The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-12-26
NORTHWEST NOTES

Mrs r. ]. Prince, wife OF Portland
merchant
By mere chance 1t has been dis.
covered that cctton can be grown sue
,cessfully In northern California, aud
nerhaps even as we'll as In the In
oerfal valley.
An unidentified man was killed IL a
pistol battle between two men beliey-
ed to be robbers and two officers on
me Muckelshoot Indian reservation,
~ miles south of Seattle.
without leaving as much as a fing-
.er print as clew, burglars robbed
the Wallace, Idaho, postoffice Of a
little more than $4,000, and have an.
parently made good their escape.
The 1918 campaign of the Nevada
Sugar companys factory at Falloa,
New, has closed. There were actual
" sliced during the campaign 1900
tons of beets. Twenty-Five thousand
bags of sugar were turned out.
Mayor Albee of Portland issued an
order to all grill managers that the
cabaret performers must not mingle
with the guests ON New Years eve,
when the gay cabaret shows in Port
land will formally pass into the dis
card.
Idaho Phohibitionists are preparing
to engage in an ''out-to-win" cam
paign for the election of dry" Off
cials according to the statement OF
A. A. Phelps, the newly elected exec
utive secretary of the party in that
state.
An election was held at Ontario,
ORE, to give the county permission
to take over the annual fair, which
heretofore has been run by a corpor.
alton. The returns, which are still
incomplete, indicated that the coun-
ty has won.
The third trial of E. E. C. Won
Klein began Wednesday in the circuit
court at Portland The indictment
IN which the prisoner is being tried
charges that he lived polygamously
with Ethel Newcomb in Portland dur
ing October, 1911.
Harry e. Hillen, who recently con-
fessed a series of holdups in various
parts of the country, was convicted
at Denver Of first degree murder for
the killing Of Thomas J. Chase. on
October "a. The jury fixed hanging
as the punishment
Efforts are being made by officers
or the Utah Marble & Construction
company and by members of the Man
usacturers' Association of Utah to in
tluence the capitol commission to re-
consider bids for the marble contract
eli the new capitol at Salt Lake.
The highest mountain in Wyoming
is Gannett peak, whose elevation, &C
urtted States geological survey, is
1885 feet above sea level. The Grand
Teton is a close second at 1871 feet,
ami Fremont peak is only IL feet
lower.
1t is announced that the Fallen,
New, sugar factory will operate again
next season. The factory has produced
800 tons of molasses and $500 tons uf
pulp. The latter will be fed to stock
and will return a gross revenue to
the factory of in the neighborhood OF
$4,000.
In Nevada during the last year
there has been a total expenditure u
s11,916.49 for Indian allotment work.
The Moapa River reservation took
S2,297.61 of this; Pyramid Lake res
ervation, $2,S19.32; and the Western
shoshone (Duck Valley reservation,
$6,799.56.
Last month was an average month
In the number of mineral samples
sent into the Mackay school OF mines
Tor analysis. There were Ito sam
pies reported. These were OF the
common kinds of rocks found in Ne
yada and the principle interest was
in gold and silver.
The Reclamation Service will soon
close down work on the Enbankment
OF the great Lahonton dam OF the
Truckee-Carson project until Febru-
Rry LIST. During the interval trestles
Tor use in dam construction Will be
rushed. 1t is expected the dam WI
De completed by August 1st.
On request of the commercial or.
carnations of the Idaho Falls potato
growing districts and number OF
growers. Senator Brady will repre-
sent this community at the hearing
before the department of agriculture
IN Washington in an effort to have
The present quarantine and embargo
on foreign potatoes continued.
Vincento Lopez, twenty-three years
OF age, Mexican sheepherder, De-
came insane at Mack, Colo, and
nourishing a revolver threatened 10
shoot up the town. He chased ehe
telegraph operator out of the railroad
station and took charge of the ofnce.
tie was captured by posse OF citf
Gems and will be sent to the asylum.
With the exception of the new Com
Aercial club quarters in Helena,
Mont, no commercial body west OF