The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-05-21
NORTH WEST


q the special train to be sent from
LLAMA to the national convention at
4 I'LL Francisco.
H. commissioners of Pershing coun-
Nevada have awarded the contract
Il, tbe building of new court house,
Y II cost $68,5OO,
han Mullen, 80, engaged in mining
NJ eastern and southern Utah, shot
sls,self under the heart at a hotel ut
E@I;ssnd Junction, Colo.
4 a cost of nearly $1,000 the farm
u in the Glendale, Nevada, district
lEAEe purchased a thoroughbred Hol-
I'm bull for herd purposes.
\ Members of Utah national guard
IN become members of the reserve
sffIcers training camp, according to
saylces received at Salt Lake.
,lonos FOrtOni,. convicted of setting
Il brush fire on the Schell Creek divi-
I'm of the Nevada national forest,
Din been assessed fine of 500.
Several of the large cattle companies
III Nevada are figuring on taking over
humber of small holdings in the state
Nj order to settle water difficulties.
Joe Bishop, serving a sentence for
|nttempt murder at Elko, Nevada, has
Men granted a parole and will return
81 his former home in Oklahoma.
Thirsty residents witnessed the de-
sructlon of 80 gallons Of whisky, val
MI at $4,000, at Billings, Mont, one
thy last week as the result of a court
rider.
y A number of applications have been
Ned for the position of state labor
commissioner of Nevada, and it is ex-
ected that a selection will be made
auring the week.
4 c. W. Virgins, who shot Mrs. r. E.
Bell through the hand during a quar-
fel at Ely, Nevada, has been given Il
entence of six months Imprisonment
y the county jail.
Reports of crop conditions from
twenty counties in Montana indicate
hat the farmers have cause to be jul
plant, and bumper crops are expected
p those sections.
Senator McNary, Republican, Ore
gOn, has issued a statement urging
oregon voters to support Senator
Johnson of California In the Republi-
can presidential primary.
Andrew Brady, Butte police officer,
Charged with murder in connection
Rlth the killing Of Sylvester j. Prem
Rtt, has been acquitted on direction of
lhe Judge of the district court.
Forest protection week for Utah and
Idaho has been set for May % to %,
and the forest service of the govern
nent at Ogden has issued a very time
Y bulletin on the protection of for
eSts from fire.
As result of the strike of members
u the Workingmen's union at Butte,
ne street car service has been inter-
'upted' and jitneys are being pressed |
MO service to solve the transportation
problem in that city.
!, while winding up his flivyer, Charlie
myers OF Ruby valley, Nevada, sus-
alled serious injuries, the crank of |
he machine striking him in the mouth,
peaklng his jawbone and knocking
ut many of his teeth.
A raid by officers on the cellar of a |
eSluent of the little settlement of |
.unlng' Nevada, resulted in the I'M
fGlhg OF a cache of large quantity |
oottled beer and four barrels of |
rev. which was confiscated.
'Useph W. Bell, co-defendant with
!. w. tflste in the shooting of st.
,au anu Requ, entered a plea of man
at Ely, Nevada, and was sent |
n. n nevada school of industry at
NV instead of the state prison.
on April 80 the sum of $50, 404. 10 had
~, ,s eoliected from auto owners of Ne
'a' lor the privilege of operating
,su cars in that state. and 1t is be-
s'eu the sum of 100000 viii have
ar. Inc 1iose u 'i'e
riilned all night beneath an over
nc. leu tractor in the bottom of a dry
50 ditch, Peter Paterson,
y, near Cody, Wyo., delirious
y. ~ pam, attempt to beat out his
a a,ns with wrench. He was finally
s y and is now in hospital with
=, elahces for recovery.
ms Beatrice Gordon, 16-year-old
: OF Mrs. NJ. A. Gordon, cook
,an e general hospital, at Pocatello,
,as5 pe"reu from her home at noon
~ LAY and has not been heard from
! Inc girls mother believes that
mas been enticed from the city by
ru@us man she met recently.
~ rt. ~ a needle obtained in the prison
ha factory as his only tool, Bert Loft
Pas "s escaped from the state prison
soft "inS' Wyo. Lotion found that
n piece of steel covered a drain.