The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-04-29
NORTHWEST NOTES


cent dividend to depositors of the
failed Searchlight, Nevada, bank.
A strong flow Of artesian water has
been encountered in the north end
of Smith valley, Nevada. This means
much to settlers
Falling backward from a chair in
which he. was fitting, D. o. Kirk, of
Lovelock, Nevada, sustained spinal In.
juries from which he died in few
hours.
Mrs. Francis Stain, laundress in
the Wingfield home at Reno, Nevada,
was seriously burned about the head
and shoulders when a jar of gaso-
| line which had been left too near
| stove exploded.
The project of building in Reno,
| Nevada. plant to manufacture Steel
| tie safety powder, the new explosive
which is attracting not little atten-
ton in mining regions, has been I'M
dertaken by the Reno Commercial
club.
| About to attach Tex Richards au
| tomobile on a judgement secured by
wholesale liquor company, at Reno
for $4,000, the sheriff received a tele.
gram stating that Richard had called
on the concern in San Francisco and
paid the amount due.
The dairy barns of Alter & Swain
near Reno, Nevada, were destroyed
by fire along with three valuable
horses. Boys are believed respon-
sible. On the way to the fire an I'M
known man was struck by hose
cart and possibly fatally injured.
Appointment is announced of G..
w. Cowing, of Carson, to fill the va
cancy on the Nevada state banking
board made by the resignation of for,
mer Governor Adams and of A. B.
Witcher to be bank examiner. Witch
eds successor has not been named.
Andrew KIaich, who is wanted in
the Austrian quarter at McGi1l, Neva'
da, for the murder of Mike Dukovich
on January 20 was found in the Ely
hospital a few days ago, where he
has been for ten weeks, suffering with
frozen feet. He will be arraigned on
a charge of murder at the next ses
sion OF court.
When the revenue cutter Tahoma
sails for Bering seas she will carry
an expedition organized by New York
and Portland newspapers to climb
Mount Mckinley. The party is com
posed of c. e. Rusk of Chelan, Wash.
Rangers Ridley and Cool, and Photo
graper Kyser.
Delegates to the Grand Army en-
campment of California and Nevada
held at Oakland, unanimously adopted
the resolution of the committee OF
resolutions that the statue of the Con
federate general, Robert E. Lee, b.
not allowed position in the space al
lotted to the state of Virginia in tn
Hall of Fame at Washington.
Hard on the heels of the announce
ment made that "drys" of Denver hat
secured Richmond Pearson Hobson
BILLY" Sunday, Gypsy" Smith, Gov
ernor Stubs of Kansas and forme
Governor Hanley of Indiana to aid il
the local option fight to be settled a
the May election, announcement wa
made that the wet campaign will
be in charge of Nathan A. Cole 0
Chicago, who has just finished a tigh
against prohibition in Illinois.
Declaring that the rights of thesr
girls under the constitution of thu
United States have been outraged,
Judge Harry Riddle of the West Sid,
district court, Denver, issued writ o
habeas corpus in the case of Evi
Marie Smith, aged Is, and Ethel Maui
Smith, aged IA, who were COMMITTEES
to the House of the Good Shephert
by Judge Ben R. Lindsey six month
ago.
The month of March takes the pain
for amount of business done at tn
Helena land office, there being II
original homestead entries, "a land en-
tries, two timber and stone entries
and eight isolated tract sales.
The town of Poison, recently create
on the Flathead Indian reservation i
Montana, cannot have mayor 0
councilman. as the law says that il
order to be eligible for the office o
mayor or councilman of city or town
the elector must have resided within
the city or town for at least one yeaI
The town is not yet year old.
The virtues of the famous Orego
apple were discussed at the nationa
capital Saturday night by John Ban
rett, director of the Bureau of Amer
can Republics at the meeting of tn
Oregon society of Washington. MI
Barrett prepared a careful address
and said that one sure way to get ric
was to go to Oregon and raise apples
Alleging that E. E. Keller of Mad
son county, had unwarrantedly GU
, timber from lands belonging to tn
plaintiff, the Northern Pacific Railwa
company has begun suit in the distric
, court at Helena to recover $500 an
$4O0 costs.
Sitting erect in a chair with hi
spectacles on and with a newspape
lying on his knees, Matt Rudolph
. aged IS, and a pioneer Jefferso
county prospector, was found dead
his cabin near Montana City, Mon
. 1t is believed that he died Of heal
failure while reading the newspaper.
With his throat cut George Was