The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-11-06
In THE GEM STATE

Mrs. C. w. Pomeroy of Pocatello
was elected treasurer Of the Rebekah
state assembly at the Boise meeting
Five tons of mail order catalogues
were distributed along the Mackay
branch last week
E. H. Dewey of Nampa has been ap'
pointed state treasurer by the gov
ernor. His term of Office will expire
January 1, 1915.
James Young committed suicide at
Rock Creek, shooting himself with
rife 1t is charged that Young sui
cided just as his 15-year-old wife drove
away with another man.
| Work has begun ON the state road
highway leading out of McCammon to-
ward Downey. A large group of men
will be placed at work at once. The
contract has been let from Portneuf |
to McCammon.
In the death of Annie Bear, which |
occurred in Kootenai recently, there
passed to the happy hunting grounds
of her forefathers real, genuine IN
dian princess. She was sister to
Yellow Bear, Nez Perez chief, and
was 80 years of age.
Hansie Hanson, age about 81 years,
young rancher of the Antelope coun-
try, was fatally injured while oiling
the face wheel of thresher, his
clothes getting caught on rod. Both
his legs and one arm were broken and
his body badly mangled.
, Nine pea seed establishments in st.
Anthony and one in Idaho Falls are
/ doing a great business this year. TWO
r farmers checking out at once received
in one case, $296.40 for the product o.
/. ten acres, and in the case OF the other
D s2,253.04 from 80 acres.
: Frank Wilson is being sought by the
: sheriff in connection with the death
], Of Miss Edna Erickson on the porch
!. Of her home, six miles from Moscow
], The girl was called from her home
) and was shot dead. Her slayer then
disappeared in the timber.
!. Fred M. Coleman, alleged default
!, Ing deputy treasurer, charged with
i embezzling $4,000 and classifying the
records, waived preliminary examina
!, ton on both charges and was bount
!, over for trial to the district court
= His bond was fixed at $4,000
q Arthur Chester, the Pocatello wrest
i Ter, got two straight falls from HoI
Butler of Oklahoma in their match
al Pocatello. The first fall was obtaine'
81 In 35 minutes with a reverse body AM
ri scissors hold and the second cam
= within 20 minutes with cradle hold
A. Part of the missing furniture fror
m the capitol, parcelled out by Forme
II Treasurer Allen to subordinate stat
Nv employees, has been voluntarily r.
turned to the building. The employee
!. declare they took the furniture onl
:. on the assurance of Allen that it wa
- all right.
,a Word comes from Portland thu
Thomas Souders, formerly ma
clerk of Portland, recently runnir
10 on the o. w. R. & N. railway, col
- mitted suicide with shotgun IN tn
~ city. He had been i'll for some tin
and was respondent. He leaves
a'o wife and children.
.ne Two masked men, believed to ha
been Greeks, held up William TrapI
cigar store at Pocatello and secur
nes several hundred dollars in cash. Sc
'l.A sral customers who were in the sto
IN 1t the time were lined up against t
'il. wall at the point Of gun by one
~ the robbers while the other search
any them.
un The county attorney of Banno
user county makes a report of the cas-
under his care dunng the last nj
ON teen months, as follows: Misdeme
a ors, 119; felonies, IA; liquor cas-
lar- 271; probate court juvenile cases,
orr, dipsomania, 9; district court feloni
Sc; district court dismeanors,
tout Grand total, SOB cases.
;eri The Civic club of Pocatello is
ken tering heartily into the plan to 81
sion a Yuletide ship to the European !
pro pie as a gift Of good cheer from
American people, and arrangeme
,een have already been perfected to gat
aul parcels from all who wish to dor
utch for this worthy cause.
In a runaway accident at RI
her. land, a fine horse owned by O..
ince Really was killed and two others
lord ly injured. The horses were fri
off. ened by motorcycle and ran, ca
ing part of the harness on ?
Get. throwing one horse down and d
49, ging it underneath the wagon.
the The immense warehouse OF An
~ can Falls is being enlarged and n
scales are being installed for !
years work. There are eight 81
4 ex- 10y ne -. $1,000 -,
Ia Last year 100000 bushels OF WI
was shipped from that place.
No accurate estimates are avail
AAe to date as to the amount Of the
tato crop In Idaho and northern Z
as the harvest is not completed.