The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-01-26
IDAHO STATE NEWS

CHARLES Nelson, miner. aged i
lost his life in snowslide near 81
yer City.
The mill Of the Trappers Flat Mi,
ing company at Thunderboldt mou,
tain was started last week.
Fire ct Pearl destroyed the hous
occupied by james d. Head, the los
being $500, with no insurance.
It has been decided to hold Ia
state fair at Boise this year in Octo
per, from the 18th to the goth. inclu
sive.
John Norris has been arrested a
CldweH on a charge Of perjury il
connection with civil case tried last
summer.
the annual meeting the Idaho State
horticultural society is TO be held in
Caldwell on Monday and Tuesday,
January 20 and 30.
A dispatch from Wallace SAYS that
during 1906 the Occur d'Alene mines
produced $15,0O0,OOO of mineral
wealth, an increase of $4,000 900 over
that Of 1904.
James Moriarity was killed last
week at the Boulder mill, ten miles
from Idaho City. He was shoyeling
snow from the roof Of the mill when
slide started and buried him.
The Black Pearl company has been
very unfortunate in being unable to
secure coal. Consequently IT could
not heat its milling plant and has
been closed down by the frost
Governor Gooding appointed w. D.
Borah of Boise, E. M. Heigho Of
Weiser, and Colonel Thomas r. Ham.
mer OF st. Anthony as delegates ia
the See America First" conference at
Salt Lake
Luther Gardner, the Silver City
liveryman, who 1t was thought had
persisted in the mountains during the
recent storm, was found at ranch
house where he had taken refuge
from the storm. !
AL Hennessey, sub-contractor on /
the mail route to Roosevelt, is sup
posed to have lost his life in snow.
slide. His horses have been found
dead, but no trace OF the missing {
man has been secured.
Bosses percentage Of gain in gross
postal receipts for the FIVE years since y
1900 was greater than the gain of any =
'ther first class Office in the north -
vest, beating the remarkable gain Of q
'eattle by nearly 10 per cent. y
A dispatch from Thunderbolt says i
be mail carrier and Ben Francis were =
aught by snowslide while coming
ut from Roosevelt. Neither was hurt,
hough both were carried off the
rade with their horses, on which they - -
ere riding. :"
Drunken rows and shooting ARRAYS ho
. reported to be an almost every mn
~ occurrence at the little town of or
crest, Nez Perez county, and the citi- grs
ms have petitioned the county CON- On
issioners for the appointment of a me-
ace officer n L.
Senator Hepburn has introduced
u appropriating $4,000 for the re.
rvey and marking of the Idaho 7
ashington boundary from the mouth the
the Clearwater river north to the Chi
ernational boundary, a distance Of OF
miles. Ore
The Farmers Normal institute, to iron
held at Caldwell on January 20 to CITY
under the auspices of the Univer. dow
7 OF Idaho Agricultural college and OF
,ors,rart .+a+,a The
oo'' pioihises 10 DC an "A
mt OF unusual interest to the people man
'na' community. Dow
York on the extension Of the Pa matt
, & Idaho Northern railway beyond
neil into the heart of Idaho is -.
ing along nicely. No track is now
q laid but the grading is being -
ned along as rapidly as possible, .,.,..
ute the snow. WIN
deal in sheep of some magnitude . =.
,,nan a,,ao..s.., w. in in
von county, purchased the entire drnr,
owned by w. s. Brund-se Of Libau
lite. There were between 5000 on FL
1000 head Quito
e Boise Valley Electric Railway
'any closed deal last week for
tons of steel rails for early de-
Y. This will be sufficient steel ~,
I twenty-five miles of track. Con 49,
) for much of the grading has al $3.50
been let. cSsO
.... FIVE n
ierably agitated over the appear 49, !,
Of a strange man in that section. ro,,,, !.