The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-07-02
INLAND NORTHWEST


moisture conditions are reported as
ideal in % counties in Montana for the
past week.
A notable series of loyalty meetings
are being planned for Idaho in July
and August under the auspices of the
United Americans.
The last days of the eneampment at
Camp Edgwood, Wyo., for the Utah
and Idaho national guard cavalry will
be marked by ceremonies, games and
general inspection of the personnel.
Plans for putting the public do
mains under the classification of Unit
ed States forest reserves were dis
cussed at the meeting of the eastern
Nevada livestock association held at
Ely.
The heavieS automobile travel in
years is reported by the Utah State
Automobile association. Nearly 800
out-of-state machines, carrying ap-
proximately 1000 persons, enter Utah
Daily.
Ten thousand dollars fot fire funds
of the forest service has been released
by the forester for purchase of fire
fighting equipment, according to in
formation received at the forest head
quarters in Ogden.
John Huber and four members of
his family were badly injured in an
automobile wreck near Pine Valley,
Ore, when the car he was driving
went over 100-Soot cliff and piled ON
the railroad track below.
Four prisoners under sentence to
the state prison at Walla Walla made
a daring escape from the county Jail
when they attacked the jailer and OBJ
tanned his gun, afterward forcing from
his possession the key to the jail.
Warrants based upon complaints is
sued at Pocatello, Idaho, recently,
charging Heber J. Grant, president,
and six other officials of the Utah
Idaho Sugar company with profiteer-
ing In sugar, were received at Salt
Lake on June %.
Changes in the rules and regulations
of Yellowstone national park, effec-
tive during the 1920 season, has made
it unlawful for park visitors or en-
ployes to catch more than ten fish in
| streams and lakes within two miles of
the park highways.
More than 100000 feet of timber
were cut on the national forests in
! district No. 1, including Montana and
northern Idaho, during the past month.
| 6,500,00O feet for commercial pur-
poses and $4,000 for the use of set
| tiers and homesteaders.
Lee King, the only paid fireman at
| Telluride, Colo, was killed when the
! fire team ran away in answering an
alarm at the Smuggler-U Union mine,
owned by eastern capitalists. The
flotation mill and other property,
valued at $15o,000, was destroyed.
Countering the proposal of apart
ment house owners of Salt Lake City
| to raise rents by September l, rumors
are afloat that the renters have about
| decided to organize a society, such as
won so many victories in Chicago, to
combat the landlords latest move.
Invested in the Western Pacific rail-
| road December 81, 1919, according to
the annual report filed by the COM
| pany with the public utilities commits
sion last week, was $91, 500, 773. The
| length of the road is 1910 miles. The
| grand total assets of the company ON
| that date were $115, 6S6,24S.
| While pursuing on foot a mountain
lion, after following it three days on
| horseback, Supervisor Jean Swift of
the southwestern forest service dis
| trict, traced the animal back to where
| the horse had been picketed and found
only the mangled remains of his steed,
according to news received at Ogden.
Complaints have been received at
| Ely, Nevada, to the effect that horses
in an unusually large number are be-
ing killed in Newark valley, and as a
result the county authorities are in
Vestigating the matter. 1t is said that
not only wild horses are being killed,
but that range stock are also being
shot.
At a meeting of the chamber of
commerce at Boise, Idaho, for the dis
| cuSSion of reclamation projects, for
mer Governor Spry of Utah gave the
warning that famine will be the por-
| ton of our entire country unless the
| government takes immediate steps to
| increase the food production by insti-
eating new reclamation projects.
| The lowly cap pistol one of the sur
vivors' of the good old days when
young America enjoyed happy, if
somewhat dangerous. Fourth, is
doomed to follow the trafl of the
rocket and the "nigger chaser" if
plans of the Juvenile court in Ogden
] are carried out.
According to a tribal custom Of the