The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-03-06
NORTHWEST NOTES

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The rate Of taxation for the city
| of Ely, New, for the ensuing year. if
| to remain at 81 ON the hundred, the
same as last year.
That the excavation work on the
new depot for the Oregon Short Line
at Pocatello, Idaho, will be started at
very early date is confirmed by of
ficials Of the railroad.
Richard Fl. Soule, Short Line engi-
neer, who is charged with robbing the
postoffice substation at Pocatello, and
was captured in Butte and returned to
Pocatello, has been bound over to the
district court.
Missoula county, Montana, takes
first place in its road expenditures
| that aggregated $91,257.92 in 1913.
| Then came Dawson with expenditures
Of $87,717.5O, Custer with 81,808.26,
Park $50,528.67 and Gallatin $50.070.-
81.
Marty Rowan OF Salt Lake and Jack
| Carpenter Of Boise fought ten rounds
to draw at Boise, Idaho, at Forest
Park. Both boys finished strong in
the last round. The mill was one Of
the fastest that has been seen in Boise
this season.
Custer county spent on bridges
more than twice as much as did any
other county in Montana in 1913, being
s83,015.91. Yellowstone was second
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third with expenditures of s37 $50 and
Dawson fourth with S36,214.o6.
The Nevada supreme court has ar
ranged to consolidate the hearing of
three attacks upon the constitutional
ity of the new water law, involving
the powers of State Engineer Kear-
ney, and set the hearing for the first
day of the April term of court, which
is April Z.
Mike Dayasconick, one of the two
coal miners who was entombed for
seven days by cave-in in the Can
non mine of the Pacific Coast Coal
company at Franklin, thirty-four
miles from Seattle, was rescued alive.
The dead body of the other man, An
drew Cherucck, was recovered.
Montana counties expended on
bridges, roads and highways last year
the sum of $1,786,041.51, according to
figures compiled by George r.. Met
len, secretary of the Montana high
way commission, from the reports of
county clerks This is about 5000 900
more than was expended In 1912.
Angelo Corzo, an Italian, commit
ted suicide in the Jail at Winnemuc-
ca, New, by hanging himself in his
cell. To carry out the deed he used
a leather belt, having attached one
end to a steel cross bar near the top
OF the cell door and making a moose
of the other end, which he had placed
around his neck,
At the rate the permanent school
fund of the state is increasing. Mon
tana will soon have income enough
off its investments of school funds so
that the special school levy may be
abolished. This year the state divid-
ed among the counties $513,144 deriy-
ed from the investments OF school
funds, or about 100000 more than
last year.
Because he forced a federal inspec-
Tor to drink quart of whisky without
stopping, and at another time intro
duced six quarts of liquor upon the
Flathead Indian reservation, Charles
Black will serve thirteen months in
the Leavenworth federal prison. ac-
cording to the sentence imposed by
Judge Bourquin in the United States
district court at Great rails.
After an hour and ffty-one minutes
OF brilliant work by both men. Mike
Yokel, worlds champion middle.
weight wrestler, gained the first fall
over George Steif, at Lewiston. Mont.
The men were standing when the
champion got double arm lock and
threw Steif over his head. Steif
alighted on his head and seemed to
De hurt, but soon said he would con-
tinue, and lost the second fall.
A telegram signed by members OF
the Idaho congressional delegation re-
celved by the Boise-Payette Water
Users association gives assurance that
the protest against the bill introduced
ey Congressman Smith of Texas.
granting an extension of time for wa.
ter payments, but containing other
features to which the water users oh
Ject, will be given consideration he
fore the bill is nassod
A favorable report on the bill
amending the law which authorizes
clerks of federal courts to charge
double fees in Montana. Idaho
wyoming, Utah and other western
states, was made from the judiciary
committee of the senate by Senator
walsh. The bill as reported pro-
Vides that the clerks shall retain
from the fees collected for personal
compensation, over all office ex.
penses, not to exceed $500 per an
mum. 70 an
a rotary snow pillow, to begin work
% opening up the Yellowstone park
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