The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-04-05
INLAND NORTHWEST.

The farmers In the vicinity of Deer
Lodge, Mont, are planning a campaign
against the destructive ground squirrel.
In q well being drilled near Dillon,
Mont, a small quantity of crude oil
has been bailed out of the well at a
depth Of 1850 feet
August 10. Kruse was killed in an au-
tomobiIe accident near Deer Lodge,
Mont, his machine running off the
road and tipping over.
| Joseph Picissi, an Italian, is in the
| Sparks, Nevada, Jail charged with fir
ing shot at Ray Audrain, a conduc-
tor living at Reno, following a fight,
the bullet going wild.
II. Robins was fined 800 at Reno on
charge Of having in possession an
illegal gambling device, nickel Slot
machine. The destruction of the ma
chine was also ordered.
Hahn and Smith, ranchers living four
miles east Of Deer Lodge, Mont, re-
Gently shipped to the Spokane market
sixty-fiye head of steers, when when
sold brought an average price o. $lo2
per head
George M. Place, farmer living
twenty-five miles southwest of Forsyth,
Mont, was shot and killed by Joe
HOlcom, a farm hand. Holcom claims
Place threatened his life and he shot
in self-defense.
Mrs. A. A. Braten, wife of a promi-
Yln
found drowned in the warm spring near
the fish hatchery in Bridger canyon.
1t is thought that Mrs. Braten lost
her balance, fell into the spring and
was drowned.
Eva Haggerty, youngest daughter of
Mike Haggerty, a rancher of Apex,
Mont, dropped dead on the street at
Butte. The cause of her death is said
to have been heart trouble, but she
had been In good health previous to
the fatal attack.
Opening to entry of about 100000
acres of land classified as agricultural
in jackson and Josephine counties,
Ore, has been approved by Secretary
Lane. These lands are part of what
are known as the Oregon and Cali
fornia railroad grant lands
In the registration of weapons at the
sheriff's office at Lewiston, Mont,
1000 cards have been signed up, each
card representing an average of not
less than four weapons, so that 10000
weapons, nearly all of them guns, are
accounted for in Fergus county.
A war of determination against
squirrels and gophers will be waged
in western Montana this spring and
summer, according to campaign plans
announced by A. r. Parker of the
Montana state experiment station aud
A. r. Taylor of the biological survey.
Miss Dorcas Ferguson of Whitefsh,
Mont, has set the pace for young girls
who wish to do a big bit in helping
alleviate the suffering of the world
war; Miss Ferguson has adopted a
little French girl from Argenteuir,
France, for whose support she is pay
ing.
What is declared by local cattlemen
to be new record price for cattle
for the northwest was paid at Spokane
last week by local packer to Kelly &
Gildersleye of Enterprise, Ore, who OBJ
tanned $12 per 100 pounds for four cars
of steers, which averaged 1915 pounds
per head.
Sent to the butcher-shop by his
mother to see why his father, Mike
Bennett, had not returned home, John
Bennett peeped through the windows
of the shop at East Helena, Mont, and
was Mortified to find his father dead.
He had shot off the top of his head
with rifle.
Work on a municipal pier being built
at Bellingham, Wash, has been dis i
continued ut the request of Colonel
Brice p. Disaue of the spruce produc-
ton bureau of the signal corps, be-
cause it was interfering with logging
operations on Puget Sound that are
necessary to the carrying out Of the
governments war program.
While no money win be available I'M
less the suprem court affirms the va
lidity of the Mason half million dollar
bond bill, the Montana council of de-
Tense, to be Immediately prepared to
distribute the money if the issue is de-
clared legai, is sending application
blanks for loans to all county coun-
ellis of defense.
Montana has already begun to an
swer the governments call for greater
wheat saving" said Alfred Atkinson,
food administrator for Montana, in an
address at Roundup, Since wheat is
military necessity Montana win
back up TO the military to the limit.
We will actually cut down conSump-
ton of wheat in Montana to meet the
requirements
A home trade movement is being
planned at Reno. After the merchants
have been interviewed and have |
pledged themselves to support the
home-buying movement among them
selves, the matter win be taken fur.