The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-02-13
NORTHWEST NOTES

the day being generallv as .uaho
throughout the state. serVed
Railroads have granted Ranrh,,
OF Idaho a reduced rate to ana MAINS
Boise on the date of the Lincoln ION s
dinner Of members Of that partr 1ay
Montana is cooperating win ~,
in trying to save the small go suauO
Inent assay offices of the wes, s =,
the benefit of the western m,pa, ~
J. w. Farrell, So years Of aga !.
mer plumbing inspector Of Salt Iars
City, and for many years closely -
Bociated with pioneer mining men :,
Virginia City, New, died last weer Z
Salt Lake City.
Boise people are going in for r.,.
/ ing mushrooms, and the coming ~ ~
son will find number of private boa.
producing the succulent fungi NJ
| tive spawn is being used almost T.
clusively in the preparation Of tbs
| beds.
A warming against the operations q
a certain class of mining promoters IN
Denver has been issued by postoffieo
Inspector McHenry, chief of this dis
trjct, as a result of the agitation over
the proposed withdrawal of the radium
| fields from entry.
! Word has been received of the
death of John Parker at Olymnia
Wash. Mr.. Parker was a pioneer Of
Idaho, having been permitted to live
on the Fort Hall reservation long be.
| fore the government forced the In.
dams to be more liberal in this
matter.
On account of the sale of 125, OOOOOO
feet of timber, lying near the head Of
Wind river, to the Wind River Timber
company, Pocatello may look for
| tie-treating plant being established
there, since the purchasing company
furnishes great number of ties for
different railroads.
Sheepmen in Utah have been advs.
| I'd nv T. H. Clarke, supervisor of the
| Wasatch national forest, acting for
| the forest service officials in Washing.
| ton, that they would be able to arrange
for use of unoccupied range within the
national forests in Colorado during
the coming grazing season.
F. F. Brandt, Is years old, seaman
| from the cruiser Milwaukee, stationed
at the navy yard at Bremerton, Wash,
and whose parents reside in St. Louis,
| was killed by electricity when he
climbed a tower supporting high ten.
| sion power wires and accidentally
| touched wire carrying $4,000 volts.
Through court order, John Bur
| CESS, slayer of Sheriff Williams Of
Rosebud county, Montana was remov-
ed from the Rosebud Jail to the Miles
City county jail. Burgess, SO physi
clans testified, cherished the insane
delusion that he was in danger Of be-
ing lynched, and was in danger Of
completely losing his mind
The name of Frank Klepetko has
been stricken from the roll of the
departed of Algeria temple, Mystic
| Shrine at Helena. This action has been
| taken following the discovery that an
nouncement of his death was, as in the,
| case of Mark Twain, premature
Klepetko was reported to have died
| in South America, but is alive and
| well.
The following report on the annual
cost of keeping 5000 sheep has been
made to S. w. Mcclure, secretary Of
the National Woolgrowers associa'
tions, by Utah fiockmaster: Equip
ment, $4O4; feed, (leased pasturesl So
697; hay and grain, $1,O23; provision
for men $1,542; shearing, 1851; dlp
ping, $9S; salt, 1921; sundries, $l,74l;
taxes, $40; interest, 1871.
| A prominent alfalfa seed raiser OF
| Utah declares that the free trade tar
iff has practically ruined the alfaila
| seed industry in that part of the west
| The farmers have been holding tneH
seed for some time in the hope thal
the price would strengthen, but as i
| kept down several carloads OF seed
were sold at 71s cents pound, JUS
one-half the price received the year
| before.
L. F. HuIen has been transfeTTeu
from Wyoming to Golden, Colo'
answer to a charge of bigamy pre-
ferred by Mrs. Bertha Fennell Huleh'
who says that she was married
him last October, when he had put :
few months before been married :.
Mrs. Charlotte Richards Hulen y
Thermopolis.
Armed with two guns, one carrieu
by his wife, and with fierce iooksds
blacksnake around his neck, lel'
nessee mountaineer, who has Deen :
Boise, Idaho, but two weeks, Klanapes
his three children from the Chhuleu
Home at Boise, after they had pesn
placed in that institution The n'ou ~,
taineer was finally arrested anu IN
children returned TO the institution
Reports from Wyoming are tnat -,
sheepmen Of that state are compeiiea
to feed their sheep on account u I'D
deep snow. Corn is being purchaaS
~ at Sl.Ou