The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-03-29
idaho STATE NEWS

nuSuoe IeooC, VI DolSe, is uGdu a.
the result of falling from the roof Of
Ia building.
Albert T. Church, of Boise, stands
twelfth on list of mdshipmen gradual.
ing from Annapolis naval academy this
year.
The Commercial club of Boise is ar,
ranging to send an Idaho exhibit to
the National Irrigation congress to be
held in Sacramento.
State Treasurer Hastings has adj
vertised for sale state bonds to the
amount of 1919, 900, authorized by the
Ninth session of the legislature.
The Western Idaho Sugar company
is making arrangements for the con-
struction of a large reservoir at Nam.
pa to cover about so acres of ground.
The president has appointed Frank
S. Dietrich, of Pocatello, as United
States district Judge for the district
of Idaho, vice James II. Beatty, re-
signed.
The citizens of Nampa at a bond
election held last week voted bonds
to the amount of $4,000, the money
to be used in improvements to the
school buildings.
The census Office has announced its
estimate of the population of Idaho in
1906 to be 205,704 The last regular
census in 1900 gave the states popula.
ition at 161,772
There Is considerable talk of put. |
ting an Independent ticket in the field
at Nampa in opposition to both citi.
zens and taxpayers, but nothing as
yet has materialized.
Annie Carney, about forty years Of
age, was found dead in her room in
Boise. The coroner found that she
had died from an over-indulgence of
alcoholic stimulants.
The merchants of Caldwell have de.
lcided to organize an association for
the purpose of getting together and
collecting unpaid claims. This ia
by the large accumulation
of bad debts.
A brutal murder at Rockford Land
ing has been just discovered Mrs
Louis Bazell Is thought to have been
killed by three Indians while in q
drunken revel and her body thrown
into the lake. -.
The Golden Sunbeam mine, at Gus.
ter, Idaho, during the last summer
run produced $4,000 from an ORC
body which from present develop
ments is conservatively estimated tC
be worth many millions.
Patrick Sheridan, one of the early
settlers of Boise basin, is dead al ,
at the age of 70, blood
poisoning causing his death He had
spent lifetime in mining, being one
of the first prospectors in the basin. ,
1t is the expectation of Adjutant /
General Vickers of the Idaho National I
guard that the Idaho troops will this h
summer be armed with the new T
Springfield rife, the regular service {
weapon of the United States regular D
troops. v
George Caldwell met a terrible h
Heath in the Lincoln mine at Pearl, p
ind Charles Larsen suffered a broken
eg and had miraculous escape from
leath at the same time. Caldwell
ell a distance of 300 feet and landed
IN Larsen. r;
The two alleged safe blowers, Burke e
nd Murphy, were held in bonds of Il
/ 900 each to the district court at p
Ioscow after preliminary hearing. O.
hey are in Jail there charged with ST
lowing several safes at Kendrck n,
asst week. r,
Charles Kleed, an employee of the OF
tab Fireproofing company on the -, -.
JNSl AlICuL udll III Tic DOloe IlNSl, |
Boise, was drowned last week. A
ot bridge was washed away while
3 and three others were crossing.
he others escaped. Ill
There is a project on foot to buy .
, few choice pieces of land near -,
aldwell, subdivide them into 10.acre
acts, and offer them to the newcom-
s who believe more in careful
lltivation of few acres than in i'll !e
nding a large farm. ri
Placer miners are pleased with the ev
aspect of an early opening Of the He
ming season, but the unusual high ar
tier at this time is not to their Xix.
9, as they say it will, if continued,
n off all the water before they get
ich more than fairly started. fici
Frank Roberts, of Grangeville, who Pa
s. assaulted and left for dead by Tut
mimic Robbins, an insane man who the
,aped from the Orofino asylum, has Ma
good chance to recover. Roberts g.
S struck in the back of the head Wv
n an axe and also stabbed several pre-