The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-01-26
NORTHWEST NOTES

| which woman was convicted Of as
saulting man.
Colonel A. G. BrownIee, director and
irst Yice-president of the American
Mining congress, died at Idaho
Springs, Colo, January Is.
While kneeling over a small flra
having out several sticks Of frozen.
powder, W. r. Bauer was instantly,
| killed at Ely, New, the powder ex-
ploding.
Fred Bertrand lost sixty-fve hogs
this month out Of eighsy-one animals
The ones he saved he has yaccinated,
and the disease stopped right there
says the Yerington, New, Times.
The worlds revolver record for
iye-man teams was raised from Las.
10 LAT by the Portland Revolver club
!ast week against the Golden Gate Re-
golver club of San Francisco.
H. E. Tichenor, under arrest at
Winnemucca, New, on the charge of
getting money under false pretenses.
Is to have a third trial The second
trial jury disagreed last week after
celebrating day and night.
Apparently suffering from de-
ranged mind, well dressed elderly
woman entered the police station at
Reno and startled Desk Sergeant
Frank Meffley by asking to be locked
up and protected from her enemies.
The seventh annual National West
srn Stock & Horse show opened at
Denver on the 18th. with exhibits from
many western and middle western
breeders A springlfke temperature
brought out a record-breaking attend
ance.
After wandering aimlessly about
Reno for two days after he had es-
capped from the Nevada hospital for
mental diseases, Karl Stevens OF Nc
Gill was captured by the police Of
ficers. He was delivered into the
hands of the asylum officials.
Edward Simms, a former bookkeep-
eT of Salt Lake, was found dying in
howell of the ''hop-head section" of
Butte on Wednesday. Simms, since
coming to Butte from Salt Lake three
years ago, became a noted police
character because of the drug habit.
A man named Hess ran amuck at
the Dunphy ranch, north of Carlin,
the other night, and attempted to
shoot up every one in the place. Two
men and woman walked twelve
miles in their nightcIothes to es-
cape the maddened man. Hess is in
jail.
When a film caught fire In a the
atre at Livingston. Mont. and 400
rpersons in the house started in a wild
rush for the exits, Mrs. E. Powers
White, wife of the owner of the the
atre, jumped upon the stage and
loudly began to sing America" avert
ing a panic.
John Windmill, a sheep herder,
came near losing his life near Carter,
Wyo, from an apparently trivial acct
dent. He was whiting stick. when
his pocket knife slipped and pierced
his leg, cutting the main artery. 1t
was about twelve hours before the
flow of blood could be checked
Fred W. Getchell. the 62-year-old
postmaster of the little town of Gold
Greek, Mont, has been sentenced to
serve four years and six months IN
the Leavenworth prison and to pay
a fine of s4,936, the amount he embez-
zled from the government. GetcheH
pleaded guilty to the charge. ...
The supreme court of Oregon has
decided that demiiohn of whiskey
is an original package, even though
the whiskey to I'LL the demiiohn is
drawn from barrel. The courts de-
cision is expected to facilitate the
shipment of alcoholic liquors to Ev-
erett, Bellingham, and other prohibit
ton communities.
Mayor Robert w. Speer, of Denver,
announced last week that he had pur-
chased the Denver Times, an after
noon paper, The Times. he assert
ed, would be independent in politics.
jeremiah Eldridge. an old farmer
who has resided in the Bitter Root
valley since 1887, killed himself on
the Rees Powell ranch in the three
AlAAC NIS@A1NNs AOEkuSdcL VI SLSNGHS-
vile, Mont.
Representative Pray of Montana has
introduced in congress a bill proyid-
ing for entries of surface rights upon
coal land acts and that state selec.
tons of indemnity lands may be for
the surface, leaving the coal ar the
disposal of the general government.
At present the surface right act is re-
stricted to homesteads.
The Nevada state. board of asses,
sors finished their annual assessment
last week and adjourned. In most in
stances corporation property was
raised in value The Southern Pa
cific railroad levy was increased to
$4,000 a mile, the Nevada Northern
to $4,000, the Western Pacific to sI0..
600 and the San Pedro line to $4,000. !
Recall charges against Mayor W.
W. Seymour of Tacoma have been
filed. The filing of the charges has
been timed so the recall election |
may be held at the same time as |
the primaries OF. the general municipal |