The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-05-07
INLAND NORTHWEST

Lem Dick Chung, an old ChinaTnaL.
was found dead in bed in his cabin IL
Chinatown, at Winuemucca. Nevada,
where he had resided for many yearG
The Electrical Contractors ant
Dealers Of Montana formed an organ
ization I'm Butte last week for the nlD-
tual benefit Of the members and tte
industry.
Alfred Jones, cOIOred, serving 4
thirty-year sentence for murder, es-
capped from the hog ranch of the Deer
Lodge Mont, penitentiary, and is stiA
at large.
Parading in defiance of i police Of
der at Great Falls, Mont, 298 mem
bers of labor unions were arrested.
but later released, after the parade
had been broken up.
Further details regarding the shoot
ing of Sheriff c. K. Nyman OF Beaver
head county, Montana, by bandit at
Monida, show that the bandit murder
ed the sheriff in cold blood.
A new hydrating plant is being con
| structed at the works of the Nevada
| Lime and Rock company at Sloan
| about 20 miles south OF Las Vegas,
| Nevada. The new plant viii cost $780,
| 600.
| The wife of any man who wants to
be naturalized in the district court at
| Sterling, Colo, must qualify for cit
izenship with her husband, according
to a recent ruling of Judge Stephen
son.
]. ]. Mcdonald. 60, of Unity, Ore,
died last week from spotted fever, due
to the bite of sage tick. This is the
first fatality in several years that has
resulted from the dread disease IN
that section.
The trials of L. w. FristOe and Joe
Bell, both charged with murder in the
first degree, will be the first cases
held in the Ninth judicial district court
at Ely, Nevada, for the May term
opening May 3.
R. Clay Crawford, alleged conf
dence man under arrest in Chicago n
believed to be the same Crawford who
mulcted the faculty and high school
students at Hood River. Ore, out of
several thousands OF dollars.
\ permanent speakers bureau is to
be instituted by the Billings (Montl
Commercial club to supply men quail
fled to address meetings in smaller
towns on irrigation, agriculture, Com
mercial club work, community life, and
kindred subjects.
During the latter half of last year
hunters employed by the government
| and the Utah Livestock board killed
1883 predatory animals in Utah with
firearms and traps. These included
1 wolf. 6 lynxes, 10 bears, 23S bobcats,
} and 1.6O4 coyotes.
1t has been reported that about one
thousand head of sheep died at Iron
. Point. Nevada, last week after being
q shorn. The heavy storm and cold
. weather came on just after the wool
had been removed and this caused the
unusually heavy loss.
Five hundred and seventy farmers
of Valley county, Montana, have made
application for assistance under the
seed and feed relief act for which the
time for application has now closed.
The maximum allowance is $3.50 for
seed and $120 for feed.
The Nevada State Taxpayers AsSo-
citation, quasi-official organization to
promote economy in the administers
j ton of public affairs and to cooper
ate with the state tax commission in
!, the equalization of assessments, was
/ formed in Reno recently.
Temporary marking OF the CusJes
& Battlefield highway was begun in
Montana last week. These signs vii
he placed at short intervals from ths
Wyoming state line to Glacier park
and will remain up until the perna
nent enamel signs are placed abCu
= July Il.
Reclamation Of 60,00O to G5.hG1 acre:
Il of rolling land west OF and within tw1
Il and One-half miles OF Great Falls
4 Mont, and extending along the Sul
Il river nearly to Simms, is proposed
y and farmers interested are holdin:
20 dances and other entertainments Il
IN raise the funds for Il preliminary sur
" vey.
N As neither Mary Pickfori nor Owes
sx Moore is in Nevada to be served viii
summons in the states suit 10 Sc
aside the divorce decree granted Il
Miss Pickford, Judge Langan, in tbs
district court at Minden, signed al
order directing service by publication
for six weeks in Gardnerville paper
copies of which are to be sent 10 th'
two at Hollywood, Cal,
When the work of destroying Pre-
iatory animals was started in Utah il
1915, ii is estimated that there was al
annual less of 100000 sheep from pre-
| tlatory animals in Utah, whereas th'
less for the fiscal year 1919 was les
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