The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-12-15
INLAND NORTHWEST

In the state of Utah there are 1881
colonies of bees, and their owners
must pay tax on valuation OIL s'o''
ASS.
At the close of business November
| 20. 1916. the treasury OF the STATE "
Utah had a cash balance in all Iunus
of S1,414,07105.
The campaign waged on the Bull
head and North Fork ranches in Ne
vada on jack rabbits this fall mas 70.
shifted in the determination OF SOO Oh
the pests.
Loyelock, New, according TO re-
ports, is in the throes OF vertiaDie
ehouse famine" Every day, it Is stat
ed. the need for more houses IS De-
coming more acute.
Journeymen BARRIERS of Billings
Mont, are on strike because the mas
ter BARRIERS declined to accede 10
their request for a Hat rate OF $4.oo
day for nine hours work.
Carelessness in addressing letters
required 42S hours of unnecessary Ia
Dor at the Salt Lake postoffice during
November, when 1854 Improperly
addressed missives were received.
Mrs. D. Woudelok of Moab, Utah, Is
at Denver hospital with a badly
fractured arm and possible internal
injuries as the result of the overturn'
ing of an automobile in which she
was riding.
Five thousand dollars is the price
placed upon an ear by Thomas Aus
tin in suit filed at Salt Lake against
the Midvale Minerals company and
George Rurman, employed by the de-
PENDANT company.
Donnell Miller of Lander, Wyo.,
mining engineer, was killed in the Po'
posia coal mine at Hudson, when he
was struck by a string of seven run
away mine cars. His neck was broken
and his skull crushed
Thomas F. Hayes, former Salt
Lake agent for the Globe Grain &
Milling company of Los Angeles, is
being sought in connection with an
alleged embezzlement of $4,000 OF
the company's funds.
The automobile has not entirely
crowded the horse and mule off the
Utah stage, as is proved by the fact
that there are 103,057 animals of this
class owned in the state, and the tax
men say they are worth $6,S12,316.
"A fall of more than four feet Of
snow on the eastern summit of the
Cascades has compelled the three
transcontinental railway lines using
the passes to make ready for imme'
diate use of their rotary plows and
Hangers.
Las Vegas, Nevada, residents have
taken the first steps in the formation
of chapter of the Arrowhead Trails
association. East and west of Clark
county, in California and Utah, there
are organizations having a member,
ship of over 1000.
While getting out of an automobile
at Lovelock, Nevada, William Den
holm, miner, accidentally shot him.
self through the leg. He was pulling
some blankets from the machine and
the gun caught in them, fell to the
ground and exploded.
The car shortage in the western
states is due to the action of eastern
lines in holding cars from western
roads and failing to return empties,
according to figures furnished the
Oregon Short Line by the American
Railway association.
Senator Warren has introduced a
bill appropriating $4,000 to enable the
reclamation service to survey and in,
vestigate and report upon the feasibil-
ity of reclamation projects in Wyom,
ing known as the Desmet, Laprele
Casper, Casper-Douglas, Big Horn and
Green River Basin.
Charges of murder against Vivian
Tozier, alias ALASKA VIVIAN" ana
James Weston, alias James Tullen.
arrested in connection with the muir.
der of Mrs. Margaret Braun, proprie
tor of lodging house at Seattle, have
been dismissed, but they were held on
a charge of robbery.
DR.. H. T. Graves, state commits
sioner of agriculture, because of the
reported outbreak of the foot and
mouth disease in central western
states, announces that all shipments
OF cattle into Oregon will be held up
temporarily at least, for examination
at Spokane and Portland
Frank Beck, Is years old, was con
victed of manslaughter in superior
court at Spokane for having run over
and killed Orrin Logsdon, aged IL
while driving an automobile at an ex.
cessive rate of speed The youth was
fined $500 and remanded to the conn.
ty Jail until the fine was paid.
About 500 women students and the
wives of faculty members at the Uni
versity of Utah will help in weaving q
rug to be used in the women's rest
room. Looms will be made in the me-
chanical department and the worker,
VIII be taught the system of weaving
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