The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-10-14
IDAHO STATE WIS.

lodge building.
The first state ticket to r. filed witt
the secretary of state was the Populis'
It was filed on the 9th.
An automobile hack service is to b.
established in Boise. to compete will
the hacks drawn by horses.
It is announced that the Idaho In
dustrial state reform school will b
open not later than December 1.
There were quite a number of dele
gates from all over the state in at
tendance at the annual state conven
ton of the w. c. T. u, held in Payette
last week.
The postmaster general has author
ICED the establishment Of free deliv
cry service in Wallace December l.
with two carriers and substitute and
13 street letter boxes.
A fire in Emerson's hardware store
at Star destroyed the building and
the residence of Mr.. Corron adjoining,
together with the household goods.
The loss is estimated at $4,000.
John Long, an old laborer and pros.
pector, was accidentally drowned in
Snake river at Guffey, Owyhee county.
He rode his horse into that stream
and both the rider and the animal
were drowned.
It is announced that arrangements
have been made with the Short Line
whereby freight from Boise to Council
and other points on the Pacific and
Idaho Northern will be sent through
direct without any stop in Weiser.
Chief of Police A. A. Masters OF
Lewiston had narrow escape from
being fatally stabbed recently while
he was arresting drunkard, who had
been making himself generally OBJ.
noxious by loud talking and swearing.
Abstracts of the condition of the nc.
tional banks of Idaho at the close Of
business September l show the aver
age reserve held to be 1850 per cent,
against 1872 per cent on June 8; the
individual deposit, increase, $6,GS4,471
to $6,931,132
A cave-in in a drift in the Black
Jack mine at Silver City resulted in
the death of E. o. Mccormick, miner,
aged % and married, who was so bad
ly crushed that he died two hours Ia
ter. His back was broken and his
chest crushed in.
The new smelter of the Ladds Met
ais company at Lander, in the Seven
Devils district, was blown in last week.
Everything worked in perfect order
and the plant will be operated contin-
uously now. Several thousand tons CT
ore are in the bins.
The Rocky Mountain Bell Tele.
phone company has received another
carload of lead-armored cable to %
used in charging and improving the
ssytem at Boise. This is the second
carload of cable received by the Bell
Telephone company within the last
three months.
A sensational discovery has been
made in the vicinity of Pine, between
the head of Wood creek and High prai.
rie. in the vicinity of John Dents cat
tie ranch. Ore discovered by l.. M.
Johnson, while hunting chickens, as.
says from $135 to $500 to the ton in
gold and silver.
While the funeral procession of Dep
Iuty Sheriff Sweet, who was murdered
near Blackfoot by robbers, was taking
place, an effort was made by mob
to lynch one of the holdups, but the
officers were too quick for the mob,
Iswore in a number of deputies and de-
clared they would protect the prisoner
with their lives.
Lewiston has experienced one Of
the most disastrous fires in years,
nothing but wind from the east say
ing the city from total destruction.
statement is made by responsible par
ties that an attempt was made sew
eral times in the last few weeks to set
fire to old buildings in that vicinity.
A vacancy at the West Point mill
tary academy will be filled from this
state in June. Senator Hepburn has
named Cleveland c. Gee Of Montpelier
for the place, with Edgar G. Shellworth
of Boise and Frank Estabrook, Jr, of
Nampa alternates.
John Long was drowned in the Snake
river at Guffey last week. He rode
his horse into the stream and the ami
NAL was swept off its feet, the rider
being lost. Deceased was a man of ad-
vanced year and had followed the vo-
cation of a prospector.
Judge Steele at Grangeville, Idaho
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