The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1906-09-27
IDAHO STATE NE VS.

The BaptistS association met at
Caldwell the latter part Of last weoR.
Every idle car on the Short Line Is
being called into use to move the beet
crop.
Emma r. Melnert has been appoint.
ed postmistress at Elk CITY, Idaho
county
A farmer near Bull had an acre Of
locust trees set out this year which
are now nearly twelve feet high.
On the Twin Falls tract this year
1896 acres of land have been entered,
nearly 1000 of which has been entered
In September.
Work has been begun by the con.
tractors on the sewers at Caldwell.
and the work will be finished as rapid.
" as possible.
Fire at Minidoka destroyed half the
business section OF that town, causing
total loss Of s5O,OOO with insurance
covering one-third.
The College OF idaho, at Caldwell,
opened its sixteenth school year on the
10th, with the largest attendance in
he history of the school.
The three eastern Idaho districts.
Blackfoot, idaho Falls. and Sugar City.
win this fan harvest a total OF 49,.
600 tons of sugar beets.
Forest Ritzius, a three.year-old boy.
was so seriously injured by an explo-
sion OF kerosene at Welser that death
ensued after hours OF suffering.
Two years ago there we're not more
;han twenty families In upper Long
alley, while at the present time the
population is estimated at 1900 or
5000.
A trolley car struck a runabout In
which p. W. Helphrey and Miss E.
Lane were riding, in Boise, both being
thrown to the ground and slightly in.
iured.
State Bank Examiner G. S. Loveland
has authorized the Bank of Washing
ton county Of Middleton to begin bust
ness. The capital OF the bank is $685..
900, fully paid,
Mrs. Jacobina Nelso, aged II, Of Pc,
catellc, wandered away from her home
at night, fell into the Portneuf river
and was drowned, her body being
found six hours later.
Edward King, operator of the NOV.
ing picture machine in the Empire the
atre at Boise, was seriously burned,
and the theatre damaged to the
amount of $500 last week
Oats seven feet aad three inches
high, yielding rs bushels, have been
grown this season in Long valley, and
the settlers are drifting from mining
and stock raising to farming
A very desirable immigration is set
Ting near Mountain Home, the bene-
fits of which IL reflected in modern
brick business blocks anS an increase
in the valus Of alfalfa ana grain fields.
Last week number OF Payette val
ley fruit growers organized the Pay
cite Valley Apple Growers union, linn
tied. with the end in view Of putting
their apples on the market in better
shape.
The city Jail at Culdesac was de-
stroyed by fre at about 2 o'clock In
the morning, under circumstances that
lead to the belief that the IRE was Of
incendiHry origin, The loss is about
$4,000.
Prune plckers are working overtime
these days, and the big warehouses
are being taxed TO the utmost TO
handle the large quantity of the fruit
which 10 being dumped before their
doors
The farmers OF Kimberly have org.
anized a warehouse company and ex-
pect 10 hold their grain for higher
prices. There are "a stockholders In
the company, and they are building a
warehouse 40XS1 feet.
Tom Mcknight, an employee of Page
q Motifs camp on Daggett creek, was
severely injured by log rolling on
him. Mr.. Mcknight was engaged In
work along the creek when he fell In,
an lmense log rolling over him.
The frst car of Idaho prunes Of this
seasons crop was sold In Chicago on
the 14th at auction by the Earl Fruit
company, the car bringing $1,S15. The
prunes' were shipped by the Payette
Fruit Packing company Of Payette.
The thirty-two National banks Of
Idaho, had Ss,ss2,21s in loans and dis
counts September =, the date of the
comptrollers last call They carried
s4ss.7oo gold coin, had 81, 26s,s2O In.
dlvidual deposits and percentage OF re-
serve 1890,
A special meeting of the pardon
board was held last week TO consider
the application for a Communication OF