Show I t NORTHWEST EST NOTES A number of prominent farmers inthe in inthe inthe the Moore section of Montana have have Just organized the Moore Farmers' Farmers Elevator company with a capital of It Is estimated that there will be OOOO automobile owners In lu the state of W Wyoming before the end of 1019 1919 These owners will will pay Into Into the state treasury for state licenses Brig Gen Richard Ali M. M I. I Blatchford seventh ranking brigadier general In Inthe Inthe Inthe the United States regular army and at present commander of th the Panama canal zone has been assigned as us commanding commanding commanding com com- manding gerl r l of Camp Lewis E E. E Lawrence aged 22 years ears entered a plea of guilty to a charge of bigamy in the superior court courtat at Spokane and andS was S sentenced to a term of six months to five years ears In Inthe Inthe inthe the state reformatory reforma ory at Monroe There are at present sixty-seven sixty citizens citizens cit cit- lt- lt of two twenty-two counties either under under under un un- un- un der sentence of deportation or held for the completion of deportation proceedings proceedings pro pro- In Oregon according to the records of the Portland Immigration office The state board of equalization Is sending to the a assessors of Utah circular circular circular cir cir- cir cir- cular letters giving Ing the boards board's views on on the proper methods of assessing b banks and Intimating that bees which have been largely argel escaping assessment assessment assessment assess assess- ment should be valued at 10 per colony T The le general outlook foi- foi water supply sup- sup pl ply In Utah this summer Is somewhat better than last lust year yeal but closed closed dosed clos dos ed with a n continued deficiency In precipitation and the average a s supply bids fair to be something less than normal George F. F former pro pro- prosecuting attorney of King county Washington Wa n. n will be counsel for thirty thirty- one alleged Industrial Industrial Workers of ot the theW W World rId charged with criminal criminal anarchy anarchy anarchy an an- archy in connection with Seattle's February February Feb February Feb Feb- general strike De Death th claimed one of the last hist surviving surviving sur stir members of the little little ha band d of of placer miners who laid the tee fou foundation foundation da- da tion of the city of Butte on the banks bam of Silver of Silver Bow cre creek l in 1864 an and when it called William Owsley to tl tI tire great reat beyond last week The state highway commission of Oregon has let let contracts of 75 miles of paving 35 miles of grading and find for fora a bridge across the mouth of the John Day riv river er on the Columbian river Fiver high high- way The total toh l calls for an an expenditure expendi expendi- ture tore of approximately ly Five hundred members member of the leg regiment ment part of the Wild West division n of the American can arn army y were entertained in Reno Ileno en route from F France ance to their homes In n California where the regiment will be mustered out at the Presidio of San Francisco Orchards of Utah hav have e not yet been hurt by frosts is th the belief of the state crop In inspector who has inspected a number numb of orchards fIn in th the Salt La Lake e valley The The fruit buds were not far farenough farenough farenough enough advanced to be hurt and the indications indications' for a bountiful fruit fruit crop clop were never better than now We Western te n federal and state crops pest inspectors horticulturists botanIsts botanists botan botan- fists and t timber owners will hold a conference in Portland Ore April 23 and 24 The purpose of the conference is to consider the white blister rust disease in relation Te to the nursery and timber conditions of the he west The Northwestern Fly Casters' Casters association association association asso asso- will hold Its 1919 champion championship ship shin In Portland August 1 2 and nd 3 3 The event will be staged in a new new- concrete pool now under construction and the winner of the round all chamPionship championship cham cham- will be able abl to enter the thena national national national na na- tournament at Chicago August 20 21 and 22 Action of Commissioner loner John JohnL L. L TIl Til- sley of of the municipal depart department ent of f public safety n refusing Sam T T. Crane rane an attorney a street speaking p permit following the ejection from Its usual 1 meeting place there of the League for Democracy at Home alleged by lay y the police to be a radical organizer was upheld by the city council connell at Seattle More beets will be planted In the United States this year than for any previous us year according to officials of the Utah-Idaho Utah Sugar company The continuation of paying for beets at the rate of 10 per ton Is Inducing many farmers who have heretofore steadfastly steadfastly steadfastly stead stead- refused to plant beets to change hange their minds and cultivate te a crop this year One hundred and imd twenty miles of the old railroad grade of the Las Vegas and Tonopah railroad from Beatt to Las Vegas Nevada together with five fifty bridges two w welts wells lis considerable con con- sl lerable corrugated pipe and other othet equipment have been taken over oer by bythe bythe bythe the state department nt o of highways s an and 1 preparations will sill he be made at once to open up tip the old grade for a road Recent storms and cold w weather ath r have apparently apparently caused no serious damage In the shearing corrals of If Utah according to C. C BStewart secre secretary tary of the Utah State Wool growers growers' association |