The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-10-22
INLAND NORTHWEST

While working In his barber shop In
virginia City, New, Ignacio Thomas
was stricken with paralysis and It is
feared he may not recover.
Sydney Ireland Of Elko has been
placed under $1,000 bonds to appear
before the justice of the peace OF Elko
Tor preliminary examination on a
charge OF burglary.
During the season just closed the
growers OF Moapa valley, in Nevada,
shipped 275 cars of cantaloupes and
realized net return Of so cents per
crate on the average.
A valuable saddle horse belonging
to A. Y. Blum was found dead in a
pasture near Winnemucca, New From
indications the animal had been at
tackled and killed by coyotes.
G. e. Mayer of Elko has presented
the Nevada Historical society with an
old-fashioned music box which in the
pioneer days was used to entertain
guests at the old Gilbert hotel.
Reductions in freight rates from Is
to 20 cents hundred ON canned goods
have been voluntarily made by the
southern Pacific from California com
mon points to Idaho common points.
In Ely, Nevada, a fire broke out near
the city hall, and while engaged in
coupling hose with which to fight the
fire, Peter c. Watt, an old resident of
that place. dropped dead. presumably
from heart failure.
Del Mcfarland, a shift boss, and
Torl Ghacn %
& Mushett Pine Tree camp, were shot
by bartender named Santaucci, In
Manhattan. Both men will recover. 1t
is claimed Santucci opened fire with
out provocation.
Thieves entered the Lamoille Mer-
camille company's building at La
mobile, New, blew open the safe and
took therefrom about $500. The safe
carried the funds of the Mercantile
company and the U. S. postoffice,
which was located In the same build
ing
Margaret Grace Harmon, aged II
years, died in Las Vegas, New, from
burns she received the night before.
She was engaged in lighting gasoline
stove when bottle containing wood
alcohol, with which she was attempt
ing to heat the generator on the stove,
exploded.
Vegas, met with an accident in the
railroad yards at that place which
resulted in his death. Falling between
two cars he was caught by the truck
and dragged some distance. One leg
was almost severed from the body, and
the torso was frightfully bruised.
The West End Consolidated Mining
company of Tonopah last week ship
ped by express the bullion resulting
from the last half of the September
run In the mill. It consisted of thirty
tive bars weighing 52,9S2 ounces. Els
timating the silver content at 20 cents
per ounce, the shipment represented
$32.O42.40.
Through the confessions of a small
boy under 10 years cid, the mysteri-
GUS disappearance of at least dozen
bicycles in Reno has been cleared up
and instead of being the work of an
organized band of bicycle thieves as
it first appeared to be, all of the com
KAke<attoAo Van NC A1A0 a. t~iC 0OOA W
the small boy.
In less than five months twenty-four
bear have been caught in the noun
tains east of Indianola, Utah, accord
ing to authorities who have visited
that region. OF this number, Kearn
Tidwell of Nephi caught one, Heber
Livingston caught two, and the remain
ing twenty-one were bagged by Lester
Gustin of Nephi.
The stomach contents of Bart Ce-
RUTH of Eureka, New, together with
flask from which he drank whiskey
and died a short time afterward, have
been analysed by Public Service Com
missioner Dinsmore of the university.
He found that the liquor and contents
OF the stomach each contained large
quantities of strychnine.
The district attorney of Humboldt
county has filed a second suit against
the Wells Fargo Express company to
recover taxes due for the year 1914,
amounting with penalties and costs to
$S09.25. The first suit for the collec-
ton of taxes for 1909 has been appeal
ed to the supreme court of the United
States by the express company.
Death Valley "Scotty" who was well
known in mining circles in southern
Nevada during the Goldfield boom,
has hobbed up serenely at Twenty
nine Palms on the Colorado desert,
where he is operating a group Of
mines. Recently he visited San Bern
ardino, Cal, and while there. as usual,
carried with him bag of rich samples,
Two hundred Chinese and Japanese
sailors. composing a majority of the
crew of the Great Northern liner Min
nesofa, In port at Seattle. engaged in
free for all fight aboard the big YES
sci Sunday and before police reserves
restored order several of the combat
ants were severely cut and bruised
and one Chinese was suffering from