The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-02-18
INLAND NORTHWEST

fena Larcarde, Sheepherder, was
fatally injured at Reno, New, when
struck and run over by an automobile.
Fred Range, miner, was killed in
the Tonopah Divide mine. He was
coming up from the 1000 foot level,
and fell distance of so feet
A raid in the Winnemucca, New,
Chinatown resulted in the arrest of
several Cinnamon and the gathering in
Of considerable opium and other mar
cotics.
In the greatest series Of robberies
ever reported in Tonopah burglars en-
tered seven homes and took money,
iewelry and other yaluables worth
$1,000
The Roundup, Mont, commercial
club at its recent meeting endorsed
the proposed $4,000 bond issue for
constructing another addition to the
high school.
Herman Bishop, age Is, Livingston,
Mont, was instantly killed while at
tempting to scale cliff a few miles
south of the city. He fell about 100
feet death being almost instantaneous.
Turning to Montana's northwestern
territory as a source of supply for it's
immense paper output, the Union Bag
& Paper company is considering the
feasibility of pulp plant in that
region.
Two feet of snow in Death Valley
~ 49, ivaT XIs,c tr.,y
region of Pahrump, New, reflect the
strange sweep of the recent storm
which deposited one inch of snow in
Tonopah.
The steamer Klondike discontinued
its daily trip across Flathead lake in
Montana last week. If present
weather continues the, ice may soon
go and the boat be able to resume its
daily run
A five-mile mining tunnel. said to be
one of the longest in the world, has
been purchased by the Gem Mining
company of Denver. The tunnel cost
$1,000.000 to construct and is located
near Idaho Springs, Colo.
The bill to make death the sole pen
atty for murder in the first degree was
defeated in the Oregon senate. Under
the present law juries may determine
whether sentence of death or life i'm
prisonment shall be imposed.
Custer proceedings to remove from
office Mayor P. G. Hicox of Red Lodge,
Mont, who was reelected after he had
admitted his knowledge of liquor law
violations and resigned, have been in
stituted by Attorney General Rankin.
Joe Bush, veteran prospector of Re
veille and Southern Nevada and
former mine owner, dropped uncon-
scious from the effects of wood alcohol
and died a few minutes after being
rushed to the county hospital at Tono-
pah.
James Nevin, former bullion tax col
lector, and prominent in the political
life of Nevada a few years ago, is in
the county Jail in Reno charged with
the murder of Mrs. Eta Hannah, WHO
came TO her death in her apartments,
it being charged Nevin shot her.
appointment of an industrial COM
mission to negotiate with contractors
and the building trades commission in
an effort to start a building campaign
in Sheridan, Wyo., as means Of
solving the unemployment situation, is
announced by the mayor of that town.
Two Indian boys, aged II and Ia
years, were killed while playing in
gravel pit in Smith Valley, Nevada.
The boys had dug small tunnel into
the pit and in their play had entered
the dugout, when several tons of earth
caved in on them, supposedly killing
them instantly.
Legal machinery to provide the sum
of $4,000 from Elko county, Nevada,
for the proposed Idaho Central rail-
road from Rogerson, Idaho, to Wells.
Nevada, is now at work in the Nevada
state legislature with what are de-
clared to be certain assurances of sue
cess and speedy action.
According to the budget submitted
by Governor Boyle to the Nevada legis-
lature, the state tax rate for 1921 and
1922 should be 81 cents. The state
tax rate. for 1920 was 6S.45 cents, so
there will be considerable decrease
in taxes if the budget is followed in
the making of appropriations by the
legislature.
Declaring as it's purpose the elimi-
nation of protiteering between the
grower of livestock and the consumer
of meat, bill has been introduced in
the Oregon senate providing for the
appointment of commissioner for the
cooperative marketing of meats. His
compensation would be paid by live
stock shippers.
While preparing a chicken for cook