The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-01-17
NORTHWEST NOTES

Fort Collins, died from a stroke OF
apoplexy caused by the intense cold.
George Rule, farmer south Of
Pueblo, was frozen Saturday night
after having his legs broken In q fall
from bridge.
\ The Montana legislature in joint Sos
sion unanimously adopted a resolution
introduced by Senator Whiteside In
Eorsing former Gov. Edwin l.. Norris
ps secretary OF the interior In the cabi,
net OF PresIdenteiect Wilson.
Failure on the part OF the state to
identify Charles Francis OF Salt Lake
as the man who held up Sparks sa.
loon last August, securing $40, resulted
In the mans release after a prelimi.
nary examination at Reno
SENATOR Warren OF Wyoming has Of.
| fered an amendment to the agricul.
turai appropriation bill providing for
an appropriation of 100000 to assist
states In which forest reserves are 10,
Gated to destroy predatory wild ami.
male.
The Senate committee on public
lands has ordered favorable report
on Senator Borah's bill permitting
state selections OF lands withdrawn
and asking that valuable phosphate
deposits be reserved to the United
states.
| Standing at her Preside in the act OF
| serving supper to her three children
! Wednesday night, Mrs. Christina Tur-
pin Christensen OF Salt Lake was shot
to death by her husband, Chris M.
Christensen, who Immediately shot
| himself.
While Mrs Grace Gaylord Snow
| lay at a Denver hospital suffering from
mysterious bullet wound inflicted
| December IL, papers for divorce were
served upon her 55-year-old husband,
A. II. Snow, rich Salt Lake fruit
| broker.
After searching for two months in
! Colorado for long lost brother
thought to be in some OF the mining
camps of that state, L. r. Carpenter,
q Nevada miner, has returned to Tono.
pah. the quest for his relative being
| fruitless.
BY the accidental discharge OF
! shotgun which he was carrying when
he jumped across a ditch, Marvin G.
Porter, the 14-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Porter OF Austin. New,
received wound which caused his
death short time later.
With twenty-six case of light form
sf smallpox in Reno, the board of
| health advises the Immigration OF pub
| Tic places including theaters, street
cars and public lavatorles and the vac.
rination OF all school children and
adults not previously vaccinated
According to figures compiled b,
John G. Martin OF Tonopah. for mum
Der OF leading eastern publications.
Neyada's mineral production for 1912
was as follows: Gold, SIC, 100000;
copper. $9.sOO,0OO; silver, 1887 ,440;
lead. $225.OOo; zinc, $4,000; total
$34 OBS 4O
Pardon Reyes, on trial at Seattle
charged with having placed three
sticks of dynamite under the bedroom
OF his father.in-law. Kit Gould, an at,
torney, admitted that his real name is
John G.. Allen, and that he is first
cousin of Sidna Allen, leader Of the
Allen.Edwards gang at tIillsvie, Va
Frank Eliason Of Salt Lake, who has
been III at the Boston City hospital
has complained to the police that he
entered the institution with $35 in
cash and was discharged with but 10
cents in his pockets to make his way
home as best he could He says he be-
lieves that an orderly took his money.
Senator Fred Whiteside has given
notice OF bill in the Montana legis-
lature which win reduce the number
of days racing in counties of the
first class from thirty to ten days
The passage of this bill by the legis,
lature practically would sound the
disruption of the Lagoon-Butte cir.
cult
A suit against the Colorado-Utah
Construction Company has been insti,
tuted at Denver by w. w. Watson.
receiver for the Denver Railways Sc,
curities Company to recover securi.
ties valued approximately at $4,000,
900. consisting OF notes and other Sc
curities alleged to be the property Of
the latter company
Judgment OF S7S.S3S25 on tax claims
against the estate OF the late Thomas
f. Walsh. millionaire mining man, was
rendered at Littleton, Colorado, last
week The amount covers taxes on
personal property for the years 1907.
1908 and 1909. which the county of
Arapahoe as plaintiff contended had
not been declared by the deceased.
BY going without chicken at their
Sunday dinners. by washing hair at
25 cents a head. cleaning rooms and
other mental tasks the 200 girls of
the four dormitorles of the Colorado
college at Colorado Springs have
raised $4,000 toward the $4,000 en-,
dowment fund needed 70 secure $780,
| 600 offered for a gymnasium by Mrs