The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-04-05
IDAHO STATE NEWS

The Idaho Northern railway com.
pany Is preparing to spend much mon.
ey for new equipment this summer
A new town by the name Of Ustick
has been laid out about five miles west
of Boise, on the Boise Valley electric
line.
Boise is to have the annual con.
vention of the grand council of the
United Commercial Travellers of Amer.
lea, June 6, and 8.
The finest horse barn in the state
of Idaho is being built in Boise by
Norm Thompson, of the Palo Alto
stock farm. at "A cost of 100000.
Idaho will soon have a complete,
up-to-date state arsenal, where may
be found military supplies for the state
troops in case OF any military emer-
gency.
The meeting of the Scottish Rite
pndoOuO vi DuuJlcIu IudDO, ueIu elJ
Boise was largely attended, and great
interest was manifested in the con-
vocation.
A 20-acre field of beets belonging TO
A. J. Quackenbush, near Ontario, last
year yielded a net profit, above all ey-
penses of production and marketing,
of $71 an acre.
Addison T. Smith, the new register
of the Boise land office, took charge
of his work last week, to succeed
Harry G. Syms, who has had charge Of
the Office for the past four years.
So far as known, the largest fam
lily in the state is that of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Wallis, of Rexburg, who
have fifteen children. Mr.. Wallis is
publisher of the Rexburg Standard.
The supreme court has handed
down a decision ordering a review
of the case of Anna Nelson, who was
busted from the office of treasurer of
the town of Kendrick by the district
court.
Judging from the registration for
the municipal election, Boise now has
population of $4,000. The books
show that 5,193 people registered,
which is an increase over two years
ago Of 1,465
State Game Warden Stevens last
week received large amount of
strychnine from Philadelphia which
will be used by the department for the
poisoning of coyotes and other preda-
tory animals.
The Inland Empire Teachers asso-
citation will hold its ninth annual SEES
sion In Lewiston April 3, 4 and 5, and
this session promises to be the very
best meeting of it's kind ever held
in the northwest.
w. T. Riley, living in the valley
near HALEY, says that last year he
made $35 per acre on his hay lands,
selling the hay at So per ton delivered
from the shock and thus saving the
work Of stacking,
Charles K klede, an employee or
the government dam at Boise was
drowned last week by the sinking and
turning of the suspension bridge
across the river. on which he was
crossing at the time.
A council of Nez Perez Indians
will be held at Lapwai this week to
enter a protest to saloon being in.
stalled at Spalding, Idaho. Spaiding
is the Oldest town in Idaho, being a
mission established at an early day.
w. l.. Barnes and Peter Johnson
were arrested at Boise at the instance
OF the Citizens committee, charged
with illegal registration 1t Is claimed
that Barnes registered twice and that
Johnson is not legal resident of the
city.
B. Steunenberg, father of the late
Ex-Governor Steunenberg, died at his
home in Caldwell on the 10th. His
son, A. K Steunenberg, was buried
the previous week. 1t is thought the
death of his son had much to do with
his taking off.
Phenomenal crops are raised in the
vicinity of Picabo. Barley 40 to Is
bushels to the acre; oats, 60 to 11O
bushels to the acre, and the oats will
weigh out about A pounds to the
bushel; two great crops of alfalfa, the
second greater than the first.
Colonel Judson Spofford, president
of the Lewiston & Southwestern Elec-
trio railroad, to run from Lewiston to
Grangeville, says that the railroad
bonds have been sold, and that con-
struction work en- the system will
probably begin by the last of April.
Clear Water.
The water is so clear in the flords