The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-03-17


California, Washington, Oregon, Idaho.
Montana and Wyoming went into SEES
siosn here recently. They were called
together BY Governor Ben w. Olcott
ef Oregon, following a conference to
which Olcott invited varions Oregon
sffieials, where he started the battle
against the drug evil.
BeIlingham. Wash. --Supprted by
charter membership OF 1900 and en-.
eouraged by backing assured from
bther communities In northwestern
Washington, the BeIingham Tulip Fes.
Oval association, organized on non.
profit basis last year. has Its plans
veil laid for this years. tulip festival
he third held by the city. ON May 4.
and @.
Jackson. Wyo.--4The famous Snake
River bridge. which spans Snake river
near Wilson was completed on Tues
day. February "a. the last spike hav-
Ing been driven on that day. The
ceremonies attending the completion
ef this massive structure. between $50
and 100 feet In length, were largely
attended. the honor or driving the last
spike falling to Mrs. j. Il. Pierson. wife
VI the engineer In charge. Following
hts the explosion OF 25 sticks of dyna.
mite finished the cermony. The bridge
v or i've steel spans. and Is the long
sst In Wyoming, and has been under
construction for the past two years.
Jackson, Wye. - There are now
around IL 900 elk on the winter feed
ing grounds in the vicinity OF Jackson.
Il isn't the thousands OF acres of
winter range" already set aside for
.hese animals that is keeping them
alive, but II is the hay provided by the
State OF Wyoming. But next summer
fattle win be kept on thousands OF
acres of luscious pasture to provide
the elk with winter range,
Tacoma. wash Bound and gagged.
Elsie Spare, 10 year old, was found
BY searchers In d deserted house two
miles from the school house where she
taught The young woman was walk
ing along the road TO her boarding
house after school, when a lone
masked man held her up, robbed her,
and then forced her to walk two miles
I'd the deserted house where he bound
her up with wire rope, and gagged her.
Except for that treatment, she was
not harmed.
Jerome, Ida.--A colony OF $50 Rus.
sian mennonite farmers, Including
their families, arrived in Jerome re-
cently. They came from wyoming,
after spending several years trying out
The possibilities OF that section This
colony was brought here through the
Enorts Of an irrigation company. Sew.
sral more immigrants viii arrive soon
with 10 car loads Of stock. machinery
and household goods Arrangements
have been made 10 place the families
on different farms near Jerome.
Marooned from the rest OF the world,
with no means OF repienIshlng the sup
ply OF food. father, mother and two
children. living IL miles north OF Reno,
New, were saved from possible starva-
ton by the air mail service. which
sent food-laden plane to the district,
and while the plane circled over the
house three large sacks OF food were
dropped in the yard. II took the plane
just half an hour to complete the en-.
rand.
Thlrteen-year-old George Moore re-
Gently spent night with a cougar In
the Olympic mountains back OF Morton,
Wash, but neither he nor the cougar
knew of il at tho time. The boy went
Into the woods to set rabbit traps and
became lost In the darkness. He made
himself as comfortable as possible dur
Ing the night and the next morning
discovered he had slept In cougars
haunt. Upon returning home he told
Of the cougar and four hunters went
out and killed the animal which weigh.
ed 90 pounds and measured nearly six
feet In length.
Corvallis, 0re.-Mllk sufficient TO AZ
swimming tank is the record produ:
tion thus far of Willowmoor Whit,
Pride, an Ayrshire cow of the Oregon
Agricultural college experiment sta
zion In seven years abe has nroducef
$3.50 gallons.
Salem, Ore Contracts calling TO
the delivery of 10000 pounds of hop
this year and $4,000 pounds from 1872
to 1926 were fled in the county N
corder's office recemsiy. The hop
wsre purchased by New York deale'