The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-12-16
IDAHO STATE NEWS.

admitted to practice before the inter.
Tor department.
The Methodists of Nampa have COM
menced the erection of new parson.
age which will cost $1,000.
r. N. Mcleod has been designated
. member of the civil service board
at the postoffice at Wallace.
News has reached Boise that case
of the state free travelling library was
burned in the recent fire at Rathdrum.
The football game between Oregon
Agricultural college and Idaho has
been called off, owing to a misunder.
standing.
Work on the Nampa brewery is to
commence at cnce, orders having been
received to make contracts for the
building stone.
Chief Clerk Jackson of the state
land board sold 1160 acres of school
land in Latah county for an average
Of $40 an acre.
Steps have been taken to send from
this state the premier educational ex-
hibit at the Lewis and Clarke exposi.
ton at Portland next year.
Under the firm name of Hepburn
& Batting. Senator w. B. Hepburn
and his nephew, w. H. Batting, have
opened law offices in Wallace.
There Is considerable interest in the
mineral discoveries on Castle creek.
A company is being organized at Nam
pa to develop some OF the properties.
A fire at Lewiston destroyed the
Bagley Miniter and the c. G. Kress
stores, Quilted the Dill building and
did other damage to total of $685..
900.
Judge Alo1zo P. Turner, one of the
argonauts who discovered gold in the
Boise basin, where he lived for a num-
Der Of years, died at Boise ON the
9th.
According to reports received by
Miss Scott, state school superintend.
ent, from county superintendent,
there are 6S,537 persons of school age
in the state.
1t Is expected that Payette's water
system will be completed during the
month. A force of thirty men is kept
busy on the digging of trenches for
the piping at present.
Jack Burns was attacked by hobos
in the railroad yards in Payette and
badly beaten up. Burns would proba-
bly, have been killed had not passers.
by scared his assailants away.
A Boise crook was caught in the act
of steal ng 33-pound grindstone from
hardware store one day last week.
The grindstone was worth $1.C5 and
the theft cost the crooked one $1G5O.
George M. Payne, one of the editors
of the South Idaho Herald, published
in Mountain Home, celebrated his 10th
birthday on the 2Sth ult. at his home
by entertaining SO Of his old time
friends.
The burning Of the handsome school.
hou3e at Warden and the destruction
of the new church building at Kel.
logg robs the towns of Warden and
Kellogg Of their two handsor est
build ngs.
The new Methodist church at Pay
cite has been dedicated. DR.. D. l..
RAIDER editor of the Pacific Christian
Advocate was present and delivered
an address at both the morning and
evening services.
Burglars broke into George North's
clothing store in Pocatello and made |
away with some handkerchiefs, pants
and shoes and also some overcoats,
and tried to blow up the safe contain
ing some valuables.
Clarence Trubody and William P.
Howard, two of the soldiers accused ,
Of a1saulting and robbing J. w. Fore.
man in Boise, have admitted their
guilt and have been held to the dis.
trict court for trial.
The state board has canvassed the
returns of the election. The figures
for president are as follows: Roosc.
welt, 477S3; Parker, 18,4S0; Debs,
1919; Swallow, 1913; Watson, 1853
plurality, 29,303.
W. J. Petrie is in jail in Caldwell,
having confessed that he placed OBJ.
structions on the Oregon Short Line
track between Lannan's spur and No
tus, on Friday night, November rs,
with the object Of wrecking passen-
ger train.
The Independent telephone company
and the electrical workers. union of
Boise have locked horns and the nm.