The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-10-12
INLAND NORTHWEST


John La Fountain shot and killed Sui
Ivan Berger, his brother-in-law, mis-
taking him for coyote.
Il. L. Brown Of st. Paul, Mimi, well
known In the west and northwest, has
been named president Of the Denver
4 Rio Grande railroad, succeeding ii.
U. Nudge. who resigned.
Two women and man We're in
stantly killed at Pacific City, Wash,
Wnen Puget Sound Electric railway
train, running so miles an hour, struck
the auto in which they were riding.
William Harper, the 19-year-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. John J. Harper, of Big
Timber, Mont, was dragged to his
death when his foot caught in rope
attached to the saddle of his horse.
Journeying half way around the
world, from Tangiers, Morocco, to
Reno, Gordon Coutts, an artist of re-
nown, appeared in court last week to
oppose the motion of his wife for di-
vorce.
Two serious accidents ended the
motorcycle and automobile races at
the state fair grounds at Helena,
Mont. One man was killed, three are
in hospitals, and one of the injured
probably will die.
A writ of habeas corpus was filed
last week by George Green, attorney
for w. A. Nagel, Rawhide, Nevada,
postmaster, who has been under arrest
for some time charged with the muir
der of Emily Kelly.
Information comes from Southern
California of the recent marriage of
the former Mrs. Z. A. Montgomery,
nate of Nevada, and Fred 2. Sargent,
real estate dealer of Venice, Cal
A reward of $3.50 has been posted
for the arrest and conviction of Sam
Juich, whom, it is alleged, murdered
Anthony Wells at Ely, Nevada, Sep
TENDER 8. The fugitive is a Servian,
30 years old and weighs 30 pounds.
The industrial commission has
awarded Sam Lahti the sum of $531
| for the loss of his index finger of his
left hand. Lahti was employed in
| one of the Tonopah mines and re-
ceived the injury May 30 Of this
year.
A Nevada jury has awarded Marie
A. Nichols $1,000 damages against the
Western Union Telegraph company for
alleged delay in the delivery of tele-
| gram which carried the news of the
death of the plaintiffs father in New
York.
L. McInnis of Gardenerville, Ne
vada, recently left for San Francisco t
enlist in a forestry regiment for serv
ice in France. His three brothers, {
B. McInnis, viii McInnis and Sam Nc
Innis of Reno, all have been accepts
under the selective draft.
One thousand one hundred dollar
from half an acre of ground is an III
usual crop, but that is the amour
Harry Raymond, truck gardener
Stevensville, Mont, received from
rows of tomatoes 273 feet long. III
patch yielded 1000 pounds.
Unable to tell how he was hurt, v
II. Preston, a Iaborer living at Wadi
worth, was taken to the hospital, SUI
fering from the effects of fractures Q
the hip and leg bones. He was foun
lying near the railroad track abou
half a mile from Wadsworth.
The case of DR.. George Smitter
Reno dentist who is charged with as
sisting J. A. Ceresola to avoid tn
conscriptive draft by extracting eigh
perfectly good molars from Ceresola'
mouth has been taken under advise
ment by the federal grand jury.
A Nevada physician for the las
twenty-four years has been enjoyin
all the rights and privileges of M
tive-born citizen and only made tn
discovery within the last few day
that he is a British subject. He ha
made application for citizenship.
: Choice fat hogs reached the highes
price ever recorded in the Rock
mountain states when they touched
cents per pound at the North Sa
Lake market on October 4. The o.
mand continues strong, with the ma
ket taking all coming and crying X
more.
James Mayberry, pioneer resider
and one of the most widely known me
: in Nevada, died last week at his hon
: in Reno. Few men in Nevada have taI
en- a more active interest in its deve
opment or been in closer touch wit
conditions throughout the commo
wealth than was Mr.. Mayberry.
The body of ]. w. Woods, LOGON
Z tive fireman, was found near h
home at Whitefsh, Mont. Office
who traced bloodstains to the home I
John Thuma, also locomotive FIR
man, arrested Mrs. Thuma, and d
clared she admitted having sh
Woods, when he climbed into the wi
dow of her home.
"Billy" Mccarthy, commonly know
az fhe "Anheuser Ed" and formerly
notorious character III Butte, Mon
duri,tp the famous and SDectacular ba