The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-09-23
IDAHO STATE NEWS.

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4 tion four miles from Rigby.
4 Il. T. Olmstead of Occur d'Alepe
\ City was fatally injured in an accidt.st
v while haullng logs to his ranch.
n Fruit packing is in full blast at Pay.
q cite and the shipments from that point
will be very heavy this season.
81 Thomas Fitch, the noted orator and
attorney. has opened an Office in Lew
iston, and will reside there perma.
nently. slt9 !
II Labor day passed off very quietly
In Boise, there being no organized ef'
fort at an observance Of the holiday
by the unions of the city.
DR.. s. N. Murphy, superintendent OF
the Gilt Edge mine, at Florence, re.
Fceived series injuries by the upsetting
sof wagon near Whitebird.
III The new electric light plant at EN-
NETT is now running in full blast. With
the exception of Boise, Emmett has as
fine system as there is in Idaho.
Ne In the recent school election held in
Boise, Mrs Cora Cook and Mrs. Grace
Logan won over Samuel T. Davis and
George w. Fletcher. And now the men
are going to contest the election.
A lone bandit held up the saloon at
the Overland hotel at Council, secur
ing about $500. The safe, containing
$1,000, was unlocked, but the robboi
In his haste, overlooked this amount.
III A dispatch from Clarendon, Ark.
says John D. Diggle and Miss Mamie
johnson of Stuttgart, and Mrs. Leta
Nasgein of Mullen, Ida, were drowned
In White river while boating in gas,
0line launch. 49, NJ
v The forest fires which have been
raging above Idaho City, along Moose
creek, have done considerable damage
A stretch of valuable timber two miles
long and half mile wide has been
burned over.
The body of Lee Smith, formerly a
bartender at Grangeville was found
near Kamiah, with the throat cut and
several knife wounds on the body 1t
is thought the man was insane and
that he had suicided + ,Z>.$ $50
BY conservative people it is esti.
mated that the fruit crop of the Snake
river country, between Lewiston and
Riparia, distance of seventy-eight
miles, will return at least $125,000 to
the sfruitgrowers this season. -
The business portion of Warrens
has been destroyed by fire, about for
ty buildings having been destroyed,
entailing loss of over 100000, The
Nffe STARTED in saloon and spread
rapidly to the other buildings.
The cultivation of cranberries has
been tried near Emmett with the most
gratifying results imaginable. H. R.
Baker imported large number Of
cranberry plants year ago. and the
venture has proven most profitable
one. ~rgi yrggfy i
The charge of murder against Fred
Engstrom, who was held for the SEN
sational killing Of Edward Bou.et, an
alleged timber claim jumper in st.
Joe county on August 20, was dis.
missed at the preliminary hearing in
Wallace. dbl fa3.gu ~ VIC
A number of the sportsmen of EN-
NETT have organized a gun club and
leased the swamps below town, which
is one of the best places for wild ducks
in the state. A small club house will
be built and a man employed to look
after 1t. 80 49, . A'-''
Five carloads of prunes, Italians and
Hungarians, were shipped from Pay
cite during two days time last week
Sixty hands are now at, work at the
packing house atSthat place and the
force will be increased as the season
advances. 40 a339 Vo' =.'',~
According to advices from Caldwell
the school house in Ruby gulch. on the
Boise road, has been destroyed by fire
The people there have had quite an in
teresting time over employment 9oi
teachers. They have had four within
one month. ,isI.i an.tye'-t
Henry B. Robinson of Boise, who lef
for Wyoming in wagon few weeks
ago, lies buried about 400 miles cas-
Of Boise, having died alone in his
wagon while crossing the mountains
His death is. believed to have been du,
to heart disease .,-f,.
Mr.. Neff of Oxford met with very
painful accident last week. He wal
loading grain into the header box
when the wagon ran up on side hill
throwing him on to some part of tn
machinery, decorating his cheek AM
head quite badly.