The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-05-04
IDAHO STATE NEWS

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San Francisco sufferers.
The residence of L. B. Verdeck Of
Weiser was destroyed by fire last
week, entailing a loss of $500.
Thirty miners from southern Oregon
were In Council last week and have
departed for the Grouse creek mines
William Burgess, colored, one of the
three men who escaped from the
county jail at Weiser, has been cap
tured.
w. p. Carter of Nampa was the sue
cessful bidder for the contract of grad.
ing the first Is miles Of the Payette
Valley road.
It. is reported that large number
Of Cinnamon are headed for Boise
from San Francisco to take up their
homes there.
It is estimated that Boise will spend
$4,000 in entertaining the delegates
to the Irrigation Congress to be held
in September.
Dan Hunt, member of the firm OF
Nichols & Hunt, brickmakers north
Of Boise, was killed in runaway &C
cident last week.
A carload of provisions was dis
patched from Payette to San Francis
CO Immediately after the news Of the
disaster had been received.
Caldwell citizens shipped carload
Of flour from the new Imperial mills
to San Francisco for the benefit OF
the victims of the earthquake and
fire.
The report comes from Caldwell
that Meyer and Haywood will not be
placed on trial before the latter part
of May, and perhaps not before the
first Of June.
G. H. Gran, workman for the But.
terrified Livestock company, came into
Weiser with several hundred dollars,
became intoxicated and was robbed
of the entire sum.
While temporarily insane, Loyal G.
Katz, rancher, 35 years OF age, liv-
ing about nine miles northwest OF
Rupert, committed suicide, cutting his
throat with razor.
The body OF a man with head and
face mangled beyond recognition was
found at the foot of cliff near Olds
Ferry. 1t is supposed he either fell
or jumped off the cliff.
News has reached Boise Of the death
at Huron, s. D., on April IA, OF Hon
Edwin G. Sterling, for many years
resident of Boise, and at one time ter
ritorial secretary Of Idaho.
The Wallace relief committee col
iected $1,000 for the Frisco sufferers
In one day. The school children col
lected $500 in cash and an enormous
amount of clothing, food, etc.
Alfred Marhosser, student, was
painfully injured in baseball game
at Mountain Home, coming into col
lission with another player, sustaining
a compound fracture Of the left leg.
Twin Falls is still growing rapidly
and real estate is quite active at al
yancing prices. One inside lot was
sold last week for $4,000, which is the
.op price paid SO far for an inside lot
J.. A. Equals, recently arrested at
Weiser on a charge of robbing a
drunken man of $12O, was dismissed
by motion of the prosecutor, because
of lack of sufficient evidence to con-
vict.
Members of the Weiser and Council
Commercial clubs were entertained
by the Cambridge Commercial club
last week, addresses being made by
humber of prominent men from
each town.
Several carloads of fruit trees have
been shipped into the Twin Falls dis
trict and planted. They are planting
for commercial purposes quite largely
the Rome Beauty; Jonathan and Wine
sap apples.
The garrison at Boise barracks Is
soon to be doubled, and the work OF
enlarging the post to accommodate
four companies and the regimental
headquarters will be commenced
early this summer.
Luther Snyder has sued the city OF
Boise for $4,000 damages for false
imprisonment. Snyder was arrested
on a charge OF peddling meat in Boise
without license and committed 70
Nail in default Of payment OF a hne.
Charles H. Staltz, who was cnie'
Tx Of the Idaho house OF represent
8 in 1881, died at Boise on the
Nat the age Of 81.
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