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Show INLAND NORTHWEST Life insurance beneficiaries Iu Nevada Ne-vada received a total of .V-Mi.OOO in l'JIO, according to dala recently compiled. com-piled. The census report shows Pershing county, Nov., to have "SOU inluJulants, the principal town, Lovelocks, being credited witli 1101 inhabilams. George Heard was shut and fatally wounded at Butte, Mike liaich being charged with the shooting. liaich is in jail and will face a murder charge. The teacher shortage situation in Nevada has reduced itself to twenty-five twenty-five vacancies in rural schools that to date are still closed for lack of instnic-Uirs. instnic-Uirs. John I'.illeit, aged 100, was instantly instant-ly killed at Lamoille, -Nov., when the auto in which lie was riding overturned. over-turned. His skull was crushed by the rear wdicel. Funnel's of the Valier project in .Montana, threshing one and one-half million bushels of grain, have filled two elevators in Valier and others are being filled rapidly. The railroad machine sliop workers at Sparks. Nov., have been placed on an 8-hour day basis, the shortening of the hours making a big difference in the pay of the workers. Laramie county, Wyo., has a present pres-ent population of 0,G!9, against 20,-1J7 20,-1J7 ten years ago, a loss of '20.S per cent. The bull; of the county's population pop-ulation is found in Cheyenne. The first two carloads of white beans of the 1020 harvest in the Midland Mid-land empire will be shipped from Billings, Bill-ings, Mont., this week. The price paid is said to be 8 cents a pound. Railroad men at Sparks, Nov., raised a purse of $250, whi'di they presented to little Iiernice Alexandre, who suffered suf-fered severe injuries as the result of an accident during a horse race on Labor La-bor day. During a sheriff's sale on a ranch near Hailey, Ida., last week eleven head of horses sold at $5 each. They were good, ordinary work horses and the low price they brought was something some-thing of a surprise. The possibility that checks aggregating aggregat-ing the sum of $S3,500 sent from Washington Wash-ington to the Nevada highway department depart-ment have been lost or destroyed en route is causing Nevada state officials considerable concern. The American Legion members at Carson City, Nov., have purchased a piano and installed it in Armory hall, where it may be used at dances given by all organizations of the city and at general public gatherings. Plans for cutting the price of gasoline gaso-line and the establishment of a national na-tional exchange for oil stocks were discussed dis-cussed by delegates to the twelfth annual an-nual convention of the Independent Oil Men's association, held at Denver last week. Slow erosion of the shores in a river "wash" near Winnett, Mont., recently uncovered what is believed to be the remains of a dinosaur. The discovery consists of vertebrae and it is hoped other parts of the prehistoric animal will be found. A reward of .$1000 has been offered by tile governor of Nevada for the capture of person who made a brutal attack upon Mrs. Edward Morgan, at her home near Fallon. Mrs. Morgan fought off her assailant, whom she failed to recognize. The federal trade commission case against the Utah-Idaho Sugar company, com-pany, the Amalgamated Sugar company. com-pany. Ernest K. Woolley. A. P. Cooper and E. F. Cullen has been reopened at M.'iiford. Ore., for the presentation of evidence by the defense. James (J. Holmes, a switchman, was killed at Laurel. Mont., when three freight cars passed over him. severing one leg and both arms. He had just uncoupled a car and attempted to cross the track, and it is presumed that his foot caught in the tracks. Some of the progressive citizens of Carson City, New, are raising a fund with which to promote the development develop-ment of that city, and are asking all citizens to donate the equivalent of an hour's pay once a month, all the year round. It is thus expected to raise a goodly sum. Labor conditions at Butte are very serious at present, it is reported. It is claimed that 15,000 people have left Butte in the last two months and that a great majority of the white mine laborers la-borers have departed, leaving the mines short-handed and unable to operate op-erate all shifts. Teachers' institutes for Nevada will be held in two sections this year, during dur-ing the week beginning December 20. Teachers of the northern part of the state will meet in Reno, while those of the southern part will assemble either at Goldfield or Tonopah. whichever which-ever is later designated. The proposed strike of the 3000 miners min-ers employed by the day in the coal mines of the state of Washington has been postponed until a referendum vote can be taken by the local unions. Two Montana sheriffs have been haled before Judge Bourquin's conn in Great Falls on charges of contempt con-tempt in the matter of liberties allowed al-lowed federal prisoners committed to their keeping. Although his oil well failed to produce pro-duce any oil, Henry Huihert of Brush Creek. Mont., nevertheless expects his well to make him rich. He bases this expectation on the fact that the drillers drill-ers encountered a powerful flow of water wa-ter that spouts S000 barrels daily. He will ii rigare 320 acres of land with the water. |