The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-02-16
NORTH WEST NOTES

IL considering asking repeal Of the
law licensing prize-f1ghts II he calls
a special session Of the Nevada Iegis.
lature.
Ely will be represented for the first
time at the annual interscholastie
meet Of the Nevada high schools
which will be held In Reno on May;
j 10 and IL.
i A masked bandit who attempted to-
| rob the cash drawer in Denver res
| taurant, was put to flight by wait
ress, who hit him squarely in the face
4 with hot custard pie.
/ While riding railroad yelocipede
/ west Of Nutria, on the eastern end Of
the Idaho division, Frank Bates, pump
/ err at Nutria, was oyertaken and struck
by train, being fatally injured.
The steamship Alameda arrived at
Seattle, February 6, from southwestern
Alaska with ton of Iditarod gold dust
and 1000 tons of copper ore, the value
Of the metal cargo being million
dollars.
In an automobile accident at the
edge of Ely, New. Miss Jeanette Gun.
ningham, pianist at the Ely theater,
and unpopular girl in the younger So
cial set, was thrown from the ma
chine and painfully injured.
| Public opinion regarding Nevada ia
beginning to repeat the change from
belief that the state was valuable
| only for it's mineral products to
knowledge that agriculture will prove
to be its most permanent and valu.
able asset
A successful attempt of twenty
sophomores at the University of Ne
vada to interfere with the enjoyment
of freshman party at the Century.
club in Reno resulted in several hours
| Of warfare, several of the students be-
ing immersed in ditcn
Alleging that hundreds of restaurant
men and hotel keepers in Colorado are
| serving oleomargarine to the public,
in violation of the law, which requires,
that notices be posted at the tables
of restaurants and hotels where cleo,
is used, the state dairy commissioner
ming crusade against the offenders.
A prosperous future for Nevada is
inevitable. 1t has doubled it's popuia.
ton Within the decade beginning with
the year 1900 and ending with 1909;
has increased it's metal production
nealry eightfold within that period
and it is safe to predict that the same
strides of prosperity will continue
throughout the present and future de-
cades. -.t
Far from being state without ag.
ricultural possibilities, Neyada's
arabic and irrigable valley lands alone
total 100000 acres, an area equal
to that of New Hampshire, Massachu-
sets and Rhode Island. Then there
suitable for irrigation; but excellent
grazing land, and arabic at least in
part by dry farming methods.
A bill providing for the allowance,
of wages for the work of men serving
in warehouses; in counties in Colorado
OF 10000 or more people,Sand the turn
ing over of these wages to the family
of the prisoner and also providing for
support by the state of INDECENT moth
ers whose children have been forced
to go to school, will be submitted for
an initiative vote OF the people of
Colorado at the November election.
Worry over a mortgage on his
home cost Fred Hopf, farmer of
the Bridger district, his reason, the
unfortunate man being found insane
by sanity commission in the dis
trict court at Bozeman, Mont.
The Park County Wool and Sheep
Growers association in session at
Livingston, Mont, adopted resolutions
protesting against the withdrawal of
lands in Park, Sweetgrass and Gala
tin counties from grazing purposes.
e. w Black, the Fallen man who
was found unconscious in the rear of
the Riverside hotel at Reno, died
without regaining consciousness. 1t
is supposed Black was walking in his
sleep and walked out of the window.
AS an evidence that the boosting
proclivities of travelling statesmen are,
NRP@ SS1NbOAs SAaS DlAIAllSSt Muir, Cudul-
Der of commerce has adopted ruling
that all knights of the grip" who
reside in Billings, may become mem
bers in good standing of the organi-
cation by paying annual dues of 81.
The Hotel Montana at Helena was
destroyed by fire Sunday. The value
of the building and furniture was
$4,000. The hotel was for several
years the political headquarters of
the state. When the bitter struggles
following statehood and which culmi.
mated in the famous Clark-Daly feud
took place, the hotel was the meeting
place of both factions.
With final declaration that he
knew nothing that would throw light
on the murder of six members of the
Burnham-Wayne families in Colorado
Springs, September II, Arthur ].
Burnham, for a time suspected OF
The crime, died Monday of tubercu.
losis, OF which he had been a suf.
terer for years. Shortly before his