The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-02-22
IDAHO STATE NEWS

of smallpox.
Agitation is going on in Boise look
ing to the passage of an ordinance
by the city council to keep boys out o
pool rooms.
State Superintendent of Public In
%struction Miss Belle Chamberlain
states that the income of the state
school fund for January Is $40, 227. 70.
There is a large pavilion being bull
in Montpelier, which Is said to be the
finest building of the kind in Idaho
1t is to be opened later on for dancing
The p~ostofice at Salem, located
within a hai-mile Of Sugar City, has
been discontinued, and that section
will be supplied with rural free de.
livery.
The council is considering the ques.
ton Of an adequate sewerage system
for PocatellO. 1t is believed a salts
factory system a be put in for
$4,000.
G. A. Hunter, a carpenter, while at
work on a new building in Boise, fell
four stories down an elevator shaft
and vas not injured beyond a few
bruises.
Between $4,000 and $4,000 of I'm
Gle Sans money will be expended
this year in important improvements
at the Indian school at Ross Fork, on
the Fort Hall reservation
: Edward Emmett, age about 80, was
killed in the Last Chance mine at
Wardner. A large slab of rock
s%loughed off and crushed the man. He
leaves a wife and one child.
One night last week, while Louie
lam, the Chinese laundryman Of
Meridian, was visiting at one of the
Chinese gardeners, someone entered
his place of business and relieved him
of sos.
The Commercial club of Hepburn is
formulating plans looking towards
building a wagon bridge across the
Snake river, between that town and
Burley, just east of the railroad
That Nampa is to have a Touring
mill. is now assured. Nampa parties
and eastern capitalists have completed
all arrangements and work on the
industry will be started within the
next 80 days.
Myrtle Dudley, the sixteen-year-old
girl who attempted to commit suicide
at HALEY about two weeks Ago., has
been sent to the Industrial school,
where she will stay until she becomes
years of age.
A crusade against gambling in La
tab county Is being vigorously prose
cuted. Sheriff Keane and deputy
rounded up a whole net full Of law
breakers at Troy, and they declare
hat other towns will be raided soon.
The sheep men are aroused to &C
.ivity by the recent decision Of the
court of the United States up
the two-mile limit law. They
declare that If the law Is strictly en-.
orced 1t will drive them out Of bust
less in this state.
The dead body of Charles D. HUI
ION, aged 40, a farmer, living six
niles east of Soda Springs, on Bear
liver, was found hanging by a rope
rom a rafter in his barn. He had evi.
lently committed suicide while in a
temporary fit Of insanity.
The HALEY Commercial club at a
pecial meeting called to consider the
Inheritance tax bill now pending be.
ore the legislature, adopted a strong
esolution in opposition to the meas
ire, which will be forwarded to the
members from Blaine county.
A Kuckku, a rancher living near ,
,mmett, shot and killed his wife, who r
1as blind, and then killed himself, =
heir bodies being found by their two 1
hildren when they returned home q
school. Kuckku had been men. @
ally unbalanced for some time.
The opticians of the state held their -
ocular meeting in Boise last week
nd elected the following officers: 1
resident, R. D. Humbrid, Boise; sec. Z
etary, J.. A. jenkins, Boise; treasurer,
T. Laughlin, Boise. The next meet
lg will be held in Boise, June 18th.
Iowa people have raised the capital '
eeded to construct a great reservoir .
q Cedar creek, and SO, 900 more acres .
re soon to be added to the irrigated /,
Of Cassia county. This tract is Il
est Of Salmon river and will be a
lown as the Cedar Creek project. L