The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-04-25
BY II. e. FROST
IDAHO STATE NE VS.

Mountain Home is planning Tor nj
immense fair to be held In September
Canyon county can now boast OF tbs
finest court house In the state o.
Idaho.
Idaho Falls odd Fellows Twill la,
the cornerstone of new building on
the 26th inst.
Four hundred Neg Perez Indians In
temperance union.
An epidemic of diphtheria Is feared
at Cambridge number of cases be.
ing under quarantine.
J. c. Johnson. OF Pocatelio. while
manipulating horse shooting ma,
chine, had his hand badly fractured.
Emil Erickson was drowned near
Boise while working on a log boom.
Erickson fell between two logs and
was unable TO free himself.
ID. G. Downing. OF Boise. was ia.
tally injured by cavern in a trench
which he was digging In Spokane, be-
Ing hurt about the back and lower
limbs
Under law passed by the recent
Legislature Idaho can now levy a tax
for the purpose Of exterminatine
crickets. grasshoppers, rodents and
rabbits
The biggeA land sale In the history
OF the state Is to be held In Fremont
county May 8. when $500 acres Of
good state land will be offered at pub
lie auction
The acreage OF sugar beets at
Nampa and Payette. tributary to the
Western Idaho Sugar companys fac.
tory at Nampa, will this year be more
than double that OF last season.
Lee Garrett. on trial at Rathdrum,
was found guilty OF murder In the
second degree. Garrett killed r. j.
coombs IN the Spokane Bar saloon in
Occur d'Alene City last November
II the weather In as favorable the
next two months and half as Il has
been the last two months and half
the largest crops ever grown In the
Payette valley viii be produced this
year,
In his report for the fiscal year
Manager Cutler. of the Idaho Sugar
afa hus 81 "a A.
sacked 46.332,50o pounds OF sugar and
paid for ls2.4i9 tons of beets last
year.
William Christensen, cook, and
James Collins, bartender. were
drowned In Coeur d'Aiene lake while
boat riding. the boat capsizing while
the two men were endeavoring to
change places
In midnight fire, which practical.
ly destroyed the village jail at Rath-
drum, Emanuel Lee. a rancher from
Sucker Lake. prisoner In the build
ing. was burned To death before the
fire was discovered
w. NJ. Reese for years secretary OF
the committee ON public lands In the
house OF representatives In congress.
has been assigned as special agent In
charge of the Lewiston land district
and has assumed charge,
The initial steps In what will prob.
ably result In the amalgamation OF
the Idaho and Utah Sugar companies
were taken nj the recent meetings OF
the stockholders OF the Idaho and
Western Idaho Sugar companies.
r. A. Montevllle. while chasing a
broncho. had painful accident. The
horse he was riding stepped In post
hole and. as II fell. Mr. MontevilIe
was thrown to the ground with such
violence that his collar bone was
crushed
Miss Prudie Scott, whose mother
Mrs. Sylvester Scott, died AT Green
Greek. and both whom were import
ant Witnesses Ia the murder case
againi O. u. Howard and Ed Wiley
is dead at Grangeville. after short
Illness with lung trouble,
Milton Blair. the eigh,-year-old son
OF Albert t. Blair living near Firth
was kicked by horse. the accident
resulting in his death the following
day The little fellow caught hold OF |
the animals tail while playing. think
ing the horse was perfectly safe
Everett Cooper. who for some tim.
past has been Ia the employ of his
brother, w. l.. Cooper. In hurley. il
lying dangerously III In the hospital al
Pocateiio from blood poisoning. the re-
suh ot needle having became EN-,
bedded in the flesh OF his left leg
d. James Glenn. formerly delivery.
man for the Charles Shafer Packing |
company. committed suicide AT the |
Juiistta hotel In Lewiston lie had
been arrested. charged with embezxle. |
msnt of funds while in service OF the
packing company. aud hung himself.
Miss Howell. who is employed at |
the telephone office in Rexburg as |
hisht operator, received a severe cleo |
ule shock, which burned her hand SO