The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-04-18
NORTHWEST NOTES

members OF the tax commission Great
ed by the legislature OF Nevada.
In the employ OF the Indian sery'
ice of the United States government
in Denver is full-blooded Oneida In
1ian g,Yl Leila Somers, who attends
TO the stenographic work Of the de-
partment.
The body Of Dad Williams, an
old-time pioener of Montana, was
found at his ranch south Of Baker
with a bullet hole in the head. 1t Is
the belief of the officers that williams
committed suicide.
After numbering big friend, fireman
Groobich, with a rifle while drunk.
near Vale, 0re.,, Joe Popovitch was
trailed through the hills by the Of
ficers until hunger forced him to
come into town, where be was cap
tured
Willamette university lost to the
University of Idaho in a debate at
Salem, Ore, on Resolved, That the
naval policy, as expressed in the last
annual report of ex-Secretary Meyer
should be carried on" Idaho upheld
the negative.
John j. Mullen, an expert &C
countant, formerly of Tonopah, will
have charge of the investigation into
the affairs of the State Bank and
Trust company receivership for which
$1,000 was appropriated by the last
Nevada Legislature.
A request for a new schedule of
wages for the shopmen on the Den
yer & Rio Grande 81 will be pre-
scented to the officers Of the company
April 10, to be incorporated in the
agreement for tht coming year, accord
ing to adyices from Denver
Clay Tallman of Nevada, who was
believed to be slated for appointment
as commissioner of the general land
office, has been appointed legal ad.
wiser to the secretary of the interior
on matters affecting the reclamation
service, at salary of $4,000.
Governor eddie has vetoed three
road bills passed by the Nevada leg
islature, making an aggregate appro-
priation of 100000. One of the meas
ures carried $4,000 in aid of the au-
tomobile road through the state, from
east to west.
Boxing bills got the gubernatorial
ak in the neck in Utah and Idaho,
and Governor Stewart of Montana put
a string on it for 80 days. Now Mon
tana people are having their inning
and will continue to sign petitions for
few more days.
George Myers, charged with white
slavery, was found guilty by jury
in the district court at Missoula,
Mont. after a trial that has been in
progress two days and was sentenced
to serve nine years at hard labor In
the state penitentiary.
Tony Marutayashai, Japanese EN-.
ployed at the Speers ranch west OF
Laurel, Mont, hanged himself in the
haymow of his employers barn, and
when found few minutes later was
dead. The man had imagined that he
was being purs Aed by the Black
Hand.
The force at the Boise assay Office
has been almost swamped with work
during the past few days The mild
weather has made it possible to mine
considerable gold, both in the Basin
and in eastern Oregon, all of which has
been sent to the Boise office to be
assayed
Bert Scott of Rochester, New, who
shot and killed Ben Swago a few
weeks ago, has been found guilty OF
murder in the first degree and SEN
fenced to life term in the peniten-
tiary. The affair came about through
a quarrel over a saloon matter in the
new camp.
Socialists made nearly clean
sweep in the city election at Butte,
Mayor Louis J. Duncan
and other city officials, besides elect
ing six out of nine aldermen. The
total vote for mayor was 1871, the
total registration being 1O,4S5. Dun.
cans plurality was COL.
DhHlOuuilSlu JdCk Davis, the nero
of thousand imaginary battles, and
one of the greatest men in the west,
IN his own estimation, has been de-
clared to be alive but busted" in
New York City, says the Tonopoh
Bonanza Davis. it was recently re-
ported, was executed by Federals in
Mexico.
Joseph Harrison, prominent rancher
Of Grand Junction, Colo. believes all
birth records were smashed when at
4 o'clock ON April 3. he became the
father OF twins, owner of brand new
calf. six little pigs, IL chickens, two
pigeons He drowned the cat before
any additional kittens were added to
the ranch birth list.
Citizens of st. Maries. Idaho, are
protesting vigorously against sanitary
conditions in that place, and the lax
way in which the health laws are be-
Ing enforced Smallpox is reported to
be prevalent, penthouse near the