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Show ! INLAND NORTHWEST There has been loaned by the board of land commissioners to farmers of Montana an aggregate of $2,400,870 since -the inauguration 'of the system of making farm loans. All teachers in Nevada are entitled to their full salaries for periods when schools were closed because of sickness, sick-ness, according to an opinion handed to the superintendent of public instruction instruc-tion by Deputy Attorney General Robert Rob-ert Richards. Tiie body of Private Lloyd J. Snyder Sny-der of Fort Keough. whose home was at Cody, Wyo., was found under the ice in the Tongue river, near Miles City. Mout. A wire attached to the feet was tied to a tree on the bank. It was evidently a case of suicide. Strong protest against the action of government appraisers of Portland, Ore., in fixing the wool prices from this section at 0 to 20 per cent below tlie July, 1917, quotations was made by the Baker-Union Woolgrowers' association as-sociation at a meeting held at Baker January 14. Amendment of the corrupt practices act, put on the statute books several years ago by initiative, to eliminate campaign books provided for the nominating nom-inating and general elections, is contemplated con-templated in a bill Senator McCone of Dawson introduced in the Montana state senate. The deputy collector of internal revenue, rev-enue, who has been in Dillon, Mont., gathering data regarding lb- income tax, has compiled a list of 427 delinquents delin-quents or those who have not made returns in Beaverhead county who failed to make settlement or exemption exemp-tion in 1917. While driving a tank wagon, loaded with 125 bushels of wheat to Grass Range, Mont., from tlie Shaw ranch, driving four horses, Andrew Lawrence was dragged from his seat by a sudden plunge of the lead team, and fell so that a wheel passed over the center of his body, crushing ids life out. Musselshell county, Mont., will loan its credit to the extent of $10,000 to assist needy farmers to purchase seed grain this year. Last year $10,000 was authorized by special election and was loaned to farmers for Hits purpose, pur-pose, and about one-fourth of this amount has not been repaid as yet. Organization of a state constabulary was provided in a bill introduced at Olympia, Wash., by Representative J. T. Ledgerwood, Garfield, Democrat. According to tlie measure, veterans of the Spanish war and the war with Germany would be given preference in the appointment of officers and in recruiting. According to a report sent out by Adjutant General Weaver, Wyoming leads all other states in the Union pro. rata in the number of men in the service serv-ice of the United States army and navy. Twelve thousand stalwart sons of the great inland empire either enlisted en-listed or were inducted into the fighting fight-ing forces of democracy. . The attorney general of Nevada is said to have delivered an oral opinion that is easing the consciences of many Reno people who have their domiciles in apartment houses and hotels. The decision is to the effect that it is hot a violation of the prohibition act to keep a "private bottle" of booze in your room if you are residing in such places. The Nevada railroad commission in an opinion and order released last week declared that Postmaster General Gen-eral Burleson did not comply with the Nevada railroad commission law in ordering telephone companies in that state to make a charge for installation of new telephones nnd ordering all companies operating in Nevada to disregard dis-regard the postmaster general's orders in this respect. The first violation of the prohibition law at Ely, Nev. last week ocurred when Thomas Cook was charged with violation of the measure making the sale of liquor illegal, which became effective ef-fective throughout the state of Nevada on December 18. Salt Lake theatre and motion picture pic-ture house managers have decided to ask the co-operation of local theatregoers theatre-goers in protesting to congress against the adoption of tlie proposed law raising rais-ing tlie present theatre war tax from 10 to 20 per cent. There is no merit in the contention of tlie anti-prohibitionists of Montana that because the "dry" amendment to the federal government was ratified only, by the Montana legislature and not submitted to a referendum, the state's ratification is invalid, according to the informal opinion of the attorney, general. Charles W. Colby, GS, shot his wife in the head while she was sleeping in their ranch home near Ilillsboro, Ore., and then took his own life by shooting himself. Colby's wife was 33 years of age. Colby had been ill for several months. Frank and Anton Garsich, butchers of East Helena, pleaded guilty in the justice's court to selling as pure leaf lard, a product that contained beef fat, and were fined $25 each. A special officer for the specific task of enforcing the prohibition law and adequate legislation to make the enforcement en-forcement of the law In Montana bone dry will be urged upon the stale legislature legis-lature by the legislative committee of the anti-saloon league. Plans for a "job drive" throughout Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and other states for positions posi-tions for the men of the 91st division ore being made by Lawrence Wood. Seattle, federal director for Washington Washing-ton of the United States employment wyice. . |