The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-09-01
INLAND NORTHWEST

Is reported serious
Tom Craven, miner at Blair, |
while riding in an auto truck between
Millers and Blair, was jolted off the
truck and seriously injured.
The county commissioners at Gold
field have granted franchise FOR the
laying of mains, connecting pipes and
the installation of gas reservoirs in
Goldfeld.
Two new sugar beet factories are
to be located on the lines of the North
ern Pacific, one at Missoula, Mont,
and the other at or in the vicinity of
North Yakima, Wash
The annual fandangc of the Indians
is now on at Millet, in the Smoky
valley, in Nevada. The fandango is
held in August of each year and the
Indians from all parts of southern Ne
vada attend.
A coroner's jury at Tonopah held
an inquisition into the fatal stabbing
of E. W. Riley and returned verdict
to the effect that Riley came to his
death from knife wound inflicted by
Charles Comisford.
At Wellington, Nevada, last week.
| the case against four young men
charged with the murder of an In
dian, was heard before justice OF the
peace and the case was dismissed for
the lack of evidence.
Henry Sault, who was captured at
Wonder, Nevada, on charge of rob-
bling Andy Dingle, well known min
er, while the latter was asleep, has
been sentenced to from two to four
teen years Imprisonment.
Mrs. Hubert c. Charles and her son,
Eric, stoned a rattlesnake to death,
near the Ragged Top mine in the
Lovelock district, in Nevada. The
snake measured nearly five feet and
had IL rattles and button.
More than $2,5O000O will be ex-
pended this year by the Oregon Short
Line in extending branch lines in
Utah and Idaho, building new track,
replacing of roadbed and constructing
new stations at points along the line,
Former Mayor A. L. Parker narrow
~ escaped death when he was at
tackled by an Infatuated bull at his
farm in Central Ely, Nevada, which Is
about mile and half outside the
thickly populated section of the city
of Ely.
Residents at Cherry Creek, New.
are worried because of the danger Of
a spread of the rabies. Some days
ago a dog and a COW on the Ranch o.
All Nuckles, a short distance out o.
town. we're bitten by coyote which
showed signs of having rabies.
Work will start at once on the sur
yey of the proposed state highway
along the Salmon river. Custer coun
! ty has decided to bond the county fol
100000 for good roads and Lemh
county will do the same, though thu
amount of the bond issue has not beef
settled.
, Idaho's congressional delegation
, has been urged to bring pressure Z
!, bear to have Boise included in tn
western tour of the federal loan com
! mission. The purpose is to endeavo
to get for Boise one of the govern
ment banks to be established by tn
new commission.
Walter Smith, aged IA, who wa
!. shot accidentally by his brother Clai
;. ence, near st. Helens, Ore, is deae
of
season in that district. He was sho
when his brother mistook him for
. marauder when they were campo
: with a party of hunters.
il According to Mayor Williams, ORA
. tic methods will now be used agains
r nronerty owners of Pocatelo who nav
e neglected to clear their premises
weeds, as an appeal to civic prld
\ has failed. The matter will now 0
. turned over to the police. with order
!. 70 arrest all who do not obey tn
II weed ordinance.
e High wind moved a box car from tn
# side track on the main line at Elk
y New, setting the automatic electrI
block system. The engineer approac
p ing Elko. observed the signal Nv
a. miles out of town and stopped, sen
E. ing the flagman forward to ascertal
d the cause of the trouble, thus pr
10 venting a probably serious wreck
70 2. R. Sans of the biological surve
d. who has charge of the rabies stu
ton. states that unless there shou
ir be an unexpected development
O. rabies in Humboldt county, Nevad
o before that time, he will recommen
n at the September meeting OF u
is county commissioners that the qua
+, antine be raised on dogs and the mu
ID cling ordinance repealed
Frank Smith, a driller; HerDe
10 Warren. tool-dresser; David Lam
y a foreman, and several other emplo
IS ees of the Lamb Drilling compan
y know how soldiers on European oa
u tlefields feel when shrapnei ours
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