The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-07-11
NORTHWEST NOTES


had the field to herself In the race fcr
president OF the Montana Federation
OF Women's Clubs.
At a business meeting OF the tenth
annual convention Of the Montana
state Aerie OF Eagles. VIII Logan OF
Mlssoula was elected state president.
The absence Or state reform
school was emphasize in Carson
when boy IA years Of age was placed
IN the penitentlary TO serve a sentence
Tor robbery.
Nels Faaardy. q Manhattan, Nevada,
freighter. IL mourning the loss Of two
horses. a wagon and load OF hay. as
che result Of coming IN contact with
an electric wire
A report 81 one OF the richest min
eraI strikes ever made in Montana
has been received from the Pat bowl.
Ing mine Ut Bernlce. near Basin.
-Four tons 81 ore ran $4,000 to the
ton or $4,000.
Governor Stewart has modffied his
recent quarantine proclamation aimed
10 keep the alfalfa weevil out OF
Montana. by extending the time when
ii shall become effective as against
Utah from July ] TO August |.
Edison s Wells, aged ~, Is dead at
Butte He was engineer OF the FIRST
train pulled into Butte on the narrow
guage road OF the Utah Northern
and the engineer OF the iirst .rainlcad
OF ore by rail from Anaconda hill
r. w Graeme. wanted by the fed.
eral authorities at Phoenix. Ariz.. IN
connection with the smuggling OF an
aeroplane across the boundary line
into Mexico last month, was arrested
by a United States deputy marshal
nj Seattle.
Western Washlngton's contingent OF
the 1854 Gettysburg veterans who will
represent that state at the battlefield
celebration. left on special train FOR
Spokane, where the veterans from the
eastern part OF tho state also board
ed the train.
Two sons Of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Gose. aged . and H. were drowned
10 an irrigation reservoir at Upton,
Wyo. Tie younger lad had waded be-
gond his depth and his brother at.
tempted 70 rescue hlra although I'M
able to swim.
]. Thorburn Ross. formerly presi.
dent OF the Guarantee Title & Trust
company. OF Portland, Ore, who was
sentenced TO the penitentiary for ave
years upon conviction OF appropriate
ing TO his own use school funds do
rositcd In the bank, has been paroled
Lon w Davis. paroled patient
from the Oregon state hospital for the
insane at Salem. shot and killed Mrs
q. w stewart, his mother-ln-law. and
probably fatally wounded Ben Agee.
who attempted to overcome him. The
tragedy happened at Ballston, Ore.
The secretary OF the interior has
ordered Withdrawn as power site
reserve forty acres OF land along Bat
tie creek, Utah. He has also deslg-
mated for entry under the enlarged
homestead act 5000 acres OF land in
Rockland valley Oneida county,
Idgho
Paul Krimmel a sturdy young ath.
icte from New York. was crowned
champion of the Thirty,nrst Bundles
funniest or Olympiad OF the North
American Gymnastic union, which
closed four days OF athletic, singing
aad literary exercises at Denver on
June co.
Two men, w r.. chittey and p. l.
Bryan, In the employ or the Mountain
states Telephone Il Telegraph com.
pany, near Rupert. Idaho, were hurled
into eternity when the telephone wire
with which they were working toucn-
ed a high tension wire OF the power
company and they were electrocuted
The Indian appropriation bill, carry.
ing 81 100000 for the fiscal year. has
been signed by President Wilson. A
feature OF the bill this year Is an
amendment added by the senate pro-
vlding that no contract with Indians
relating to tribal funds shall be valid
unless approved by the secretary OF
the interior.
alfred c. Hodge. aged %, is dead
from injuries sustained by being
struck on the head by driving rod
OF a hoisting engine at the Noun
tain View mine. at Butte. Hodges
father had assembled In the cage just
as the accident happened and when
a cali for aid was made sprang into
the engine pit 70 rescue the young
man Then he recognized the injured
man as his son.
DR. Edgar =. Murdoch. who gave up
his practice year and half ago in
Chicago TO become an aviator. was
perhaps fatally injured on the out.
skirts OF Spokane when an aeroplans
he was testing for exhibition purposes
az Fourth OF July celebration at Gro
vile Wash. collapsed at height OF
ffty feet
Little Ogden Monahan OF Carson
City. Nevada. met with a serious in
jury while sliding down the branch OF