The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-03-25
INLAND NORTHWEST


Ex-serEice men put on a very mc.
cess1u circus at Lewlstown, Mont
iast week, clearing a substantial snrn
as result Of their efforts.
A bill providing for the addlaon ~
thirteenth member to iuries in emer-
gehcy or important cases has been in.
PRODUCED In the Nevada assembly.
The American Legion post at Dillon
Mont, will realize about $7Oo as the
result OF a minstrel and vaudeville
snow given by the ex-service me-, re.
Gently.
George Domino, aged So. was instant
~ Killed by fall Of rock in a coal
mine near Roundup, Mont He was re-
moving props when the accident &C.
curref
Rurnors are being circulated that
Governor Boyle will call a special ses-
sion Of the Nevada legislature mime
diately upon adjournment of the regu-
lar session.
1t is believed that the extra session
of the Montana legislature will last
thirty days, or until some time m
April. Only few bills have been
advanced SINCE the special session be-
gan.
Sheep shearers meeting at Winnie
mucca, New, decided that the rate
for shearing this year shall be the
same as last year, claiming that there
has been no reduction in tine price of
living.
Governors of Idaho, Oregon, Mon
tana and Washington are expected to
be in Spokane during the spOrtsmen's
and tourists fair, April to IS. invita-
tions having been extended to the chief
executives.
4 vigorous campaign against the ro-
dent pest is to be innugurated in the
Elko, New, section, Il large Shipment
of poisoned grain having been received
for distribution among the r,inchers Of
that section.
The Denver & Rio Grande back"
shops at Denver, where all heavy loco
motive repairs are made, were closed
March l6 for an indefinite period and
100 men employed there were laid off
indefinitely.
American war mothers of Salmon,
Idaho, are giving their time and best
efforts to the task of securing a much
needed hospital as a memorial for the
4 nf.4T1f hn5y
lives for America in the world war
Frank NJ. Atchison, brakeman, sui
cided at Whitefish, Mont, shooting
himself after he had failed to effect a
reconciliation with his wife, against
whom he had brought suit for divorce,
the shooting occurring in her presence.
Deputy sheriffs, after an exciting
chase west of Green River, arrested II.
II. Johnson, who was making his way
west in stolen Ford bug" johnson
admitted stealing the car and that he
had been working IN a garage in Mont
rose, Colo.
An amendment requiring dentists 10
obtain doctors prescriptions before
they would be allowed to s0curc liquor
for medical purposes was voted to the
prohibition bill when that measure
was passed in the lower house of the
Nevada legislature LAST week.
The concurrent resolution for the
removal of Frank Langan as judge of
the first judicial district of Nevada
failed to receive the necessary two
thirds vote IN the senate. Judge Lam
gan will continue to hold office for
the term to which he was elected, in
November, 1919.
Bankruptcy of both city and county
governments will enSue unless the
operating expenses and cost of gov
eminent is reduced approximately
$5OO,OO0 a year. according to a report
of an investigating committee of fiji
teen made public by the Butte Cham
Der of Commerce.
Due to the utilization of forest lands
for grazing ranges, Montana is holding
its own in the sheep industry, figures
issued by the district forester shows.
Montana is one of the three states that
shows an increase in the number of
sheep recorded this season, the others
being Texas and New Mexico.
A new wage scale of s. day for
common labor in building construction
work, and So day for bod carriers has
been voluntarily adopted by those two
unions at Spokane. The voluntary re-
duction of dollar day in their pay,