The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-08-15
INLAND NORTHWEST

4 Alexander Sweek OF Portlanu' oIe'f
to be register of the land office ~
that city.
Measures regulating business meth
DDS ana eliminating possibility OF eA-
acting exorbitant profits will be en-
acted into law at this session OF the
Montana assembly, it was declared.
Competition among the counties
promises spirited rivalry in the arsl-
cultural division of the Montana state
fair to be held Sept. S-13, according
to reports received at the office OF
Secretary Horace s. Ensign.
Japan's first official copy of the
German peace treaty left Seattle
Tuesday for Toxic aboard the ia
panese liner Fushlmi Maru, in care
Of special courier, Lieut. Col. d.
Ninoniya, an officer of the Japanese
| army
Due to the heavy rains all fires in
the Montana national forests are re-
ported safe and the only trouble the
foresters are experiencing now is with
the bazes in the Idaho reserves, which
have not been visited by showers No
reports of new fires were received at
the district headquarters.
Fire last week destroyed the mill
Of the Bissell Lumber Company, just
south of Seattle city limits, and
large stock of lumber, the loss being
estimated at 100000 Only change
N the wind, it was said, could save
S3,O00,000 worth of supplies awaiting
shipment to Russian ports.
Governor d. w. Davis of Idaho has
asked District Forester l.. f. Kneipp
to take immediate steps to aid in car
ing for the great herds of elk in north
eastern Idaho and Jackson hole. Be-
cause of the shortage of hay and the
poor range this year, the Idaho ex-
ecutive says, it will be necessary to
take steps now for the feeding of the
elk.
Orders for supply of government
foodstuff were wired to San Francisco
army officials Tuesday by Acting
Mayor W. ID. Lane of Seattle. The
food, if sold to the city, will be re-
tailed by the municipality to the pub
lie at local public markets. The or
der included 10000 pounds Of bacon,
1000 six-pound cans of corned beef
and 1000 cases of tomatoes.
William l.. Wallen, champion swim
mer of the Illinois Athletic Club, Chi
cago, successfully defended his title
at Portland by winning first place in
the A. A. U. national one-mile swim
in the Willamette river His time
for the mile, over course of 16 laps,
was "A minutes, 81 80 seconds. Sec
ond place went to Harold Kruger of
the Oakland Athletic Club, and George
Schroeth, also of Oakland, captured
third place from Nitric Konowaloff of
Seattle.
Noicing their protests against prof
iteering in the necessities of life and
asking that Deer Lodge county, Nor
tana, representatives cooperate with
other members of the state legisla-
ture in alternating existing conditions
members of Anaconda Mill and Smell
termen's Union, No. III, passed reso-
luticns, forwarding copies to Senator
j. b. Gnose and Representatives
Chrystal, Johnson and Lennon of
Deer Lodge county, now attending the
special session of the legislature.
At the request of Secretary Lane.
Senator Myers of Montana, Monday in
troduced a bin providing an appropria-
ton of 100000, or so much thereof
as may be necessary for the purpose
Of protecting timber on the public
lands from forest fires, to be expended
under the supervision of the secretary
of the interior.
Damage to crops has resulted in
Elio county, Nevada, through raw
ages by ground squirrels, the loss be-
ing estimated at $4,000 in the Me
tropolis and Lamollle farming districts
alone, An organization has been form
ed at Metropolis to provide funds with
which to conduct campaign of de-
struction against the rodents
Notice of advances ranging from 10
to % per cent in the rent of apart
ments at Spokane was served on ten
ants, and rents of business property
and dwelling houses also were raised
somewhat. Landlords denied increases
were the result of concerted action, but
said they were demanded by the adj
vances in cost of upkeep of their
property,
State and federal law is to be in.
soked against criminal food profiteer.
ing in Montana. The county attorney
of Silver Bow county at Butte is Co
operating with the United States dis
trict attorney, who will be asked to
secure indictments by federal grand
Jury against those persons who cannot
be reached by state law.
Notice has been served in the house
of representatives of Montana that