The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-06-09
IDAHO STATE NEWS

Bonneville, near Silver City, fell dow
q shaft, breaking his collar bone an
two ribs.
The Oregon Short Line branch ha
reached Burley, and there is great RI
joicing among the residents of tn
new and rapidly growing town.
There were seven applicants fror
the Payette High school for teachers
certificates at the recent examination
in Caldwell, all of whom were success
full.
President Roosevelt has signed tn
proclamation creating the Sawtootl
forest reserve in southern Idaho, EN-
bracing more than 100000 acres o
land.
The cement blocks for Payette's
new creamery building have all beer
laid and the roof is now being put on
The building will be one of the finest
creamery buildings in the state.
A waterspout visited the Whitebird
idaho county, section last week, wash
ing out the road towards Grangeville
for five miles. In places it left gul
lies 80 feet deep and 10 feet wide.
John W. Bailey, of Franklin, was
graduated with honors in a class of
six from the Colorado school for the
deaf and blind at Colorado Springs.
MIR. Braley was a member of the deaf
department.
The Indian Office, at the request Of
Senator Dubois, is wrestling with the
problem how to induce the Lemhi In
dams to abandon their reservation and
take up residence on the Fort Hall
reservation.
Martin Nelson, recently convicted OF
manslaughter in Blaine county, for
killing man named Wilson about two
months ago, was placed in the peni-
Tertiary last week to serve out sent
ence of seven years.
Frank Lee, a tramp resisted arrest
at Idaho Falls, when Officer Frank
Jones fired five shots at him, three
taking effect, Lee being so seriously
wounded that he succumbed to the in
jurinc fw0 douo 1ofnr
, Francis Fletcher has been installed
as nightwatchman in the government
assay Office in Boise, from which po-
tsition he was summarily dismissed
November %, 1904 by H. Smith
'Woolley, who was then the assayer in
charge.
Marshall Hammock, a drayman of
Weiser is in Jail on charge of as
sault with deadly weapon. He at
tempted to shoot a bartender, and but |
for the fact that he neglected to place
a shell in his gun, would have killed |
the man.
In the district court at Caldwell, last |
week, F. H. Barnard who was arrest
ed for embezzlement, and who last
year escaped Jail, was arraigned be-
fore Judge Stewart, pleaded guilty and
was sentenced to four years in the
state penitentiary.
Idaho had two carriages in the
parade at the opening of the Portland
being assigned position
directly behind Washington and near
he front. In the first were Governor
Iooding, Adjutant General Vickers,
md other prominent men.
r. S. Carnes, telephone lineman,
vas elctrocuted at Wallace, and Will
lam Brannigan, another lineman, was
BADLY burned from a telephone wire
coming in contact with power line
which brings electricity from Spokane
o operate the mines of the Couer
l'Alenes.
Considerable damage was done by
that broke over Center
lille on the End. The school house
vas struck by lighting and the Rocky
Mountain Bell telephone service out
If the place CRIPPLED. The school house
vas somewhat damaged but not de-
'trOyed.
Dennis Crowley one of the Oldest
'esidents Of southwestern Idaho and
'ne of the first white men to locate in
he valley, years ago, before Boise had !,
N existence, left for a visit to the /,
asst last week, it being the second ,
ime in his life he has taken a ride on
he cars. .
The supreme court has passed on
mother two-mile limit case in an
ther divided opinion. The majority
f the court, Justices Sullivan and
Ailshie, uphold the law in harmony
With their previous utterances and
,hief Justice Stockslager again dis t
ents. ,
The schedule of the congressional !
irrigation party has been changed so {
he party will arrive in Boise June
l instead Of June %. All other dates I
q Idaho have been set forward one
ay, though the hours of arrival and ,
eparture remain the same as oripi. ,