The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-05-24
NORTHWEST NOTES

Two masked men entered a saloon
at Nyssa, Ore, and held up six pat
rons and the proprietor. securing
about $500 in cash, besides watches
and jewelry.
Mrs, Susan ,Wissler, a widow, was
elected mayor Of Dayton, Wyo. Mrs.
Wissler is a Democrat in politics, but
was elected on the independent ticket.
A majority of the votes were cast by
women.
The first tracks in what is said to
be the connecting link between the
Oregon Short Line and the Southern
Pacific is being built from Thomp.
sons, Utah, to Durango and Farming
ton, N. NJ
After fifteen hours elaboration the
jury in the Cook-Seiwald murder trial
at Denver returned a verdict finding
Oscar Cook guilty of murder in the
first degree and Edward Seiwald
guilty in the second degree
Forest fires, fostered by the excep-
tionally hot, dry weather of the last
few days, are sweeping over wide
areas of timber in King and Snoho-
mish counties, Washington, driving
families from their homes in the
clearings. .a. s..
The Seattle, Benton and Southern
railway, an electric interurban line,
has been adjudged bankrupt. Counsel
for the railway company admitted to
the court that the road had obliga-
lions of more than 100000 which
| it was unable to meet.
Relating weird story of being kid
mapped while on his way from his
home at Rupert to Boise, Idaho,
| blindfolded and taken in an automo-
bile across country to Pendleton,
Ore, and later coming to Spokane by
train, Morton Isenberg, age 16, was
taken in charge at Spokane, and sent
back to his home.
Announcement was made at the an
nual commencement exercises of the
University of Nevada, at Reno, of a
gift of $150,000 as an endowment to
the Mackay school of mines of the
state university. The gift is made
by Clarence Mackay and his mother.
missions of the United Presbyterian
church of North America, at it's meet
Ing here Thursday, granted a total of
81, 1913 to the support of mission sta
tons and weak churches and agreed
on paying larger salaries to workers
in home mission territory, where it
was deemed necessary.
States rights advocates in a meet
ing at Denver, launched a movement
whereby they hope to secure action
by congress permitting the use of
water from the Rio Grande for irriga-
ton purposes in southern Colorado.
On May 10 the house accepted the
amendment to the legislative appru-
priation bill agreed to in the commit
tee of the whole to retain the mint
at San Francisco and the assay of
fees located in Salt Lake, Boise and
other western states.
Arrangements to enlarge the plant
of the Billings MONT sugar factory
and to make all needed improvements
IN order to handle the coming seasons
beet crop, are virtually completed.
The capacity of the big mill will be
increased so that it will be able to
slice 2,4OO tons of beets daily.
Jasper Westfall, city marshal at
Westfall Ore, YVES shot and killed by
Asa Carey. 1t is said Caery was in
toxicated and was shooting I'D the
town when Westfall attempted to ar
rest him. The marshal fred at Carey,
who returned the shot, inficting in
juries from which Westfall died in if-
teen minutes.
That there is still a possibility that
automobiles may be used in Yellow
stone Park, is indicated by a letter
received from Senator Warren of
wyoming by the Billings (Mont)
chamber of commerce. Permission
hinges upon the providing by con-
gress OF an appropriation of $25O.OO0
for road improvement
Mrs. Florence Hazel Moore of Oak
land, Cal, whose name was associat-
ed with that of former Adjutant Gem
eral Hamilton of the Washington ma
tlonal guard, when he was tried and
and convicted three years ago of en-
bezzling from the state militia funds.
has been indicted at Seattle on siy
charges of having violated the white
slave act.
Ihat Montana hogs have topped the
market the second time during the
year is news just received from South
ST. Paul where the animals we're sold
Ihey were grown and fattened by J.
j. Thornton, who resides near Edgar
IN Carbon County and numbered IS
head. sixty-fve of the animals aver
aged 222 pounds and sold for s7.55
per hundred and the others tipped the
beam at 152 pounds
Judge Hanford of Seattle has or
Tered the cancellation of the citizen
snip papers of Leonard Oleson. a 30
AaIst agltator, on the ground that he