The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-09-13
NORTHWEST NOTES

tional Irrigation congress at Salt Lake
will come from Butte to Salt Lake IN
a special train, September 20.
Senator Jonathan Bourne Of Oregon
in formal statement few days ago
announced he would support Colonei
Rooseyelt's candidacy for president.
l.. L. Bradley, son OF the late Gov.
ernor Bradley and one of the wealth,
lest cattle and land owners in the state
of Nevada, dropped dead in the lobby
OF hotel at Carson City
Dry land wheat threshed SO far this
season in Beayerhead county, Mon.
tana has run from 20 to 80 bushels to
the acre. If it has averaged half way
between these figures no one has cause
to feel discouraged
Taking Of testimony in the govern
ment suit to recover 100000 acres OF
land in western Oregon, which Is val
ued at $10O,0O0,0O0, which the federal
government gave to the Oregon & Cal
ifornia railroad in 1866, has been re.
sumed at Portland.
Arrangements for the holding Of the
annual county fair which will take
place at Twin Bridges, Mont, Septem-
Der 10, 20 and 81, are well under way
and the event will be hailed with
much pleasure by people from all
points of the county.
The Montana advisory board has
taken up the matter of providing a
float for the, parade and electrical
pageant at the National Irrigation con.
gress at Salt Lake, and arrangements
are under way for choosing maid OF
honor to represent Montana.
Governor West on Wednesday serv.
ed notice on the proprietors OF three
Portland saloons 10 close their doors
on the ground that they are conduct
ing public nuisances. The same notice
will be served on the brewery COM
pany which owns the property.
On the Republican ticket in Nevada
Il. Il. Roberts, incumbent, is nominal.
ed for congress by a substantial lead
over August Frohlich, Roosevelt can
didate. Senator w. A. Massey was
nominated without opposition by the
Republicans for United States senator.
Il. G. Shaw, young man about %
years of age, was instantly killed at
the ranch of H. ]. Ward near Nyssa,
| Ore. MIR. Shaw was stacking hay when
the derrick cable came in contact with
a wire of the Idaho-Oregon Electric &
Power company, which carried ll,50O
| voltage.
| A race between a fawn and doe
was witnessed near DAILY, Mont, on
| the Short Line by othe fishermen on
the Short Line train to Armstead. The
two animals, frightened by the ap'
proaching train, ran alongside the
fence for distance of 200 yards, the
fawn winning.
Results of congressional, state and
! county primaries in Nevada, SO far as
received, assure the nomination oil
Key Pittman, Democrat. for the Unit
ed States senate, Clay Tallman, Dem
ocrat, for congress, and P. A McCar
ran Democrat for justice OF the SUI
preme court.
| NJIIlCldl
company /, United States signal corps
to Ell Paso for service along the MeXi
can border, were received at Fort Rus
sell, Wyo, on Thursday. Seventeen
cars are being made ready to star
south. The company will be II
charge OF Captain Mitchell.
A Montana rancher became Brit
ish peer by the death on Saturday oil
j Baron de Ruthyn, in his 54th year
The successor of the title is the
baron's brother, Cecil Talbot Clifton
of Northfields ranch, Montana.
Cheap whisky distributed among the
fishermen in Alaskan waters has
caused hundreds to become insane
during the past season, according tt
Captain Dahloff of the schooner VIII
liam H. Dimond, which has arrived
from Unimack.
Charged with being a party to
fraudulent automobile sale, Clarence
It. Hutchinson. whose parents are
prominent residents of Phoenix, Ariz'
Is in Jail at Denver, bewailing the fac
that his sweetheart, said to be
wealthy Los Angeles woman, will
learn of his disgrace.
A train bearing the Anaconda mr.
department to Butte to aid in eXtin
gushing a fire, jumped the track, xii
ing Patrick Duffy, the engineer, an
fatally injuring the train fireman, an
Chief Charles Collins of the fire de
tnartment. Several other Anacond
firemen received less serious injuries
AT a stormy meeting of the Montan
grand lodge of the Independent orde
: of Good Templar, at Butte, J, t
knight, former grand secretary, VIII
, obtained a temporary restraining orde
preventing the newly-elected officer
Of the order from proceeding wit
their duties, was read out of the OF
ganization.
: Governor Hiram Johnson of Cal
{ fornia, Progressive vice presidents
\ candidate arrived in Denver Saturdd