The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1906-12-06
IDAHO STATE NEWS

loss to property being about $1,000.
The Weiser city council has passed
an ordinance requiring all property
owners to keep their sidewalks cleai
Of snow and slush.
Winle veach, OF Wallace. hitched his
sled to freight train, intending to
take a ride, when TIE train backed up
and he was crushed to death.
Jesso Tucker was found dead under
meath his wagon. near Cold Greek
mining camlt II is presumed he fell
from the wagon. being killed ~ tn,
fall
William stone, well known char
aoter OF Boise, where he had lived rol
the past twenty years. was found dea
In barn, death being due to alcohol
Ism.
r. C. Oman. who drove a flock o.
sheep from Montana into Ala count
without first giving notice to the stat
live stock inspector. has be,n hpa
s1oO
The school directors OF Caldwell
have decided to build a new eight
room school house on waslingto
Heights II the people will vote the
bonds.
A severe windstorm swept Ions
valley a few days ago doing consld
cradle damage to farmers, blowing
down barns and small buildings. fen
ces, etc.
The city council Of Caldwell has lei
a contract for the erection Of the
city hall, to Harding & Williams, OF
Caldwell, for $4,000 for brick and
stone structure.
Peter Steers, sent up from Bingham
county, for two and one-half years,
on conviction Of ENFORCEMENT while
sheriff Of that county, was granted .
pardon last week.
As result Of wanton. careless
shooting on the part Of some unknown
person. Charles Merton. aged S5, OF
Boise. is In the hospital suffering from
a bullet wound in the thigh
Mrs. A. w Pride, living eight miles
from Boise, has rased 80 turkeys
this season and has disposed Of Il
Of them in the Boise market. clearing
the sum of tl25 for her labor.
The total registration OF both col
lege and preparatory departments al
the state university at Moscow is nov
$50, The college registration is 227
as compared TO It's two years ago
John Rantells, aged 10, was
drowned in the Payetto river near
Lardo, while trying to cross the
stream on horseback The body was
recovered a short distance below the
ford.
Great preparations are being made
at Moscow for the corn carnival and
farmers institute which will be held
during the annual convention of the
Idaho Agronomy association at the
college Of agriculture.
Rudolph wetter. convicted Of muir
der in Idaho county. who was to have
been hanged on July 10, hut was re-
prieved had his sentence commuted
to life Imprisonment by the state
pardon board. last week.
Frank Merry, a barber Of Culdesac,
attempted suicide at the hospital in
Lewiston, severing his windpipe Will
a pocket knife The doctors sewed
the ends of the severed windpipe to.
gether and he will recover.
There are so far three known can
didates for the speskership of the
house Of representatives They are
A. H. Conner. of shoshone county,
]. FRANK Hunt, Of Bannock county,
and Robert NJ. MeCracken, Of Bing.
ham.
CharleE Sattler, a well-known citi-
en- OF Kendrick, was shot twice by
Ezel Seigman in a saloon over an ar
gument as TO the meaning of Ger
man word. seigman claims self de
Tense sattler is not dangerously in.
jured
The entire plant of the Nampa
Foundry & Machine company was de.
strcyed by a are which started from
the stove in the ONCE and spread over
the entire building. The loss is esti
mated at $4,000, with insurance OF
81, 900.
Night Policeman John Nevins, Of
welser against whom charges Of as
sistlng In the stealing OF coal from
coal cars was made about two weeks
ago, and who was laid on by the city
council pending an investigation, has
been reinstated.
Major Frank Fem forest supervisor
has been ordered to go to the northern
part Of the state TO organize the
Occur d'Alene reserve, which has iuat
recently been established. This re.