The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-06-02
INLAND NORTHWEST

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Five hundred tons OF tungsten ore
will be sent from the Beeson property.
twenty-five miles southwest Of Love
lock. New, to Utah within a short
time
VI. ]. Clint, a fisherman, was
drowned. three other men had narrow
escapes from death, and two fishing
power boats were lost in the surf in
Sunset bay, near Narshfield, Ore.
More than 5000 citizens of Utah
and Salt Lake counties participated IN
| the celebration at Payson. Utah, on
/ May 81, in commemoration of the com
pletion of the Orem interurban into
Payson.
James Halliday was accidentally
shot and killed in his cabin Of the
U. s. tungsten mine, about twelve
miles south Of the town Of osceola,
Nevada. Halliday was about so years |
| of age.
A number Of tests on vinegar sam !
| Piles have been recently completed and |
as the result it has been found that |
a great deal of the vinegar being sold |
in Reno grocery stores is below the re- |
quirements.
A man named Jack Miller was
placed in Jail at Libby, Mont, charged
with the murder OF Dallas Greene, 20
years old, OF Pleasant Valley. Greene's
body was found buried near cabin
which he and Miller had occupied
The experimental teaching plant
located at the Mason valley smelter at
THOMPSON, Nevada, has successfully
treated ten tons Of ore per day for
the past month and will soon increase
the capacity of twenty tons per day
Visiting EIks from every section of
the western country, who took the
city Of Ely, New, by storm for three
DAYS early last week, have departed
for their homes. The celebration was
the greatest in the history Of White
Pine county.
Ross Levers Of Washoe valley, in
Nevada, who was one of the first TO
raise apples in the state. states that
the recent heavy frosts have killed his
apple crop and that the famous Lew
ers apples will not be on the market
this coming fall.
The Oregon and California land
grant bill, designed TO restore to the
federal government about 3,20O.00O
acres of land. valued at about 100000
600 passed the house without substan-
tial amendment by a vote Of 1s6 to g.
2 1t now goes to the senate.
Patrick H. Hart, claiming he Is
wanted for embezzlement at Spring
I field. Ill, three years ago, and who
y has worked at at a railroad construc-
d ton camp near Butte, has surrendered
to the sheriff at Butte. He said his
II conscience hurt him and he was afraid
II the police were following him night
/ and day.
e Finding Of the body of Fred Rist-
e man, a Portland chauffeur, engaged 70
r take an unidentified man to the
e country home OF Mrs. Helen Jennings,
e revealed that Ristman had been beat
y en- to death, presumably by the same
,. man who killed Mrs. Jennings by
e crushing her skull Ristman's body
b was found in the brush more than
mile from the Jennings place
u Sheepherders in the wooded sec
/
lie it is said. are making practice Of
y setting fire to large trees, presumably
e to keep away fees. and incidentally
o. coyotes. Prospectors depend largely
~ on this growth for mine timber and
u fuel and it has been suggested thai
a precautionary clause IN the license
issued TO herders would prevent waste
y The state fish commission Of tht
state of Washington. in an effort tC
er restore the blueback or sockeye sal
mon run in the upper Columbia, vii
hatch great numbers of eggs on th'
Chinook river, near the mouth OF th'
b Columbia. The young fish will be lib
ID Grated in Lake Wenatchee and left q
o make their way to the sea. Il IS ex
n pected they will return TO the uppe
ST Columbia to spawn.
Is That an automobile under certain
le conditions is dangerous weapon
m was held by Judge Robert Morrow il
the circuit court at Portland. Tn
N. case was that of c. A. Warmer, &C
Dr. cused of assault with a dangerou
ne weapon in having with his AUTOMOBILE
Or ridden down a motorcycle in the CO
IN lumbia highway, which carried H. Il
se Beckman and his wife. Mrs. BeckmaI
We was badly injured
% Miss Jane Barrett, Salt Lakes pc
e lice-woman. is working zealously tc
VI ward the enforcement of the ordinanc
nc which provides that 1t is unlawful TO
-% minors under the age of is years {
iu be on the streets or in any publ
building, unaccompanied by parents
DC between the hours of 9 o'clock at nigh
y and 4 o'clock in the morning.
Nevada will be granted followin
- appropriations by congress: Supper
- of Indians in the state of Nevads
- gratuity, S1S,50O; Indian school at Ca
4 u son r,itv $50 AGO. homes and farr