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Show NORTljSI NOTES Tho stale of Montana has been called upon to furnish 750 men for tho now powder plant ut Nltro, W. Vo. Tho employees of thu Great Northern North-ern railroad bought almost $1,000,000 worth of fourth Llhorty loan bonds. Lifting of thu quarantine nt Camp Lewis will depend on tho decrenso of Influenza cases In cities and towns nearby ciimp, officers ut headquarters announced Inst week. Influenza seems to ho gaining headway head-way at Ilutte, Kkahika nnd lCurekn, but elsewhere In Montana tho situation situa-tion is unchanged, reports to thu stnto bourd of health Indicate. John Harrlman, who was arrested nt Columbia Falls, Mont., somo tlmo ngo for having failed to register for tho draft In 1017, has been Inducted into tho sorvlco and sont to Camp Lewis. Free entertainment on n inrgo scalo will bo furnished tho men of Cnmp lAiwis while thoy ure held on the military mili-tary reservation becnuso of tho Influ-enzn Influ-enzn qunrantlno and until further notice. no-tice. The Inquest over tho body of Frank M. Stevens, a rancher In tho Mooro section, found lying In tho road, closo to his plnco, resulted in a verdict of felonious killing being returned by the Jury. Specimens of 271 Washington mammals mam-mals and 181 birds havo been obtained by Wnltcr P. Taylor, assistant bio-, loglst of tho department of agriculture, agricul-ture, during his survey work In tho stato of Washington. Fergus county, Mont., hns n total of 14,270 voters registered this year, a considerable Incrcnso over hist year. This Increase Is due to tho very heavy registration of women, who hnvo more than offset tho loss from men entering enter-ing tho army. In a statement from the United States public health service, 2000 cases of Influcuzn were reported at Hillings, Mont. Tho federal authorities attribute at-tribute tho spreud of tho disease In Hillings largely to tho fulluro to closo tho schools. Fur removed from tho lighting fronts, hut eager to play their part in defeating despotism, thousands of Oregon Ore-gon shipbuilders, broad-shouldered giants, nro working day and night turning out wooden nnd steel ships to curry men und suppllos to ports of debarkation. The wnr Industries board has announced an-nounced to representatives of tin inland in-land empire lumbering Interests that It docs not Intend to close down their mills, but regards tho miinhfuctura of applo boxes and other food containers, con-tainers, railroad ties nnd mine timbers is essential. llepreseiilntlves of tho railroads, the state railway commission, the livestock commission und others Interested met ut Helena lust week to discuss steps toward asking reduction of railway rates on llvostock shipments luto Montana Mon-tana next spring and also between th various districts of tho state. Orders for $15,000,000 worth of caterpillar cat-erpillar tractors may coma to machinery ma-chinery manufacturers of Utah, Colorado, Colo-rado, Wyoming und New Mexico us n result of efforts now being put forth by officers of tho resources nnd conversion con-version committee of tho war Industries Indus-tries board for tho now Twcnty-llrst district. Press dispatches from thu east stilting stilt-ing tU.-it arrangements had been madu bettveen thu United States bureau of markets, tho food administration und tho puckers to maintain a uniform prlco of $17.50 for choice fut hogs during November Is encouraging news to tho fanners nnd stockralsera In the Intcrmountiilu country. William Prlco Appleby, the Inst one of tho pony express riders, who Ir. tho long ngo rode thu trail between San Francisco, Suit Laku and St. Joseph, died nt tho homo of his daughter daugh-ter in Snlt Luke, October 25. He wns 80 years old and probably tho next oldest inhabitant of Salt Luko In point of yeurs of residence. Joseph A. Thatcher, chairman of the board of directors of tho Denver National Na-tional bunk, and widely known I; western banking circles, died at hit, homo In Denver, October 25, aged 80 years. Ono of Denver's finest memorials, memor-ials, tho Trntch fountain In City park, was u gift from tho bank to tho city. It wns dedlcuted lust month. There will bu no Increase In the monthly allotment of sugur, even though hugo quantities nro stored In tho warehouses of local sugar com. panics, nccordlng to Food Administrator Administra-tor of Utah Armstrong. Limited transportation trans-portation facilities mndo it Impossible nt tho present tlmo.to move tho western west-ern sugur, says Mr. Armstrong. Furmors throughout Utnh nnd Idaho aro now engaged In harvesting tho largest sugnr beet crop ever known In tho west, nnd uro using nil avail-ablu avail-ablu labor In digging and topping tho beets, which nro expected to yield n 'largo part of tho sugar that will supply sup-ply all slates west of tho Duffnlo-Plttsburgh Duffnlo-Plttsburgh lino from now until next April. Under orders to report for duty, without delay, tho Hon. Sydnoy Sun-ner, Sun-ner, assoclato Justice of thu Montana supremo court, who recently accept- ' cd cn uppolntment as major judge advocate, ad-vocate, United States army, formully ' tendered his resignation to Governor Stewart la&t week. A hotel building at Kn'lspell, Mont., has been recurcd as a detention hospital hos-pital for Influenza cases, througn tho efforts of the local health authorities and tho Ited Cross society, which hnvo been working In conjunction on the matter. |
