The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-08-04
NORTHWEST NOTES

Springs. near Cody wyo.. for I n" !"
health. "''
One hundred and eighty.four naor,.
went into Yellowstone park on Tr,''
rs from the west entrance, Th,a
. record business Tor one day,
Three of the four men who escano,
from the county Jail at Deer Lodaa
Mont, July IA, were captured ,es,
week near Augusta by a deputy sb~a
LII. The prisoners were taken !.
Helena.
The Western Federation OF Nina,
in convention at Butte, voted thai !,
considered the suggestion of Preside.
Meyer in favor of ownership in min.
and shelters by labor organizationa
to be impracticable.
A discussion Of the adyisahi,itv :,
purchasing and leasing sheep-sbear,na
corrals in various parts of the conn
try occupied the greater part of tba
sessions of the sheep-shearers' oon
vention at Butte on the 25th.
The GOODNESS and bravery of NOV
ing picture film operator at a Depve,
theatre last week probably sayas
a panic and injury to many in the
audience of 500. The operator. E. q
Sutterfield, was seriously burned.
Greeley has its potato day, Fort Chi
Inns its strawberry festival, and Platte
vile, Colo, will inaugurate "pickle
day" "a Saturday, September q this
year. Platteville is the center Of tho
great pickle industry of the state
Out of 20 fields of wheat examined
by number of prominent farmers
near Fort Collins, Colo, it was est.
mated that they would average above
40 bushels per acre. Some it was es.
timated would go as high as 80 bush.
els.
The Denver Chamber of Commerce
has announced that it will demand a
reduction of from 10 to 80 per cent in
freight rates, based on the decision
made by the interstate commerce com.
mission in the Spokane and allied rate
cases.
The site for the Panama-Pacifc In.
ternational exposition of 1915 at San
Francisco has been decided upon by
the board of directors by com.
promise that places the exposition
both at Harbor View and in the Col
den Gate and Lincoln parks.
That the field of trade activities Of
all western commercial institutions
will be materially broadened as a re.
suit Of the interstate commerce com.
mission decision in the Salt Lake-spO.
kane-Reno rate cases is the unani.
nous verdict of Utah shippers.
Senator Borah of Idaho has intro.
nuced, bill which provides that no
person who has been a member Of
congress shall be eligible to appoint
ment to any position under the fed.
eral government within two years Of
the expiration of his term as one Of
the national lawmakers.
J. H. Wilson, foreman of section
crew at Rainier, Wash, has confessed
that he killed Archie 'Coble and his
wife on the night of July 10. Cobe
and his seventeen-year-old bride were
found dead in bed in their little home
at Rainier. Wilson declares he Was
mentally irresponsible on the night Of
the murder.
Charles B. Streib died at Butte
hospital Monday from the bullet wound
he received at Melrose wnen he was
shot down by two tramps whom ne
claims are J. A. Melton and Joe SUB
llvan, who are in the county jail az
Butte.
Fred Gaggioni, aged seventeen, died
Sunday morning at Butte, making the
second fatality to attend celebrauon
number of boys held with stolen
dynamite and caps week previous
Willie Gaggioni, a brother, was tnS
other victim.
John Sweeney and George SINFUL
who were shot by Policeman oCoR
nell in Butte when he caught tneM
in the act Of holding up saloon SUI
eumbed to their wounds Nothing
known of the identity of the men, th0
names they gave being believed 70 W
fictitious.
Travel to Yellowstone this year ua'
oeen one hundred per cent better luAA
last season. According to D. s. 0peL
cer, assistant general passenger assu,
of the Oregon Short Line, fully ~.
people have gone into the PARK VII 'n'
Idaho entrance since the season Op'H
I'd June Is.
Eugene Howell, state bank eSa@n
sr for Nevada, has petitioned inc y
sada supreme court for rehea
In the matter in which Section Z :.
the state banking law recentE !,
declared unconstitutional, settiH9 IN
several grounds in his petltlon'
among which is that the decisioA ,n5e
dered by the court is not nnai -
ment in the case at issue.
Tally Johns was given deVi ~
over Kid jackson of Helena = IN
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