The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-06-01
IDAHO STATE NEWS

City, died recently at the Cliet-Willi'
ranch, at the age OF S3.
Colonel Coltman had a leg broken a
Idaho Falls by falling under the wheels
of wagon he was driving.
The Idaho track team carried away
the honors in the dual meet with
Washington State college at Moscow
George Waugh had leg broken ant
his hip dislocated by fall of slate al
the Pollard coal mine at Salmon City
Henry Holderman has been convict
ed of stealing horse near Troy and
sentenced to two and half years i'm
prisonment.
It is rumored that the Klaw & Err
LANCER theatrical syndicate of New
York will build fine theatre in Poca
tello this summer.
Tom Fields, who plead guilty to the
charge of numbering Fred Fields, near
Freese, last fall, has been sentenced
to life imprisonment.
The business men and real estate
dealers of Payette have arranged for
an extended course of advertising in
connection with other towns Of SOUTH
ern Idaho.
The little son of Ellie Everett, who
resides near Starr swallowed a guam
tity of poison last week, but the
prompt arrival of a doctor saved the
little ones life.
Tom Fields has pleaded guilty to
murder in the second degree. Fields
confessed to the killing of Fred Fields
and the wounding of the elder Fields
at Frees, last June.
An important water case Is on trial
at Pocatello. 1t involves the right of
ranchers to collect damages from the
water companies for failure to supply
sufficient water for crops.
Register Mcconnell has just finished
making out the third application for
United States patents on lands under
water in the Twin Falls tract. This
application is for lands aggregating
46,50613 acres.
John and Alexander Bloomer have
been bound over to the district court
4 at Weiser on charge of assault with
deadly weapon upon the person Of
Perry Holland, who claims the broth.
;ers beat him up badly.
Notice for bids on the grading OF
the half mile race track for the Pay
cite Driving club is out. The driving
club and fair association have been
organized and incorporated with q
capital stock of 100000.
All negotiations between the West,
ern Idaho Sugar company and the
Payette Commercial club by which
the company was granted an extern
sion of time to build factory at Pay
cite have been completed.
A man named Woolgamut has been
arrested and landed in the Silver City
Jail on the charge of horsestealing.
The crime was committed near Three
Creek postoffice and he was caught in
the act, failing to get away with the
horse.
Idaho Falls city council has author
Med a special election for Tuesday,
'June 10, to consider the proposition of
bonding the city in the sum of $4,000
to improve and extend the waterworks
and electric light system and for the
building of new waterworks and cleo
trio light plant.
Wardner and Kellogg are in the grip
of the whooping cough. Doctors say
that practically every man, woman and
child who never before had the dis
sase has it now The large number of
adults who have it is considered re-
marhable.
The state prohibition party conven-
IN will be held in the auditorium of
Y. M. G. A. in Boise on Thursday,
line %. The first session will begin
It 10 O'Clock in the forenoon, when
aadidates for state offices will be
.0minated.
Matt W. Stewart, sheriff of Lemhi
.ounty, was arrested and fined re-
emily for offering to fight, using bias
hemous and profane language in the
resence of women and children who
fere in and around the postoffice,
hereby disturbing the peace.
\ Two wool buyers, buying wool for
g'ivate parties, shipped four carloads
ON Mountain Home. The prices paid
In from 2O1a cents to 23k cents.
4 DOL growers, for the most part, have