The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1907-07-04
IDAHO STATE NEWS

at Boise early next fall.
The telephone girls Of HALEY went
or strike on tho 18th, asking for .
raise Of $40 per month each.
A brick kiln Is about ready to be
burned AZ the new town Of Alberta,
and a lumber yard Is being installed.
The Commercial club Of Caldwell
has just closed deal securing the To-
cation Of . large foundry and machine
shop.
Nanny Mills an old timer IN Haley,
where his family stlll reside, was &C
cidentnlly shot ard instantly Killed. at
VeIlon, Nevada.
One thousand Gannock. Shoshone,
Snake and lcmhi Indians engaged in
their annual war dance ton miles from
Pocatello last week
Two men found guilty al Lewiston
Of befouling a stream by lumpinS
sawdust from their mills into the wa.
terway. wcro fined 500 and costs.
Herman Ioyelsce The twclvc-year-
old son Of MI and Mrs. G. 3. Lovelaco
Of Boise. was drowned IN the Snake
river, near Nyssa while boatrdlng.
The cold storage and ice plant N
the l.. Nc. Freight Transfer company
At Nampa, has hcpn destroyed by fire.
Loss on building and contents. $4,000.
At recent meeting OF the fair d.
rectors the premium list Of Canyon
couptys fair was approved The list
will he larger than eyer h"fprc by
81 0OO.
Eight letter carriers In Boise two
in Moscow. Two IN pucatcllo. three in
lewiston and one In Wslla' will have
their salaries Increased July from
$3.50 to 5000 a year
The letter carrier force at Wallace
will be reduced from two 10 one on
July /, % account al tho postmastsrs
inability 70 secure substitute 10 MI
vacancy caused NY the resignation
! Of q carrier.
Two hundred patrons OF the Dell
| Telephone service AZ PocstellO have
signed orders for the removal uf their
telephones because the company has
failed 70 secure a settlement with the
striking telephone girls
The Butterfeld Livestock company
last week shipped from Weiser $4,000
head Of sheep 70 Tennessee Pass.
Colo, where they will be turned on
the range unit! fall when they viii be
/ shipped TO eastern markets.
Telephone operators IA Wallace
have all gone on strike for more
gay. The present rate is 10 cents per
hour and the girls want 20 cents rhe
strike involves six girls, comprising
the complete operating staff.
An Idaho Falls company has plans
for clearing 5000 acres TO prepare 1t
| for wheat raising, without irrigation,
Some who have experimental with
growing wheat on dry land are said
to have raised 35 bushels per acre.
Several sections Of land which were
withdrawn Temporarily for forestry
purposes adjoining tho saVtooth and
Weiser national forests will be sub
Jet to settlement September so 1907
and be subject to entry October 80.
/ 1907.
Miss Loa Waters ~ Watson ore.
gnn, was thrown 10 the ground as she
was stepping from street car IN
| Boise. falling on the back OF her neck,
luiuring her spine II is feared her
MIND may he affected az a result Of the
! accident
At the encampmcnt Of the G A. X.
/ aud " r. c., AZ Hathdrum, reaolu-
I tons we're adopted extending thanks
10 the last Legislature for laws bone.
ncial to property rights Of soldiers aud
| ssilors. Boise was c-ogen AS the next
meeting place,
Ashton, the new town Is miles
northeast Of ST, Anthony, is prosper
ing. II has an attractive t0wnsite,
with a number Of business h0usos, In
Guiding q good hotel that cost $4,000,
the Ashton state bank, and a number
" comfortable homes.
George Gcods, the Cottonwood at.
tcrnsy, has been declared insane,
Ills case was peculiar one, AZ he
vas adiudgcd insaue about one year
lgo, end was sent to the asylum lie
vas released after a few weeks and
as been ~ large ever since.
The disappearance from Stanley
Rssin of M Benner, has given rise To
the suspicion that he has been muir
dered and that his brother.in law, A
Nh MeaCham who was found dead
from q shotgun wound a year ago
rad slso met wits foul play.
statement as 10 the shipment Of
finished and raw products from Idaho
Falls for 1900, shnws that 1910 cars
ot products wero sent out, as follows:
IA cars OF sugar. 30 ears Of livestock
247 ears Of potatoes, $40 care Of wheat
8s9 cars Of other grain, hay and -four
80 cars Of wool, 1872 cars Of miscel
laneous products,
Jesse Mcmillan. a workman on a
new building IN Weiser, had a mar
row escape from death when be lost
mis- footing and fell down the elevator
shaft a distance Of twenty-six feet II
his descent Mcmillan struck a 2Yi
brace in the shaft and tore II loose
Ile was but slightly injured.
George S. Hawkins. OF the geological
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