The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-05-17
NORTHWEST NOTES

The contract has been let Tor the
erection OF a 30,000-bushel grain ele-
yator to be erected at Twin Bridges,
Mont, before August 1st, so that this
seasons crop can be handled.
Henry Prentiss, well known and
wellto-do resident Of Great Falls,
i Mont, who In 1908 was manager OF
the Allis-C Chalmers company at Salt
\ Lake and later moved to Denver, died
suddenly Saturday.
In the Oregon presidential prefer
ence primary, w. e. Borah, United
States senator from Idaho, led the
procession for yice-president. His
nearest competitor was Charles W.
Fulton, ex.United States senator from
Oregon.
Judge John A Bentley, who was
commissioner of pensions throughout
the administration of President
Hayes, and who had been state SEN
ator in Wisconsin and district Judge
in Colorado, Is dead at his home near
| Seattle.
The delegates to the annual meet
ing of the Intermountain district coun-
Gil of the Brotherhood of Electrical
! Workers, at Salt Lake, declared them
selves in favor of amalgamation with
the Centennial district council of
Colorado.
When the delegates to the Demo-
cratic state convention at Walla Wal
la, called to express their pref
erence for president desperate eff
| fort was made to stampede the con-
yention for Bryan. The Clark men,
however, stood firm and won out.
John Hodges, Richard Montrose and
/ Frank Marsh of Colorado Springs are
defendants in suit filed in the Unit.
ed States district court at Denver by
the officers of the Work Mining &
Milling company, charging the con-
version of ore valued at $1,000,000
What is said to be the largest trout
caught in Montana streams was on
display last week at Armstead. 1t
weighed IS pounds 5 ounces. From
tip of tail to mouth it measured near
ly three feet in length, a yardstick
extending an inch at each end when
laid beside the catch.
Some of the jewels seized by fed
eral. customs officers at Seattle when
they arrested Charles Cunningham of
Salt Lake on charge of opium SNUG
Cling were identified as those stolen
from two girls in Salt Lake last sum-
mer. Cunningham had been charged
with the crime at the time, but sue.
ceeded in allaying suspicion.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Northwestern CONNER
cial company, the Alaska Steamship
company, the Copper River & North
western Railway company and other
corporations owned by the Alaska syn
dictate, better known as the Morgan
Guggenheim syndicate, was held at
Seattle last week, the old directors
being reelected.
A3 per cent bond issue of $2,115, 900
to take up outstanding warrants is
sued by the Colorado seventh general
assembly was legalized by the state
supreme court on Monday when that
tribunal sustained the decision of Dis
trict Judge G. w. Whitford, dissolving
an injunction granted by District
Judge Allen.
| An interesting condition has been
brought out by the discovery of potash
in the Searles lake region in the des-
ert of southern California, says Mining
Science. Instead of finding crystal
lized potash salts, the discoveries are
presented with the probably agreeable
task of taking out the mineral in dis
solved form.
Governor Oddie has removed o. r.
Morgan, editor of the Reno Gazette,
as a member of the Panama-Pacific
exposition commission of Nevada,
| The notice of discharge states that
Mr.. Morgan's presence on the COM
mittee has been offensive to the au-
! thorities in charge of the exposition
and detrimental to the interests of
the state.
Harold Greenly, employed by tele-
phone company, was electrocuted at
Billings, Mont. The young man was
on the roof of a house and when he
| came in contact with the wires he
caught two with his left hand and
reached for third with his right. be-
lieving, apparently, that 1t carried no
current. Instantly he received the full
force of the 1900 volts.
George Edward Adams. who while
cashier OF the Seattle assay office sub
stituted black sand for gold dust pre-
scented at the assay office by Alaska
and Yukon miners, has been paroled
after serving seven years of ten
year sentence in McNeil's island
prison. OF the 100000 distracted by
Adams, less than 100000 was claimed
by the miners. Adams is reputed to
be wealthy.
A fraction more than 800 for one
wagon load of potatoes is what was
received last week by one grower who
marketed that portion of his crops at
| pillip0c Mnnf Tho had consisted ne