The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-09-12
NORTHWEST NOTES

The University of Wisconsin fac
nifty will forbid the bunny hug and
wiggle dances at student functions
this winter.
In a contest which smacked OF the
elements which characterize street
aght. Leo Benz of Butte, was award
Cd decision by Referee j. H. McIn-
Josh over Art Allard of Anaconda.
with scores of idle men at Crooks
fon. Mimi, farmers are having SER
lous trouble in hiring men enough to
man the threshing rigs. All machines
are running short-nanded and men
are refusing to go out for SO per
day.
For the fiscal year ending June 30,
1913, the earnings of the Salt Lake
Route show an increase over the pre-
ceding year OF more than $1,000,000,
according to the official report of the
road which has just been made pub
lie.
Representatives of Denver on the
committee of engineers recently ap-
pointed by the tunnel commission to
report on site for the Moffat tunnel
and prepare plans and estimates pre-
lminary to the beginning OF construc-
tiuu work, held their first meeting
Thursday.
snokane's city school superintend-
emit. Bruce M. Watson, has filed public
notice that he will work for an
amendment to the Washington school
code that would permit the public
schools to stay in session the year
round, instead of only nine months,
as at present.
George Walsh was killed and Harry
Gray and Walter S. Brown were in
iured late Tuesday when car driven
by Gray in the Seattle Automobile
clubs reliability tour skidded off a
bridge just outside the city limits.
Walsh was an automobile dealer, ~
years of age. The accident occurred
in the home stretch of 421-mile
run to Gray's Harbor and return.
The report that Coloney Lawson,
warden of the state penitentiary of
OIS5Ou, w III 1ColGn hC LOO W NAN
Robert Morgan, the 1S-year-old slay.
er of Virgie Hart of Condor, was
said to be well founded by Governor
West Monday night. The governor
now is confronted with the question
Of committing Morgan's sentence to
life Imprisonment or losing the ser.
vices of Lawson.
S, ]. Golfer, chief of the field di.
vision of the United States land of
fee with headquarters at Duluth, re
Gently received instructions from the
department of the interior at Wash
ington relative to the sale of fire kill
ed or damaged timber on the public
domain outside of national forests
as authorized by the act of congress
PASSED March of this year.
Willie Richie, lightweight cham
pion and Freddie Welsh, the British
champion. Saturday posted forfeits
for their twenty-round fight Septem
her 90 Each put up $3.50, Of which
$4,000 was to guarantee appearance
and s1,250 to insure that the fighter
would weigh inside the 1875 pound
limit at noon on the day of the fight
Denver officers of the Knights O
Pythias are trying TO locate HarolC
Blew in order that they may inform
him of the death of his mother, which
occurred at 'her home in Goshen, Ind
Blew is supposed to be on his wa,
to Denver from Salt Lake, and mem
bers of his family are anxious T.
reach him in order that he may re
turn to his home at once.
Brigham M. Robinson, 49,, presiden
snd general manager Of the Medlca
Hot Springs in Ogden canyon. wa
instantly killed Monday night by tn
accidental discharge of a shotgun
while wagon in which campin
party had returned to Ogden was be
ing unloaded in the rear of his hom
at 15S North Washington avenue.
Appeal has been taken by the So
thern Pacific company in the feeders
court at Portland, from the decisio
Of Judge Wolverton, rendered July
whereby 100000 acres ot land in til
OANtV1 ciuu SdtllOTulst kihlOhu va
pany grant, after being acquired |
the Southern Pacific, were declare
forfeited to the governD ant.
Two men were killed and tw
others seriously injured on the Idah
Northern extension of thu orego
Short Line Sunday evening when
light engine left the track on shar
curve and overturned, pinning the el
CINE crew beneath the heavy locom'
tive. News of the accident was r
ceiyed at the local offices of the Or
gon Short Line Monday morning,
Mayor Arthur Hodges of Boise, Ids
Is asked to place his official ban @
The X-ray skirts with the filny effec
The demand comes from the w. c.
Z. of Ada county, the members
which voice their indignation ov'