of the time first twenty days das in Dec December during durIn which d draft ft registrants were accepted The efficient protection given them by the state game gume commission and th the do United Suites States forest servIce Ice In then thell theli efforts to preserve the deer elk antelope ante ante- lope and mountain sheep that roam the Colorado forests has bas resulted in large herds herlis of tho time animals becoming domesticated |