The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-07-26
IDAHO STATE NEWS


jured in runaway accident at her
fathers ranch, near Boise. atfSi @@F
A.oO. White, fof Vermont has been
appointed engineer at the ! Occur ID
Alene Indian school,, Idaho.g sass s.s /.
There will be approximately, 3.O00,-
600 acres Of ,irrigable Hand in the
Snake river valley when it is al, .rea
claimed s4g4 sssa,y Il ,s5
Lead and silver prospects, within 4 l
miles of Burnley are good enough to
justify thorough exploring and adevel,
opments. .as II
The Boise summer normal school
opened with All enrolment OF so,
nearly every student enrolling for the
entire six weeks course ~" &.'*%9ae'
The town of Parma is taking steps
to establish a standpipe on the high
ground north Of the business center TO
secure better fire protection. 14 $it4ats
Congressman Burton H.. French
makes the prediction that between 1900
and 1910 Idahos population will have
Increased, more than 100 per, cent.
Mrs. FL. Lewis, Of Ketchum, stepped
on a loose board which flew up and
struck her In the eye, rusty nail
making bad wound. She may lose
the sight.
The o. s. l.. company Is to move
the stockyards and warehouses from
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track at Parma, and start park on
the north side. >aa t&S.
Fong Hing, who tried to kill several
of his countrymen at the Chinese Tenn
pie at Boise, has been adjudged in.
sane and ordered committed to the
Blackfoot asylum. f-
Mike Joyce, miner, who was steal
ing a ride on sand car, on which he
was asleep, fell off near Pocatello and
both legs were cut below the knee,
requiring amputation.
The body of an unknown man was
found by stage driver on the Salmon
river at the mouth of Wet Gulch. The
body was badly decomposed, and there
was no means of Identification. \
Albion school authorities have de-
cideu to unite thesschool system of the
town withgthe Model School Of the
State Normal for the purpose of in
creasing training school facilities,
The crops of sugar beets, melons
and fruit in the vicinity of Fruitland,
in the Payette valley, are already suf-
ficiently advanced to warrant the pre-
diction that the shipments, this . fall
will be very heavy. VI
Within 60. days construction work
will. be started On the New Pittsburs
& Gilmore railway, a line projected
from Armstead, Idaho, on the Oregon
Short Line, to Gilmore and Salmon
City, distance of 100 miles.
Six carloads of horses were shipped
from Parma to Los Angeles last week,
the buyer paying from SIS to 5000 a
head for the horses. Idaho for the
past two years has been one Of the
favolite fields for horse buyers.
The taxpayers of Caldwell have be-
fore them proposition to issue bridge
bonds In the amount Of $4,000, bear
ing per cent the proceeds to be
used to build two steel bridges over
Indian creek, within the city limits.
r. Il. Warner, a. teamster, Is the
hero of a fire that recently burned
the home of Peter Larson, at Pocatel-
10. Warner ran into the burning
house and rescued two little children.
He was terribly but not fatally burned.
"A. Lake, of Boise, narrowly es-
capped death near Kemmerer, Wyo.,s
when an engine on which he was rid
ing turned over r. B. Donough was
caught underneath the engine -and
killed, while Lake escaped with few
slight injuries.
The body Of David Sutton. who
owned valuable mining property in the
Thunder Mountain district, was found
ON the trail between Warren and
Roosevelt, he having been shot in the
head 1t is believed he was murdered
for his money. IL
There are good coal indications 20
miles southwest from Oakley. A fair
quality of Ignite has been uncovered,
which improves with depth, though
the, development is but slight. This
Ignite has been used as fuel by peo-
pie in that section.
Report comes from Ontario, Ore, to
the effect that the Oregon Oil and Gas
company is preparing to carry on de.
yelopment of its holdings on large
scale and is contemplating piping oil
to Boise. Should this be done, Bosses
fuel question will be practically
solved.
The Vassor home, eight miles from
Occur d'Alene, was destroyed by fire
on the night OF the 18th, and Sam Vas.
sor, Jr., and Hiram Stephens were
consumed in the flames. The others
in the house escaped, but were unable
TO rescue the two boys.
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