Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-12-13
Idaho's Educational Exhibit at
the Worlds Fair.
CAR SHOPS TO BE MOVED TO OGDEN.
Considerable Excitement Caused In YAM
couver, B. C., Over a Circular
Other News.
Yuma complains Of tramps.

Much land is bsing taken up In Ari-
coma by homes,eadeis.
The C@ur d'AIene Indians predict an
extraordinarily hard win or.
The irrigation question will occupy
much OF the time Of the idaho Legisla-
tore this winter. The problem IL an all
important one In the southern part oil
the State.
An attack was made on three horse
thieves near Santa Fe, N. NJ One was
killed and one wounded, and the other
proved to be woman dressed In male
attire and armed.
The Tuscarors, New, Times Reriew
says that, in consequence oil the closing
down Of the mines, many people IRE
taking advantage OF the pleasant
weather TO seek "greener fields and pas
lures new"
The total production 81 raisins In Cal
ifornia this year is ! 800 carloads. The
crop will be found, when all Ia shipped,
says the Secretary Of the State Raisin
Association, to be three-fourths OF last
years shipment.
The Bradstrset commercial agency re-
ports thirteen failures In the Pacific
Coast States and Territories Tor the past
week, M compared with eleven for the
previous week and thirteen for the cor.
responding week OF 1891.
The Governor OF California has su-
thorixed an election at Cerro Gordo,
Inyo county, to vote for all officers who
wcre voted for on November 8. This ID
owing TO the destruction Of the ballots
at that precinct on election day.
Considerable excitement has been ere
II ~ II fnnk
that the two local firms, who control the
stating that all coal must be paid for in
advance or no delivery will be made.
The Coos Bay, Or, Nems speaks OF the
following as "a peculiar coincidence:
Captain Marshal's little daughter Jen-
ME died last Tuesday. She was born
the day Cleveland was elected In 1884
and died the day he was again elected
in 1892.
The City Council OF Ogden and the
county OF Weber, Utah, have appIopri-
ated $50, 900 as bonus to induce the
Southern Pacific to remove its shops
from Carlin, New, an Terrace, Utah, to
Ogden. A ron ra' has been signed by
all the parties, and the removal takes
place at once.
A move 10 now on foot to bring into
Boise City the hot water rom the arte
sian wells about two miles above town
and utilize II for heating purposes. Pipes
are already laid, and the experiment
will be tried in the new city hall and In
the public-school building. II 1t Is a
euccese there, II will be generally used
throughout the city.
BY far the largest water-storage prof
NaslA
is that on the Arizona canal, nine miles
from Phoenix. Work will begin at once
to put an embankment on the west side
OF the canal at the distance OF three
miles, which will form a lake OF that
length and twenty feet deep. Water will
be let in from the Arizona canal during
the rainy season.
Donald McRae, Commissioner OF Una
tllla county, Or, Is the inventor Of a
cultivator, which promises TO revolu
tionise the farming industry. 1t Is es-
pecially designed for killing weeds, aud
will aiso thoroughly pnlverixe the soil.
The shovels are fiat, heartshaped pieces
OF steel, and by an ingenious mechan-
ical Continuance they have \ reversible
motion, the intention Of which is to clear
them Of rubbish, so that they will cut
Never since the settlement OF Idaho
have there been such immense crops all
over the State as during the past seacon.
Scientific research attributes beneficial
change in the climate to the multiplica-
ton OF irrigation canals, which moist n
great extent OF country and create q
humid atmosphere. 1t has been OBJ.
served that frequent rains now fall dur
tstn "a snnnfhu A{ It.i4 and ~
Nature is closing up the gap between
wet and dry seasons and eqaalizins the
rainfall.
Idaho is preparing to make a splendid
educational exhibit at the Worlds Fair
The plan as laid out by Superintendent
Gibson 10 10 collect specimens OF school
work executed by pupils OF q fferent
ages and covering the different branches
oil study and instruction embraced by
the several public schools and educa-
tionai institutions OF the State. When
the collection Is made it will be exam
ined by a committee oil experts especi-
ally selected for the purpose, and awards
OF merit will be given for the best work,
age and length OF tuition taken into
consideration.
For some weeks the affairs OF the pro.
pUsSu san tTdHCleto anu 0rtAt SAIL
Lake railroad have been very quiet. and
there is now no doubt that the Or ct
will fall through. The sole cause OF its
non-success has been the lack OF interest
taken in it. Many people who were
clamorous Tor competing road became
shy when II came to raising subscrip-
tions, and 1t has been impossible to raise
enough money to push the road to com
pletion. As consequence the whole
scheme Is on the verge OF dissolution.
Muca preliminary work in the way OF
surveys, etc, had been done, and about |
81 900 had been spent in this manner. |
The work OF obtaining subscriptions was
then taken up, and though urgent efforts
were made, only one-third OF the amount
OF money agreed upon before the bonds
could be tioated has been obtained. II
was agreed at the beginning that six
months should be allowed in which to |
collect the subscriptions, and il at the |
end OF that time the necessary amount |
OF money was not forthcoming, all won d |
be released from their pledges to take
stock. There are still over Two months
OF these six left, but the general lack o,
interest Is such that the promoters OF
the scheme have become discouraged
aud see no use in attempting to carry
matters any further. This road was 10
be the competitor of the Southern Pa |
cific and the new transcontinental line,