The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-10-06
INLAND NORTHWEST

Jake Abrahams, arrested at Reno, !
on charge of wife and child abandon
ment, will be taken back to Chicago
for trial.
Gibbs B. Ports, secretary of the
Goldfeld stock exchange, died last |
week of heart trouble, superiuduced |
by stomach ailment.
A rabid coyote ran amuck in Soda
vile, Nevada, and was finally killed |
by one of the townsmen by putting
two, shots into the animal.
jury of six men and six women
having under consideration case of
assault at Reno, came to an agree
ment, the defendant being convicted.
Joe De Long. who was sentenced
last week at East Ely, Nevada, to pay
a fine of $3.50 and serve so days for
| beating up Jersey Fowler, has taken
an appeal.
A carload of liquor packed in fresh
California grapes was seized at Wilke-
son, Wash, a coal mining town. The
liquor was consigned TO an express
man who denied knowing anything
/ about it.
W. A. Richards. formerly Waterman
for the Eureka and Palisade railroad,
who was severely burned at Palisade.
Nevada, in an accidental explosion of
gasoline, died last week in San Fran
cisco hospital.
contract was let last week at Elko
by the Scott Brothers dairy for the
installation of a $4,000 modern refrig-
orator and icemaking plant on the old
John Dotta upper ranch. The plant
will be installed in February.
An automobile stolen from a garage
at Gardnerville, Nevada. was found on
the road near the Hayburn tract. The
thief had evidently lost his way and
had turned the car around, when i be-
came stalled, so he abandoned it.
A burglar threw a brick through
the plate glass window of store at
Elko, Nevada, and then crawled
through the large hole caused by the
break. He was discovered in the act
of robbing the place and escaped after
an exciting chase.
Sam Kunupas and Andrew Leakas
entered pleas of guilty TO a charge of
were each sentenced to a term Of
from five to ten years in the state
penitentiary They held up and robbed
two men near Ely.
The public school building at Ruth,
Nevada. with all its contents, was 70
tally destroyed by fire last week. Two
boys, one of the age of 8 years and
the other 8, were accused of the crime
of setting fire to the building and later
confessed to the officers.
Samuel ]. Wong, a young Chinese
sent by the Chinese government to
the United States to receive higher
education, and Miss Emma E. Low
also a Chinese, and a daughter of
wealthy parents of Winnemucca, New,
were married at that place last week.
The Douglas Milling and Power COM
pany has large force Of men at work
on the new power dam near Gardner
vile, Nevada. The dam will furnish
g power for an electric plant, from
which power will be disseminated to
y all parts of that section Of the
) country.
S A sheepherder in charge of a camp
in Leavitt meadow, in Nevada, reports
, that bear raided his camp a few days
y ago and devoured every bit or grub
u in sight. After filing up on dried APP
pies, maccaroni and syrup, the bear
T tore down the tent, made a bed of
Il it and rested before taking to the
e woods.
Two we'll known Nevadans of Danish
extraction, G. H. Duborg of Reno, and
Sheriff Peter Anker of Lovelock, New,
= have received, through his eXcellency
:, Constantin Brunn, Danish ambassador
= at Washington, letters OF commenda-
- ton from King Christian of Denmark
for their work in connection with the
i Denmark building at the Panama-Pa-
! cific International exposition.
n 1t is reported that a Goldfeld con-
stable arrested a man charged with
a larceny at the Owens halfway house
= When the auto stage came by it was
: found that there was not enough room
] for the prisoner and the officer, Sc
% the constable compelled his prisoner
!. to put his arms around a telephone
4 pole and then he handcuffed him and
left him there until he could return
p from Tonopah and take his man on to
h Goldfeld.
ID ]. NJ. Thompson, arrested at Las
IN Vegas on charge Of burglary, has
IN confessed to the charge and said that
he he had broken into five houses and
lie gained access to valuable jewelry. but
N only small amounts were taken in
or each place Most of the goods Were
d. recovered.
William Jennings Bryan spoke al
rs Billings, Montana, at the opening raj
s ly of the Democratic campaign in &
O. local theater. Mr.. Bryan dwelt par
" ticularly on what he termed the sue
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