The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-07-21
INLAND NORTHWEST

gun which he was taking from an au-
tomobile resulted in Thomas McKen-
na, Of Carlin, New, being shot through
the hand
The body of Lieutenant Henry r.
Adair, of the Tenth United States cav !
airy, who was killed at Carrizal, Mex
leo. several weeks ago, was buried at
Portland on July u with military |
honors
Mrs. Frank Hill was seriously in
jured at Carson, Nevada, as the result
OF a horse attached to a buggy in
which she was seated running away,
turning the buggy completely over
and demolishing it.
James Hess, an old-tfme resident of
Bodie, Nevada, was seriously injured
last week while working in the
Standard mine at Bodie, sustaining a
broken leg and severe bruises on
other parts of the body.
Jacob S. Satler, prominent mining
operator at Unionville, New, is dead
as the result of injuries received in
an automobile accident, when his ma
chine went off the embankment on the
road between INLAY and Unionville.
William Wadsworth, an old time res
ident of Tonopah, died last week at St.
George. Utah. as result of an opera
ton. Wadsworth had lived in Nevada
for thirty-four years and had been en-
ployed in Tonopah for the past six
years.
Over $460,000 was received from ma
tional forest resources and uses in the
Intermountain district for the fiscal
year ended June 3d. This exceeds by
$4,000 the receipts of the previous
year, which had also broken previous
records.
/ A party of Carson, Nevada, boys
borrowed an automobile for joy
ride, and while going at lively gait,
the machine left the road, turned
over, caught fire and was destroyed
the joy-riders escaping with slight
bruises.
The petition to submit to the peo-
pie, the gambling law as it was
amended at the legislature, which was
| circulated some time ago, has been
filed in Carson City with the secretary
of state and contains a large number
of signers.
Joe Curley displayed star, placed
people under arrest and made threats
to put them in jail at Las Vegas, New
A warrant was sworn out for Curley,
but as yet he has not been caught,
and it is thought that he has gone
to the coast.
Vincent Cordova, a well known
sheepman of Gardnerville, Nevada,
died suddenly at his home, while tax
ing care of his wife, who had been
confined in bed for some time. Cor
dova was native of Spain and had
lived in Nevada for a number of years.
Judge James Sterling, OF Paradise
valley, died at the county hospital at
Reno last week, from a complication
of diseases after an illness of about a
week. Mr.. Sterling was a native of
Scotland, was 70 years old and had
lived in Paradise for the past ten
years.
Hugh Moore and John Toombs
were injured in an automobile acct
dent while driving their car near
Tobar, Nevada, on the county road
The men were going at a good rate OF
speed when a tire burst and the car
overturned, pinning both occupants to
the ground.
From every part of the state OF
Montana, protests are being directed
to the states congressional delegation
against that part of the general rev
enue bill that proposes a special tax
on the copper mining industry. The
protest declares the bill discriminates
upon Montana's principal industry.
In a direct appeal President Viii
liam Sproule of the Southern Pacific
calls upon the $1,000 employees of the
company to seriously consider the
present agitation and threatened
strike over the demands of the foul
| brotherhoods of trainmen and engine
men in the United States for an in
crease in wages.
Rudolph Alger and wife and ]. H
Lynn, former residents of McGill
, New, were found dead at the bottom
of hundred foot shaft of the Cole
1Tdll mine, near h1HSudH, AIlz. II
is conjectured that Lynn had fired |
: shot to loosen the ore. and was over
come by gas and that Alger and hi
. wife sought to rescue him and were
, also overcome.
, The big Anderson ranch in Hum
boldt county. Nevada, has been sol'
{ to the Vineyard Land & Stock com
pany of Utah, and with the lands ar,
transferred 5000 head of cattle
!: There are $4,000 acres in the ranch
!. which is located in northern Hum
I boldt county on the headwaters o
{ Quinn river about sixty-five mile.
r northwest of Winnemucca.
!. With the first squadron of Utai
! ! cavalry, which left for the border las