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Show NORTHWESL NOTES : Tho Influenza epidemic continues ( andecreascd In Helcnn. Hundreds have , taken a vaccine treatment. Dcntlis average three to four a day. Street enr rates In Ilutto are raised from 5 to 0 cents nnd children from Ltf cents to cents In n decision rendefed by the Montnnn public service commission. The farmers' week which was fixed for Dec. 0 to 14, Inclusive, nt Ilozemnn, Mont., hns been canceled, owing to tho Influenza. Whother It will bo held Inter Is riot stated. The wlfo of Joint Laxngue, Lander county rancher and sheepman, presented pre-sented her husband with three new-Liberty new-Liberty Dny sons at Austin, Nevada, on November 11, 1018. Tito Montana council' of defense has been notified by the conservation division di-vision of the war Industries board of tho discontinuance of Its program for economy In retail delivery services. Dining the first twenty-seven days of November snle of thrift stamps In Montana amounted to $427,000.77, Slnto Director Turner announces. The quota for litis period wns more titan twice that sum. Commutation of Thomas J. Mooncy' sentence from death to life Imprisonment Imprison-ment by Governor Stephens will have ho effect on the proposed labor strike planned by Seattle labor unions, labor officials declare. The city of Iteno 1ms decided to 'return to the saloon men of that city die 15 days' license money, us they will not he allowed to do business nfter December 1(1, and they have paid tip to December 111, William Taylor Is In Jail In Las Vegas, NOvnda, accused of murder, on the statement iif a boy, Leonard Thompson, that Taylor shot and klllod Charles IL Lyshon while on.it prospecting prospect-ing trip, after robbing him. County councils of defense are asked to assist In search for the property of alien enemies, according to un official, order received at Helena. They nro also asked to keep a watch for deserters, de-serters, during demobilization. In Nevada, where the shipments so far as express rates are concerned nro higher than the rates to Utah, thu dealer has his fish laid down nt his lilttce of business for 17.8 u pound nnd lie exacts from the customer ,10.0 u ioimd, n profit of 21.11 per cent. Mrs. Maggie V. Smith Hatlmway of Helena, Mont., has proved that It Is possible to run u UOO-acre much without with-out the ii Id of men's labor. She knows because she bus successfully conducted conduct-ed her mnnlcss ranch for six years, raising grain, cattle ami. sheep. The Fergus county servlcu flag, with nil the stars corrected and numbered, was hung under thu iloino nf the courthouse court-house nt Lcwlston, Mont., last week. Thu flag shows 2,-IGO stars representing represent-ing tho correct number of Fergus county boys who hnvu gone Into tho service, Tho question of n memorial for -100 Tooele county, Utah, boys who participated parti-cipated In tho world's wnr Is being discussed. During Christmas holidays an effort will be made to raise money with which' to provide a sultablu memorial mem-orial for tho hays who uro soon to return. Jainei Cuslck, foreman of the Hall, fax Mining company, who was shot 911 thu night of November 7th by Alex T. McKenzle, died at a Toiiopah hospital. hos-pital. Clinic was conscious up to 11 few minutes before his death, but declined de-clined to make any statement regarding regard-ing the cause of thu shooting. , Dealers In fresh fish make un average aver-age profit of -I2.:i per cent In Nevada, H2.1 per cent lu Colorado, H8.8 per cent In California nnd ill. 5 per cent In Washington, according to 11 statement Just compiled by the federul food, administration ad-ministration mid Hindu public through tho fish and. gumu commissioner of each of the states, Illlllngs Is to hnvo perhnps tho most novel club In Montana and thu northwest, north-west, If Indeed, not In thu entire country. coun-try. In other words, It Is to bo community com-munity affair with 1111 Interstate litem-iicrshlp. litem-iicrshlp. Tlio preliminary steps havo been taken and a sufficient membership member-ship enrolled to guarantee the succesi of tho undertaking, Virtually all local liquor dealers o Montana will plunge lulojiow lines ol commercial endeavor when prohibition becomes effective January 1. Of thu 105 Ilutto buildings now occupied by aa-loons, aa-loons, It Is said that at least 100 will bo retained by tho present leasers Whc Intend to convert their establishment! Into bowling alleys, poolluills, restaur-nuts, restaur-nuts, soda water stands. With tho advent of cold weather certain cer-tain portions of seven streets in Salt Lake hnvo been set tts'.du by the police for coasting places for youngsters, and nt the foot of each place, red tlunger flags with tho sled device, the symbol of the coaster, have been attached te telephone poles or special flagpoles The punster hnvo tho right of way and all passing vehicles nro required tc come to 11 full stop before crossing one of these coasting places. A concerted effort on tho part of Germnh Lutheran pastors to obtain from the Montana council of defense, n rescinding of Its order forbidding tho use of tho German langungo In church services und In schools, met defeat when tho council met nt tho capltol, Sixty cases against meat dealers, charging tho uso. of sulphides, huvp beeu turned .over to thu. attorney general gen-eral of Montana by tho state board of health. Tho salo of lord compound as lard, beef fat as filler for pork fleece and other violations of tho law are alleged, |
