The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-01-09
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isiS from the mines Of the Coeu,
aAlene region in northern Idaho
Nearly $500 rabbits constitutes ).
toll collected by 1872 Ogden Ir.N .a
hunters In the annual hunt nea.
Monument on the old line Of the cea
sral Pacific. north OF Great Salt I,sSa
George Ferguson, formerly of parr
City, Utah, and a member ~ ~
Knights Of Columbus of that ~.
committed suicide at Butte. bv slasS
ing his wrists and throat. Ferpusna
had been employed as a miner :,
Butte. e
AS result of injuries sustained =,
Carter, Wyo-, G. G, Butler, a Coz,
chute foreman, died at an Ogden ~
pital. The injuries resulted VIII
Buffers clothing caught in the boist
ing machinery and ne was crusbes
In the cogs.
evidence that Utah is now exnert
encing winter which is at least al
tinctive for the amount of SNOW on
the ground is furnished by Cbarlas
Wheat. pony express rider. who do
clares that the heavy snowfall Of tbe
past few days reminds him of ~
winter of 1865.
A delegation Of New York nhvS,o
ians, headed by DR.. Julian ]. Meyer
p specialist in tuberculosis, will ar
rive in Butte early in January to ner,
sonally examine number of minaro
who, according to reports. have
shown improvement under the Fried.
mann vaccine treatment.
Although convicted by a iury last
month of the murder of Mrs. Daisy
Wehrman and her baby two wears
ago, j. A. Fender, a former resident
OF Ogden, Utah, may yet escape the
penalty of death, according to the
Portland, Oregon, Oregonian, new
evidences having been discovered
Mrs. Normile of the Phoebe Cafe
stands a good show of becoming
m1llionairess, says the Phoebe, (Ney.T
Record. Not long ago Mrs. Normile
befriended an old prospector, who af
terward struck out for the hills and
located a group of mining claims
which it is believed will develop into
paying mine.
The Merchants bank of Salt Lake
has taken judgment against the Day.
Bristol Consolidated Mining company
of Phoebe, Nevada for $32,108.29. The
trouble is said to be due to an accu-
mutation of ore while the railroad
was out of commission and to the
construction of the new tram which
is costing about $4,000.
Various tree diseases classed an
blight are working havoc with the
species of pine tree known as conf
fers, according to a federal bulletin
received in Salt Lake. The bulletin
advises that conifers in Idaho are be-
ing generally ravaged by the blight
and suggests the possibility of the as
nlction spreading into Utah.
The output of Colorado mines for
eleven months of 1913 with an estl
mate for December, according to pre-
liminary figures by Charles w. Hend-
erson of the United States geological
survey, shows a production of s1S.
$4,000 in gold, 9&50,0O0 ounces Of
silver, S5,5OO,O0o pounds of lead, T.
$4,000 pounds of copper and 1885,
$4,000 pounds of zinc Tin terms of
spelter and zinc in zinc oxide), with
a total value of $36,2O0,OOO, compared
with $S7,320,996 in 1912.
The American National bank Of
Caldwell, Idaho, closed it's doors last
week and is now in the lands of
the state bank examiners. The failure
OF the institution is blamed 10 for
mer cashier, S. D. Simpson, who re-
signed from the institution about two
months ago and left town.
1t is predicted that during 1914
Utah and Idaho farmers will raise
from so to 20 per cent more hogs
than last year. The increased inter
est In hog raising is caused By the
TACT that farmers are learning that
they get more money for their graiu
IL they feed it to hogs than if they
sell it outright.
Attorney General Peterson, acting
on the report made by State Sanitary
inspector Wallis, will probably take
some action against the Oregon Short
Line railroad company so far as the
passenger depot at Pocatello, Idaho,
is concerned, he having decided that
the present building is more of nui
sance than a benefit
Idaho is not the only state in the
west that is trying to save its assay
ornce In the interest of the mining
industry. Montana is aroused and is
putting forth efforts through her SEN
ators and representatives to ward of
that sentence of death that seems
about to be pronounced on all western
assay offices by the authorities al
Washington.
In the same cell on Christmas day
with S. w. Moore, the man he SEN
fenced to jail for six months for being
drunk and beating his wife, George
Bingham, justice of the peace at OAK