The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-12-31
INLAND NORTHWEST


Tor reelection next March
Mrs. John D. Ray was injured in a
railroad accident which occurred inst
south Of what is known as McGiu
junction on the Nevada Northern rail-
way near Ely at $50 D. m. Tuesday.
Thirty patients suspected of having
contracted rabies by being bitten by
coyotes have been treated at the
state hygenic laboratory this year in
Nevada.
-Four men, firing as they came, en-
tered the DuvaH state bank, near seat
tie, seized bag OF silver and fed. A
posse overlook one who fell in the
river. riddled with bullets.
At meeting of business men last
week committee was appointed to
canvass the city in an effort TO So
cure sufficient funds TO enable Butte
TO Join the Northwestern league.
The gasoline schooner President.
chartered by the Union Oil company.
capsized and sank in heavy running
sea near the dock Of Camano. Camano
Island, few miles east OF Everett.
Sam Murphy. the Washoe Indian
who has admitted to the Staying Of
Daisy Tom, the Piute squaw whom hs
Killed at Reno during drinking fest,
VIII be sentenced in the near future.
With one OF the shortest bouts
on record Billy Weeks, Canadian
middleweight hampton last week
knocked out Romeo Hagen Of Seattle.
IN the first round after u second Of
sparring.
The state prison board Of washing
ton has granted parole to Mrs. Linda
Burfeld Hazard. fasting specialist, to
become effective December IS, upon
the completion OF the tEo-year mini
mum Of her manslaughter sentence.
Whether public school teacher
viii be backed up in her teaching OF
sex hygiene is one OF the issues in
volved in the charges brought by
prominent people here against Miss
Flora 1 Foreman, prominent teacher
near Quincy, Oregon.
A logging engine belonging to the
". z. Manning Contracting company,
engaged in clearing land q mile north
OF Seattle, was blown up by dynamite
placed in the fire box Monday night
No clue to the identity Of the persons
responsible for the explosion was
found.
When two men with pistols held
up F. c. West, driver of a laundry
wagon. at Youngstown, a southern
suburb of Seattle, last week. West
drew his own pistol, shot one OF tie
robbers, and compelled the other to
march into the custody OF q police
man.
John 2. Gillies. former claim agent
OF the state industrial insurance com
OF Olympia, who was arrested \
after the discovery or q shortage in /
the funds of that department, pleaded
not guilty when arraigned in the
Thurston county superior court Mon
day on charge of falsifying a public
record.
-Four snowslides at Bacon. on the
Telocaset grade. have stalled trans |
continental traffic since Sunday night.
Five trains were blocked by snow
Monday with indications of relief soon.
4 locomotive pushing a snow pillow
vas hit by three successive slides, and
when the track was cleared the fourth
lime, a freight train became snow
ahmed.
The county clerk OF Ormsby county.
Nevada, reports that every taxpayer
4 the county. with the exception Of
Wells Fargo company and one other
state which is still in litigation. have
aid their taxes and that the amount
4 taxes totals the sum Of SIS. 900.
Thich is $4,000 more than the amount
aid last year
The PocateIlo. Idaho. city council
as closed a deal for the purchase OF
inc acres Of land from the Oregon
hort Line covering the big springs
of the city. The springs
i'll be used to supply water for a
municipal water system or to increase ,
le supply Of the present system if il :
purchased.
The pair Of sheep dogs that de {
ghted thousands of people by their I
most human intelligence in herding
leep, at the Panama-Pacifc Interna- l
onal exposition. are now the prop q
~ Of George L. kaeding, of Battle I
ountain, Nevada, who secured them .
the close Of their exposition en- il
cement O
Two masked bandits took a posi-
IN on q short cut" in a corner
hoolyard at Boulder. Colo. ana be-
re retreating had lined up against p
e sehoolhouse II pedestrians, who ST
ere detained as they came by. sing ~
ard in pairs. The collection
iounted TO three gold watches and u
5. Pr
The Capital Avenue theatre at
eyenne was destroyed by IRE, eaus-
: a loss of $4,000. Mayor r. y.
Fountain and Walter Bradley were