The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-05-11
INLAND NORTHWEST

One or the most noteworthy I'M
provements undertaken in Las Vegas
for some time, is the structure being
planned for a general hospital.
Tom Herrod, accused OF making
threats against the life of b. f. Cald.
well of Searchlight, Nevada, was given
a trial OH that charge last week and
acquitted.
Harry Krupp, hide and pelt buyer,
was the victim of robbery at KEN
merer, Wyo., when three men entered
his warehouse and stole more than $50
valuable hides and pelts.
Frank Cochran, an assayer, was ar
rested in Victor, Colo, on charge OF
conspiracy to defraud the government.
Several sacks of high-grade ore We're
taken from his office in Victor.
Five men were arrested at Chey-
enne by federal officers on charge of
conspiracy to defraud the United
States government of 100000 through
the sale Of stolen high-grade gold ore
A German who spoke slightingly OF
the flag at Helena, Mont, was seized
by dozen soldiers and forced to kneel
and kiss the Stars and Stripes. He
was then ordered to start somewhere
and keep going.
The business men Of Minden and
Gardnerville, Nevada, turned out Sun
day with picks and snow shovels and
made an earnest attempt to open the
road to Lake Tahoe at the summit of
Kingsbury grade.
James Black, deputy sheriff of the
Big Piney, Wyo., district, is under
bonds as a result of making alleged
reasonable remarks recently while
talking to number of people in big
Piney business place.
Ninety-six Russian exiIes, in Seattle
en- route to Russia from New York,
will be provided by Nicholas Bogoiav-
lensky, the local Russian consul, with
funds sufficient for their needs during
their stay in Seattle.
The county commissioners of Lam
der county, Nevada, at their last meet
ing recalled the bounty on coyotes.
This action was in accord with the
action of the legislature. There is
now no bounty on coyotes in Lander
county.
Jim Wilson, the negro who snatched
the table stakes from gambling table
in the Silver Brick saloon at Elko,
Nevada, was found guilty of petit lar
ceny when tried before Judge Dough-
ty, who gave him the limit, six months
in Jail and 5000 fine.
Mrs. Ida Morris, former hotel
keeper, is in prison at Portland, fol-
lowing her arrest near Kalama Wash,
on charge of second degree murder
in having set fire to her hotel January
30, last, and caused a conflagration
whereby three men lost their lives.
All students, except thirty seniors,
have 'struck" at the Colorado School
of Mines at Golden, Colo, and most of
the approximately 40 strikers" have
left the institution as result of the
facultys refusal to reduce suspension
of several students for rubbing pro-
fessor with said.
Lincoln county, Wyoming, is perhaps
as patriotic as any county in the state.
Company III of Kemmerer has already
been recruited to full war strength
and is ready for the calls at any mo-
ment; machine company is now being
formed in this city, with recruits from
all over the county.
G. J. Jacobsen, miner, who disap-
peared from Phoebe, Nevada, two
weeks ago, is still unaccOunted for and
friends are now certain that he has
met with foul play. He was last seen
with two foreign liners, an Austrian
and Montenegrin and the authorities
are looking for those men.
Fire early Sunday Quilted a building
at Portland, owned by the Woodmen
of the World, entailing loss of $780,
600. Following an investigation, the
fire marshal expressed the opinion that
a smoldering cigar left by an attend
ant at meeting held in the hall Sat
urday night had caused the fire.
Attorney General Dan B. Shields has
expressed the opinion that DR.. George
Il. Hyde, superintendent of the state
mental hospital at provo, Utah, was
within his rights when he demanded
1lidI a. Saoii UNiAu DC uSPOSAtNh w NONNh
the cost of care and treatment of a
Greek resident of Nevada.
The arrest of Annie DickersOn
squaw, wife of George Dickerson, the
Indian who was badly cut and stabbed
at the Peckham ranch, has given the
affair new aspect which may result
in the acquittal of Ned Carson, al
present held in the county Jail al
Reno, New, charged with the cutting
Two large calibre rifles and 35t
rounds of ammunition We're found hid
den in rolls of bedding carried by
two Germans arrested by nationa
guardsmen at Bozeman, Mont. Thu
men claimed to be naturalized citizens
OF the United States, but could show
no papers. They claimed to be hunt
ing gophers.