The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-01-10
INLAND NORTHWEST


when he was struck b. train and.
killed.
As means OF providing work for
returned soldiers. number 81 public
improvements are to be begun at Salt
Lake at once.
Attorney General Ford has an
nonnced prosecution in II Montana
cities Of butchers who adulterate lard |
with beef suet and sell the compound |
as lard
The meeting of the Lemli Wool
growers association, scheduled for
January 8, at salmon, Idaho, has been
indefinitely postponed on account Of
the Flu epidemic.
Word has reached Whitefish- Mont,
that ]. w. Carr. former resident q
that section, recently committed sui
eide in huntlng cabin about ~ miles
north Of Calgary, Alberta
Catching his left eye on hook on
| the bathroom door, 4-year-Old Thomas
Gourley, Of Salt Lake. sustained a Sc
/ we're IaceratIOn Immediately below the
eye and narrowly escaped losing MS
sight
] Pascual Garrza. Mexican. swallowed
quantity Of carbORic acid in his room
at a hotel in Salt Lake by mistake
Garrza was i'll and did not stop 70 turn
on the light while reaching for his
drink.
Chief Moiese Of the Flathead reser-
walton in Montana, the one remaining
link on the reservation between The
| old invasion of Chief Joseph Of Nez
Perce and the present died Of influ-
enza last week
IL is probable that test case VIII
come up at KalispelI, Mont to deter
mine whether under the new dry law
the manufacture and sale Of beer CON
tanning less than per cent Of alcohol
win be permitted.
Max SchonbeEger. aged -, was shot
and fatally wounded by his son Henry
during a quarrel at the family resi-
dence in Butte. According to the sons
version, his father was beating MS
wife when he shot him
Butte police and county authorities
in connection with local postal heads
are investigating alleged shortage Of
about 5000 in war savings and IhrIIi
stamps. said to have been found IN ths
accounts of two booths al the Butts
! postoffice-
, Miss Alice Chisholm of BOZeman anC
Miss Gladys Olcott of Red Lodge ar
) the two women chosen By the Women
Division War personeI board Of IN
! Young Mems Christian association Z
: represent Montana in the unit for over
/ seas service
a AT a statewide convention. proha0l.
: 10 be held during the month, tie cham
: hers Of commerce and commel'eii
clubs OF the state will take action q
d bringing TO Montana due percentag
e OF returning soldiers who desire I
: settle on the soil.
e Sheepherders are trailing thel
flocks into Nevada, due to the searclt
S of water holes on the deser, ia Il
western part of Utah Very little sno'
IT has fallen in the western part OF IN
n state. Only a few lunches Of shee
g are now ON the Utah desert
v The establishment Of the Montan
" FIGURING Mills company at Harloy
q town. Mont, viii purchase PRACTICAL
10000 bushels Of wheat direct Irol
5 wheatland county farmers The eSt
a. mated wheat production OF the entt'
q county is 100000 bushels
Increase in business Of the state
= Utah and additional work placed ups
4 the office of the attorney general
= the various new commissions n
= made the present force entirely mad
- auate for the proper performance
10 the duties of the office, il Is aSSerte
i Influenza caused OIL deaths in
10 attic during the first eleven months
10 1915. according TO the annual repo
n of the city health commissioner. sin
n the epidemic started 100000 doses
81 vaccine have been given out BY q
city health department, the repo
nd showed.
no STOCKS and bonds held by the =
as erai state banks Of Utah ut the clio
of business on October ). 1918, amour
wv ed to S15.Oi7. 6SS, according 70 the
ne enniaI report of Bank Commission
nv William f. Evans. Compared with !
first call made June ~, 1917, the
nd crease in the amount held is $50
nd AS.
ad A report issued by the field age
ar for Utah and Nevada shows fal
be- wages averaging S64 month wi
lie board ana SS4 without board u
eh wages in harvest averaged SS-l9 vi
board and $3.50 when board was
to furnished. Most farmers report n
gh Sheepherders and cownen receiv
III higher wages than farm labor and tn
in consequence help was hard 70
his or keep.
II THE most important achievement
ost the fuel administration IN Monta
ely was to supply coal for the steady !
so GRAFTON OF every kind Of industry I
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