The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-01-17
VEUJ SUMMARY.

to establish collecting agency wit
headquarters at the First Nations
Bank building at Rexburg. Mr.. L. c
Ryland will be in charge and will pro
coed to collect all bills, big, little an
> bad.
" Burley, Idaho, has effected an OF
ganization for installing pumping
system. This same system seems t,
have been hanging fire for some time
but will now be pushed forewart
rapidly.
A clever knight of the gentle
touch" has been putting in some goot
work in Boise, Idaho, by soliciting
articles of clothing from different
homes, claiming he would auction
them, off and return with the money
less ten per cent for his services. OF
course it was not convenient for him
to return with the money.
All exchanges published in the
mountainous or higher attitudes of
the state tell of recent heavy snow
storms, which is a source of much
satisfaction to stock raisers and
ranch owners, because of the pro-
mise of plenty of water for next sea-
son that is thereby assured.
Because of overcrowding in
theatre at Barnsley, England, Jan.
IL, a panic occurred in which 16 lives
were lost; nearly all of whom were
children. Four were members of the
same family.
The trial of Harry K. Thaw who
shot Stanford White is again before
the public. Thaw is branded by the
prosecuting attorney, as deliberate
premeditated, cowardly murderer.
A Shoshone Indian by the name
of Grover Gibson, whose frozen body
was found by the railroad track a
short distance north of Pocatello a
few days since, was taken to the
agency at Ross Fork for burial. It
Is supposed he left Pocatello in a
drunken condition, fell from his wa
gon to which he was unable to re-
turn and met his death.
A sleet and hail storm in Chicago
was the cause of all Geographic COM
munications being paralyzed Jan. 10.
Two hundred poles in the vicinity of
Grand Crossing were broken down.
Fire alarms and police telephone SER
vice are practically out of service.
The Y. M. G. A. of Pocatello has
rapid growth during
the last year, according to the re-
ports of Secretary PARCELS and Ire
asurer Siders, which was submitted
20 the annual members meeting at
he association rooms recently.
There will be meet at Salt Lake
January 16, II, IS, of the forest l
supervisors of district No. 4 which S
Includes the forests of southern Ida I
%, part of Wyoming and Nevada and /
)tah. They will talk over national
crest policies and the work of SUPER O
isors. h
The illinois Commercial Mems AS e
ociation which now numbers 44,126 81
TENDERS have adopted novel meth Il
d whereby they may increase their e
membership until they shall realize b.
lelr present expectations of becom- 81
lg the largest organization of it's tt
ma IN the country. They will Of 81
II cash payment of 25 cents for je
yery new member. ca
Justice Harlan of the Supreme
ourt of the United States said at tv
cent annual dinner at the NAVY hf
eague: 1--WE will see within the Y
'xt ten years an army of 5000, 900 nj
en- in China, drilled and instructed NJ
Japanese, and when that time
mes, 1t will GUST the whites from b .
at country. TT,
But little Roadway has been made ~
the efforts to reach the entombed w
ners at Ely, Nevada. Three men
We been imprisoned in the Alpha 81,
aft since December 3rd. They
We been reached with fresh water =.
d food sufficient to last them for 49,
me time, but the ground is settl- 80
rapidly and great fears are be- @.
entertained that the entire shaft 49,.
IL cave in.
Former U. s. District ATTORNEY -.
IN Hall of Portland, Oregon, is on ~,
al for illegally fencing government
IDS.
A very successful farmers insti- .'o
e closed session Jan. 13, and an ~
er like meet is in full blast at p->
mpa as we go to press. na
After three years continuous work II IL
Pennsylvania railroad has COM gu
ted the tunnel under Manhattan. VI
final blast was fired at 5 D. m.