The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-03-08
NORTHWEST NOTES

The Nevada state senate has pass
ed a bill authorizing a state loan of
s200, 900.
| The plant of the Montana Packing
company at Butte was destroyed by
IRE last week. The loss was $4,000.
Fire partially destroyed the new
station and offices of the Western
Pacific railroad at Elko, New The
building was a substantial structure
erected by the Western Pacific about
two years ago.
| w. ID. Hofius, millionaire manufac-
turer and capitalist, died at his home
at Seattle of heart disease, aged so
years. He was president of the Seat
tie Drydock company and of the Ho-
fus Steel and Equipment company.
Chief Justice Sweeney of the state
supreme court and State Printer
FaTnsworth came to blows at Carson,
! Nevada, over a relief bill that was
pending in the lower house. Friends
separated them before any damage
was done.
| A man and woman were killed by a
Union Pacific train near Review, Wyo.
1t Is believed they were Mr.. and Mrs.
w. G. Van Horn of Review. The
! bodies were SO badly mutilated that
Identification is difficult. The couple
was walking on the track when they
were run down.
In the Madison county district court
at Virginia City, Mont, Samuel New
| oF Col 7 Oh eiu trun
judgments against the Montana Rev
enue Gold Mining company, Salt
Lake concern owning properties near
Norris. One judgment is for $780,
494.84, and the other for $33,400.
The commissioner OF Indian affairs
last week announced that his office
would sell or lease $4,000 acres of
farming lands in the Wind River,
/ Wyoming, Indian reservation. Water
for irrigation will be supplied free of
cost during the first year of the lease
1 or the first year following purchase.
| The spectacle of man hacking
and chopping at his throat, with the
| blood streaming over the sidewalk,
confronted spectators at Goldfield,
when respondent dishwasher con-
cluded to give a free performance in
tragedy off the stage. He was not sue
cessful in his attempt to suicide and
| will recover. .......
| The 127,500 acres eliminated from
the Moapa national forest in Nevada
| by President Taft on December 8,
1911, will be thrown open to settle
ment May 7, 1912. The land is To-
tated in Lincoln county, Nevada, and
tision of the United States land Of
ice at Carson City.
Mandamus proceedings will IN
| Soubtedly be instituted by Warwick
Mitchell & Peate, chartered account
Ents, to enforce the payment of their
flaim of 1926 against White Pine
tounty, Nevada, for auditing the
books of the various officials at the
court house, and preparing a new
system of bookkeeping.
Willis Brown, who confessed to the
murder at Tacoma of his wife and
tack Alden and entered a plea of
Euilty of murder in the second degree,
was given a minimum sentence of
from ten to fifteen years in the state
penitentiary But thirty hours had
bassed from the time OF the murder
until Brown was sentenced.
A. H. Norris, assessor of Lincoln
bounty, Nevada, has begun an action
IN the Third district court at Salt
Lake against the San Pedro, Los An
geles & Salt Lake Railroad company
to recover $25,75O for the loss of his
left arm. Norris alleges that he was
rur down by a Salt Lake Route train
while in discharge of his duty.
Northwestern fruit growers have
gone right up in the air over the ap'
parent attempt of some of the east
ern dealers to slip the Sulzer bill
through congress, providing for a
standard box of $500 cubic inches
and injuring the western orchardists
In favor of the poorer crop of the east
ern trees.
At a preliminary hearing at Cen
, tralia, Wash, a plea of not guilty was
, made by DR.. F. D. Johnson, the Cen
tralia dentist, arrested and accused
Jointly with Adelbert B. Clark of the
! murder of Banker Lawrence Bar, kill
, ed December 80 in resisting an at
! tempt to rob the Centralia Farmers &
Merchants bank.
b An extraordinary session of the Ne
I iada legislature, called by Governor
bddie to revise the financial laws Of
t The state, met on February %. The
: opening session was taken up by the
l passage of resolutions In both houses
. cutting the number of attaches tc
. about half the usual number. The Re
I publicans control the assembly ant
!. the Democrats the senate.
i An Idaho professor, E. NJ. Hume
: of the state university. has been sig
( nally honored by being invited t.
}. give three lectures a day during thu
o session of the New York Chautauqu;
J. next Cummer at Lake Chautauuua