The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-06-14
NORTHWEST NUfES

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W. Freeman to be United States at.
torney for Montana.
The total wool clip of Oregon.
Washington and Idaho amounts to
about 100000 pounds and is valued
at $6,60O,000.
A flow of natural gas was struck
on a farm near Kalispell, Mont, while
digging for well, the gas being tap
ped at depth Of $50 feet.
The oats yield in Oregon, Washing.
toa and Idaho is estimated at 1880.
600 bushels, which will mean more
than $1s,600,000 to the growers.
Utah will have at least four repre-
sentattves at the thirty-ffth annual
convention Of electric light companies
OF the United States, which will be
held in Seattle, June 1914.
A heavy yield OF all kinds of crops
on the non-irrigated lands of eastern
Montana this season is virtually as
sured as the result of the immense
volume Of moisture precipitated dur
ing May.
There will be an exceptionally heavy
crop Of apples and other fruits in
eastern Montana this year in the opin-
ion Of H. L. Dean. state horticultural
list, who is making an inspection of
| orchards in that section.
The wheat crop of the Pacific north.
west will bring to the growers more
than s52,0O0,O0O, basing the average
nri0a he
bushel, as the crop will probably
amount 10 100000 bushels.
Joseph Miller, confessed murderer
of Mrs. Ennie Lassen, lodging house
keeper of Seattle, by whom he was
employed, and of George FELTON,, one
of Mrs. Lassen's tenants, committed
suicide in the city jail by strangula-
ton.
According to reports received by
brokers, the gross earnings for the
Western Pacific for April 1912,
amounted to $443,S43 and the net
| earnings We're sST.123 The gross
| earnings for the road for the past ten
months were $4.340.422 and the net
earnings were S615, 256.
Il.
| antlered herd from southern Idaho to
the grand lodge at Portland in July
viii leave POcatello on the morning of
July 6 and pick up Pullmans at Mini
doka and Boise. The train when it
pulls into the Rose City will consist
OF at least 10 cars, including buffet
and diner.
A premature explosion in the Jack
sonville quarry. near Medford, Ore,
resulted in the death of three men,
the fatal injury Of another, and mi
nor injuries to FIVE or six work
| men. The explosion is attributed to
H B. Logden, the powder monkey.
who is said to have loaded a blast
while smoking a cigarette. He was
blown to pieces.
Nat Griffin is in Jail at Havre,
Mont. On the charge of numerically
abusing a horse in a corral at Box
Elder, twelve miles west of Havre
Griffin gouged out the eyes of the
horse and cut his mouth so that the
head was swollen to an awful size
and also practically rode the horse to
death.
The hop crop of Oregon and Wash
ington is larger than for several
years, and. what is unusual with a
large crop, the price is good Buyers
are making contracts with growers
for delivery of the new crop at %
cents pound, and on. this basis the
output OF the two states will be worth
about s4650,0O0.
In a drunken brawI in the restrict
ed district of Cheyenne. Samuel
Schickling, private of battery B,
Fourth field artillery. was killed Wit
nesses say he was knocked down BY
Sergeant Walter c. Krug of the same
battery, and as she lay prone was
kicked in the temple by Private
George Peace.
Representatives of seven states and
one territory met in Seattle Wednes-
day for four-day session OF the mrs,
Northwest Development congress. The
congress, which was to complete the
work undertaken at Helena. Mont.
last year when the Northwest Devel.
opment league was organized. was
NtAAASN W tAS SONSLAbIS OL minnesota.
North Dakota, South Dakota. Mon
tana, Idaho, Oregon, Washington and
Alaska, to formulate a plan of co op-
erative development OF the northwest
ern states
The fatal shooting at Seattle of
Charles Kee. Chinese passenger agent
for the Northern Pacific railway. with
headquarters in Chicago. caused con,
sternation in Seattle's Chinatown.
where it is believed a long threatened
tong war has been begun.
The day coach of the Great North.
ern passenger train running between
Burlington and Anaeortes. Wash, left
the rails one mile east of Anacurtes
aud sixteen persons were injured,
none fatally. The accident is be
lieved to have been due to spreading
rails.