The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-11-09
INLAND NORTHWEST

/ aunday-sehool Day"
Chris Larsen. Reno police officer
/ who shot and killed Joe Simmons while
the latter was attempting TO escape
from the chain gang, will face
charge Of murder.
The Oregon Baptist conference nd
iourned a fye.day session ut The
Dnlies after choosing Portland as the
place for holding the next annual meet
ing and electing officers.
Boy Scouts OF the Baptist church of
Reno raised $4,000 for the second
Liberty loan bond issue, 100000 Of
this being credited to them as troop
and not 10 any individual.
The annual conference Of the Swed-
lsh mission church In Idaho and Mon
tnna came 10 close at Helena with
banquet. Home missions and kin
bred problems occupied the delegates.
Mexlcans brought from coast cities
have prevented threatened shortage
Of labor IN the Yakima (Wash.) beet
fields, due 10 Withdrawals of many
Japanese laborers previously depend
ed on for the harvest.
George ii. Cutter, ranchman, was
driving an automobile through the
blizzard, and Is believed to have be-
come so blinded by the storm that he
drove Off bridge near sheridan,
Wyo., causing his death.
Thlrty-seyen men from Nevada In
the 130th company of the 166th de-
pot brigade at Camp Lewis have each
subscribed for 500 Liberty bond, to
be paid for Mt the rate of $40 per
month from their army pay Of $50
month.
John Petty, negro Of Sparks who
was convicted last week of assault
with intent TO kill Officer James Brown
on the night of September IA, was
sentenced TO serve from one to four
teen years in the state prison at Car
son City.
With the minimum allotment $15,-
100000 and the maximum $17 100000,
Montana subscribed $1S,391, $50 to the
second Liberty loan. Twenty-four
counties exceeded their allotment and
Deer Lodge county subscribed its
share three times.
While being conveyed from the To
nopah county Jail to the county hos
pital, Spencer Wright died. Wright
was arrested little over month ago
for the murder Of his wife. lie had
instituted hunger strike which was
responsible for his death.
Frank w. Clinton, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. IL. V. Clinton of Fallon, Nevada,
had the honor of leading the Liberty
bond parade In New York City, APP
! pearlng In his uniform of u sergeant.
/ Clinton was born and reared ia Me-
VIDA. and is not yet u.
Nevadnns subscribed $3,409600 to
the second Liberty loan. The states
minimum requirement was S2,S6S,S5S.
ON the first Liberty loan Nevada over
subscribed It's minimum allotment of
| $4,000 by 81 per cent, it's total sub.
scrlption being S3,490.000.
After an extended absence in south
ern California and elsewhere, Tasker
l.. Oddle, former governor of Nevada,
has returned to Reno and will make
that city his permanent home. eddie
stlll retains important mining inter
ests In southern Nevada.
Roy Snyder, ranch foreman, and
Melvin Sutton, a ranch employe, went
hunting near Sheridan, Wyo.. and
when they failed to return u searching
party of 100 men was sent out for
them. The men had fallen over a cliff
during blizzard and persisted
Reno's contingent Of coIored men
who have been selected for military
service have departed for the training
| camp at American Lake, and We're
given hearty send-off, especially by
the colored people of Reno. There
were only three men in the squad.
Reno Eagles proved their right to a
place In the front ranks of patriotism
by lodge purchase of four 500 Lib
erty loan bonds. The eagles had pur-
chased four bonds Of the first issue,
but decided they should do their part
IN making the second Issue a success
also.
A training school to prepare national
army men to become line officers will
be established at Camp Lewis, WASH,
January 3, In addition certain mum
Der OF graduates and under graduates
Of universities, colleges and schools
which have military training under
army officers viii be admitted,
That the $4,000 government irriga-
ton project ON the Truckee river in
Nevada between Lake Tahoe and Pyr-
amid lake viii be completed within a
year Is the prediction Of II. W, Dietz,
Ia charge Of federal Irrigation projects
ia Utah. Idaho and Nevada There
ARE 1000 acres under the project.
! When A. r. Brown, travelling sales
man, returned to his home at Walla
MALTA after an absence OF several
days. he found his wife aud their baby
dead Ia the bathroom at their home.
II WAS evident they had been overcome