The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1917-09-07
INLAND NORTHWEST

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See of Boise, Idaho, died at hospital
in Portland, after an illness of three
weeks.
Mistaking a bottle Of carbolic acid
for eye medicine, Delano Wingert,
Las Vegas, almost lost an eye few
days ago, when he applied the liquid
| to his eye.
The state fish commission last week
| planted $4,000 eastern brook trout fry
| In the Marlette lake in Nevada. The
| fish were obtained from the Colorado
fish commission.
.Slimi Harris is In the Washoe
| county, Nevada, Jail under charge OF
committing burglary and assault with
an attempt to kill. He was brought
| to Reno from Gerlach.
The women of Reno, through the
Red Cross chapter, will be called on
to do their Bit in providing lunches
| for the soldiers who pass through this
city during the next few months.
Peter Lynott, injured by falling
derrick ut Alturas week previous,
died In Reno hospital from the af-
| fects of his injuries. He was a ma
tive of Pennsylvania and Al years old.
Rabbits seemingly having been an
initiated by plague in the vicinity
of Wells, wild geese and sandhill
cranes are continuing the damage
started by the earlier pests, it is re-
ported.
Mystery surrounds the death of Her
bert |. Patterson, whose body was re-
covered by the police from the river
at Reno. Other than small mark on
the forehead, there is nothing TO sug-
gest violence.
Agriculturists and bankers from
eight western and northwestern states
met in Spokane Monday for two
day conference with department of
agriculture representatives on rye and
wheat seeding.
George Foross, native of Little Rus
sia'' in the Caucasus region, although
not on the draft list, will be among the
draft army fighters from Lyon county,
Nevada. He was very happy to gain
admittance to the draft army
Small hope is expressed for the re-
covery of William Il. Walker, former
ly street commissioner of Goldfield,
who was caught under falling ground
the Great Bend mine, sustaining
roken back and severe skull wounds.
Angelic Falloff, Serbian, was
shot by robbers on a ranch near
Wyutah, Wyo. One bullet pierced one
of his lungs and another one had en-
tered his abdomen. Both bullets were
removed and the man is resting easy.
After a three days conference at
Salt Lake between the railroad tele-
graphers and the management of the
Oregon Short Line railroad, the COM
pany granted an increase in wages Of
telegraphers to the amount of $50, 900
year.
A medical spring health resort, 2S
miles from Baker, Ore, and one of
the oldest settlements in eastern Ore
gon, was destroyed by fire. Guests
and forest rangers fought the flames
unavailingly. The loss was estimated
at $4,000.
The federal government hereafter
will not deal with any labor problems
which may come up in the western
states, but each of the states will
have to care for such labor troubles
as may exist through the state gov
ernments.
Jeanette Rankin Montana's con-
gresswoman, in speech to the strik-
ing coal miners at Klein, Montana,
urged all laboring men to 'hang to-
gether," no matter how traitorous or
degraded the actions of one faction
might be in their efforts to secure
their demands if just.
The price of milk was advanced ,
cents quart September / by the
Denver Retail Dairymen's association.
The present price is 10 cents the
quart. An increase in the price of
butter fat, on which the figure for
milk is based, is the cause the dairy
men say.
The Colorado Retail Coal Dealers
association, asserting it represents 600
dealers, sent telegram of protest to
DR.. Harry A. Garfield, coal admins
traitor, asking that fixing OF retail coal
prices be delayed until receipt of a
statement from the Colorado dealers
bearing on the situation.
Indignant citizens of Phoebe halted
DIR. L. o. Duckworth from beating
Pete Daily, tramp, who was found in
the physicians office. stark naked and
crying with pain. On charge of
assault DR.. Duckworth was fined $50
and costs. He said that Daily used
insulting language before his wife,
although evidence was introduced to
show that Daily was Irrational at the
time.
The mutilated remains. of William
Lund, bridge carpenter on the West
ern Pacific, having been found on the
railroad tracks near Wells, coroner's
jury returned verdict that he came
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