The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-10-13
NORTHWEST NOTES

~ recovering from an operation Ior
appendicitis.
In Montana the past year the copper
closed until they could be put in shape
to comply with the law, while two
restaurants came under the ban, az
well as a roomfng house.
The Union Pacific's so-caIied bull
pen at Cheyenne has been placed in
condition for taking care of strike
breakers and some local men who de.
sired to work have been placed within
its protecting walls.
A bandit clad in a black suit and
with his face bIackened, while hold
ing up saloon, shot and instantly
killed Owen Perry, a well known
prospector on Pine creek, a few miles
above Kellogg. Idaho.
For an alleged share in the wreck.
ing of the State Bank of Commerce
Of Wallace, Idaho, and upon a bench
warrant following secret indictment
By the grand jury at that place, Edgar
s. Wyman, former cashier of the
bank, has been arrested at Portland.
The immense modern mill of the
Northwestern Lumber company, sit
aated a mile north of Kalispell, Mont,
has been completely destroyed by FIRE,
together with the planning mill adiofn-
ing. The fire started in the engine
room. The damage is estimated at
100000.
James J. Hill drove a gold spike
on Thursday to mark the formal com
pletion Of the Oregon Trunk Line
railroad to Bend, Ore. In time, he
said, the line probably will be ex-
tended to join the Pacific & Eastern.
the western terminal of which is
Medford, Ore.
J. s. FIagg, a wealthy rancher and
pioneer of northwest Washington, at
ter adjusting his business affairs,
making his will and writing to rela-
ttves in Colorado and the east, com
pleted his business in Bellingham,
Wash, <gent home and sent bullet
through his head.
Within the next year or two at
least 10000 acres of the finest fruit
and farming land will be put under
cultivation within the immediate
vicinity of Ontario, Oregon. This will
be accomplished by the means OF three
pumping plants, covering land that is
above any of the high line canals.
Taylor Gordon, alleged to be tIe
fourth member of a band of white
slayers that has been operating ex-
tensively in Utah and other states Of
the northwest, was arrested at Butte
last week upon instructions from
James H. Anderson, United States
marshal Of Utah.
Driven from the great divide by
hunger, two huge mountain lions en-
tered the summer colony behind Co
lumbia gardens, pleasure resort
near Butte. and the colonists are
hastily moving to Butte. The hills
are known to hold lions the year
around, but this is the first time they
| have ventured into the outskirts
A freak in the form Of a mule colt
foaIed by a mare mule was on exhi-
bition at the recent county fair at
Twin Bridges, Mont 1t is the prop
erty of Carl Lewis, a rancher, and
J is several weeks old.
Charles Walker, a trusty at the
Washington state penitentiary, has
escaped. This is the third prisoner
| to escape from the institution in the
past few weeks, one of them, Mike
DonneIly, having been recaptured.
Patrick Rooney, a miner. aged %,
| proposed visiting his home in Pitts
burg and attempted to beat his way
out of Butte on an eastbound pas
senger train. he missed his footing
and fell under the wheels. which cut
his body completely in two.
kid" Godfrey, the heavyweight
prize fighter of Pueblo and a friend
of Jim Flynn. is reported dying at
| Swink, Colo, from ruptured brain
artery caused by a blow on the Jaw
| delivered by Charles Lucha OF
! Aguilar during boxing contest.
General Irving Hale, who command
ed the First Colorado infantry in the
| Spanish-Amertcan war and who was
made brigadier general of volunteers
/ by President Mckinley for gallant
and distinguished services" has been
| stricken with apOPlsxy at Denver.
! The success OF the boring for artes-
| ian water at ElkO. Nevada, by the
! Western Pacific. may result in the re
! clamation of a large area of sage
| brush land, as no doubt wells will be
| sunk all over that sertiun and tna
| water used for irrigation purposes. /
George Kuyalis, aged %. a powder
man employed by the Nevada Consoli.
dated at Copper Flat, New, was in.
stantly kIIled by the premature ex-
plosion of "dobie" shot. His head
and one arm were separate from his
body by the force Of the explosion.
The supervisor of the Nevada for
est reserve will put a couple of men