The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-09-26
INLAND NORTHWEST

q Jul -
The need for residences in Libby,
Mont, was the chief topic discussed |
al 4 meeting of the directors and men, |
beFs Of the recently organized Libby |
Commercial club.
win the members of the Elks lodge |
in every county in charge, campaign |
to secure S3j,O0O for use Of the Saliva |
ton Army in home service work will
be started in Nevada
With the forest fire season over, the
most disastrous in the history of the
Helena national forest reserve, all but
the regular rangers and few guards
have been withdrawn
AT Harlem, in Montana, has just
been completed a most novel athletic
tournament ia the nature of a horse
Strengthening contest in which num-
Der of experts from various points
participated.
Michael O'Neill, aged 73, was burned
TO death in his room at Butte. He was
smoking a cigar and it is believed he
fell asleep while smoking, and that tile
bed clothing took fire, the smoke suf-
f0cating him.
The winter apple harvest in the
Walla Walla valley has commenced.
The crop is valued at $750,0O0. includ-
ing several good-siZed orchards which
are coming into bearing in paying
quantities for the first time.
As a reward for its loyalty in meet
ing every Liberty loan with an over
subscription, the state of Montana has
been given a German artillery field
piece and its carriage. captured by
American forces during the war.
Ole Hanson, former mayor Of Sc
attic, leaves Seattle September % to
ism under the auspices of the lyceum
bureau. He will speak in Texas, Okla
homa. Ohio, Iowa, Georgia and other
states.
Gas masks have been used with
great success by some of the crews
fighting fires in the forests of Mon
tana. They were sent from the east
I BY the forest service headquarters.
which obtained them from the war de-
partment.
Although he faced death almost daily
for five months while in France at
/ tached to IL supply train of the Ninety
/ first division of the American army
and escaped without a scratch, Walter
] ,,FlX tn lao lili-
ed in an automobile wreck near Great
Falls. Mont.
, Mrs. Bessie Clark, held in the county
Jail at Butte ON a charge of the MUIR
der of Grover G. Burns, denies that
She told Officers liodda and Gilbert
that she killed Burns. Mrs. Clark re-
marked that she had killed Burns, and
was willing to give herself up, accord
/ ing to the officers
Stock ranges have been benefited
throughout the mtermountain region
by the rains of the early part Of the
month. This relief to the ranges nit
igates n condition which has been a
serious setback TO the Stockmen OF
the west particularly those in Mon
rana. wyoming and Idaho.
Frank and Robert Mcdonald, who
ESCAPED from The Jail at Ely, New,
where they were arrested two weeks
ago for the alleged abduction of Lenise
Snplgruve. 14-year-Old Salt Lake girl'
and who are also wanted in New York
ON u charge of grand larceny, were re-
captured at Atlanta. New.
Eleven silos are being constructed in
Washington county Idaho, as II result
ot two siln rx,u siuns held in April
.,unipmelfed hy The individual efforts
of lie dairy and livestock committee
mon ~ The county farm bureau, and
the county agent.
If Il suggestion made To the city
raunci ana now being considered by
rhe WAYS and means committee should
ne adouted the city Of Great Falls next
winter will engage in the retail coal
business. dispusing of fuel 10 The PEG
ple of the city ut actual cost.
D. NJ. Defines. Victoria cross winner,
held nj Aberdeen. Wash, for Il crime
If forgery committed in 1914, said
that he had hoped through his war
record in France to wipe out his past.
He said he had hoped to die in France
but he came out only wounded
4 disastrous fire occurred 1T Re
lance, Wyo.. when the warehouse oil
the Union Pacific Coal company was
DESTROYED. The loss is approximately
$4,000 The origin of the fire is NOT
known. The structure will be rebuilt
ut once.
4 rs worth $4,000 to be called an
". W.. believes Arthur \. Peter
son of Billings. He has filed sun
for that amount against Joseph Behe-
diet also of that place, claiming that
the latter circulated malicious reports
concerning him.
The sheriff and several deputy sher-
,ffs nf Sweetwater county caught a
hootlegging party near Rock Springs
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