The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-08-11
NORTHWEST NOrFS

flower and lettuce. eaul-
A thirty-nine-year cold weatho
ord for August 3 was broken a, ,eC
yer on Thursday, when the go.a sn'
ment weather bureau thermon,e.
registered a minimum of fortvaissl
degree ssut
It Is said that gambling "a o,,.u.
in the Nevada state penitentj.rv
Carson City, and 1t is looked pnon =
a veritable necessity by the prison - -
thorities. "~
Charles H. Meyer was ra.e,o0,,
president of the Western Fedaro,,.1
of Miners by vote of POT to On !,
the session of the convention at pr.s
on Thursday.
The supreme court of Nevada =.
denied the petition for a rehearino 4
thee ase of Patrick Casey, sentenced ).
death for murder. Casey il accnsas,
of having murdered Mrs. W, K HI
lop of Goldfeld.
Several persons were injured, somo
of them perhaps fatally, when a bor.o
became unmanageable in the carnjvo1
parade at Colorado Springs ana
plunged through crowd of hundred.
of spectators.
During the session of the grand
council of Red Men, held at Lewis,
ton, Mont, the delegates were taken
for nautomobile trip through the ca.
ebrated JUDITH basin. Tue convention
was most successful one.
A Louisiana negro, Frank Robinson
at Billings, Mont, created a panic in
the tenderloin and alter chasing the
girls from their houses and badly cut.
ting white girl, was shot by an Of,
ticer and died a few minutes later
Alfred Muller, one of the most prom
inent Hebrews of the United States
died at Denver, August list, from heart
disease. Mr.. Muller was born at
Frarkfort-on-the-M Main, Germany, in
1862, and was a national figure in phil
anthropic and charitable work.
The people of Sheridan, Wyo., last
week voted to adopt a new commits.
sion form of government, by a vote OF
501 to 4S1, sufficient to pass the prop.
osition with majority OF twenty. Sa,
loon men and business men generally
fought against adoption, while labor
unions and women voted yes"
1t is believed that the bandit who
was killed in the attempt to rob the
First National bank at Harlem, Mont,
was one of the train robbers who tried
10 hold up the Northern Pacific at
Fargo two weeks previous, and was
wounded. There was a gunshot wound
on the shoulder of the dead robber
Madison county last month was the
banner gold-producing county Of Mon.
tana, according to the monthly report
from the United States assay Office
at Helena. A total OF s1S0,497.S8 was
received, of which Madison county
yielded $65,537.70. Chouteau county
was second and Fergus county third.
Timothy J. Morley, who recently
shot his brother in McGill and was
later adjudged insane and taken to
the state asylum at Reno, Nevada, has
escaped from that institution. He
managed to pry a grating loose and
get through, after which he scaled the
walls and has not been heard of since.
Come up to the shop and see me
commit suicide" said John Jesse,
blacksmith of Wheatland, Wyo. to his
friend, Eugene Saum. "Tll go you"
answered Saum, thinking it all jest
Reaching the shop, Jesse drank guam
tity of chloroform and fell at Saum's
feet. being dead before doctor could
be summoned.
This comes from Greeley, Colo:
That Greeley spuds are valuable was
shown when a man called for a glass
of beer and having drunk 1t called
for another. Then he placed a good
sized potato on the counter for pay
ment. The barkeeper looked at the
spud and then gave the man nVe
cents change and placed the potato
in the cash box.
While attempt to board moving
fast fruit train in the Western Paclhc
yards, at Winnemucca, Pat Comm
/ fell under the wheels and had botA DIS
legs badly mangled.
Mrs. Anette Lauzier was seriously
injured near Frenchtown, MonCr
when a buggy in which she was riu
ing was overturned.
Work will shortly be started NpCn
the construction of a $4,000 Masonic
Temple, which will be erected upOn
the main thoroughfare at Ihfee
Forks. Mont.
Esther Downey, II years DID, "hO
disappeared from her home in Foft
land, Ore, six months ago, has OeeH
found by the police in San fran
cisco hotel. The girl told OF na''ns
been lured from her home by a prom
Use that she would be given pO't
ton as an actress.
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