The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-07-14

See the new store. w. b. BInns'
Grocery. Reynolds building.
" b Binns grocery will appreciate
your trade.
Don't forget the Virginia picnic to-
morrow at the Bailey grove,
A new store with new goods W.B
Binns Grocery. Reynolds building
Carol Hayden and Lucille Baird are
visiting at Caldwell, the guests Of
Endora Barr.
The family OF w. s. Natter arrived
from Nampa this week to make their
home here.
Rev. and Mrs w. j I.uscombe and
the boys arrived to-day from Weiser
for visit with Meridian friends
Work on the Kuna electric line has
been finished for five miles south Of
Meridian, and the contract Is over
half completed
The Gem State Lumber Go. are in
stalling weighing scales at the lum-
Der yard here, which indicates that
the company intends to do more
business.
Charles storey, who 1t Is under
stood willNbe n candidate for the leg
islatnre from Ada county, with l.. l..
Folsom. candidate for state auditor,
were in Meridian yesterday, on their
way to Kuna by auto.
A letter has been received by Mrs
$. w. Hutchinson from her two boys,
who are with the militia at Nogales,
and the boys say there Is no prospect
OF any fighting for some time at
least. They are well and are having
an interesting time.
Mrs. v. Richardson took her Sun
day school class consisting of Is
girls and a few OF their friends for
an all-day picnic Wednesday. The
girls took their sewing and spent
profitable as well as enjoyable day.
The drainage work near here, where
30 men are employed, has made an
increase in trade for our townspeople,
besides furnishing employment for
number of Meridian people. Grocery
men especially notice an increase IN
business.
The building in which is housed
Beams bakery is considerably inn
proved this week by change of the
front A side entrance which was
rather unhandy has given place to
a larger entrance at the front. and
this gives room for two handsome
show windows.
Ben Robson returned this week
from Weiser where he purchased
from the Butterfield Live Stock Co.
a prize winner from the Frisco fair
In the shape of fine registered
buck. The animal arrived by express
Tuesday and will placed with Mr..
Robison's herd. Last year he secured
Dan Barker's eve lambs, and has
prospects for fine herd.
The wedding Is announced of two
well-known people of this vicinity
and Ustick Mr.. Dave McMullen and
Mrs. Jerome were married at Boise
on July 4th, Rev. Upton, the Meth
odist minister at Mcmillan, perform
ing the ceremony. They have gone
to the Payette lakes for the summer.
and afterwards will make their
home on the RANCH near Meridian.
w. 3. Chase had on exhibition at
the Meridian recruiting station some
three-inch steel shells, both of for
eign and American make. One of the
interesting pieces of mechanism is
the time apparatus ON the shells, a
clock-like arrangement that con-
trolls the time of explosion. When
fired from a battleship the shell hits
the object aimed at and after per-
Tod of time sufficient for 1t to go
through the armor plate and inside
the object, IL then automatically ex-
plodes. with effective results.
Word was received by telegraph by
A. H. Maynard last Saturday inform
ing him of the death of his baby
daughter at Sioux City, Iowa, follow