The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-01-12
NORTHWEST NOTES

Three of the five men who broke Jail
at Bozeman, Mont. are believed to
have been captured at Grand Island,
Neb.
a blizzard swept over western Mon
tana from the northeast on Tuesday.
The mercury fell twenty degrees in
FIVE hours at Blossburg, on the con,
tinental divide, and extreme cold is re-
ported at Garrison.
The reconstruction OF the Eureka
& Palisade railroad Is steadily going
forward, but the recent cold and
stormy weather has prevented any
very rapid work during the past two
weeks, says the Eureka (NeV.) Sen.
tinel.
Because of his inability to work in
harmony with the city council, which
Is composed of FIVE Republicans and
three Democrats, Charles p. Nancy,
Republican mayor of Bozeman, Mont,
has fled his resignation with the city
clerk.
That the provisions Of the registra'
ton law enacted by the Montana leg;
islature last winter do not apply to
party caucus elections, is, the ruling OF
Attorney General Albert ]. Galen made
to the county attorney of Dawson
county.
Sidney Fl. Graves, a Southern Pa
cific conductor who formerly lived in
Ogden, died on train at Fernley,
New, a short time after leaving
Hazen on his regular run to San
Francisco. Heart failure caused his
death.
According to estimates compiled
by United States Surveyor General
Jerome G. Locke, there will soon be
open for entry in Montana 100000
acres of public land. settlement OF
which has heretofore been delayed
owing to the fact that the land was
unsurveyed
Unable to meet obligations on &C
count of losses in buying and selling
grain the big produce firm known as
Thomas B. Quaw & Co., has made an
assignment at Bozeman, Mont, of all
its property to George b. Nichols for
the benefit of its creditors. The liza
bilities are estimated at $4,000 with
assets about $4,000.
John Ritter, an old-time miner,
drank laudanum and was found in a
| dying condition in room In a Butte
rooming house. Death ensued before
physician could reach his side. He
! left a note authorizing the proprietor
of the house to draw his months
| wages, which were due, and pay fol
his funeral expenses.
i Anticipating the nomination O
Judge Hook to the supreme bench. tbs
Nevada railroad commission wired L
the Nevada senators and congress
men asking them to oppose the cor
hrmation of the nomination. oppos
ton to Judge Hook, it is learned fror
one of the commissioners, is base
largely upon his decision in the Okla
homa rate case, now on appeal to tn
supreme court.
Jim Cape brought in turkey fror
his ranch near Alton last Monday
says Stanford, Mont, correspond
emit. which, we believe has a
edge on any dry land bird of like lii
cage ever raised in these parts. TIL
turkey tipped the scales at exactly 4
pounds.
! The 1911 apple-crop report of tn
department of agriculture is of e.
, pecial interest in Montana, as 1t give
: to the Treasure state the best recor
: In the whole country. In the pa:
year but two states raised 100 pc
cent of a crop. These were Montan
and Iowa. "
:. Dalton l. Sparks, who was arreste
: In Phoenix, Ariz., as he was calm
: for his mail at the post office, is sal
= to have admitted to the authorize
= that he is Mel B. lowell, who is wan
!, ed at Big Timber, Montana, for Il
. killing of Deputy Sheriff JOSEF
q Brannin on November 16.
Harry Quinn, painter who h;
IS lived alone at Bozeman, Mont, II
4 several years, was found dead al
1. frozen stiff in his cabin last wee
There was food and fuel in the cab
;" and no evidence of foul play or 81
eide. Quinn had no relatives who
ID addresses are Known.
ID Mrs. Norah A. Clarke of Blair
III Wash, widow of the assistant keep
of the Palo island lighthouse, al
70 he father of c. l.. Durgan, assista
=. Keeper at the Semiamhoo harb
- lighthouse. are missing, and a
% thought to have persisted while Il
~ ing to reach the, lights on Dece
= Der %.
A. A lone bandit entered the War
OF maker store at Billings, Mont, VIII
lis only the two proprietors were pr
snt. and covering them with rev
1t yer. demanded the cash of the est
ch lishment. The holdup walked behi
the cashiers desk and helped hims
10 what he could get, and made
escape.
The city council of Portland
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