The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-08-18
IDAHO STATE NEWS

The cement walks being laid on tn
principal streets of Weiser add yer
much to the city's appearance.
Governor Gooding has issued
proclamation naming September a
idaho day at the Portland exposition
Governor Goooding has issued hi
proclamation designating Septembe
4 as labor day and urging the peopl
to observe it.
Harrison Lovelace' has been ap
pointed regular and William H
Boardsley sub rural free delivery car
rier at Moscow
John F. Coonrod of Long Valley fel
from the loft in his woodshed, striking
on wagon and crushing his skull, dy
ing five hours later.
Two Methodist churches in the
Thunder Mountain district were dedi
Gated recently, one at Roseberry and
OA0 a. AuAuCI NlLy.
Snake river IS lower at Glenn's Ferry
now than ever was known before, a
number Of water wheels along it's
banks having stopped running.
A project is on foot looking to the
building Of railway line eastward
from Boise, possibly to connection
with the Northwestern in eastern
Idaho.
Work on the extension of the P. &
!. N. railway has begun in earnest
Men and teams are being hired as fast
as they can be secured and placed at
work on the grade.
Arrangements are being made by
Register Mcconnell of the state land
department for land sale to be held
in Kootenai county some time the lat
ter part of September.
W. M. Wayman, member of the
upper house in the last legislature
from Canyon county, has sold his 40
acre ranch at New Plymouth for a
consideration of $162.5O per acre.
The preliminary steps have been
taken to develop the coal measures
about thirty-five miles south of Burley
that are known to exist on Goose
creek, in the vicinity of Beaver dam,
Rural delivery routes have been or.
dered established in Idaho as follows:
Grangeville, Idaho county, routes Nos.
l and 2, population no., houses 1T;
Lewiston, route No. 1, population $40,
houses 1870.
The new process for handling the
black sands of the Snake river which
8 now being tested at Hy Bar, just
lbove the city of Lewiston bids fair
o revolutionize one branch of the
mining industry. T.
According to reports from Parma
armers the amount of hay produced ,,
n that vicinity this season will be .
realty reduced from what it was last ..
ear. Some estimate it at about one. -,
alf Of the regular crop.
Five thousand people celebrated the q
dvent of the Minidoka & Southwest.
IN railroad into Twin Falls. Fully 1
800 people were fed at the monster
arbecue, at which two big steers and
number of sheep were cleaned up.
The body of Samuel Conner of Hag 7
man was found about nine miles be-
w Salmon Falls, near Bliss. AS the
ody was in very decomposed con- o
ton, having been in the river since Fl
lily 9, 1t was thought advisable to 81
Try it near the place where it was
und. "
Nez Perez is the richest county ia "
aho, according to the statement is
led by the county auditor. The state. IL
ent shows the total assessed valua- III
IN OF the county, independent of rail. u
ads, telegraph and telephone lines, p'
be $6,905,9S1. Last year the assess. u
ent on railroads and telegraph was
63,5O1. X
Carrie Hansen, aged Is, while rid. - =,
6 a Ferris wheel at Pocatello. II
ught her hand in a hinge of the car,
inted and fell to the ground, a dis. is
nee of fourteen feet, sustaining in ~
ries which proved fatal two hours in
ter.
A wreck on the Short Line near
ennis Ferry resulted in the destruc.
N of fifteen freight cars and the -
aking up of passengers, freight
d passenger train colliding as the
suit of wrong orders given by an IL
orator. pt
Patrick Moran, pioneer placer ~
ner of Idaho and Montana, was us
rned to death in his cabin at Muir. tn
Z ON Sunday. He went to sleep with Gu
candle burning in miners candle. ~