The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-10-24
NORTHWEST NOTES

owing to the extensive rainfall during
the past season.
Jack Carpenter and Danny OBrien
fought ten rounds to a draw In Boise,
Idaho. o'Brien was the favorite in
the betting and was picked to win.
In confession at Portland, Lloyd
Holmes wilkins told of striking the
blow that caused the death of Lou
Winters, a real estate agent and pro
fessional musician, near his home.
The Prince OF Monaco, who with a
party has been for some weeks hum
ing big game in Wyoming, returned
to Cody last week on his way east
and reports good success in his hunt.
William H. Gass, former cashier OF
the Western Pacific depot at Elko.
New, who plead guilty to the EN-.
bezzlement of company funds, has
been sentenced to eighteen months
in the state penitentiary.
wildcat" Altman of San Fran
cisco knocked out Fred Lyden Of Ton.
opah in the third of a ten-round con-
test at Reno. Lyden received hard
jolt to the jaw, collapsed on his face
and was out for ten minutes.
Title of 100000 acres of the best
timber land in Oregon, Washington
Idaho and California-lands embraced
in the notorious Hyde-Benson lieu
selections-is involved in contest pro
ceedings now pending before the com,
missioner of the general land office.
A severe earthquake shock of more
than a minute duration was felt on
october in the Seven Devils coun
try along the Snake river, on the
Idaho Oregon border line. The towns
affected were. Homestead, Ore, and
Billiards. LandiLg, Landore and Cup
rum, Ida.
The Utah State National bank OF
Salt Lake has begun an action in the
federal court at Butte against the
Sunset Orchard Land company of
Stevensville, Mont, asking Judgment
for $26,16725 with interest and costs,
and that mortgage held by the banl
be foreclosed.
Sixteen Industrial Workers of the
World, representing themselves as
the advance guard of the l. w. w
as the advance guard of the /. w. w
army of the northwest, were dubbed
out of Dillon, Mont, by the sheriff''
force, after one of the men had at
tackled the sheriff with a knife.
Running away down a steep grad,
10 miles from town up Pack river
says the Standpoint Review, Jane
Wilcox shot one of team in orde
to save his wife and himself and LIE
Allen, the third occupant of the ligh
wagon, from being plunged down
steep declivity at the side of tn
road.
A movement that may become n;
, tion-wide in it's scope was started 8
Boise last week, when present an
past representative department con
manders of Idaho Ladies of the G.
r. declared for a combining G
Thanksgiving day with the date of tn
|, anniversary Of Lincoln's Gettysbur
, speech.
! The order of disbarment i:
> sued against Attorneys Glenn Z
Hoover and Hulet M. Wells, of 81
, attic, October and 8, when Judg
, John E. HUMPHREYS, was hearing tn
Socialist contempt cases were revol
ed last week, when Judge Humphrie
signed an order restoring to them tn
! right to practice law.
} T. G. Jackson of Salt Lake City, wol
, a SANDER suit brought against hin
! by Joseph R. Silver a prominent con
/ tractor Of Butte, who asked damages
| of $4,000 because Jackson had sait
) he was a horse thief. Jackson ex
planned to the jury in an apparentl!
satisfactory manner what he mean
when he called Silver "horse thief.
Nevada is now on the eve of tn
+ greatest growth in an agriculture
line ever before witnessed in the his
tory of the state, known for its won
derfully rich mines of gold and silver
While its mines are still producin;
and new ones are being continual,
discovered, it will not be long befor,
farming will eclipse the working o
lodges of gold, silver and other prec
ious metals.
Frank c. Stettler, paper box man
ufacturer, of Portland, has filed suit
to annual the minimum wage law fol
women in Oregon. This act, prom
ulgated by the Oregon Welfare com
mission by authority of the law Great
ing this body, prescribes that no adul
woman factory worker shall receive
less than 1854 week and that none
Shall work a maximum of over So
hours in any week.
According to reports given out in
the offices of the railroad company
at Pocatello, travel in Yellowstone
park was much heavier this year thar
last. Transportation companies handl
ed 1000 more tourists than last year
Salvador Tognetti, laborer with NO
permanent home, called at the sheriffs
othce in Reno and asked to be con.