The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-07-22
NORTHWEST NOTES

Forest fires in the United States
annually destroy enough timber to
build 100000 5-room houses, accord
ing TO the estimate Of the Department
of Agriculture. OF all fottst fi-ss 80
per cent are preventable.
Mrs. Minnie Priest Dunton, past
president of the Rebekah state assem-
bly,, former state librarian and prom
inent club worker, died ct 80 o'clock
last Wednesday at Boiae at st. Al
phonsus' hospital Of Brights disease
and dropsy. She was "a years Of age.
Thirty thousand sacks of onions
stored by Stockton. CAL, commission
merchants in warehouse have been
dumped during the past week on ac-
count of no market for onions, which
were in good condition, The loss to
the merchants is estimated at 100000.
Endorsement of the Knutson bill, now
in part the increasing of pensions to
be allowed to Indian fighters of the
ration and their widows, has been
made by Governor Mabey of Utah in
telegram to Senator Smoot at Wash
ington.
Coal shipments in Utah during the
tirst FIVE months of 1921 have shown a
decrease as compared with those of
a similar period in 1920, of SO percent,
according to figures compiled by the
public utilities commission and an
nounced recently by Secretary T. e.
Banning.
The old Sheba mine, which was
producer in the early days of Nevada's
mining life, is being operated again by
s. I'll. Brady and associates, and, ac-
cording to Mr.. Brady, who returned
to Reno a few days ago, the showing
on the property is very good. The
mine is located near INLAY.
A. Herguela, an employee of the Cal
ifornia Rand Silver, Inc, fell IT'S feet
down the shaft of the Kelly silver mine
at Randsburg, Cal. "A broken leg was
his only injury. Herguela was over
come by the heavy air in the mine, and
fell while attempting to signal the
hoistman from the ninth level.
The Patterson-McDonald Shipbuild-
ing company of Seattle has been a.
warded $1,063,S91 in shipping claims
against the Australian government by
the decision of a board of arbitrator
appointed by the Australian govern
ment and the company which was filed
with the master in bankruptcy at Sc
attic, Wash.
Japan, seeking an outlet for Its in
creasing population, looks not to Am
erica, but to eastern Siberia, Iso Abe,
dean of the department of politics at
Waseda university, Japan, declared in
statement made public at Seattle
few days ago. Professor Abe sails for
Japan next Thursday, after accompany
ing the Waseda baseball team on it's
| American tour.
Wheeler Peak is the highest point
in Nevada. According to a map pub
lished by the United States Geological
Survey, Department of the Intero,
this mountain stands 13,05S feet above
sea level. The average elevation of
the state of Nevada is $500 feet
Only four states-Utah, Colorado, Wy
onling and New Mexico-have high
er average altitude.
One fireman was injured, probably
/ fatally and three others were less SER
Inn l h1tr In Rpx, tab
more than a block in a denseIy settled
flat and apartment house section at
San Francisco recently. The block of
houses between Ellis, O'Farrell, Lagu.
ma and 0ctavia streets was wiped out
and the adjoining one on the west
damaged considerably.
Because of the fact that travel over
the Lincoln Highway is diverted to
Los Angeles at Ely, Nevada, the Cal
ifornia State Automobile Association
| northern organization with head
| quarters in San Francisco is now
marking the overland trail with baked
enamel signs, and worthy effort is
under way to bring the travel through
Elko, Winnemucca and Reno to San
! Francisco.
| So -.-..
George Warren Craven was elected
president of the State School of Mines
of Montana by the state board of edu
cation. He succeeds DR.. c. Fl. Clapp,
recently elected by the board to sue,
coed DR.. f. o. Sisson, who resirned
to accept the chair of philosophy and
education at Reed college in Portland
President Craven, who was born In
Helena in 1871, is the first native OF
Montana to head one of its higher edu.
eational institutions.
J. T. Booth of Evanston and Donald
i McAllister, formerly of Diamondville
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