The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-08-30
IDAHO STATE NEWS


and Ada.
The peach crop about Emmett is
very good. Peaches are more abund
ant even than last year, and the quality
is superior
j. P. Peterson, miner, was killed
in mine at Wardner. He was riding
on an ore train when projecting
chute struck him and he was thrown
underneath the wheels.
The twelve mouders employed at
the Occur d'Alene iron works in Wal
lace have quit, declaring the wages
paid were too low and other condi.
lions being unsatisfactory.
Andrew Haglund one of the Post
Falls valley ranchers, has in about
nalf acre of tomatoes. He has sold
800 boxes at SIPS box and has har-
vested about half of the crop.
The st. Anthony National Guards
men were excused from attending the
encampment at Mesa Siding, owing to
the demand for men in the harvest field
in the vicinity of st. Anthony.
John Stone, of Meadows, while out
hunting, shot off the little finger of
his right hand He found bear with
two cubs, which frightened his horse
and accidentally discharged his gun.
Actual threshing returns being pro-
cured in various sections of the Lew
iston county grain belt now leave
not the slightest doubt that the grain
tonnage will surpass all past records.
The sugar factory is making prep
arations for the fall run at Nampa.
Beets are pouring in rapidly, the large
sheds being already nearly full. The
Idaho Northern Is bringing in beets
daily.
Five grading camps have been es-
tablished on the line of the San Fran
cisco, Idaho & Montana Railway COM
pany between Caldwell and Homedale
and forces of graders are at work all
along the line.
The Oregon-Idaho Methodist confer
ence, in session at Boise, selected
Weiser as the place to hold the next
annual meeting. The meeting at Boise
was the most successful in the history
of the conference.
The sheepmen say that the feed in
the Sawtooth National reserve this
year is better than they ever saw 1t.
1t is like well kept lawn, and the
sheep are so fat in consequence that
they can hardly walk
A test made short time ago at the
sugar factory at Nampa on beets grown
by the company showed a percentage
of Is. This is high test, and the
company is satisfied that this years
crop will be good one.
J. w. Coucher, the jeweler of
Sites, fears that his son, H. II.
Goucher, has met with foul play. He
wrote his father from Wallace that he
was coming home on July A. and has
not since been heard from.
The ordinance providing speed
limit of ten miles an hour for auto.
mobiles was passed by the city council
of Boise, providing a penalty for viola
tions-a fine of from $40 to 5000, or
Imprisonment from five to sixty days,
or both.
While prospecting on one of the
mountains near Standpoint, three mill
wrights from the Humbird mill were
attacked by big black bear The
men escaped by running, and are now
planning a party to get the hide OF
Mr.. Bruin.
Francis M Goodwin, chief of field
division for the division comprising
Idaho and Utah, department of the In
terror. has tsndered his resignation.
Mr.. Goodwin has been serving the
government in this capacity for more
than seven years.
Senator Borah has decided to have
his argument in the Haywood case
published in pamphlet form, intending
to send copies to his friends and
others who desire to study the case
in all it's bearings. This pamphlet will
make a book of 140 pages.
While eating his monday lunch at
his home, near Troy, Charles Tyre
was stung on the tongue by yellow
jacket. His tongue began to swell at
once and by the time he reached town
it had filled his mouth till 1t was i'm
possible for him to speak
The big oil machine began boring
at Payette last week, and with no
bad luck they expect to drill a ten
inch hole from so to 100 feet per day.
and in thirty days expect to know
definitely whether oil exists in great
quantities in that field or not.
w. II. Burlington. section foreman
for the Oregon Short Line between
Nampa and Meridian, committed sui |
eide at Nampa by shooting himself in |
the right temple with .32-calibre re.
volver, which he took during the night |
from the trunk of his roommate.
The farmers in the vicinity of lilo !
are harvesting bumper crops. 1t Is |
estimated the wheat will average |
from 40 to so bushels to the acre and |
barley will run from 60 to rs bushels. |
There are few fields of barley where |
the estimate is placed as high as 30 |
bushels.
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