The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-06-22
IDAHO STATE NEWS

A movement has been inauguratet
to drill for artesian water in Nampa
Nampa now has vaudeville thea
tire which is being literally patron
lied.
Nampa has raised over $1,000 for Q
Fourth Of July celebration, and fine
programme is to be arranged.
The Soldier Touring mill Is being
overhanled to have 1t ready to 60
into commission at harvest time.
The annual encampment Of the q.
"A. R. and w. R. c. for the state will
be held at Payette on June rs, ~ and
28.
Rural route No. Q has been ordered
established August Is at Rigby, Ere
mont county, serving 535 people and
n34 houses.
Elmer Rose, an employee at the
sugar factory at Nampa, fell from the
second floor OF the works and received
a broken arm and leg.
At the recent school election Chal.
pis voted in favor OF establishing q
high school. 1t is hoped to have the
school running this fall.
Vice President Fairbanks has mott
Ned Chairman Gwinn that he will at
tend the National Irrigation congress
TO be held in Boise September 3.
The state penitentiary now has the
greatest number of prisoners since
the prison was first established.
There are at present 235 enrolled.
Charles s. Mcconnell has been dis.
missed from his position as register OF
the state land board and M. /. Church
of Caldwell named to fill the vacancy.
Last week was Pythian week in
Boise, the grand lodge Knights Of
Pythias and the Rathbone Sisters
holding their annual sessions in the
capitol city.
A prominent cattleman Of Grange
Vile declares that Nez Perez cattle
men are already feeling slump IN
the livestock market as result OF
the packing house exposures.
Through the generosity OF Mr.. and
Mrs. NJ A. Kurtz, Nampa Is to have
. fine park. They have decided to
donate to the city four blocks In the
Kurtz addition to be used for that pur
|
pose.
A party of ten settlers from Adams |
county, Washington, went to the Cam
10 Prairie country a few days ago on
our Of inspection. They must have
been satisfied. for they bought 1926
lcres of land.
A fourteen-year.old son Of George
Ferrall was drowned in the Snake
liver at HowelPs ferry, six miles
outh Of Minidoka. He fell from the
cry boat and at last accounts the
,ody had not been recovered.
Plans are maturing for the en-.
of the Idaho regiment with
oregon and Washington state troop.
RS at American Lake, near Tacoma,
Wash, in August. It Is estimated
hat the cost will be about $4,000.
Owing to the inclement weather ex-
erienced by the contractors on the
FORK Of the Minidoka project during
he past winter, the secretary of the
,terior has granted an extension Of
pirty days for the completion of the
|ork.
The Portland Chamber of Com
|erce and the Oregon Development
|ague are coming to the National IT.
cation congress in Boise in Septem-
kr with special train, the delega-
pn being headed by Governor Cham
rlain.
Warden Whitney says that all of
steel has now arrived for the new
i rooms at the state penitentiary
d most of it has been placed in
Bition. Eighty new cells are being
tailed, making in all $50 cells for
institution.
The unidentified body of a man was
md In an irrigation canal at Par
As no resident of this entire
nifty is missing, 1t is presumed to
the body of some transient person
re were no marks or bruises to in.
tie foul play.
sports from the Minidoka dam are
he effect that the stream has not
rising lately. The gates are
discharging $4,000 second-feet.
he has been no filling of the pond,
evel OF the water being some five
below the top Of the spillway. X
q governors ONCE has received
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