The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-11-07
INLAND NORTHWEST


were in some branch Of the service
during the recent war.
The crop movement which is now /
under way in Oregon Short Line terri |
tory, is the heaviest for many seasons. |
according TO H. V. Plat, general man |
ager of that railroad.
While the usual Saturday night |
crowds walked past the front of the |
building, an unmasked burglar held up |
JeWelry store proprietor in Spokane, |
getting away with $780,
A lone robber who attempted Ito hold
up bank in Butte met with sur
prise when the teller reached for
revolver, the would-be robber hastily
beating retreat without securing any
baoty.
Nearly all of the 66S,000 acres of
federal land, awarded to the state of
Idaho in special grants at the time of
her admission to the union, has now
been absorbed by the state under land
| patents
Twelve live blue foxes, valued at
| $500 each, and 26,1S5 sealskins, esti-
mated to be worth nearly $2,500,00O,
were brought to Seattle from the gov
eminent sealing grounds on Pribiloff
Islands by the naval collier Nanshan.
Senator Miles Poindexter of Wash
iDgton having announced his candidacy
for the presidency, his lieutenants
are now touring the northwest, lay
ing plans for his nomination by the ma
tional Republican convention dele
gates.
All coal produced by Montana, Wyo-
ming, Idaho and Washington will be
utilized by railroads if the threatened
miners strike becomes effective, and
none will be available for other pur-
poses, local dealers have been in.
formed.
A proposal to sell the Bullfrog-Gold
field Railroad company's holdings in
Nye and Esmeralda county (Nevada)
to the counties or to the state has
been made by an attorney for the com
pany, to the members of the tax com
mission.
Extension of 80 days from Nov. / t.
Dec. l, was granted railroads in Mon
tana in which to comply with the OF
der of the state railroad commission
J in equipping locomotives with illumin
ated headlights in compliance with
recent state law.
AZ, y,fT Ttoh H.
first skirmish of the war instituted b.
! the state board of medical examiner
to put them out of business in Utal
q the courts having dissolved the ten
|. porary Injunction preventing thei
a practice in Utah.
The high school girls of Montan
will have an opportunity to attend tn
fifth vocational congress for hig
, school girls, which is to be held thi
;, wear at the Montana state college q
Bozeman, the dates set being Noven
Der 20, q and %.
h Being mistaken for an elk, Norma
!, WincheIl of Three Forks, Mont wa
shot and killed by +. L. Reugame
Winchell was clad in a khaki suit an
8 cap. and was walking through I'll
W woods where he and Reugamer ha
gone on a hunting trip.
Col. J. G. Scrugham was again cleo
" ed head of the American Legion
the state of Nevada at the conventlo
- of delegates at Reno last week. Il
r honor was given him in recognition
his efficient work in getting the va
ions posts OF the state organized.
: bungling attempt was made to re
IT the hank at Kolin, Mont The croo
/ ON ginning entrance to the place, u
n dartool TO reach the money by usir
g hammer ON the lock and handle
y of the safe. Tie battered it up a b
If INT failed to accomplish his pGrpos
d Prophecies of a severe winter Wi
IT an unusually heavy snowfall are !
Y causes for dis4nay to ranchers al
y stockmen of Beaverhead county, Mo
Il tono. who express their willingness
tx on through frigfd year with no 9th
e, ra,vord than to see deep SHOWS in
re tho mountains. expecting increas'
.
20 crops next year.
h The city of Evanston, Wyo,' is
I'd longer a Migrants paradise. Inc CT
ne fathers in searching for ways al
Us means of replenishing the fuhus
30 tbn civ treasury, which have shrul
% oppreciably since the exit OF JoI
K, Borleycorn, decided to subject eve
ok ..Wearv Willie" TO license fee. he
ed eetcr if one would loaf in EvanstC
Oh II will cost $50 for the privilege.
no ~, There will be a special session OF
he Nevada legislature in the very ne
he future. probably about the middle
November, according to a state1he
o. made last week by Governor hoy
w. The special session in the opinion
:, The governor has been made necessa
d. by developments in recent strike 81
ations which show that the NeVa
~ y laws at present GA the stature poo
" nro insufficient and inadequate TO co