The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-01-03
NORTHWEST NOTES

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| John Wrinkle, a miner of Butte. fell
down stairs and broke his neck early
Christmas morning, following cele-
bration with friends. Wink was
born Christmas day, 1884. in Finland.
Forty Greeks were shipped to Ely,
New, from Kansas City last week.
They will take the places of others
OF the same nationality who have
been called to their country's aid in
| the war,
Christmas trees for the birds and
| squirrels, well loaded with nuts,
crumbs, seeds and all the, delicacies
they appreciate, were seen Wednes.
day in practically every dooryard in
Greeley, Colo.
That the Nevada senators have not
given up the fight for the retention oi
the Carson City mint is shown by a
telegram from Washington announcing
that action is being taken by Sena.
tors Newlands and Massey.
Fred Curtis, court reporter OF
Seattle, chung to the back Of taxi
cab and shot and wounded his 24-year.
old wife, who was riding inside wish
her sister, Marjorie Patterson, IS
years old, with whom she had spent
Christmas away from home.
The Northern Pacific has just placed
for delivery next season one of the
largest orders for power and equip
nent ever given by an American rail
road at one time It includes seventy
engines and $685. cars. The aggregate
cost of the equipment will be approx.
mately $10,OOO,0OO.
Sixty thousand dollars damages are
asked in suit filed against the South
srn Pacific company for Edith P. Cool,
of Sparks, the 19-year-old widow OF
Charles c. Cool, Southern Pacific fire.
man who was killed in a boiler ex-
plosion between INLAY and Cosgrove,
Nevada, October 3.
Following closely on the death of
his predecessor, the report that Attor.
ney General George Thatcher was dy,
ing at his home in Tonopah, New,
created a sensation. Investigation dis
closed the fact that while Mr. Thatcher
was seriously i'll he is now recovering
rom a threatened attack OF pneu-
nonia.
Scenes enacted in the palmy days
Of Tonopah and Goldfield are being
repeated at Rochester canyon, TWEEN
ty-four miles northeast OF Lovelock.
Nevada, where a rush of mining men
and prospectors has occurred, follow.
Ing the discovery of vein of rich
silver and gold ore three to seven
feet wide and 1000. feet long in the
outcropping
The public school and road funds
of Nevada are ahead $15,086.07 as
The result of check for that amount
rom the United States government.
The check represents 25 per cent of
the money received for the different
counties of the state on the sale
of timber and grazing lands in the
various forest reserves during the ifs.
cal year ending June 80, 1912.
That the spirit of romance and ad-
venture is not dead in the west is
made evident by the plan of four young
Goldfield men, who are completing ar.
rangements for carrying out an enter
prise involving much toll and hard
ship and possibly great danger. This
Is nothing less than trip, in small
skiff, down the Colorado river and
hence into wild and almost un-
known part of Mexico
The abolition of private banks In
Colorado is recommended by State
Bank Examiner Emil Pfeiffer in his
annual report to the governor. The
bank examiner declares that all banks
should be compelled to incorporate
for the protection Of the depositor
and he recommends that the state leg.
stature be asked to enact such law.
A log chain about ten feet long was
sent to the Deseret museum at Salt
Lake last week by George e. Perkins
Of Oyerton, New. This chain was found
in the ruins OF the Mormon settlement
at Overton and had lain there since
the abandonment Of that place about
forty years ago. The Mormon settle.
ment at Overton was made in tbs
year 1868.
Steps have been taken to form
storage and warehouse association
with headquarters in Spokane and
chain of warehouses throughout the
northwest to work in cooperation with
the distributing and selling associa-
ton of fruit growers covering Wash
ington, Idaho, Oregon and Montana.
which was started at conference of
growers at Spokane, December 16.
Fourteen prisoners, led by Edward
Brown, Paul II. Jones and Joseph
Cobb, three young men from Brooklyn.
n Y, who were arrested after they
began operations as automobile ban
dts in Denver, made a dash for lib
srty at Buena Vista, Colo, but were
frustrated by the guards.
With letter from his mother.in.
law announcing her coming for the
Christmas holidays gripped in his
hand, Kenneth X. Kane, of Denver, =