The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-07-29

Hilmer II. Settergren. a contractor
Of NissOula, Mont, has been awarded
the general contract for the new wing
OF the eastern Oregon hospital at
Pendfeton at a meeting Of the state
board Of control at Salem. Oregon.
His bid, sl26JOO. does not provide fo<.
the plumbing and heating work.
One known TO have been killed and
several others are reported to have
persisted, scores Of ranch homes and
other buildings in and near Andrews,
village II miles west Of Crawford,
Neb-, have been destroyed and fields
have been devastated by a cloudburst,
which deIuged the White River Canyon
country last week.
Efforts TO +humanfze" the postal ser
vice in recent order Of Postmaster
General VIII Hays was given some de-
yelopment st Minneapolis recently
when Postmaster z. 4. Purdy ordered
that all drivers OF parcel post wagons
permit mothers to weigh their babies
daily. providing the babies are brought
to the parcel post wagon scales.
George Warren Craven was elected
President of the State School Of Mines
Of Montana by the state board of edu-
cation. He succeeds DIR. c. ii. Clapp,
recently elected by the board to sue
coed DR.. E. .. SissOn, who resigned
to accept the chair Of philosophy and
education at Reed college in Portland
President Craven. who was born in
Helena in 1874. is the first native OF
Montana TO head one of its higher edu-
cational institutions.
Eduardo Ruiz Mexican consul gen.
eral, said Sunday that he had asked the
San Francisco and Oakland police de-
partment to aid in the apprehension
Of Jose Rodriguez. treasurer of the
customs house at Manzanflls. CoIina.
who is accused of having filed from
ManzanillO with the customs funds.
Rodriguez is accompanied by his wife.
child and sister-in-law, and is believed
to have come to the United States.
Ruiz said ne did not know the exact
amount taken.
When Wyoming was admitted as
state its constitution contained a pro-
vision prohibiting the leasing of state
lands for a longer period than FIVE
years The federal land and leasing
law permits making leases for periods
Of twenty years. To equalize the con-
dieting provisions. the Wyoming land
board has adopted a resolution per
hitting the renewed of land leases for
oil every FIVE year period on the same
terms for a total of twenty years in
all. The board. however, reserves the
right to adjust royalties every five
years.
Strikes of gold quartz apparently
bearing more than 500 to the ton in
a district SO miles south OF Anchorage,
Alaska were reported few days ago.
The news had no sooner reached there
than prospectors stampeded to the
area of the discovery. Men returning
from there said a dozen big assures
Of quartz heavy in gold have been IN
covered wi-hin a region twelve by sew
en- miles. The first strike occurred at
Girwood on the government railroad.
According 10 messages received there,
the original find was followed by num-
erou others OF equal importance.
Keep to the right" will be the rule
Of the road in British Columbia In CON-
mon with all other provinces Of Cana
da, with the single exception of Nova
Scotia, at the beginning OF 1922 when
the change in the road law goes INTO
effect. No definite date has been set
for the change, 1t being merely stipu-
lated that the new rule become eff
fective soon after january l, 1922.
The time was extended by the govern
ment so that shoppers during the
Christmas holidays would not be in
eOnvenienced by street railway traf-
&c confusion.
Mrs. Frank Carver. q nurse of Bell
.ngham, Wash last Sunday saved the
life of Bobbfe Burton Of Vancouver, B.
c., at White Rock. a summer resort
in British Columbia, and tried, with
out success TO rescue Bernard GosS of
New Westminster. B. c. who was
drowned before help arrived. The two
boys, each 9 years old. We're playing
on pier when young Goss fell into
the water. His playmate plunged in
after him. Mrs. Carver, seeing the
boys struggling. ran a quarter OF a mile
and though not an expert swimmer,
jumped in and succeeded in getting hold
nj the Burton boys clothing. She and
the hoy had gone down twice when