The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-03-19
IDAHO STATE NEWS

The state Insurance commissioner
IMPORTS that be collected y7.246 during
sAe month OF February.
The senate has passed the Hepburn
btu. authorizing the erection OF an
sss.coo public building at Lewiston.
Ada county delinquent taxes for
1907 amount to s2s.s55.2s. approx.
mately $4,000 greater than for 1906.
Senator Hepburn last week intro
dueed his bill providing for schools
and civic Improvement on govern
men, reclamation projects.
A table issued BY the surveyor gen.
eral shows that idaho has "a. sec, 7t6 90
acres OF surveyed lands and 2s,ss5..
Sss.o5 acres OF unsurveyed land.
TIE First bank of ustick. a state
institution. WAS commissioned last
week. The capital stock Is $4,000.
and y. A. Freeiand will be the cashier
At recent meeting of the county
commissioners. action Was taken to
build bridge across Snake river nj
Basait. and one between Tiiden and
Pocatello.
A heavy timber fell upon the little
daughter Of NJ. A. Coombs. living near
Notus. the little one escaping from
what seemed almost certain death
with broken leg.
Two masked robbers made an at.
tempt 10 hold up clerks In j. W. Fen.
derson's store at spalding, but were
driven away. one of the clerks opening
IRE ON the robbers.
A movement which Il In expected
win result in determined effort 10
give Ada county better roads was
started at a meeting for that purpose
held In Boise last week.
Al Middleton q little girl named
Chenowith accidentally struck her
little brother In the eye with a hot
poker. and II 10 feared the lad win
lose the sight of the eye.
w. II, Atkinson. pioneer of the
Wood river country. In dead. He had
served one term as assessor aud was
also employed mt the Idaho state pen.
itentiary under Warden John HALEY.
Many settlers are arriving to make
their homes ON the Carey lands
west OF Biackfooi and on Powell Flats
Of lower Lost river The settlers are /,
coming from eastern and middle
states.
w. Van Irons OF Hagerman. Lincoln |
county. has been appointed delegate |
b. the tenth annual meeting OF the |
League OF American sporrsmen. 10 be |
held at I.awton. Okla. October - and |
~, ttos
Senator Borah was called 10 the |
presidents chair and presided over |
the senate during the financial debate
81 the afternoon session on March T.
This Is quite an honor TO DO bestowed
upon new senator.
Nez Perez people have decided TO
build q railroad from that city TO a
with the Northern Pa.
rinc. The distance 70 be covered 10
about ave miles. The mill men OF
hat section win aid In financing It.
a Lewiston dispatch says that
svery saloon on the reservation has
scen closed, and that the saloon keep
re expect TO obey the Law IL shown
~ tho dismantled saloons and ship
nents OF stock from the reservation.
Two spaniards. whose names were
lot learned. were killed by an explo.
ion Of dynamite ON the Swinegar
itch. about fifteen miles from Jordan
ialley. The men were engaged on
he ditch when the explosion oc-
urred.
Lewiston capitalists are making ar
angemenis To erect cannery nc
with capacity OF $4,000
ans OF fruit every ten hours. and Il
. expected that the plant will be Ia
sperMsion In time 10 tsandle the cherry
'rop Of this year.
Jesse W. fiaer. who was postmaster
Il Gem. until recently. was arrested
asst week CA charge of embesxiing
I7.soo. He IL TO be prosecuted by hns
,ondsmen. A postofiice Inspector who
lot long ago examined hts books dis.
covered the shortage,
The state land board has decided
lpon a sale OF state lands TO be held
i tire court house at Twin rails. April
|. al 10 O'Clock. when 1000 acres un.
Ter the Twin Falls canal viii be OF.
cred. the apraisement ranging from
no 10 sSs per acre.
Claims sHld 10 be rich In potter's
lay have recently been located about
~o miles from Boise. twofoot
edge has been uncovered. which. IL II
sas located where a manufacture
'uuld be reached. would be worth
nanJ dollars TO the owners of the
iaifns.
j. W Robinson. who has for abou, ,
seventeen years allied very ereditably
he position OF chief clerk In the GOV ,
'rnmsnt assay once at Boise. has re- I
igned. TO accept a position with the
IDAHO Trust and Savings bank Of 6
boise He viii probably succeeded by !
:. y. Pike, 4
The city u Mountain Home 10 plan
ing 10 install a sewer aud water
yStsm. and the woFk OF construction
= soon 10 b. commenced. Water Is .
o be secured from deep wells. aud I
hose back Of The move say that an @
hnndAner Of water can De secured '
y that way. n
whiie drilling tor soft water near .
be American laundry In Boise, one /
az last week = prospectcr sho was I
catching the work OF drilling diseov. '
red gold. which was taken ou, a, 3