The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-11-25
NORTHWEST NOTES

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IA Cuthank brought sts.73a. while g..
SIT acrea realized sss.2s2, making a
aotal Of ss7.0sf
Governor ShafFrosh OF Colorado has
appointed committee to revise the
state maning Iaws. aa provided Ia a
{ blu passed az the last regular see
alon of the legislature.
IN. Piesro DO I.ncgs Of san Francis.
ca, jumped In front of freight en-
sine Nc the Union depot In Reno. No
vasa ana was fatally injured, dying
sn twenty minutes. lie had been act.
fnx quaeriy day
Not having Sufficient feed to iast
their ahaep through che winter. many
Montana ranchArs ara selling THAR
stock TO ganchmen IN Alberta and sas-
kaGchawan. Last monsh $4,000 sheep
wore shipped ever tho border through
Ccnfss. Alberta.
The population OF Great Falls.
Mont. is 1865, decrease of asz com.
pared with 1880 In 1909. Director
Durand. II 4 statement said the Great
KAila returns az originally received.
showed total 81 7s,s24, Or s,s76 more
than tta correct count.
Tho I'D on gambling came down With
slam ia Miles City, Mont. on Thurs
day night. when squad Of police. act
ang under orders % the mayor, ralded
q number OF saloons where gambling
WINS beloved To be In progreAs, sixteen
men bulng caught in tho dragnes
James Carr Thompson, on trial az
Dillon. Mont. was convicted Of man
slaughter. Thompson killed Fred
Heagy Id jackson last April BY atrik
eng him over the head with club
whom he was frantic with anger over
EieAgy playing q practical Joke on
him.
1t IL estimated that the wool clip
cr Montana this season aggregated
Sd 500 900 pounda. This war $500.
900 pounds less than tho clip I'M
1901. The average price tbs year
was 1914 cents pound. q decrease
Of 2A cents from last years quota
tons.
Henry Spurisr, an old.tlme minor on
Wise river, In Montana. had q pfemon'
ilion that he was about to die, refused
20 receive medical attention when he
injured his hand ABOUT ton days ago
and blood poisoning developed The
pain become so great that spurier sui.
cidod by shooting.
The Inquest on the Deiagua Coal
Mine disaster in Colorado probably
viii be bold AZ the same time as that
on the siarkyilie disaster. which oc.
cured October s. and the SOPHIE dis.
aster. III which two we're killed, ten
days ago. These iuduests probably
viii DO held next week,
G. III sproat OF Hood River, Ore.
In the winner OF tho grand sweep,
stakes prize Of the third national apple
show At Spokane, The winning ex.
hIbit. carload OF spitzenburgs. IL CIV
en- rating a. 9973 BY the judges. The
sweepstakes prize consists Of $1,000
ia cash and gold medal banner.
Three boys, none over the ago OF
IL. we're locked IN q freight car az
salt Lake CITY. not being released
until IS hours later. when the train
hAd reached Sparks. Nevada. The
boys we're nearly famiafed for food
and drink. and have decided that tho
life of tramp Is not as fascinating
as they had imagined
The government has decided 20 use
d camera man as chief aid In its war
on the poatoffice nmasheF" IN Denver.
A clever snapshot man viii be ems
ployed to get photographs Of habituai
hangers.on, both male and female, who
make the pnatoffice their rendezvous
and interfere with those who actually
have business there,
A peculiar and hitherto unknown
disease has attacked the iiaeks Of
Samuel staples. one Of the largest
sheep growers OF Colorado, with head
quarters al Melrnse. poAtmortem
examination 81 one Of the victims re,
vealed quantity Of water between
tho hide and the flesh OF the sheep
and about ave gallons Of water was
found inside the body,
Mss. Ruby Mcdowell. an estimable
young woman of Milestone. Mont, has
been adtudged insane Mrs, mellow.
eIl's lnirmity Ia the direct result 81
worry over heavy losses sustained by
her ia the forest fires Of last summer
Because be followed the old mine
boss maxim 10 BIG the FIRST man n
ard tho last man out. IN case OF &C
cidenta, the body Of Superintendent
William Lewis probably Will be this
Hast recovered from the Delagua, Colo,
mine
AZ the closing session Of the annual
meeting OF the state association a
Helena. II was voted to establish i
Congressional college In Montana, and
a committee was appointed TO secure
site. The college win probably b.
located al either Great Falls or Bil
Iings
Retrenchmsnt Is the order Of th'
city government at Anaconda. Mont.
Salary reductions in the offices OF th'
city treasurer. city attorney and eitl
clerk have been ordered. and the 20
lice force and IRE department reduces
10 nre men each.
Henry Edgar. the man who panne'
the hrst gold from Alder Gulch, from
which sl5e 900. 900 Of the yellow meta
was taken out. aIed November IL Il
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