The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-11-04
IDAHO STATE NEWS.


Lewiston was selected as the mex
meeting place of the grand lodge o
idaho Odd Fellows. A sat. Va
Mrs. Mary Knapp, wife OF Morgan
Knapp Of Rexburg. hanged hersel
while temporarily insane. i.gs
The Payette Fruit Packing company
has this season shipped seventy-fivs
cars Of prunes, with q few pears,
Andy Little, who owns more sheer
than any other person in the vicinity
of Emmett, will feed 100 tons of hay
this winter. .a5
The Bunker Hill, silverlead pro
Queer at Wafdner, has just paid a div
idend Of $4,000, making total since
January /, 1904, Of $4,000, and total
to date Of $2,121, 900.
M. A. Linderman Of Idaho City was
riding on the running gear Of wagon
when the coupling pin broke, and he
was thrown in such a manner as to
sustain q broken leg.
The burned district at Idaho Falls
has been rebuilt, the new buildings
being Of brick and substantial, the sec
ton presenting a more handsome APP
pearance than before the fire.
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Work is rapidly forging ahead on
the Canyon Canal company's dam near
Marsh. A force OF about Is men is
employed and the work is expected to
be completed before cold weather.
Mrs. William Biggerstaff, Jr., died
at Boise from effects OF poison taken
week previous with suicidal intent.
She is daughter of Mr.. Fielder, a.
prominent shirt manufacturer OF Port
land. sIT i.s,S "A.
M. j. Vessels, member of the Idaho
st. Louis exposition commission,
states it is expected the Idaho agri-
cultural exhibit will receive the grand
prize as the best displayed in the ex-.
position.
Tom Griffith, a boy living at Dry
Buck, near Emmett, may lose his leg
as the result of hunting accident.
A companion accidentally discharged
his weapon, the charge striking young
Griffith in the leg. .S's
Barry N. Hillard, for many years
prominent in mining and political cir,
icles in Idaho, committed suicide by
shooting himself at Lakeview. He was
visiting at the home of s. P. Donnolly,
% friend, when the deed was committed.
The Alturas group of FIVE claims,
situated on the Custer side of Stanley
Basin, and about six miles above the
lake, in the Wood river district, has
just been sold to a company of Union
Pacific officials for the sum of SIG, 900.
Over 400 40-acre farms are to BE Of
fered for sale by the state, land board
before Thanksgiving, and a large num-
Der Of homeseekers are expected to
find homes upon the tracts thus Of
fered in the different counties Of the
state a
The state of Idaho will profit to ths
extent of $21, 1885 through the sails
Of public lands during the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1904, this amount ac-
,cruing to the state as its percentage
from the net proceeds of sales within
the state.
The Allen Beatty evaporator at
Beatty station, seven miles from Boise,
burned on the 18th; loss, $4,000; in
surance, $1,000. The destruction Of
the plant will entail much collateral
loss upon the fruit growers depending
upon it. Ha i3iSi5L tt5l lt
The young son of s. s. M. Peterson
of Miner, lost several fingers and the
thumb Of his left hand by the explo-
sion of a dynamite cap. He had found
the cap and was striking it with rock
when it exploded with the above re.
suit.
Judge J. o. March of Emmett had
a very narrow escape from death at
the depot. While getting OF train,
he fell beneath the cars and would
have been ground to pieces had not a
bystander dragged him from his peril.
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While hunting along the banks OF
the Payette river in Long Valley, two
men found the remains of man, un-
doubtedly that of Jacob Mahla, on
sand bar, in tamarac swamp near
the falls, about Is miles below Lardo.
Mahla disappeared last March.
A sheep herder in the employ Of
Marshal Dickerson suicided by cutting
his throat, the deed being committed
near Brownlee Ferry about rs miles
from Weiser. The mans name has
not been learned, and there is no rea-
son known for his committing the rash
act.
News has been received from Cul.
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