The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-01-23
IDAHO STATE NEWS

each in the Nampa police court for
stealing coal from the yards Of the
Short Line.
Two strangers In Emmett success
fully passed four counterfeit 50 bills
on unsuspecting parties. and got out
OF town before the crooked deal was
discovered
A team OF horses valued at $500.
belonging to J. A. Yongkin of Rocky
Bar. were drowned while crossing
Boise river on an ice bridge. the leo
giving way.
was held in Weiser last week. and {,
was decided to put team In the field
next season to contest for baseball
honors IN Idaho.
The Boise postoffice did q business
during the year 1907 aggregatinR
about 81 900 900. large increase over
1906. This 10 the best showing the
once has ever made.
Roy su;clire has resigned his po
sition M assistant secretary Of state
and Miss Eta i.ansdon. sister OF
the secretary OF statc. has been ap
pointed to the position.
A measure has been introduced In
the weiser city council providing that
the saloons, billiard halls. and other
like places of business shall do away
with all sereens and painted windows.
The O. A. II. encampment. depart
ment OF Idaho. for 1908. viii be held
In Boise June ~. Is and &c. II Ia ex.
pected this meeting win be the great.
eat assemblage OF veterans ever held
In Idaho.
Governor Gooding has appointed o.
f. McCntcheon of idaho Falls a mem
Der OF the board of regents OF the
state university. TO succeed George G..
Parkinson OF Preston. who recently
resigned
The people OF Meadows have been
given every assurance that the Pa
cific 4 Idaho Northern extension
win be completed TO that place next
summer, regardless of the financial
stringency.
Governor Gooding has appointed
DIR. NJ. w. Howard OF Pocatello as n
delegate In the fourth annual council
OF medical education Of the American
Medical association to be held at Chi
cago April IL.
J. II. Bruce. postmaster at weiaer.
has resigned and the ONCE has been
placed IN charge OF hts assistant. II.
Il. asiSwsii Several applications for
the position have already been for.
warded 10 Washington.
state Treasurer G. A. Hastings last
week received s32.s5s.2t from the
federal government. or per cent OF
the total receipts from the sale OF
lands from the public domain In
Idaho up TO June 80. 1907.
Judge Walters has granted the
injunction sought by r. ]. Holohan
and others. restraining the Twin Falls
Land 4 Water Co. from transferring
the dam and canal system to the set.
tiers for operating purposes.
In the courts of Idaho last year.
1866 easea we're docketed. the fees
amounting 10 y5.23s, Ncx Perez eoun.
~ was the greatest field for litiga.
ton. 2bs cases being docketed. while
Bear Lake was the smallest. with 8
cases.
On recommendation OF Senator
Borah tho prcaident has nominated
William Baiderston as register OF the
Boise land once 10 succeed Addison
r. Smith. who resigned TO resume hts
position az private secretary TO sena-
tor Hepburn.
There were 742 homestead entries.
covering 92.6ss acres of land. made
at the Boise land once during 1907.
Other entries were; Coal. i53: tim.
Der. iT3: desert. 26s: desert finai
proofs. 7i2; mineral proofs. IS: rail-
road selection. a..
on wsii No. ?. AT Payette. Ii down
now almos; 400 feet In the blue shale
formation. Well No. /. though tight.
~ capped. continues 10 seathe aud
xrosn In mos, uncanny way. as the
heavy gas pressure seeks an outlet
through the casing.
Al the meeting OF the county Mt.
ferneys held Ia Lewiston last week.
Boise waa selected a. the next meet
ing place and the following officers
selected. Charles y. koeisch OF
Boise. president. O NJ Van Duyn of
Caldwell. secretary.
Work on the Canyon canal Is pro.
guessing very satisfactorily The
dam. whea completed. viii be about
shree timea rs widc aa originally. aud
there seems 90 be no question but
that there viii be plenty Of water for
the next irfigating season,
A Nampa real estate maa has nled
a complaint agains, local saioon
MAN. declaring thai the defendant
had sold liquor 10 the real estate
dealer after he bad been notified not
20 do "a, TIE onense Is punishable
by hne of from 500 Go $500. or a
jAil sentence and the revocation OF
the license of the man convicted
During the week she Boise Clearing
House association ~iil meet and do
away win the clearing house certin
Gates. ssi thereafter the members
will settle With earh other on . cash
basis tas eashiets' cagrks have al
rsdy been practically doae away
wiih.
A. present Welser has three hose
companies and one hook aud ladder