The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-09-05
.NORTHW VEST NOTES

county, nevada, jail, committed ant
eide by hanging himself over the d..
of his cell.
Victor, Ida, in the Teton COUNTS
celebrated the completion Of tho a.,
gon Short Line railroad to that poin,
with Frontier and Railroad caa
bration" August 20 and 30.
Seventy-five delegates representa-.
five states and three Canadian nror
inces attended the 21st convention !,
the Pacific Coast Association of Fire
Chiefs in Tacoma last week.
An unknowu man jumped from
passenger train as 1t passed Bear cid.
ing near Forsythe, Mont, and the bod,
fell into the Yellowstone river. The
train was backed to the scene OF tho
tragedy but no trace of the body con,d
he found.
u. G.. Bearup, alias Frederick Muny
who shot and fatally wounded Deputy
Sheriff McFadden at Grace, Idaho
was captured by Sheriff Lowry Of
Bannock county. The Idaho Official
ano posse had been trailing Mune
| ever Sluce the SnOOJlng.
After writing note instructing his
friends not to think any one else kill
| ed him, Nick Kullacha, bartender in
q saloon at the Mary mine, near Tono.
| pah, placed a 38 calibre revolver To
| his throat and pulled the trigger.
| death being instantaneous,
One man was drowned when a wall
| of water from a cloudburst swept
| down Murray creek, which flows
through Ely. Nevada. The flood rose
undated part of the business and
residence section to depth of several
feet
Forest fires have destroyed a large
amount of valuable timber in the
Bear Tooth national forest on Mount
Marie, a shortly distance south of Red
Lodge, Mont. Mayor Levins of Bill
ings Is the heaviest loser, it being re-
ported that timber belonging to him
to value of $4,000 has been
destroyed.
larry Paul, aged 10, an expert
| WdS uIOMnGu Ill Liant
Steilacoom, Tacoma, from the same
canoe and at the identical spot where
16-year-old Eugenia Low lost her life
a few days previous. The youth up
set the canoe in which he and two
others of his age We're riding, by try
ing to rig up a sail.
The Western Pacific is arranging
for extensive improvements along its
whole line in Nevada Large forces
of men will be put to work putting the
roadbed in first-class shape. Traffic,
both passenger and freight, is rapidly
increasing and it has been found nee
. essary to put Jne road in shape to &C.
comodate this rush.
Opening prices on salmon for the
year 1918 are announced by E. B.
Deming, president of the Pacific
American company at Bellingham,
Wash. Sockeye prices are SLIGO case
less than in 1912 and there is no
change in pink salmon. The lower
prices are due to the big pack of sock,
eyes and humpbacks this year.
An effort is to be made to secure
pardon for Buckaroo Jack. an Indian
who is serving a life term in the Ne
vada state prison for murder. Buk-
aroo Jack killed his squaw at Nc
Derm1tt about seven years ago. He
claimed she was unfaithful and fol.
lowed the old tribal custom, which is
similar to the paleface's 'unwritten
law of today.
Lowrie Mclaughlin Is on trial at
Lewiston, Mont, charged with the
murder of Patrick Duffy. The latter
was wealthy stockman and the
former well-to-do and well-known
farmer, who lived near him. The only
eye witness was Duffy's hired man.
and his story is that Duffy was leav-
ing McLaughlin's house and going
toward his own rig when the defend
ant fired
BY order of the state railroad com.
mission, interstate rates on railroads
operating in Montana are cut from
10 to S3 per cent. The roads affected
are the Northern Pacific, Great North
ern, Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul,
Oregon Short Line and the Butte,
| Anaconda & Pacific.
A victory for the water users OF
! fonopah, Nevada, was secured in the
federal court last week when Judge
Morrow of the federal court dissolved
the restraining order and denied the
Injunction sought to stop the Public
Service commission from enforcing
reduction of rates in Tonopah.
Hopes that strike in the southern
coal fields of Colorado may be avert
ed have been raised by reports from
Denver that steps have been taken by
state officials in an effort to end the
controversy now being waged be-
tween representatives of the United
NINE Workers of America and the
coai operators of District No. 10.
The proposed race from Rifle to
/ salt Lake over the Midland trail and