The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-11-08
INLAND NORTHWEST


The Southern Pacific and Western
Pacific railroads will be operated un.
der the double-track system for dis
lance of about 1872 miles in Nevada In
the near future.
Arrangements have been made
whereby nutritious soup and other
food will be taken to homes in Lewis
town, Mont, where the influenza has
made The preparation of good food for
any patient difficult.
For the purpose of determining
whether live stock growers of Utah
and adjoining states are in need Of
government financial assistance, w. p.
G. Harding of Washington, ID. c. ar
rived in Salt Lake City last week.
An entire carload of honey, for
which f. S. Harter of Wheatland,
Wyo., will receive ST, 800, was shipped
to Akron, o., last week, A previous
shipment of $4,000 pounds of strained
honey was sent to Sioux City this sea
son.
Approval for an expenditure of
$276000 on buildings at the base hos
pital and Instructions to invite pro-
posals Immediately were contained in
a communication received at Fort
Douglas last week from the war de-
partment.
Big gaps were broken in the ranks
of Yukon river steamboat men by the
loss on the Princess Sophia of 81 en-
| ployes of the White Pass and Yukon
Railway company, which operates
summer line of boats on the big north
ern waterway.
To cope with a situation induced by
| increased cost of materials and the
! suggestions of the food administra-
ton, Butte dealers of soft drinks
have decided to serve soda water be@-
erages in smaller glasses. Prices win
| not be increased.
John Flu, a veteran Chinese cook of
western Montana and plutocrat of
| the AIissoula colony, is dead. He sue
| cumbed after a long illness of appen-
dicitis. lat the age of 46 He had been
resident of Montana for at least a
quarter of "a century.
The American Gold conference, in
session at Reno, Nevada, and in con-
ference with Raymond I. Baker, di-
rector of the mint, appointed commit
tee to proceed to Washington and pre-
sent to William G. McAdoo, secretary
of the treasury, the requests of the
| gold producers.
Druggists will be permitted under
certain restrictions to refill prescrip-
lions calling for morphine, codeine or
heroin, written by registered prac-
titioners for patients suffering from
influenza and any pulmonary or bron-
chial Affections, according to notice
received at Helena.
State Auditor r.. G. Poland has writ
ten the Montana council of defense
requesting it, and also members of the
county and community councils to adj
wise his office of the operations OF
stock statesmen who endeavOr to trade
shares of stocks or bonds or notes for
Liberty bonds of any issue.
Warrants charging John Browning
of Ogden, Utah, son of John M
Browning, inventor of the Browning
machine gun, and six other San Fran
cisco and Ogden men with engaging in
conspiracy to ship wholesale quanti'
ties of liquor into Utah, were sworn to
in the federal court at Ogden last
week.
Just what will be done with a
maiden in Pueblo hasn't been definite
ly decided She is determined to be a
boy. At least, she is not satisfied
with fate and insists on wearning
boys clothes and working in factories
or any place she can as a boy. She
was arrested last week for the third
time.
Conrad Holdegard 10-year-old boy
living at Belmont, Mont, while on his
way to school stopped to play near
garage, and seeing an old oil tank II
the ground in front of the establish
ment, threw lighted match in it sc
S to see the interior better. An eH
plosion followed, and the little fellow
was severely burned.
House rats, common brown variety
are increasing at an alarming rate II
| oSu0u, dNCblulhS " - ~ 1NAS@At@AN- -,
of the United States department of ag
riculture in Utah They breed from
six to ten times each year. To aid il
the determination of the rats the cit!
commissioners have authorized
bounty of 10 cents per tail.
To have Liberty bell peal a SECOND
liberty message from its original set
ting in FaneuiI hall, so that every per
son in the United States might hea
its sacred sounds when the war ends
is the plan of the Alfalfa club Of Wor
land. Wyo, which points out that tn
old tower could be connected by tele
phone with the entire United States.
Men members of sect styling
themselves Brothers of Jesus wer'
arrested at Portland at lodgini
house on charge of eyading the draf
and obstructing the war program
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