The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-09-16
THE NEWS OF
THE STATE
The Very latest Idaho Happenings
As Told by our Exchanges.
A MURDER AT THUNDER CITY
Severe WiHd Storm at GeMesee-The
Tightening Does Damage
Hello Girls Strike.

Hello Girls Strike
One of the most severe wind
storms in the history of this section
occurred Sunday afternoon and ev-
ening. On account OF the great
amount of dust the storm seemed
doubly severe. Residences, stores,
etc. were filled with dust and all
have been kept busy during the
past week cleaning house. A num-
Der of outbuildings were either
blown or unroofed and the damage
to fruit trees was large. Fully
two-thirds of the apple crop has
been destroyed by being blown
from the trees, and the damage to
pears and other fruit has been near
ly as great. While no large
amount of grain was uncut, what
was standing was so badly shat
tered by the storm that it will hard
ly pay for cutting. Those who
happened to be travelling the roads
at the time of the storm in several
cases found it necessary to stop at
some farm house for the night.
The "o1dest inhabitant" never saw
its equal and all others are not par
ticularly anxious to have it repeat
ed.-Genesee News.
The following from the Grange
vile Standard is actually disheart-
ening: "R. H. Nash and Asa
Jones, two of the Salmon River
cattlemen, were in the city this
week. Among other things they
told of fierce electrical storm that
struck their section of the country
few weeks ago. Lightning
struck trees six times within 100
yards of where they were, so close
to one of the boys as to throw bark
all over him, and make him believe
that the last days had come, with
a shower of stones and fire as the
first act. Six horses were killed in
one bunch. by the lightning. The
| hove tha+r1ca1uac OF 1aoct porE ~
them, left their saddle horses, took
off their guns and spurs and every
bit of metal they had about them,
and forsook the trees for the low
brush that was less liable to be
struck. Here they took the pelting
of the. elements until the storm let
up"
The Pocatello Advance tells US
this: "According to a statement
made by Manager Cutler Of the
Western Idaho Sugar Co.. the beet
crop in Idaho will average better
, than that of Utah and will further
more be considerably earlier. Mr.
Cutler in recent trip through the
sugar beet section of this State, Wis
tied Nampa and Payette, where hC
claims he saw the finest stand O
! beets ever viewed by him in all hi
career as sugar promoter"
Idaho boomers must revise thei
literature. One of their stronl
points has been that lightning nev
3 er strikes anything in Idaho. Las
week a Malad cow was hit, bu
there were extenuating circum
stances. The cow was over Y
years old and trying to kick hol
! in the clouds.
3 1t is reported that Chief Foreste
Pinchot, head of the forest reserv
r. service, and Governor Gooding ha'
: a peace conference last wrek aut
. signed a protocol. Pinchot prom
ised to do the right thing abou
. public school lands.
d 1t is said that the Idaho Stat
e Capitol promises to be the fines
= public edifce in all the wild ives
Let her go at that.
Q Post Falls, says the Advance
If has installed a system of electri
10 street lighting at cost OF SIS pc
22-candle lamp per month,