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Show INLAND NORTHWEST As the result of a premature explosion, ex-plosion, Dan Miller and Carl Fryk-duhl, Fryk-duhl, miners, were killed at Butte. Jumping from an auto truck, John MeMauus, aged 8, ran in front of a street car at Butte aiKl was instantly killed. At last report Montana banks v.-re carrying a total of $110,924,117.40 In demand deposits and $72.rS.i,50ti.U7 in time deposits. Over one hundred students at the University of Nevada, at Bono, earn part of their own expenses while attending at-tending college. More than four million acres of Montana land were treated with poison pois-on bait in the campaign against gophers in 1919. Two Mexicans charged with robbing a store at Lovelock were captured at Imlay, Nevada, and a portion of the stolen goods recovered. It is reported that there are 23 cases of smallpox in the Moapa valley, Nevada. However, all the cases reported re-ported are mild in form. John Rolich, 42, was shot and killed by Frank Eltz, 4(i, at Butte. The shooting is said to be the result of an argument between the two men. Ail labor troubles at Tonopah came to an end when both miners and operators oper-ators unanimously voted to accept the proposed wage agreement providing a raise of 50 cents a day for the men. Fred Baldwin of McGill, Nev., was the victim of a distressing accident that resulted in the loss of his left eye, as well as other bodily injuries, being accidentlly shot while hunting. Official figures show that Fergus county, Montana, lost 61 men, all told, during the war. Of these 18 were from Lewistown. The town of Win-nett Win-nett lost five men, while Winifred lost four. It Is reported that Rileyville, located locat-ed about sixteen miles southwest of Unionville, Nevada, has taken u new lease cn life, due to the increasing price of silver. The camp has been a good producer in time past. The railroad shops at Sparks, Nev., have gone on a nine-hour schedule. The employes are working on a basic eight hour day under the National agreement and will receive time and a half for the extra hour worked on the daily shift. Alleging that on Dec. 29, 1919, while he was traveling on the public highway, high-way, he was set upon, struck, knocked down and beaten, M. Balllnger has filed suit at Kalispell, Mont., to recover re-cover damages from Edward Beebe in the sum of $2,500. The gamblers of Elko, Nevada, have refused to be bound by the recent order of the board of supervisors taxing tax-ing each game played in the town the sum of $100 per month, and are going go-ing to take the matter before the people peo-ple on a referendum vote. A pastor at Elko, Nevada, has resorted re-sorted to the moving picture as a means of bringing people to his church on Sunday evening. Recently the clergyman secured the first "two reels ;of the life of Abraham Lincoln and showed them during his services. Fay Kennedy died at Gold Circle, Nevada, as the result of drinking hair tonic. It is not known whether she drank the stuff with suicidal intent or by mistake, in ignorance of its poisonous poison-ous character. She was in terrible agony for hours before death ended her sufferings. After having lain idle since its construction con-struction more than 10 years ago at v. fjnrt rum ,,,-,t Cifto 000, the old Alkali basin reservoir of the Teton Co-operative Reservoir company, com-pany, three miles west of Bynum, Mont., is to be taken over by the Bynum By-num irrigation district. Athur F. Olson, aged 30, is under arrest at Salt Lake on suspicion that he is the man who committed the daring dar-ing single-hnnd holdup and robbery of a mail car on a Union Pacific train near Omaha, January 30, when thousands thous-ands of dollars In currency Was stolen from the registered mail. Twenty thousand dollars is asked in a damage action filed at Missoula, Mont., by Delore Martin Huotte against Ernest Thelin. Mr. Huotte alleges that his wife's affections have been alienated by the defendant and that $20,000 is about what he should have to permit him to play even. Governor Stewart of Montana, being asked if he was a candidate for the vice presidential nomination on the Democratic ticket, said he was not actively after the honor, but if the conditions at the San Francisco convention con-vention called for the miming of a western mini for the position his name would probably go before the delegates. dele-gates. At a recent clothing demonstration conducted in Cassia county. Idaho, under un-der farm bureau auspices. 12 women made complete bats including frames and trimming, at costs of from $1 to $3 each. Reports of a high death rate among the horses of the Big Piney country In Wyoming have been received. The 'leath is said to he due to some disease, dis-ease, probably distemper. and not from starvation because of lack of forage. Declaring that the charge of disloyalty disloy-alty which was brought against him j during war time caused the loss i f his ! position and the imprisonment prior ; to his hearing oust him b's repiilat'oii. ! Charles Behnsk has i.roa-.iit sum in j the district court at Roundup. Micit. ' for S.-..97.".. j |