The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-05-30
THE IDAHO RECORDER
BY H. 3. FROST
IDAHO STATE NEWS
IDAHO

aueit NuiintSHSeH VI iudHo rhilH
has been appointed meat tagger In
the bureau of animal industry.
J. s. Nelson and James Johnson
have been appointed forest guards In
Caribou forest reserve, in Idaho and
Wyoming.
The committee appointed to can.
vass Boise for funds for Fourth OF
July celebration raised 81 900 the first
day they went out.
Avery G. Moore has been selected
to deliver the principal address at
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 outing
To the Hot Springs. the baby fell into
the hot water and was severely
scalded.
The Boise Commercial club IL soon
TO inauguratc movement to secure
freight rates for this city similar to
those recently granted the city OF
Spokane.
The elevator al the new Federal
building In Boise IL TO DO In operation
by August Z and viii cost s5,765. the
contract having been let To New
York company.
Since the United States land ONCE
opened at Boise Ia 1868. 10000 home
stead entries have been made
through L. There have been 2.717
desert entries made during that time.
An anti-cigarette crusade Is on In
Boise. The chief OF police has an
ncanced that the anti-cigarette ordi.
nance prohibiting minors from using
the weed In that form will be rigidly
enforced.
place and August 81 the time for
holding the annual session OF the
South Idaho Methodist conference.
One hundred and nifty delegates will
be present
Governor Gooding has appointed az
members OF the state board OF OPTIC
metry. created by the last legisIa
ture. n. d. Hubbard OF Boise. J. M.
Clark OF Moscow. II. Leroy Harrison
Of Pocatelio
Az result OF tho breaking OF the
main dam Of the Canyon Canal com.
pany. located about fifteen miles from
Emmett. about 1000 acres Of alfalfs
which had Just been sown viii prob
ably be total loss.
There have been two arrests 10
Boise under the anticiaarette ordI
nance. and the chief OF police do.
ciares that the practice Of smokipA
cigarettes among the boys under his
years must be stopped.
Tho defense In the north Idaho
land fraud and conspiracy cases has
nled with Judge Dietrich melton
to disuualify United states Marshal
II. Round and his deputies and asking
for the appointment OF an eiisor.
The town OF Eastport Ia very much
perrlexed 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
were about IS and 40 years Of are,
and both are believed TO have been
insane.
A party OF reclamation engineers
are surveying In the vicinity OF the
Minidoka dam on tho south side OF
tho river with view of bringing q
considerable additional area OF land
in that vicinity under the PUMPING
system.
Work on the Spokane n Inland
road between Palousc and Moscow ID
progressing rapidly. Extra crcws
have been placed at work at the
three camps. and the sub-contractors
hope To have the grading completed
by July l.
There In n movement on foot In
Boise looking to tho selling Of the old
city hall and erecting on the site y
building 10 cost t2So.0oo. There "a
talk OF the county Joining with thu
city and both city ami county oifioials
use the building,
The Canyon Canal company's dam
near Emmett. which waa washed out
last week. was constructed In the win
ter of iso4-oS at cost closely approx
imatsng 10000. About ffty families
will sustain serious losses AZ q result
OF the washout
w. A. Corey. rancher. who for |
merly lived near Boise. but who re
Gently moved to Missouri. was shot |
darias quarrel over farm. the |
charge from shotgun striking him |
In TIC face. bis condition being re |
Earsied as dangerous.
"A previously arranged To test the |
ne~ Sunday rest" law. W. y. Dolan
one Of Bosss's merchsnss, who kept !
his store open Sunday and consented |
10 b the test victim. was arrested OF
complaint OF County Attorne, |