The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-11-25


A carload of honey was loaded a.
Meridian, New, recently and is to be
marketed in San Francisco. The con-
signment consists of 800 cases, or ten
tons and was valued Mt $1,000.
Bullion valued at S40,407 was slip.
ped TO the mint by a silver corporation
near Rochester, New, the result of a
cleanup from two weeks operation.
Shippers of nine western states. Uni
ted together for self-protection have
oegpn their fight against the imposi-
lion upon them of transcontinental
rate structure they claim would be
Wholly destructive of their interests.
Delegates representing member
ship of 100000 in SO states went into
session in Portland. Ore, at the fifty
18TH annual convention of the national
grange.
big meteor, said by those who saw
fall, to be the largest that ever fell
dear Reno, New, was travelling south
when it came into view and was very
brilliant, leaving trail of sulphur
behind it.
Judge Ralph P. Quarles, former JUS
ice of the supreme court of Idaho,
lied at his home in Salmon City, Ida.
few days ago. Judge Quarles was 50
years of age, and for many years had
been a prominent lawyer in the Gem
state.
deer too heavy to carry down the
mountain sile without being cut up,
was killed recently near Virginia City,
New. 1t weighed go pounds four days
after being dressed and skinned. Its
antlers had a spread of SO inches, five
point and weighed 60 pounds.
Advices have been received at Love
ock, New, that steps have been taken
o set aside certain area of the New
IDA national forest reserve in White
Pine county to establish a national
park to include the area on which Leh-
mans Caves are situated.
Reclamation and it's value to the ma
ion were emphasized to the 1876 men-
1ers and officers of the National grange
as they stopped off in Boise on their
way to the annual convention of the
organization at Portland. The special
rain on VIII: they are travelling car
ased representatives of 80 states.
Mrs. F. X. A. Eble, formerly Miss
Eccles of Baker, Ore, and Salt Lake
City, Utah. has been invited to be the
soloist at the reception to be given by
the Washington Salon of the United
Arts society, in honor of the foreign
press representatives now in Washing
ton.
Former State Highway Commission
err Sam Webb and former Saltwater
county engineer, Ralph w. Barr, met
instant death at Reed Point, IS miles
west of Billings, Mont. few days ago,
when the automobile in which they
were riding was struck by an east
bound Northern Pacific train.
The ahcient custom of singing
Christmas carols from door to door is
to be revived in all its picturesque fea-
lures on Christmas eve in Salt Lake
City, according to an announcement
made by Mary Pulliam, secretary of
the Charity Organization society.
state rangers, acting under instruc-
tons from Colonel Patrick ]. Ham
rock, adjutant general took charge of
law enforcement just few hours prior
to the time set by union leaders for a
strike in thirteen mines of fuel and
iron in Huerfano county, Cole. Reduc-
ton of 30 per cent in wages was to be
the signal for closing of the mines by a
walkout.
Alfred NJ. Hubbard a 19-year-old in
ventor of Seattle, Wash. is said t.
have hit upon a scheme of obtainin:
electrical energy, based on a little
known law of matter which has been
overloaded and which the inventor hit
on by accident. Scientists and practi-
cal electrical men say that the expert
net tai apparatus measures up to the
claims made for 1t.
The two new bridges near M,nden,
New. is soon TO be completed The
bridges are reinforced concrete
throughout. Their combined cost is
about $4,000. The main bridge is 19S
feet long while the north bridge is ~
feet in length. The highway depart