The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1905-09-28

A United Presbyterian church has
been organized at Weiser.
The woodmen of the World OF
Weiser are going to erect home of
their own.
An eneampment OF Odd Fellows
was organized at Plackfoot last
Thursday night.
The World says the deposits in the
two weiser banks total nearly three
quarters OF a million dollars.
Soda Springs has been designated
the official station of the govern
ment's special field stock examiner
for this section of the state.
The FIVE northern counties of Nez
Perez, ShOshone. kootenai, Latab
and Idaho have over IS per cent of
the assessed valuation of the state.
The ST. Anthony News says there
are more thresbing machines In OPP
Grafton in Fremont county this year
than all the machines put together
last year.
/ by an overwhelming vote the peo-
| pie of Rathdrum defeated the propo-
sition for the town to purchase the
water system
A movement is on foot among the
business men OF Moscow to organize
company with IA capital of s35, 900
for the purpose OF erecting brewery
in that city.
The World, published at Idaho
City, is the Oldest paper in the state.
1t was founded on Sept. %, 1868.
A $50 acre ranch near Lewiston
sold last week for S4s, 900 or 500 per
acre. This is said to be the largest
price ever paid for farm lands in the
Pacific Northwest.
The World says that Weiser should
be exporting at least 0,00o pounds OF
butter a month, instead of importing
200 pounds to supply the local de-
mand.
The valuation OF Canyon county
has increased over 100 per cent in
live years. The county is now OUT
of debt and is second in wealth and
population in list of the Southern
Idaho counties.
The town of Burnley, which was laid
out en- the first Of last May, now has
an opera house ready for business.
1t has a seating capacity of 600, with
stage 22x4O, and dancing llool
40x7o feet.
Last spring A. Wells, OF Payette,
planted some cotton seed in his gar.
den, and the Independent says be
now has some fully developed cotton
plants on which are cotton bolls vel
matured.
At Peck, Idaho, one night last
week, Chas. Woodward committed
suicide by shooting himself because
the girl with whom he was in love
gave him "the marble heart. The
deed was committed In the presence
of the young lady.
To the committee that went from
HALEY to Salt Lake to register kicl
against the poor train service on th'
Wood River branch, the Short Line
officials announced that they wer'
willing to run a Sunday train on thu
branch from June ! to Nov. bu
would refuse to do so the balance .
the year as the traffic does not justif.
ii.
The school trustees In Burke ar
determined that all children o
school age In that town shall atteni
school, and have appointed the dep
uty sheriff as truant officer. Ii
speaking of the matter, one OF tn
trustees said: "We nave plenty G
money to run the school the ful
term, we have capable teachers an
we have room in the school building
for all children Of school age i
Burke, so we are determined that a
shall attend school who should do so.
Some boys discovered skunk wit
two kittens In the basement OF tn
school building at Murray one da
last week. Thinking to have som
fun, the youngsters began THROWN
stones at them. The mother skun
retaliated In her own peculiar bu
effective method, AMI the boys wei
soon put to flight, not, however, vi
til several Of them got their clotbt
we'll saturated with "perfumery.
The odor spread to the school room
and was so offensive that school W;
quickly adjourned. 1t required tv
days of fumigation to overcome Il
odor sufficiently to enable school
resume.
Old time prUspectors and poop
who have studied the actions of wi
animals for years say that all indie
lions point TO severe winter. o.
man who comes to town from Il
bills only about once a year. was be
this week and be says that all Il
animals are laying up considerah
food much more than past yeai
= which is always an indication TO q
frnnttarSman that the winter will