The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-12-12
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on December 2, and will remain closed
during the coal shortage.
Western newspapers who assisted
In the recent third Red Cross Christ
mas roll call are praised In the Off
ciai Red Cross A. Il. G. Rays Of the
Mountain division.
The yearly losses by forest fires was
the chief subject discussed at the open
ing session of the conference of lead
ing officials of the United States for
est service, held at Salt Lake las. week.
The Montana railroad commission is
seeking lower rates from the United
States railroad administration on
sand gravel and crushed rock. which
are being used in construction Of inn
proved highways.
In the intermOuntain west where |
tllere IS a shortage this season OF hay |
and other forage, the SLIDING Of beet |
tops is recommended by the United |
States department Of agriculture as
an aid In meeting the condition.
December examinations Of Nevada
school teachers viii be omitted again
this year. The state department of
education having determined upon
this procedure. all teachers certifi-
Gates will be valid up TO next June.
1 In 1902 James r. Goss of Billings,
Mont. purchased a 24O-acre ranch five
miles southwest of Billings for s12.l&
per acre. Last week he sold the
| ranch to a farmer north of the city
for s1T5 per acre, total Of $4,000.
George Braskett, convicted ip the
justice court at Ely, New, on a
charge of violating the prohibition
law and out on bond awaiting an APP
peal TO the district court, has disap-
peared from the jurisdiction of the
court.
The biological survey Of the United
States department of agriculture, in
cooperation with the North Dakota
Agricultural college, has made ar
rangements to begin work in destroy
ing coyotes and other predatory ami
mails in North Dakota.
A wage agreement based on the
price of silver has beei- entered into
by the Rochester Mines Company of
| Nevada. and it's employees, through
which the men employed at the mine
receive a bonus when silver reaches
S1.21 or more an ounce.
, The Anaconda Copper Mining com
: pany is preparing TO close all its mines
and shelters in Montana because OF
fuel shortage. officials have announced
About 1900 men employed in Butte
. Anaconda and Great Falls will b'
. thnown out of employment.
Federal informatiOns against tn,
) most radical of the - foreign miner
!. arrested at Carneyville. WyO.. charg
ing them with violations of the in
junction issued by Federal Judge An
. derson, win be filed and deportation
I proceedings will be instituted.
d More than 27O aliens are on tn
r payroll OF the Great Northern o
q Havre, Mont, according 10 the quar-
terly report received by the state AZ
cident board. They are from all race
in Europe and while few have take
out papers the majority have nc
: and many have been refused papers.
q In a plea for the abolition
strikes as a means of settlement {
disputes between employers and en-
ployes. Mrs Emmaline Pankhurs
= English suffragist leader, in an a,
:. dress at Seattle. declared the preseI
= unsettled industrial conditions can
I, about as direct rsult Of the teacl
= ings of Kari Marx. German socialist
To determine the position of dep
: tized civilian. killed while acting as
20 special deputy sheriff, is the late
4 problem for the state accident boar
- OF Montana to solve. The case can
"A up over the claim for compensate
4 of the widow of a civilian special
deputized 10 assist in the manhunt
a farm hand at Manhattan few weel
~ ago.
n Residents of the town of Hobs,
and Moccasin, Mont, and farmers
nc that vicinity during the past week a
y propriated TO their own use a coup
Is of cars of coal which had been plac,
NO on sidetrackS, one in each of the "
towns.
ne .'Bin" Carlisle, benign bandit, vi
holds up trains for pleasure and 4
10 bates the ethics of highway robbie
au with his victims. may attempt 10 hi
a. in Salt Lake. it is thought, and I
= local police are keeping sharp loo
io' out for him
Exculpated for the death of /
H prospective fatier-in-law, young 10
'n' Pantalone. former service man,
T been discharged by the trial jud
u al Salt Lake. Pantal5ne was accus
e. OF the murder OF Steve Melieh, s,
bian, of Bingham, Utah.
a. The snowfall in the mountains
Montana is unprecedented and assuI
ample water for all purposes ne
lit- year. The general predictions of
lhe ,sarly and hard winter apparently Z