The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-02-27

age, among the first white children
born in Salt Lake, died last week at
her home in Salt Lake.
The department of agriculture cred
Its Nevada with 100000 acres in all
OF which 100000 are good for titled
crops and like number estimated
for untitled crops, while 46,2OO,000 are
non-agricuitural
Montana women have been forbid.
den to mix tea and politics, the coun-
ty attorney at Butte having given his
opinion that any attempt to attract
women voters by means of tea par
ty is corrupt and illegal.
Wool buying in Nevada is now in
full swing and to date it is estimated
that over three million pounds of this
years clip has been contracted for.
The prices being paid ranges from
IL to 1914 cents per pound.
Fred Mitchell is to be tried at Reno
on a charge of having substituted
tame, or the house or garden variety
Of cat scalps for the wild species Of
the same family, and endeavored to
secure bounty from the county for
the same.
Judge Moran went on record in the
district court at Reno, New, as up
holding the constitutionality of the
new divorce law requiring twelve
months residence for divorce in all
cases except where both parties re-
side in the state.
An earthquake occurred at Reno,
New, on the 18th. The only damage
done consisted of broken windows and
in few cases cracked walls Hun
dreds of persons, badly frightened,
rushed into the streets from business
buildings and residences.
Percy w. Rochester, manager of
the Association of Western Portland
Cement Manufacturers, committed
suicide by chloroforming himself in
his office in Portland. The body was
discovered by his daughter. No rsa-
son for the suicide is ascribed.
Andrea Parorine met with an I'M
usual mishap recently at Arden, New,
While working in machine shop. a
| piece of steel about the size of bull
let was Clipped from the head of a
hammer by the force of the blow, i'm
bedding itself like shot deep in the
The jury at Seattle in the case OF
| Charles F. Munday and Archie W
Shells, charged with conspiracy to de
fraud the United States Of the Strategy
| group of Alaska coal lands by the use
of dummy entrymen, brought in yer
dict of not guilty after being out six
| hours.
The department of agriculture es
| Inmates that for each acre in crops il
Nevada in 1903 there were 1888 acres
| potentially tillable. This shows won
derful reserve waiting in this state
for the time when agriculture shall
be advanced to anything like its prop
er place.
Hiram c. Gill, who was elected
mayor of Seattle in 1910, recalled fol
alleged misconduct in office the mex
year and defeated by Mayor Cotteril
in 1912, was selected as candidate fol
mayor In the recent preferential pr
mary, receiving as many votes as hi
three nearest competitors combined.
John Kelley, miner of the Smitl
mine near Henryville, was wounded
probably fatally, Bert Johnson wal
terribly beaten, Ber: Wilson was sho
twice, AID two other men. Frank Gan
ley and Bert Hill, received minor sho
wounds late Sunday night in rio
at Henryville, Ore, participated in b,
some twenty miners.
Raft River farmers have been cor
verified to the union plan which is RAP
idly being adopted by the farmers {
the state. The Famers' union o
Raft River will operate in the ricl
Raft river section of Boxelder cou1
ty and southern Idaho, With headqual
ters in Sublet, Idaho. The union vii
handle all the crops of the farmer
there.
Charles Morey, who escaped re
Gently from the penitentiary at Car
on City, Colo, was captured in Hell
er, Utah, last week Morey was SER
ing a sentence of from three and
half to five years on a white SLAYER
charge and escaped while doing roa
work with a gang of honor prisoner
with gang of honor prisoners.
While returning from a dance s
Reno. Mace McCubbin shot an
killed Mrs. Gertie Gundry, with whol
he had been keeping company sine
August, and then killed himself. HI
first shot was directed upon Mrs. Be-
Boalen, sister of Mrs. Gundry, an
inflicted light wound in her wris
Unrequited love prompted the deed.
The arrest at Chehalis. Wash, I
a Japanese workman named Miawag
revealed the facts of three murder
which the sheriffs of Lewis and p
cific counties have been recently i
vestigating, committed in Octobt
and November of last year. The vi
tins were all Japanese workme
killed in a quarrel over a card gam