The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-10-15
around the State


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DIR. J. w. S. Emmerson, who was SEN
fenced to two years in the penitentiary
for shooting his wife, has been pardoned
by the state board OF pardons after sew
en- months Imprisonment.
State Treasurer II. y. Cofins report
to the state auditor for the month Of
September shows total cash on hand in
the several funds the sum Of $3O5, ,23l SO.
The largest single fund is the university
school science endowment fund, which
contains $50, ,O9s. SO. The common school
fund, contains $27, 1O4.s2.
A very fine sample of Ignite coal has
been taken to Boise for exhibition at the
state fair. The coal came from the In
dian creek country about 30 miles back
of Emmett. The vein is four feet thick,
but there is really only Is inches of
solid coal with layers of slate 1t is the
best Idaho coal ever seen in this market
and the prospects are that profitable
mine may be developed.
According to the certificates sent out
by William Gibson, secretary of state,
there will be FIVE tickets on the official
ballot--domocratic, republican, prohi
bition, socialist and peoples. The three
party emblems filed are +: Democratic,
thoroughbred rooster in defiant atti-
tude;" republican, American eagle
with outstretched wings" socialist,
''hand clasp around the world"
c. F. Thum, Indian agent at Ross
Fork, has notified the fair directors that
he will bring six Indian rough riders
and twelve horses to the state fair at
Boise. The riders will be selected from
the most expert on the reservation and
their mounts will be frst-class Mr..
Tbum states that the Indians are enthu-
siastic over the prospect of contesting
with the cowboys and feel confident
they will win.
The coroner's jury in the Daily muir
der case at Boise, rendered the following
verdict: I'VE, the jury, find that the
deceased came to his death by means Of
being foully murdered by gunshot
wounds and hatchet strokes by the hand
Uf Fred Bond, Mrs. Jenni, Daily being
accessory to the crime through the un-
due influence Of Fred Bond" At his
preliminary examination Bond was held
for murder in the first degree. Mrs.
Daily's examination was set for yester-
day.
The White Knob Copper company ol
Mackay is in financial difficulties and
the entire property has gone into the
hands of receivers. n. II. Clark, coun
ell for the company, and of late its man
ager, filed an application for receiver
ship. The petition has been granted
and the receivers are W. K. Mathews o
New York City and n II. Clark of Mac
kay. The court has authorized the is
suance of receivers certificates to tn
amount of $150,000. The bondholder
will cash the certificates at par, the pro
ceeds to be used by the receivers in tn
payment Of all outstanding obligation
and to operate the mine and smelter.
Trainmen report that an Idaho Fall
man was buncoed out of sl6 on the trail
going north the other evening. Just q
the train whistled into Blackfoot tn
CRATER rushed up to his victim ar
asked him If he could give him
''twenty" for flour flves." The vietir
could, and passed over the twenty
ana was gwen eOHle Oilc udch. 0ohi
got three ard told the fellow SO promp
: ". "Let me see, said the CRATER, an
taking the bills back fished out four otl
ers and handed them over and hurrie
from the train. The Idaho Falls ma
.aw that he had four bills, but when ;
came to examine them found them a
81 bills. BY that time, however, tt
train was moving and he went on hom
a wiser but poorer man.-Pocatell
Tribune,