The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-11-26
IDAHO STATE NEWS
BY n. 3. FROST
IDAHO

A military company Is 10 be or
ganized at Twin Fails.
There will be over $4,000 fruit trees
set out this TALL near Occur d'Alene.
The Boise $4,000 club" has been
organized, The object OF the club Is
10 advance the growth OF Boise.
Lewiston. which has nineteen
saloons, decided al the recent election
against a prohibition ordinance.
At Goodlng close 10 100 new build.
ings have been built or are under
way within the past three months.
Samples OF oats are on exhibition
at McCammon. grown on the dry land.
six feet in height that threshed rs
bushels 10 the acre.
The Boise valley electric road be-
ing built from Nampa to Boise is pro
crossing rapidly, Ties and rails are
being laid as fast as possible.
Apple growers OF Caldwell have
been invited TO send an exhibit 10 the
national apple show. which will be
held at Spokane December to IL.
Members OF the Southern idaho
NTGHh AHrOtAAAtOu WIZ khR1NF " 1Rs"N
on Monday and Tuesday, most In
teresting program being carried out.
There were but four banks in Lin.
coin county year ago. Now there are
eight. and another one Is TO begin
business In Shoshoue within few
days.
The beet crop In the vicinity OF
McCammon this year averaged from
Is TO IS tons to the acre. These are
shipped ia the sugar beet factory at
Blackfoot.
The receipts OF the state fair held
ai Boise recently Just about equaled
the expenses of the fair association
The Indictment weather was respon
Gibie for a small attendance.
II Is said that the YIELD Of alfsnfa
seed in the Hagerman valley chs
season has varied from 500 10 1000
pounds to the acre. The seed sells
ior 10 cents pound MP to 20 cents.
The Ada County Good Roads asao.
citation has decided To ask the Tenth
legislature Of Idaho 10 pass good
roads law. one that may be effectively
operative In all counties OF the state,
Standpoint viii make an effort 20
have street railway and present de
velopment indicates thai this plan will
soon be carried out. A franchise has
been applied for from the city conn'
ell.
Five ferries are now In operation
Tor crossing the Snake river AT dit
refent points on the King Hili tract
and another will be put in al once,
opposite Tislska siding on the Short
Line.
Dry farming is proving very sue.
cekaful IN the vicinity OF Council and
over 10000 acres have already been
fown in fall grain About 50 car
loads of dry farm wheat we're shipped
this year
The investigation as 10 the origin OF
the are which caused the death OF a
young miner named Curtin. In the
western hotel 1T Wallace. tends to
show that the blaze was the result OF
an incendiary plot.
The regents OF the University OF
Idaho have authorized the expenditure
OF g. GOO for new scientific and edu-
cailonai hooks. making the library
one OF the strongest. upto date II
braricg In the west
Al a meeting OF the Idaho Wool
Growers association, held IN boise
last week, the forest reserve policy
81 the government was more severely
condemned than Il ever had been BY
the association In the past
IL is reported on good authority,
Gays the Weiser Signal that early IN
the spring the Oregon Short Line will
make weiser a division point remoY
ing the repair shops and round house
from Huntington. Ore, 60 this city
The news comes from Salt Lake
thar party OF surveyors has left thai
ely for Bliss. their purpose being e
prosecute survey for railroad iron
that point In Idaho 20 Wells, Nevada
Surveys will probably be run from
Twin Falls as we'll as Bliss
=. William buckley reports that h.
has finished enspecting over zS.oo'
fruit trees near Standpoint, Idaho
which are ready for planting ~
states that the majority OF the tree
we're from eastern nurseries becaut'
the local ones cannot meet the Dc
mAnd
President 81 the American Mininl
congress. ] a. Richards OF Boise, ha
Juss issued call requesting all com
mercial organizations and municipal
ties 20 appoint delegates 10 the an
nnal meeting Of said congress-, 10 b
Reid Ia Pittsburg Pa. December :,
4 and 5, 1908.
No more liquor licenses viii b
granted 10 saloon keepers Of SANE
point. A movement vas started q
have the saloons cut out OF the ~
rirlcted district and this gave rise Z
the proposal that all OF ihe liQuo
houses be closed ~ soon as their
renses expire.
large fund Nill be raised by sh
citizens Of North Idaho foy ihe pal
pose Of dragging the rivers nea
Lewiston - that heavy boats can ru
from lewiston 20 Celilio The me
IN charge 81 this fund report tina
there all BE- 40 troable in Faisin
sufficient funds