The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-06-20
NORTHWEST NUlES

| fish, Mont, leveling all pulas ana
causing considerable damage and
much terror.
r. Preveaux, arrested last week
upon charge of white slavery, was
dismissed from custody in the justice
court at ToDopah, Nevada.
Fire which started in the mattress
department of j. G. Mack &c Co.. al
Portland, from an unknown cause
did damage that amounted to 100000
Double tracking part of the com.
pany's lines in Nevada will cost the
Southern Pacific company $2,134,12O
according to an itemized statement
filed with the state railroad commits
sion.
Jose Moreno, the Mexican who rob
bed the postoffice at Gerlach, New, is
in the county jail at Winnemucca
and will be turned over to the United
States authorities to be prosecuted
for the crime.
The old theory that lightning will
not strike a moving railroad train
was exploded when C. r. McCauley,
brakeman, was struck by bolt during
a severe electrical storm and killed,
near Lander, Wyo.
The Indiana automobile tourists,
who will visit Tonopah, Nevada, dur.
ing the latter part of July, will be
royalty entertained during. their stay,
and arrangements for the entertain.
ment are now being started.
Twenty-Five cowboys who were
shooting and rioting in the streets OF
Debeque, Colo, were arrested by Rev.
A. F.. Glover, 20 years of age, who
covering the prisoners with his re-
volver, marched the entire party to
jail.
Secretary Lane has ordered the sale
by auction beginning July Is of 21O
towns lots in Huntley, Mont, on the
government irrigation project of that
name and appointed a board of three
Montana. citizens to appraise the
realty.
The 13-year-old son of C. d. Blake,
of Cutbank, Mont, met death by
falling into a well. The family was
hurrying home to escape storm
when the boy, who was a cripple,
fell into the well.
Damage to Salt Lake City amount
ing to probably $1,000 and more than
that to private owners of property
was done June IL, by severe rain
storm that swept the eastern, north
eastern, northern and northwestern
sections of the city.
The law passed by the last legisla-
ture permitting electors to secure
certificates of registration from the
county clerk, and on the presentation
OF these to vote in any precinct in
the county, has been declared uncon-
stitutional by the attorney general.
w. H. Hedrick, a postoffice clerk,
was drowned and Clyde Cobb, taxi
dermist, nearly lost his life in the
Flathead river, near Kalispell, Mont,
when a canvas canoe in which they
We're padding down the stream from
Columbia Falls, collapsed in a whirl.
pool.
Abe Turner, IS years old, was shot
and probably fatally injured and City
Detective Giles Humphrey was shot
and dangerously wounded when Hum
phrey and another detective engaged
in a pistol fight with Turner after
he had attempted to rob a street car
conductor in Seattle.
4 Placing themselves on record as be-
ing unalterably opposed to the grant
OF liquor license to Belle Isle. the
members of the ministerial association
Of Reno have adopted resolutions, the
OF the city believe that the island
should be kept free from places iu
which intoxicants are sold.
Albert Yantz, rancher, q years old.
shot and almost instantly killed Jess
| Lockhart about mile out of Harlow.
ton, Mont The trouble seems to
have been the elimination of a quar-.
rel that had been pending since last
winter over the loan of a fur over.
coat by Yantz to Lockhart.
In order to forestall an anticipated
release on bail of E. E. c. VonKlein.
in Jail at Portland to answer to a
charge of defrauding Miss Edith New.
comb of jewelry worth $4,000 by a
pretended marriage, District Attorney
Walter H. Evans has filed complaint
charging the prisoner with bigamy.
A torrential rail swelled Silver
Bow creek, which flows through the
lower part of Butte, and disclosed
the unacceptable corpse of man.
Unless the body had been buried in
the creek or in a grave very close
to the creeks bank the authorities
are puzzled at whence came the re-
mains.
George Russell. Jr., manager OF
the big cattle ranch of the Russell
Land & Stock company near Battle
Mountain, New, is in town this week.
and appeared before the board OF
county commissioners asking for a
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