The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-05-24
IDAHO STATE NEWS

Albert Christensen of Idaho Falls
has been appointed meat tagger in
the bureau of animal industry.
J. s. Nelson and James Johnson
have been appointed forest guards IL
Caribou forest reserve, in Idat and
Wyoming.
The committee appointed to can
vass Boise for funds for Fourth OF
July celebration raised $1,000 the first
day they went out
Avery C. Moore has been selected
to deliver the prAcipal address al.
Boise on Decoration day. A parade
will be held and the graves decor
ated.
While the family of Chris Hanson
of Mountain Home were on an outine
to the Hot Springs, the baby fell into
the hot water and was severely
scalded
The Boise Commercial club is sooT
to inaugurate movement to secure
freight rates for this city similar, to
those recently granted the city OF
Spokane.
The elevator at the new Federal
building in Boise is to be in operation
hy Auouct 2 ord mill coc+ eE TEX thx
contract having been let to New
York company.
Since the United States land Office
opened at Boise in 1868, 10,0O2 home
stead entries have been made
through it. There have been 2,71i
desert entries made during that time
An anti-cigarette crusade is on in
Boise. The chief of police has an
nounced that the anti-cigarette ordi
nance prohibiting minors from using
the weed in that form will be rigidly |
enforced.
Boise has been selected as the |
place and August 81 the time fol-
holding the annual session of the
South Idaho Methodist conference
One hundred and fifty delegates will
be present
Governor Gooding has appointed as
members of the state board of OPTIC
metry, created by the last legisla.
ture, r, d. Hubbard of Boise, ]. M
Clark of Moscow, E. Leroy Harrison
of Pocatello.
AS a result of the breaking Of the
main dam Of the Canyon Canal com
pany, located about fifteen miles from
Emmett, about 5000 acres of alfalfa
which had just been sown will prob
ably be total loss.
There have been two arrests in
Boise under the anti-cigarette ordi
nance, and the chief of police de
clares that the practice of smoking
cigarettes among the boys under Is
years must be stopped.
The defense in the north Idaho
land fraud and conspiracy cases has
filed with Judge Dietrich motion
to disqualify United States Marsha
R. Round and his deputies and asking
for the appointment of an elisor.
The town of Eastport Is very much
perplexed over the action of two
Swedes by the name of Sandstrom
one of whom threw himself into the
river, and the other who disappeared
and has not been found. The men
we're about IS and 40 years of age
and both are believed to have been
insane.
A party of reclamation engineers
Are surveying in the vicinity of the
Minidoka dam on the south side OF
he river with view of bringing a
additional area of land
n that vicinity under the pumping
system.
Work on the Spokane & Inland
Dad between Palouse and Moscow Is
progressing rapidly. Extra crews
lave been placed at work at the
hree camps, and the sub-contractors
lope to have the grading completed
W July /.
There is movement on foot in
Boise looking to the selling of the ol6 ,
ity hall and erecting on the site . !!
to cost $25O,O0O. There lie
ak of the county joining with the
ity and both city and county officials
se the building.
The Canyon Canal company's dam y
ear Emmett, which was washed out :
ast week, was constructed in the win
er of 1904-05 at cost closely approx .
mating $4,000. About fifty families
ill sustain serious losses as a result >
the washout.
Women don false hair and put on '
ouge under the impression the de-