The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-11-30

The big Salton Sea caused by th,
break in the banks Of the Colorado Riv
er near its mouth. is shut off. The
break has been mended, and the sea
will dry up in about ten years.
The latest good thing in farming is tx
have steam engine do the plowine
with three setsof disc plows, followed
by harrows and drill and every time
the outfit crosses the field it plows, har-
rows and drills the seed in a strip a rod
wide. Farmers near Longmont, Colo.
we're testing such an outfit recently and
the way it chased up and down the
plain made the modern hand plow and
horses look as antiquated as the Egypt
ian wooden plow has looked to most
formers the past twenty years.
William r. Hearst says he will never
be a>candidate for any Office again.
Seventy miles Of railroad will soon be
built from Armstead, Is miles south Of
Dillon, to Gilmore, Idaho. Pittsburg
parties having taken up the matter and
agreed to build the line.
The Empire State Dredging Company
has been experimenting with Snake
River sands for ton years and claims to
have discovered process for releasing
the gold, platinum, tungsten and iron
from the black sands BY a chemical pro-
cess, and will now build and operate a
plant on Diamond Bar at Minidoka.
They say the Snake River sands can be
treated proHtably for iron alone, but
other minerals add immense values.
Taking out the body Of the river for
irrigation exposes great wealth for
miners.
The President has returned to Wash
ington after q pleasant trip to inspect
the .Big Ditch and Porto Rico.
The big government dam at Mlnidoka
has been completed and the gates were
closed on the first Of November, con6n-
ing the whole flow Of the river for 10
days. Twin Falls and Shoshone Falls
were robbed Of their water and remain
ed dry naked cliffs. There was great
excitement among the fish, and farmers
drove their wagons into the river bed
and used their pitchforks to load whole
wagon loads Of trout. Some fabulously
large ones were captured, and now the
settlers on the stract' are living on
trout steaks.
Senator Tom Platt Of New York is
being asked to resign but refuses to do
il.
Wm.J. McCulley, editor of the Poca-
tello Advance, is being sued for publish
ing libelous statement about Robert ].
Hayes. y.
The Trades and Labor Council Of
Pocatello has inaugurated q movement
to have law against child labor in
Idaho. Prof. Siders, superintendent Of
the Pocatello schools, is leading the
movement.
Joe Cans and Kid Herman are 10 fight
at Tonopah on New Years Day.
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@ The Boise Statesman says: .There are
30 far three known candidates for the
speakership Of the house Of representa-
tives. They are "a. H. Conner of Sho-
shone county, j. Frank Hunt Of Ban
mock county, and Robert M. McCracken
Of Bingham.
Friends Of the Shoshone candidate
say lie will have the united support
Of the north in his contest for the place.
Some man by the name Of J. D. Ken
nedy pretended to open cleaning and
pressing shops in Rexburg, and after
gathering in three trunks full Of suits
from Rexburg and Sugar City, he went
to Salt Lake, taking the clothes with
him. There he represented that he was
opening q clothing store in Rexburg
and used the trunks Of clothing to sus-
tain the representation. He cashed
worthless chechs to the amount Of 800
and disappeared.
The average temperature for the state
Of Idaho for the month of October was
1913 degrees. For southern Idaho the
average was 50degress. The precipita-
ton at Blackfoot during October was
one fifth Of an inch. The average temp