Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1903-02-20
IDAHO STATE NEWS.
IDAHO.


OF
The eight hour bill for miners wa
Killed In the house ~ vote Of 20 q
u.s.
The local option bill has practically
mot It's death. having been sent bach
20 the committee.
The Utah Legislature has been In
sited 10 visit Boise and be entertained
by the idaho legislature
HALEY has been experiencing Sc
we're cold snap. the thermometer reg
istering from IS 10 20 degrees below
zero.
The bill requiring sheep inspectors
TO report tho number OF sheep In
SPECIFIED To aid the county assessors,
has been killed.
Even the bad weather seems to be
unable to deter the growth OF Merid.
ian. and carpenters and masons have
been busy all winter
Speaker Hunt has introduced bill
providing bounty OF l cent. a pound
on beet sugar manufactured In Idaho
during 1903 and 1904.
The senate bill making changes In
the election law by providing for party
ombiems and making registration con.
tinuous, has passed the senate.
The house has taken final action on
the Fremont county reform school bill
by concurring In the senate amend.
ments. The bill now goes to the gov.
srnor.
Work has begun on the street rail-
way system OF the lntermountain Elec- |
tric Railway company, the new com
pany which has invaded the field at
Boise.
The Canyon County Fair association
has already begun to lay plans for the
fair at Caldwell next fall. The fair
will open ON October T. and close on
the 10th.
An organization OF the Mormon
church was effected In Boise last
week. The organization starts on with
forty members, and regular services
will be held
What IL known as the little rel
school house bill" diverting a large
proportion OF saloon license money to
country school funds. has been defeat
ID after a hard fight
Mrs. Elkhomb. wife OF Fred Elk
'omb. well known cattleman OF
blaine county, died In Salt Lake
'ity hospital last week as the result
4 an operation performed for cancer.
FRS Elkhomb was widely known
throughout that section OF Idaho.
Fire destroyed the old Baptist y
hurch building in Payette on the i2th N
he building was being used for school G
nrposes. and there forty five pupils o
when tho tire broke out. The p
'acher told them they were excused k
" the morning. and tho children filed 10
At la good order
'rtionment OF the state, the follow
x counties each gain one represent Dc
I've Ada. Hammock, bingham. Cam er
m, Fremont. Nez Perez aud Oneida. or
lille Boise. lemhi and Owyhee each
SO representative. thus increasing u ~,
Q membership OF the house by four ~ -,
The people OF Market Lake and vi ia
nity held their annual rabbit drive be
turday. Fully q thousand people va
,k part. all points from Butte 10 Po-
tello on the railway being represent
About 5000 rabbits and three coy
~ were driven into the railway on
'ckyards and killed. lar
". W. Bartlett, prominent resi- TOT
nt OF Shelley, was hold up by two tar
skcd mon at his home last week his
e robbers called Mr.. Bartlett TO his I'M
sr. grabbed him and threw him on ho'
'ed. a, the same time tying a cloth the
y his eyes. They then searched his ear
'kcts. taking ali bis money and val. In
'ies awl
'overner Morrison on Saturday APP AZ.
we'd the following measures: Pro.
tting remarriage within six months
sr divorce making n unlawful &c r
ie checks without mouoy or credit Mat
bank 90 meet them. and allowing Idal
b ~ the justices OF the supreme ~,
n $500 expenses for every term of W.
~ held 10 Boise sun
icint legislative committee. con So"'
Ing Of Senators Allen and whitweu men
Representatives Jenkins. Smith n aas..
Avery G. Noore visited the insane ono,
lem at fllaeAioot Saturday for the wee
poee o. Investigating conditions AZ viii
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