The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-05-17
IDAHO STATE NE VS.

SIate AUDITOR bragaW reports tnat
there are now 3,7oO live stock brands
filed in his Office.
A special feature of the summer
school to be held at Moscow will be
course of lectures on poultry.
A. B. Patterson is dead at Boise as
the result of drinking wood alcohol,
1t is believed with suicidal intent.
Over 1000 knights of the grip are ex.
pected to attend the convention OF
United Commercial travellers in Boise.
At Caldwell on Saturday LOO acres
T. Of state land was sold at public auc.
ton. The prices ranged from $40 to
$50 per acre.
The union telephone girls employed
by the Independent telephone COM
pany, of Boise. have gone on strike
for higher wages.
A much larger number of tele-
phone and telegraph companies will
pay taxes in Idaho this year than
they have ever done before.
William Collins has been bound over
to the district court at Mountain
Home, charged with stealing horse
from James Watkins of Glenns Ferry.
Trustees of the German-Lutheran
church have applied to Boise archi-
tects for plans for new church edi.
fee to be constructed at cost of
10000.
Rapid progress is now being made.
on the main ditch of the Great West
ern Sugar Beet company which is to
supply the Sunnyside section with
water for irrigation.
The Twin Falls Townsite company
has rendered the west block of the
park in Twin Falls City for court
house and other public buildings to
the new county of Twin Falls.
The oldest store building in Caldwell
is to be torn down and new structure
of stone and brick to be erected on
the site which will be 50x100 feet
and modern in style and finish.
The sheepmen who desire to Craze
their focks upon the national domain
during the coming season will be
Obliged to sign an agreement to dip
their sheep not later than July /.
1t is believed the Boise Interurban
railway will be in operation by June
4. Poles are now in place to within
five miles of Caldwell, and there re.
mains only about seven miles of track
Ito be laid.
In the Bitter Root National forest,
the supervisor has been authorized to
cooperate with ranchmen and set
tiers to construct a telephone line
from Koohis to the forks Of the Clear
water river, distance of rs miles
The company having charge of the
construction of the Big Lost River IT.
rigation project expects to open up
for settlement about $4,000 acres OF
land this season, If the work goes on
as expected to get water on the land.
Various reports as to attempts tc
reach and kill Harry Orchard are in
circulation, the last being tale from
Lewiston of plot alleged to have
been formed months ago to shoot Or
chard from the hills back of the
prison.
The management of the Boise &
Interurban electric railway company
announces that it Is the intention OF
the company to extend it's line from
Star to Payette, to be branch from
the main line between Boise ant
Caldwell.
The Sunday Rest" law provides
penalties for horse racing, IS to $10C
fine; for, selling intoxicating liquors
or for running theatre, playhouse
dance house, race track, bowling al
ley, variety hall or pool room, fine
of $50 to $3.50
Gus Oman, a recent arrival from
Silver City, Idaho, committed suicide
in Vancouver, B. c., by taking car
bolic acid. He was evidently dement,
ed. He left behind him notes calling
on his brothers to punish his enemies
in Silver City.
Senator Hepburn Is said to be well
on the road to recovery but is still
confined to his bed. His physicians have
now been able to successfully dag
nose his case. 1t appears to have
been complication If diseases of the
digestive organs.
AS precautionary measure, street
speaking or preaching will be stopped
in Boise during the trials of William
d. Haywood and the other leaders OF
the Western Federation of Miners for
the alleged murder of former Cover
nor Steunenberg.