The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-12-26
INLAND NORTHW WEST.

A. "uhSS hOlel at WnltenSn,i
Nioilt'' was burned to the ground, ali
siat was saved being part of the
furnishings of the first floor.
Like the Yukon, Yellowstone park IS
locked up for the winter. With the
thermometer So degrees below zero
all construction work in the big play
ground has ceased.
According TO the report of ranchers
III White Pine and Nye counties.
Nevada, wandering bands of sheep
VIII suffer great losses this winter ow-
ing to the scarcity of feed.
The first cargo of bulk wheat loaded
TOR a foreign port from Portland, Ore,
since about 1893 left there in Novem-
Der. The cargo consisted of 1000
tons grading No. 2 Soft White.
Representatives of western states
who are members of the National
Highway association will meet at an
early date to form an organization to
make plans for the standard construc-
ton of highways.
Problems vital to the interests of
the sheep and live STOCK industries
Will come before the annual conven-
ton of the Utah State Woolgrowers'
association, to be held at Salt Lake,
January 16 and IT.
Idaho is conducting a live stock inn
provement project in 81 of the Al
counties in the state and recently has
adopted the cooperative Better Sires
Better Stock" plan as a means of
Fastening progress.
After having been held for nearly
week, following his arrest on charge
Of killing his neighbor, Harley Cable,
On his ranch on Cow creek, John Bow
man has been released from Jail at
Chinook, Mont, on $4,000 bail
Mrs. Mary Fitzgerald, one of the
old-time women of Gallatin county,
was found dead in her home at Boze-
man, Mont. The coroner conducted an
Investigation and reported that Mrs.
Fitzgerald died of heart disease.
Three and half million pounds of
sugar belonging to the Utah-Idaho
Sugar company, seized December 6
under libel proceedings brought by
the government, will be distributed in
cities Of Washington and Oregon.
Wagner, Mont, town on the Great
Northern, has not received any coal
for two months and the residents took
some from carload shipment going
through the town and are in great
need of more to prevent further suffer
ing.
Bootlegging and gambling in Malta
Mont, sustained quite a setback when
party of county officers, led by the
county attorney, conducted raids upon
several places where gambling anG
whisky selling is alleged to have been
going on.
Abe Majors, who was pardoned last
spring, after serving part of life
sentence in the Utah state prison fol
the murder of Captain Brown of the
Ogden police force, has been granted
new trial on a charge of larceny
in Los Angeles.
Well drilling for artesian water a.
Preston, Nevada, will be discontinued
by the board Of county commissioners
for the present year. The well a
Preston has been driven down to {
depth of $50 feet without encOunterinl
many indications of flowing water.
The state game warden of Montana
has received a claim from woman
in Miles City who wanted the state tt
reimburse her for inroads made on {
garden on ranch near that place b.
bands of antelope which ate he
beans and vines and other vegetables
The beekeepers of several state
which boast of large honey production
are going back to school. Under tn,
direction of representatives of tn
United States department of agricul
lure short courses for commercial bee
keepers are now being conducted il
Idaho, Washington, California, ant
Texas.
The Mutual Creamery company, wit
Headquarters in Salt Lake City, an
nounced last week that 1T would bull
in Eugene, Ore, and would make et
; forts to secure the cooperation Q
) farmers for the delivery of 2O,OO
: hounds of milk daily. A building t
cost $4,000 will be put up at Eugen
; next spring
Further reports are coming from tn
eastern part Of Idaho, and wester
: wyoming of the hardships being sui
/ fered by elk in the Jackson Hol
country. The animals are gatherin
in the lowlands by the thousands, an
feed is so scarce on account of tn
deep snow that grave fears are feI
, for the animals.
I wilhelm Won Brincken, former mil
: tarv attache of the German consulat
: in San Francisco, took a pauper
l oath in federal court at Tacoma,
c order TO effect his release from Nj
' Naips island federal penitentiary o
5 January 9. The two-year prison teri
: 10 which Won Brincken was sentence
2 e.. oonspiracy to violate the neutrallt