The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-06-23
IDAHO STATE NEWS

The Rhodes scholarship to Oxfol
was won this year by Carroll H. Fost,
Of Caldwell.
The magnificent new Knights
Pythias temple at Weiser was ded
Gated last week.
HALEY is going to have the bigges
Fourth of July celebration in the hi
tory Of the town.
The salary of the postmaster a
Boise has been increased from S2,9
to $4,000 per annum.
Hubbard lake, near Kuna, is practi
cally completed. It will irrigate 10, 0O
acres of land during the short season
1t covers 663 acres. q
Charles Mccoy and Wallace Nc
Pheters were probably fatally injured
by a premature blast in the Black Car
Donate mine, rs miles from Ketchum
A three days. session of the Idaho
State Sunday School association was
held in Mountain Home last week.
There were about 70 delegates pres.
emit.
Erwin syferd, years old, of Cen.
terville, was accidentally shot and
killed by lad named Lauerne How
ard The boys were firing at mark
with .22-caliber rife.
George w. Gale, a Moscow hotel
man, last week won wager of SAC
that he could walk from Moscow tG
Palouse, Wash, distance of 16 miles
in four hours. He had but two min.
utes to spare.
A sensational hold-up occurred at
Weiser. Two masked men entered the
saloon of Breshear & Davis shot at
the bartender to scare him into obedi,
ence and forced him to hand over the
cash, amounting to 1910.
Frank Davis, of Boise, last week ate
some salad that had been prepared
with tree spraying solution instead OF
vinegar. Mustard and hot water was
promptly given to Davis, which prob.
ably saved his life.
The Idaho State Good Roads associa.
ton has been organized with A. A. Nc.
Pherson, Twin Falls, president; S. D.
Boone, HALEY, secretary; John McMil
Ian, Boise, treasurer, and vice-presi
dents named from each county.
A young boa constructor. which
measured four feet and seven inches,
was found in bunch of bananas
which Ben Walker was unloading at
Boise. The snake attacked Walker,
but was captured after fight.
North Dakota horse dealers last
week shipped 500 head of horses from
Weiser to st. Paul. They were all
young animals, purchased from Ross
brothers and Townley brothers, the
average price paid being s11 per head.
Thunder City, the junction on the
'oad leading to Thunder Mountain, will ,
celebrate the Fourth for the first time +,
his year. A splendid program has t
'een prepared, including series of J
sports, for which liberal prizes have q
,een offered. t
A special to the Spokesman Review
rom Palouse, Wash, says: Fred
fields, farmer living a few miles
rom Freese, Ida, was killed and his '
ather, Isaac Fields, seriously wound.
d by unknown persons, who fred upon
hem from ambush. e
The annual Workers convention of b
he West Boise district of the Epworth n
eague convened in Baker City, Ore. 5
n the 18th, for three days session, :.
large number of delegates being in II
tendance from all parts of eastern tc
regon and western Idaho. Ell
The Western Idaho Sugar COMPANY Ell
led art1cleS OF incorporation with the
'unty clerk of Salt Lake county,
tab, last week. This corporation has
authorized capitalization of $4,000. "
10, of which 10 per cent has been 81
lid into the company's treasury. el
Ed w. Williams was killed and HF, IL
who shot him, severely 81
bundled, in gun fight which arose -
er Mamie Mcmillan, girl employed "a
the White Front restaurant at ~
ties. Williams was shot through the I Ie'
domen and died ten minutes later ~ ~
John Slith, we'll known bartender
Occur d'Alene, was drowned last
EEK. The water in which he was
ind was about four feet deep. He
IS in an upright position and buried or
the sand nearly to his knees. A mi
IMAM first saw the body while row. Ed
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The state board of land commission. oy
, in session last week received and ON
lsidered the proposal of the Camas ne;
igation & Power Co., limited, for the wa
lStructiOn OF works for the recla- Hi,