The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-02-23
IDAHO STATE NEWS

The wires OF the warren, MeduoWS
and Roosevelt Telephone company
have reached Whitebird.
Among the improvements at Twin
Falls is a refrigerator plant which Is
to be put in Immediately.
Poultry fanciers and poultry men
will meet in Caldwell for the purpose
of perfecting an organization.
A vegetable farm of eight and one
half acres, three miles from Weiser,
was sold last week for $4,000.
The voters of Council have decided
to issue $4,000 bonds for the purpose
Of building a new school house.
! Two men caught with load Of coal
which they had taken from a car at
Nampa were sentenced to sixty days In
the county Jail.
The new bank opened in New Ply
mouth since the first of the year IS
doing a good business, even better
than had been expected by the stock
holders.
Senator Hepburn has proposed bill
donating condemned cannon now
loaned, to Idaho university at Moscow,
tor permanent use in ornamenting the
grounds.
Albert Barber, who killed Charles
Macomb on December %, in fight,
was convicted of manslaughter al
Weiser last week. The case Will De
appealed.
Vestal P. Coffin of Boise and Rob-
ert L. Ghormie of Moscow, graduated
at the naval academy at Annapolis last
week. They were both near the head
of the class.
Six men from Meadows and two
from Council were taken to Weiser
last week on charge of gambling
each pleading guilty and being assessed
"a fine Of 5000.
Lewiston will ask that the next Re-
publican state convention be held IN
that city, and it is believed the coun
ties of the north will be solidly united
back of the request.
Earl Eby, the 15-year-old boy who
held up freighter near Caldwell, was
permitted to plead guilty to charge
of assault and was fined SIS, which
was paid by his parents.
The Automobile Field Glass com
,pany, recently organized at Pocatello
with a capital stock of 100000, has
Just filed it's articles of incorporation
with the secretary of state.
Gold bullion to the amount Of $3.50,
900 was shipped last week from the
Boise assay Office to the San Francisco
mint. This bullion came from the
placer ground and quartz mills OF
southern Idaho.
James v. Mundell, after prelimin
ary hearing in the probate court on the
charge of embezzling $500 from Ell
more county while he was. assessor and
tax collector, was held to the district
court under $1,000 bonds.
There are to be three summer nor
mails and Institutes for teachers held
in Idaho during the vacation season
this year, one at Pocatello, one a,
Boise and one at Lewiston. They
will continue for six weeks.
Mrs. Ed. Crane called at a saloon in
Harrison for her husband, and because
he did not come out quick enough to
suit the lady, proceeded to break the
windows with her umbrella. Mr.
Crane was forced to pay the damage
Roy Thornton, aged 16, who recently
assaulted James Robertson, at Star
with knife, has been sent to the
reform school. Robertson is in the
hospital suffering from the injuries in
fiicted
The people of New Plymouth are en-
thusiastic over the prospects for the
railroad between that place and Pay
cite. It is assured now that the road
will be built and it is expected that
construction work will begin in short
time.
In a successful effort to prevent two
small boys being crushed to death by
q tree he was telling, William Smith
himself was caught and SO badly
crushed that he died in the hospital at
Harrison. The accident occurred near
Lone. ....,
The Rupert Commercial club has
forwarded to the secretary of the in
terror a request that the right of way
Of the canal through Rupert, which
has been abandoned, shall be decided
to the city for park or boulevard pur
poses.
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