The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-12-24
In THE GEM STATE


to install savings system for the
children.
The 3-year-old daughter of Mr.. and h
Mrs. Omer Randolph OF Caldwell sus-
tanned a broken arm as the result of 4
falling from chair.
A crowd which completely filled rne
Baptist church was present at the
| temperance rally held under the aus
piees of the Nampa w. C. T. U.
Fire destroyed the barn of o. P.
| Henderson,, about one mile north OF
Meridian, and with it Is head of cat
tie and horses. Several tons of ray
were also burned.
The Idaho Washington Northern
railroad and its properties located In
| the panhandle of Idaho, valued at So
| 000 900, have been ordered sold, at
date to be set, to satisfy mortgage.
Titus Marshall and Tom Sing have
been arrested at Pocatello for selling
morphine They were arraigned be-
fore Commissioner Turner, and their
bonds fixed at five hundred dollars
each.
The body of Mrs. Matthew Hoeh- +
nan. who disappeared from her home +
at Pocatello, was found in the Port
neuf river, near the Weinsted bridge.
There is distinct air of mystery
about the woman's death
George w Watt, formerly a resi- (
dent of Boston, Mass, has purchased
half acres north of Nampa and is pre-
pairing to engage in the scientific pro-
duction of poultry and eggs.
George A. Kerr, owner of the Amer
lean laundry in Boise, died suddenly in
Denver, Colo. Accompanied by Mrs.
Kerr, he left Boise about ten days
previous for a trip to Cuba, Isle of
Pines, Brazil, Panama and California.
Ben Osborne, vice-president of the (
International Bridge, Structural and
Ornamental Iron Workers of Portland,
Ore, is in Pocatello looking over the
field with a view to organizing a local
of the iron workers union in that city. /
Ex-President Taft has written toI
the president of the Boise CONNER {
cial club, asking him and the otherI
members of his organization to co-op-l
crate in an effort TO create sentiment
; among business men in favor of a ma F
tional plan for world peace.
A suitcase full of choice liquor,
/ which he had purchased in Salt Lake, T
was taken from Thomas Nicolas byl
an officer at Pocatello. The fact thatu
! it is against the law to import liquorI
FOR personal use was news to Mr.. Mel
Golas, according to his declaration.
The body of James Harry" Who'll
! was shot and killed by watchmanI
e in Montpelier after he had robbed al
D hardware store, has been identified asl
+ that of James McCenstry, who wasE
D received at the penitentiary on No
+ vember 10, 1909, from BinghamI
0 county.
T. c. Catlin has struck a splendid
artesian flow of cold water on hisI
ranch on Eagle island. The pressureI
is sufficient to lift the water as high
as the top of his house. The fowl
Is estimated at two thousand inchesl
e and was struck at depth of less than
a 200 feet.
I After celebrating an hour, jurors
j in the district court at Caldwell who|
were sitting in the case, returned al
o verdict of not guilty" in favor of e.
d NJ. Small, the Wilder resident whol
!. was tried on charge of firing a bull
y let which ploughed into the arm Oh
], Earl Limbaugh.
Fifteen miles of highway laid Out
e in an unbroken sagebrush country has
d i just been completed from Minidoka|
/ west toward Kimama. The road id
!, 20 feet wide and has Is feet of clean
d surface for vehicles, the middle roundl
e ed up to proper elevation to take|
d away the water.
The police department of Pocatello|
!, is to have patrol wagon. The new
e vehicle will be turned over to the del
y partment at an early date and hereI
after when the presence of women orS
gentlemen suffering from an overload
of liquor is required at the station
there will be vehicle for their said
n conduct.
Deputy Sanitary Inspector Elrod
: states that the nine-hour employment
r law for women in Idaho is being yioI
n lated in Pocatello. In some cases. nd
n sass, women are working twelve and
J. fourteen hours per day. The larga
a stores are complying with the law, I'D
, finds, but the majority of the smaller
stores are violators.
Arthur Gaylord, who was recentlJI
. taken from Boise to Natrona county,
:. Wyo., on a charge of horse stealing
i has returned to Idaho without havina
!. to go through even the formality Of
. an examination. When he got I'd
!. Casper, he found that the charge Of
horse stealing preferred against
him had been dismissed.
B. A. Cummings, Pocatello attorI
ney, has been appointed guardian Oh
g the persons and estate of the five mil
nor children of Sarah Hardness oi
- McCammon, Idaho. Under the term$