The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-05-30
NORTHWEST NOTES

and state land register.
Mrs. Vincent Bennett Of Ely, New,
was painfully burned as the result Of
some gasoline igniting, with which
she was cleaning a dress.
James Potter, charged with the
murder of Indian Billy Webb, was ac-
quilted at Ely, New, the Jury being
out but about half an hour.
man whose identity is unknown
is diving at st. Mary's hospital, Grand
Junction from the effects of broken
skull received in a fight in Rifle, Colo.
Six men were held up in saloon
at Butte by two robbers, one of whom
was armed and masked. They Sc.
cured two silver watches and less
than $40 in money.
Tommy Sheehan of Chicago was
given a decision at Billings, Mont,
over Roy Coquil of Cody, Wyo., in the
premier event of the Billings Athletic
clubs first carnival, 12-round bout
Mrs. John Woodrow, aunt by mar
rage of President Wilson, died at
Denver last week from an acute at
tack of bronchitis. She was 81 years
old. Her husband was brother Of
the presidents mother.
The Carey land act board, in ses
sion at Helena, executed a contract
for the reclamation and settlement Of
the second unit of the Waller project
embracing $4,000 acres. 1t is estt
mated that this unit will support 912
| families.
Crop prospects along the routes of
the Oregon Short Line never were bet.
ter, according to reports from differ
ent points in Utah, Idaho, Wyoming
and Montana that have reached the
general offices of the company in
Salt Lake.
The Butte electrical workers will
not return to work until after the la
Dor difficulties existing between this
craft and the contractors in Salt Lake
is settled. This announcement was
made at the conclusion of the meet
ing held by the local union.
Construction work on the Oregon &
Eastern railroad west of Vale is being
rapidly pushed and the big 2,5O0-foot
tunnel at mile post No. 80 in the NAL
heur canyon will be completed within
period of thirty days. Track will
be laid through the tunnel by July /,
1913.
Controlling interest in the First Ma
!, .ional bank of Lovelock, New, has
J been purchased from L. A. Friedman
by ]. E. Crosgriff, president of the
: Continental National bank of Salt
g Lake City. The transaction is under
D stood to have been in the neighbor
r hood of 100000.
A shooting scrape took place
: at F1oriston, New, resulting in the
death of Frank McGinnis, superintend
ent of the Floriston mills and the seri
Gus wounding of Mrs. Sunburst Th'
|. shooting was done by DR.. Sunburst
: the company physician, and was tn
A result of quarrel.
g There will be no meeting of the Ma
g tional Irrigation congress this year. A
n the meeting at Salt Lake last yeal
D Phoenix, Ariz., was chosen as the mex
a meeting place, but that city was III
It able to make the necessary guarantee
and it was announced that the col
gress would not go there.
IN Information has been received &
le Nampa that the body of Japanes
n who was working as cook at til
IN Bonnell camp in the Flint mining di
as trict near Silver City, who mysteriou
as ly disappeared March 10, has bee
ig found in gulch near what is local
al known as Big Eye hill.
ie Governor Stewart of Montana hs
appointed the commission provided fl
at the last session of the legislator
to represent Montana at the celebrs
: ton of the fiftieth anniversary of tn
= :. battle of Gettysburg at Gettysburg, Pa
= July 1-6, composed of veterans of bot
: northern and southern armies.
i In response to requests from cor
!, mercial organizations in towns
= northern Montana and from individu
citizens in different sections of Il
Washington in connection with Il
or agitation in regard to the reclamatic
20 projects in Montana.
~ Harvey Crawford, an aviator. he
ne two thrilling escapes from death
70 Tacoma on Saturday. While 300 fe
ID in the air, with a passenger, his m
at tor went wrong, but spectacular We
plane landed him on the tide fla
without injury. The same thing ha
pened on second fight.
". According to official announcement
e. which have reached Salt Lake fro
ir- Idaho and Nevada, a vigorous quara
w tine has been declared by those stat
IN against Utah and all other states ca
n tie and hogs, unless certificates a
shown that they have been inoculat'
with serum against tuberculosis.
Race track operatives in Butte mu
!" watch out for the police. A campait