The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-09
THE POLITICAL POT
S|MMER|NG IN IDAHO
Dates Fixed for EImore County
Primaries and County
Convention.
Special to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune
MOUNTAIN HOME, Ida, July g.
The Republican primaries will be held
July 16 TO elect delegates TO the county
convention, which will be held in
Glenns Ferry, July % This conven-
tion Will choose five delegates TO the
Republican State convention, to be held
at Pocatello, August l.
There Is an abundance Of water in
the Three Creek country this year,
therefore the range grass and meadows
there are looking better than they did
this time last year.
Smiths Creek Reservoir.
The Smiths Creek Reservoir COM
pany has fifteen men at work on the
Smiths Prairie canal which leads from
the dam at the head of the Pierce ditch
TO the reservoir site, which is located
In such position as to AFFORD irrigating
facilities for 1000 acres OF land, or more
The canal is three feet deep and ten
feet wide at the bottom. 1t will cover
distance OF FIVE miles, about two
flfths OF which have been finished.
Walter Cairns has disposed of his IN
terests In Mountain Home and Mr.. and
Mrs. Cairns have gone to their former
home at Omemee. n. D.
Thomas NJ. Davis Is arranging to
| build on his two lots IN the western
| part of town, which. with other realty,
he purchased while here last fall.
The Mrs, Mcdonald place west OF
| town (house and ten acreS) has been
purchased by one of the Smith brothers,
| who came with the North Dakota
| party recently In special car. Mr.,
! Smith also filed on a piece of land near
| Cleft He contemplates removing here
with his family this fall.
w. H. Walker and family have
moved from Emmett to their ranch two
| Of fol
Bruneau Will be favored with very
heavy fruit crop this year. Peach
| pear. apricot and apple trees are bend
ing under the weight Of their fruit al
! ready.
Tramway Material Arrives.
One carload of cables for the Monarch
tramway. Atlanta, arrived here and
| was forwarded by the Helfrich Mer-
camille company as fast as teams could
be procured. The cables for the Mon
arch tramways already shipped by
teams, will cover the distance Of ter
| miles.
The country about Atlanta Is enjoy.
Ing period of activity and Its future
looks bright The telephone line be
tween PIno and Atlanta has recently
been down In several places and the
failure of the Bell people to keep 1t II
working order has been the cause o
a ROOQ Qe0l OF COlnplalilt
Bruncau Company Suit.
The Southwestern Trust company, ;
Missouri corporation, as trustee. ha
filed a suit against the Bruneau Lane
and Irrigation company. limited, ask
Ing for Judgment OF 900 and interes
on same at per cent from July !, 1904
for attorney fees in the sum Of s25oo
for a decree for foreclosure Of a trus
deed executed by the irrigation com
pany July l. 1904, to secure the pay
ment OF bonds to be Issued In the sur
OF $500 600, and for the appointment o
receiver for the defendant company
The trust deed, 1t is said. conveys I
plaintiff all the bitches, lands, waite
rights, dams, reservoirs, incomes an
other properties belonging to said irrl
CATION company. II Is claimed that tn
defendant company is now insolyen
and II is said that OF the $4,000 l
bonds 500, 600 have been disposed or 10
value, but that although due they hay
not been paid or the interest Thereon
The irrigation company Is now said
have quit work on the extensions fo
which the bonds were issued and tha
liens have been filed against the con-
pany to the amount of about $4,000.
The eagle was made to scream In ar
proved style here on the Fourth Iher
: were fully 1000 visitors from outside
| Mountain Home, IT being probably th
largest crowd that has ever been see
, on the streets OF this city, The visitor
numbered people from all the surroune
> ing cities and towns-Boise, Cald"eI
, Glenn's Ferry, Bruneau and the towr
OF the upper end Of the county being ei
2 pecially we'll represented. All the VII
I itors were highly pleased.
Charles Doran of Boise lies at
, Alphonsus hospital with both bones
/, his lower left arm SCATTERED, and WI
= liam Thomas Is under arrest at Atlan1
as the result OF q shooting ARRAY th'
Il occurred In Shorty Burnham' saloc
ut Atlanta June 80. The shooting 70
. lowed a game OF poker in whl'
y Thomas had taken part, and 1t is sa
= that Thomas had been drinking heaVll