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Show INLAND NORTHWEST I Theo. Fouras, a Greek, was shot : by Joseph Allen, following a quarrel ! over a gambling game in a pool hall I at M:sson, Nevada. Approximately iP.OOO cases of lech-nical lech-nical violations of the selective service law have been discovered by federal investigators at Oiyn.piu, Wasii. To commemorate soldiers and sailors sail-ors of Cowley. Wyo.j who enlisted in tlie great world war, residents are planning tlie erection of a gymnasium building. Tlie little town of Avon. Mont., and the .surrounding country is experiencing experienc-ing a severe epidemic of influenza. At least 75 cases are reported and many families have several ill. Even should President Wilson abrogate abro-gate his proclamation providing "for nation-wide prohibition July 1, 1010, Wyoming goes dry tlie night of Juno 30 this year, by legislative enactment. James Witliycombe, governor of Oregon, Ore-gon, died at his home in Salem, March '3. lie had been ill for many months, but had been able to transact official business until a week before his death. He was G5 years old. The total of bills introduced in the Nevada legislature on March 4 was '-'MS in tlie assembly and 101 in the senate. This compares with the 1017 record of 273 bills in the lower liouse and 1SS in the upper. Seventy dollars in fines, the sntMlest amount on record in the city of Anaconda, Ana-conda, was collected during the month of February by the police magistrate. The passing of the saloon is the reason given for the lack of crime. After 10 years of experiments the state of Idaho has given up the direct primary system of nominations and returned to the convention plan. Governor Gov-ernor Davis has signed the amended new election law, which repeals the direct primary. Walkerville, Montana, wants to be a city by itself, recalling that it is an older village than Butte. Last week at a meeting of the city council tlie aldermen voted unanimously to oppose any consolidation plan that might be advanced in tlie future. By a strict party vote of 33 to 20, the lower house of the Colorado state legislature tabled a resolution endorsing endors-ing the league of nations plan nnd eulogizing President Wilson for his work in securing the adoption of the plan by the peace conference. It is practically conceded that none of the evidence taken in the contest proceedings brought against nine Democratic Dem-ocratic Silver Bow representatives by defeated Republicans is of a nature which will authorize the Montana legislature to take any action. A button to be worn on the coat lapel, indicating that the owner is in possession of a hunting and fishing license will be issued by the state of Montann this year if the governor approves a measure which has passed both houses of the legislature. Casualty reports said to be 95 per cent complete with reference to the Ninety-first division, received from Maj. Gen. March, show that 700 Utah soldiers are included in the lists of killed in action, died of wounds, missing miss-ing in action or taken prisoners. , The Nevada Stock Men's association, associa-tion, which will have a membership of about 350, representing $00,000,000 worth of livestock, was organized at a meeting held at Reno. It was attended at-tended by sixty of the most prominent cattle and sheep men in the state. The Sheridan County Farm Loan association has been perfected at Itan-ehester, Itan-ehester, Mont, by 10 farmers and ranchers. Arrangements were immediately immedi-ately made for an appraisement of lands of all those filing applications for government loans and an appraiser is now on the ground. After being closed down for six weeks Jjecuuse of frozen ground, work was again commenced March 1 on the property of the Nevada Sulphur company com-pany at Sulphur, Nevada. Because of the nature of the sulphur mine it is necessary to stop operation practically every year during the extremely cold weather. The Nevada legislature opened the door for tlie Deiiipsey-Willard fight, ou March G when the senate passed over the governor's veto an amendment amend-ment to the present boxing law. The amendment permits bouts of twenty-five twenty-five rounds' duration and provides that they may be "for a wager or reward." Sugarbeet growers, representing 10,-000 10,-000 acres planted to beets last year in the Grand Junction, Colo., section, have, served notice on the Western Sugar company that unless a flat $10 a ton rate was paid for beets they would plant their entire acreage to wheat, the price of which is guaranteed by the government. With a world's record in the production produc-tion of high-priced lambs, to their credit, tlie flockmasters of tlie inter-mountain inter-mountain country are making an extra effort to maintain the record and not allow it to slip away from them and go to some other section of the country. Montana grain dealers are alleged to have employed unscrupulous methods in attempts to exact exorbitant profits. Secret understandings, "gentlemen's agreements" and monopolies are alleged alleg-ed 1'aclors instrumental in maintaining the high cost of living. The recent Wyoming legislature established a record for volume of legislation leg-islation enacted and magnitude of governmental gov-ernmental expenditures authorized. Approximately 175 lulls, memorials and resolutions were enai-ted--f;() of them by the senate and the rema'nder bv the house. |