Show I NORTHWEST WIEST ROTES NOTES Nine thousand And and three thirty soldiers soldiers soldiers sol sol- diers have been cared for during the past 10 months by the Billings Y Y M M. I. I C. C A. A Car taxes tares of ot the state of ot Utah aggregate aggregate aggregate ag ag- l as computed by the state board of equalization and assess assess' as ess- ess ment ent The annual convention of the Nevada Nevada Ne Ne- eVada e- e vada I Federation of Womans Woman's Clubs will be held In Elko from October I IG t to toia 18 Work Rork has lies been started on the span to bridge the new channel of t the Yellowstone Yel stone lot river Immediately south of of Billings HUlings Mont Between and 1000 Odd Fellows Fellows Fellows' of Montana are expected to be I in Billings Bill- Bill 1 sings ings gS for the Ule state grand lodge meeting October 22 to 23 Ten years Sears In ln the state penitentiary for stealing an automobile was the sentence handed out to Walter Willis by Judge Gatens at Portland During the season i from m May 21 to date 71 forest fires were fought in in inthe the Helena national forests forest at at ata a a cost of 1000 1000 which burned over I acres The organization of a corporation corporation corporation corpo corpo- ration to build houses and to lend money to people in fn Libby Mont tp help build them houses has been an an- Twenty thousand do dollars will be expended during the next next few months by the Reno lodge of pf Elks in making e extensive interior alterations In the I Elks Elks' home Billings people who ordered worth of surplus artily army food from the government early last month are still waiting for t the supplies to arrive from San Francisco Convicted of havIng having stolen an automobile automobile au nu- from froin the chief of police pollee at tit Ogden Andrew r Harrington Barrington has been sentenced to serve from one to ten years ears in the state prison For staying ta ing off ff th the job to participate participate participate pate I in the 1 Mooney protest strike at Seattle fifty employees of the city utilities department vere were discharged by Superintendent The he state supreme court of Montana Montana Montana Mon Mon- tana has ruled that assignment of unearned unearned un earned wag wages s is null and void void if the assigner assignor goes Into int bankruptcy before expiration of the ll period o of the assign assign- ment At the Andrew Andrew farm north of Beaver er Utah sheep dipping began last week weel It Is expected that of the animals will wil be treated at this point this this this' year r ar compared with in 1918 For the first time since the hospital was built seven j years rears ears ago Ore now has a place for the quarantine of patients which has been deemed necessary because of the discovery of a case of smallpox Assurance that It will continue efforts efforts efforts ef ef- forts to bring about a reduction of the price of coal was given by the he Montana Mon Mon- MonI I tang tana trade commission in a letter written written writ writ- I ten in r reply ply to a telegram from the Butte Dutte Consumers' Consumers league The report of the registrar of the State land office covering the months of July August and September shows there were 13 farm loans made In Montana during the period The aggregate aggregate ag ag- loaned to farmers were As a n result of the Junking of the Las Vegas 8 Tonopah railroad a new type of house has been discovered discovered- one built bunt out of railroad ties In Las Vegas Nev houses have ha been erected out of material purchased from the railroad The ties sell seIl for 30 to 34 cents each Montana authorities believe that a gang of professional automobile thieves are working In Montana with witha a regular chain of rel relay lY drivers a hangout In which to repair and disguise disguise dis- dis guise cars carS' a 11 route through to total take tal the machines to another state and sell seH them After fighting oft off n a po pose e of or armed citizens for three hours Duford Buford We Webb b employed ed until rec recently as a u a ranch hand liand on the thc ranch of Harvey Plumlee six miles south of or Manhat Manhattan tan Mont was shot and killed In the granary where he had taken refuge Webb had shot and seriously wounded Plumlee Ben nen Benson Denson who came to Helena In has sunk a shaft 40 feet deep on the ground of the Union Brewing company a defunct corporation which lie he ow owned f for L' L years ears and has secured good colors In gold from sand on bedlack bed hed- bedrock rock lack at a depth of 40 feet at whiten depth he lie Is drifting under the old brewery Sergt Henry Guth G th of Sumatra Mont has been awarded the croix de do deguerre guerre with palm b by Marshal of France according to word received last week weel The citation Is given for ford d distinguished bravery bra under machine gun fire near Steenbrugge Belgium October 31 when Guth took command com cony mend mand of or his hits section after his chief was tiled killed Only after they had been made to kiss the American flag by ten ex Ice men were eight I. I W. W W W. who were vere held field In the city Jail fail at Baker Duker Ore pen pending action by the authorities es al allowed allowed allowed al- al lowed to leave the city quietly when asked to do so by the police While exact figures will not be obtainable obtainable obtainable ob ob- until late autumn when snow comes and foresters can cnn make n a comI complete com corn has hns been semi-official- semi survey it I ly estimated that between and acres of valuable timber er will I bave have been burned in Montana this j jI year rear |