The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-07-03
NORTHWEST NOTES

The farmers near Centerville, New,
are beginning to cut their first hay
crop. The crop this year is very heavy
owing to the early warm weather.
Plans for the organization of a new
athletic federation, to be known as
the Far Western association, were set
on foot at the final session at Port
land of delegates from five western
branches of the Amateur Athletic
union.
A herder was shot and seriously
wounded, and over 100 sheep were
killed and wounded when night rid
ers raided the grazing camp of Leo
Brunne, near Wahkiaeus, in an OBJ
scure district Of Klickitat county,
Washington.
Rev. w. G. Smith, who was forced
to leave Wolf creek, Ore, and was
horsewhipped and egged by women,
caused warrants to be issued for E. N
Story, H. o. Fletcher and T. NJ. La,
mond, all of Wolf creek, ON charges
of melting riot.
Albert s. Cough of Goldfield has
been awarded the contract to con
struct the Nevada building at the
Panama-Pacific International EXPOSE
ton at San Francisco by the board
Of exposition commissioners. Coughs
bid was for S2:,660.
Leopold Stiner, resident of Nevada
since 1854, died at his home in Sparks
after an illness of several months.
Mr.. Stiner was a resident of Austin
during the early days of this state
and was extensively engaged in stock
raising and mining.
R. w. Lowery, wealthy business
man of Great Falls, Mont, was in
stantly killed in an automobile acct
dent and three others were injured.
Lowery lost control of the machine
and it struck an obstruction and turn
ed complete somersaiut.
Things are looking good at Hay.
stack, the new gold camp nine miles
south of Jungo, Nevada. claim own
ers are active throughout the district
and Lodges carrying good values in
OF about two miles square.
Haystack, Nevada, came near being
swept away by a cloudburst which
occurred last week. The only thing
that saved the camp was the fact that
the gulch forks a short distance above
the town, dividing the volume of wa
ter that swept down the canyon.
Markes Daskes, a Greek miner, was
shot and killed at Ely. New, when
| another Greek began promiscuous
shooting in a saloon during a saloon
| fight. Daskes was not engaged in
the melee, and the man who shot him,
Gust Demelropalos, was his friend.
The will of DIR. ]. E. Stubs, late
president of the University of Ne
vada, leaves practically all of his
| property, of an estimated value OF
100000, to his widow, Mrs. Ella S.
Stubs, expressing confidence that she
will distribute it fairly among the five
| children.
A minimum wage of SO for women
and girls employed in laundries anC
dye works in washington was recon
mended to the state industrial vel
| fare commission by the conference Of
employers, employees and disinterest
| ed citizens called to fix wage fol
that industry
Phil Blume and B. L. Sawtelle mar
rowly escaped drowning while pros
pecting near Antelope Springs, New
They had camped in a canyon, wher
volume of water, the result of {
cloudburst, came down upon them
They lost their outfit, but ESCAPED
with their lives.
Representatives Falconer Of Wash
ington and French of Idaho, were sue
cessful in securing the adoption in thu
sundry civil bill an appropriation o
| 100000 to continue the survey o
the railroad land grants so that tn,
title can pass to the railroads and thu
lands become subject to state taxa
ton.
John Meklayon has been awarded
the contract for carrying the mai
|
one miles, for the next four years. H,
will receive $66S a year and his bonds
were placed at $1,000 He will de
liver the mail twice a week Their,
are about twenty-five ranchers living
on this mail route.
After a thrilling chase Of tweut,
miles across the Utah desert, Ernes
T. Herman, vice-president of thu
Montana Mesa Mining & Milling com
pany, overlook and captured ]. E
Stone at Grand Junction, Coo. Stont
is alleged to have stolen thirty sack
of uranium ore, valued at $4,000
from Herrmans mines,
F. Mclaughlin, captain of the On
season without artificial light The
wentsia Polo club, Chicago, stated tina
in his opinion Big Jim, the Idah,
pony, was the only one in the Ameri
can string at the international poll