The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1909-07-30
NoRTHW EST NOTES

s0NdiAg HUI -
Mrs. A.. P. Dorance, the wife OF a
prominent Helena coal merchant, was
shot and killed by a burglar at Hot
Springs hotel
Miss ina Patterson, a school
teacher, is dead at Harlem, Mont,
from an overdose Of poison which she
was using as flesh reducer. She was
% years Of age.
Laverne Sovereign, a 15-year-old
boy was instantly killed by lightning
about ten miles from Great Falls,
Mont, while he and his brother, aged
II, were driving into town.
The Butte Ministerial association
has passed resolutions calling upon
the sheriff and the county attorney to
stop the proposed prize fight, July %.
between Jack Tippets and Tony Ca.
poni.
A man has been arrested at Dillon,
Mont, who is believed to be Billy
Westbrook, wanted in Billings for
horse stealing, and for whom the Of
fcers have been searching for some
time.
Crazed with liquor, Fred S. Brown
ing shot his wife and attempted sui,
| eide at their home in Spokane. The
woman is dead. The man is in the
hospital and is believed to be fatally
! injured.
P. j. Patton Of Merrill. Mont, has
| just completed negotiations with Col
onel Thomas Cruise for the purchase
/ of $4,000 head Of spring lambs. This
| is the largest sheep deal made in the
state this year.
The third annual carnival in con-
memoratiOn of the pilgrimage oil
Lewis and Clark from Montana into
idaho more than century ago by way
of what is now Helena was celebrated
In Helena last week.
While in the act of eating, A. c.
Spalding, a well known horsebuyel
from St. Louis, member of the firm
of Spalding & Yates, expired sud
denly in cafe at Miles City, Mont
Death was due to an affiiction of tbs
heart.
Two men were drowned in the Bi!
Horn river near Billings, Mont. The,
were laborers at Grow agency, AM
with three companions were swim
ming in the river when they wer
caught in the swift current and cal
ried down.
Fifty thousand able-bodied men ar
wanted in the harvest fields Of tn
west to take care of the bounteou
, crops. Farmers are literally begin
: for help, according to officials OF tn
department of commerce and labor q
Washington.
Out of $4,000 sheep that are mo-
, ing into the Humboldt, Nevada, nj
tional forest reserve only three herd
! ! were found to be afflicted with sea,
according to DR.. v. w Knowles, TO
mer inspector for the United Statt
= bureau of animal industry.
t During a sham battle IN the Alask
!, Yukon-Pacific stadium, between II
}, members of the Improved Order
q Red Men and an equal number
d state militiamen, Joseph Morhinwt
/ Of Everett, Wash, one of the RI
N46Hs was SlOl anu hlLlCu-
The state railroad commission a
nounces that it has been successful
|. securing a S3.5 rate on coal from Be;
e Greek, Mont, to Spokane. Both Il
S Northern Pacific Yellowstone pa
, lines have assented to the rate, whiC
is a reduction of 40 cents.
With the present mayor, W.
Spudgeon, Republican, aided by Il
u Local Option league, as his opponer
u Henry Avery, Democrat, was last wet
e elected mayor of Colorado Springs u
l. der the charter form of goyernme
" by majority OF about 1,400 votes.
:, A bronze bust of James J. Hill h
Is been completed in Brooklyn and W
n be shipped at once to the Seattle E
G position, where it will be unveiled I
1, August 3, Minnesota day. The bust
e said to be the largest of its kind
the world, weighing LOO pounds.
1t is announced that Prince a
Princess Kuninomiya and Prince a
e Princess Nashimoto, all of Japane
~ royal blood, who are travelling
e Europe, will visit the Alaska-YukC
% Pacific exposition on their way hon
:, The crown prince will attend the fl
- later.
l. Two hundred Masons, represent
ID all parts of the state, participated
to July 20 in the dedication of the n
in sonic temple, jrst completed in lie
er iston, Mont, at cost of $4,000. Ora
lie Master C. B. Nolan of Helena eondu
II ed the grand lodge service of dedit
~ ton.
Upward of 500 head of sheep, viii
were being driven to summer past
&C age on the Helena national fore
r. were poisoned by loco southwest
10 Helena and died. Rain on the p
N vious day is supposed to have Civ
sv the poison weed an abnormal grow
IN over night.
is Mrs. Howard w. Cherry, wife of
a. editor OF the Lovelock tNevadaj
81 view, committed suicide by drink
a. carbolic acid. II is said that she "
- Respondent over the fact that n
y ried sister. living there, opposed
recent marriage and forbid her acct
to her home.
" On August 2 the new Western
cific railroad will be opened for &C
~ mercial purposes to Elko, New,
%. lance of about ESQ miles west of
4. Lake City. For several months past
hos hasY, oman &C far as Shaffar M