The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1918-04-19
INLAND NORTHWEST

Death is belteYed TO nave been que TO !
pneumonia, superinduced by alcohol /
ism.
Rochester went over the top April /
Z, exceeding its quota for the third |
Liberty loan. The greatest enthusiasm
prevails and subscriptions are still |
coming ia.
Utah men of the 346th machine gun
battalion at Camp Lewis, Wash, are
enjoying army life to the last degree
Athletics and entertainment are inter
woven with duties.
The club women Of Montana are Civ
ing valuable assistance TO the food adj
| ministration in carrying on the work
in that state, according to the report Of
the office of state food administrator.
Last September Harold G. Heberling
and Mrs. Ellenora Heberling of Lewis
! ton, Mont, were divorced, but they de-
cided that divorce was failure, Sc
| cured license and were remarked last
| week.
The gopher question is live one all
over the state of Montana. The county
. I AOllllhlsSLpAElSr DcAlAEAS anu lLAAA fAAtAtAAE
are cooperating to furnish poisoned
wheat and oats for the determination
of the pest.
A bulletin issued by the state normal
college of Montana recently states that
the regular summer course will be held
this year at the institution for the pur-
pose of instructing the teachers of the
state in the latest methods of educa-
ton.
Formal withdrawal of a petition for
the intercession of Governor Lister in
the /. w. w. situation, so far as Spo-
kane is concerned, is understood to
have been agreed upon at a CLOSED"
session OF four of the city commits
sioners.
Rev. NJ. Franz of Retail, Montana,
, is under arrest there on sedition
charges He is said 10 have spread
. German propaganda and opposed the
draft. He is pastor of a German
Mennonite colony of conscientious OBJ
jectors at Retail.
t Great Falls entertained the Mon
tana Stockmen'S association convention
!. which held its sessions Tuesday and
I. Wednesday, April 1911. This is the
4 first time that the convention has met
t outside of Miles City since its or
ganization b years ago.
Women of Butte who have beer
active in promoting thrift stamp sales
through the medium of booths have
been granted sixty-day furleugh
Every thrift stamp booth in the cit.
will be closed Saturday evening A,Fri
Is. for period of 60 days.
Twenty-eight alleged members OF tn
Industrial Workers of the World, ar
rested at Spokane, were convicted o
yag.Ency in police court and seEtence
. of thirty days in Jail were imposed II
{ addition, fines of 500 each We're i'm
posed on ten of the defendants.
Montana stands third among TIL
states in the relative number of physi
clans furnished to care for the healtl
of men in the army, the report of Sur
geon General Gorgas shows Of 63C
I physicians in the state, 49,, CIR POS pc
cent have been recommended for com
missions.
james l. Donald. a prominent ant
wealthy realty dealer and tinancier o
Hedgesville, Mont, was stricken Will
ut a banquet of bankers at Harlowtol
Thursday night. He was rushed TO tn
hospital for medical aid, but died, hi
ailment being an acute obstruction o
the bowels.
I There is absolutely no foundation
for the reports from Great Falls an
nouncing that the Great Northern haD
agreed to extend the Sun river brancl
from Gilman TO Augusta, according t
a letter the Montana railroad commits
sion has received from l. Parke
Veasey, Jr.. counsel for the road.
The report comes from the Big Hol
basin in Montana that there is still
great deal of snow in the valley ant
that it will be some time before tn
roads In that vicinity are open for traf
flc. The ranchers are still feeding, bu
the mild winter has given them
chance TO conserve hay and there is n
danger of a shortage.
The farmers around Dillon, Mont
are planning to protect themselves thi
summer from gophers and other croI
destroying animals. The little pest
are being killed in large numbers b,
every kid who owns a - rifle or al
air gun, and unless they increase mucl
faster than they are killed there will
be no great danger to the growing
crops.
The order of the state food admin
istrator seizing 10000 bushels of whea
owned by Thomas P. Walsh of Austin
New, will probably be recalled on tn
strength of representations made b.
Frank Curran. deputy food administra
tor. 1t appears Walsh is the victim o
misunderstanding Walsh had of
fered his wheat TO Reno flour mill
but refused their terms.
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