The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-02-15
IDAHO STATE NEWS

Every town of any Importance on
the Twin Falls and Minidoka tracts
has a bank.
High water at Mountain Home last
week forced several families to move
from their homes.
There is 49, 500, 900 invested in four
sugar factories in the state which pro.
duced $911,430 last year. They paid
$264,917 in wages.
There are thirty breweries and bot.
tleries in the state of Idaho, worth
1856, 800, and which produced $510,184
worth of goods last year.
The Rigby creamery is shipping an
average of $500 pounds of butter per
week. Some of its patrons received
as high as sos last month.
Charles Clarkson, of Sweet, was
killed at the Elkhorn mine at Baker
City, falling into the gearing of the
pump and being so badly injured that
death resulted.
The 46 -four mills of the state, which
are valued at 1874, 500, produced ST.
1876 worth of various products last
year, or three dollars worth for every
dollar of capital invested.
Because they had not been paid for
two weeks twenty painters, plasterers
and carpenters working on the agri-
cultural buildings at the university at
Moscow quit work last week.
There are two ice factories in the
state. They have $4,000 invested in
the business. Last year they sold only
$500 worth of ice, according to their
figures, while their ice cost them more
than $4,000 to produce.
The one big manufacturing industry
Of the state is the making of lumber.
There are 260 sawmills, worth ST..
154, 400, employing 4643 men. Their
product for 1906 amounted to $7,243,-
1876, and they paid in wages $2,516,2 6S.
The bridge over Squaw creek, near
Sweet, was carried away last week.
The bridge was being repaired, and
the ice in the creek loosened by the
recent rains, damned against the sup
ports and carried away the central
span.
There are 27 brick yards, worth
1926, 100 in the state of Idaho. They
produced brick and tile worth $751;
615 last year. Thirty-six electric
power and gas companies have SO, 709,-
800 invested, and their products sold
for $457, SEC.
George V. Leighton of Payette has
sold his big ranch and bands of sheep
to e. Van Sicklin and Charles Bolton,
of Weiser for $4,000. The property
consists of a 1320-acre ranch, a lease
on 800 acres of school land, and II $500 |
head of sheep.
At a meeting of the Boise city coun-
Gil strong resolutions were passed
condemning the Boise City charter
bill, now before the legislature. It Is
believed the bill cannot pass in its
present form and will no doubt be
amended.
Daniel DAILY, alias David Daniels, a
notorious h%orsethief who recently COM
a six-year term in the Idaho
state penitentiary, was arrested in
Salt Lake last week for stealing three
horses near Pocatello, and taken back
to Pocatello for trial.
There are 1853 teachers in the
schools of the state. The men draw
average annually salary Of $1406.14,
and the women ~$1143.16. The esti-
mated value of the school property is
81 1893, 866.45. There are 1881 chill.
lren Of school age in the state.
William Graham, who shot James
Campbell fatally, at Cases ranch, near
Carey, a few weeks ago., was dis
after a preliminary hearing |
before the probate court. The char
acter of the evidence was such that
/ conviction was deemed impossible.
Not since 1898, when much damage
'esulted in Boise from high water,
las the city experienced such condi.
ions from floods as were brought
lbout by the heavy rains of last week,
which melted the heavy fall Of snow
md turned streets into veritable
Work on the big north side irriga-
project on the Twin Falls tract
to be begun the first week in March,
ccording to the latest reports. 1t is
tated that $2,5 900 will be expend.
d on the project and that it will be
pent at the rate of about 100000 per
lonth.
A company has been organized at
iaho Falls, known as The Taylor
Otato Growing company" with a cap
al Of $4,000. The company will un.
ertake the growing of potatoes on a
Irge scale, having already purchased
nd leased land for the purpose near