Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-02-08
An unusua j large amount OF alfalfa
will be seeded this spring.

WIN DC seeded tnls spring.
Sam Small, the great evangelist, Is
to visit Ogden In about two weeks.
The heavy snow clouds have disap-
peared and things looks brighter.
Dir. b.. s. Holbrook has placed the
NEWS under special obligations for
nice presents yesterday.
The snow blockades have all been
raised and now follow reports Of
many washouts.
More horses have died in Gentle
Valley this winter than ever known
before In one winter.
Snow has been very deep in Lost
River country, but the losses OF cattle
have been very light
Three men OF the canal construc-
tion company were drowned in Bear
river last Tuesday.
The ladies OF the w. q. T. u, are
preparing for social to be given on
St Valentines evening, February IA.
Particulars next week.
The Teachers Institute has been in
session at Eagle Rock this week. The
public school at this place took va
cation that the teachers might attend.
The town OF Blackfoot is so located
that it will never suffer from an over
flow from either Blackfoot or Snake
rivers.
Blackfoot real estate ought to ad-
vance 20 per cent this year. A few
manufacturing enterprises would make
1t climb right along up
In commenting on the fltful chang
es of the weather, il Is safe for us to
remark that there has not been such
a winter since last summer.
We regret to report the death of
Attorney Homer Stull. He died at
his home in Mountain Home of pneu-
monia, Tuesday evening. He was sick
only a day or two.
j. b. Cutshaw, a prominent stock
man of Market Lake, is down on a
visit to his family in Blackfoot He
informs us that cattle losses will be
lighter than expected.
DIED-At the residence of her son,
II. ID. Collins. in Gentle Valley, Jan
uary Gath, 1890, Mrs. Mary Collins,
aged, ~ years and 4 months. Full
of years this aged mother has been
gathered to the harvest home.
St Mary's Academy, Salt Lake, has
an "ad' for it's spring term in to-day's
paper. For Idahoans having daugh-
ters TO educate from home it is the
best school in the West Send for q
catalogue.
High water between Caldwell and
Huntington on the Oregon Short Line
washed away several bridges and cut
Us of from western mail since last
Saturday.
All the trains upon the U. p. sys-
tenn have been put on their regular
time table again, but will they hold
it2 That's the question.
The snow hss about all disappear
ed in this part of the country and the
cattle are again on the range where
they now find plenty Of grass.
Comparatively few cattle and horses
have been lost in Bingham county
this winter, Notwithstanding many Of
them we're never brought off the range
during the recent deep snow.
West virginia's gubernatorial con-
test case has been settled by seating
Flemming, democrat Now look out
for General Goff in Idaho. He has
bought property in Boise City.
Blackfoot can be made veritable
little oasis to the eye OF the traveller,
If It's citizens will add to their shade
trees and flowers when spring comes.
Let us make it the loveliest village
on the plains.
At a meeting of the stockholders of
the Blackfoot Irrigation Canal Satur-
day, April 10th was set as the time
to have canal completed to the first
terminus, near Fox's ranch. It is ex-
pected to have .he whole canal COM
pleted by the middle OF May.
Burke, mining town of North
Idaho, has been nearly destroyed by
Half of the business por-
tion is in ruins. Several parties were
killed and the panic stricken inhahi-
tants have fed TO neighboring towns.
The town was situated In narrow
oulch and had about 200 Inhabitants.
Custer mines near by was also buried
bv AN avalanche and six miners in
one boarding house were killed by IT.
- "a a hand of wild hnrspa