The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-07-02
BY n. z. FROST
IDAHO STATE NEWS

Over 1000 carloads OF sheep wer
shipped from HALEY during the pas
year.
Burley now boasts OF one OF tn,
best ore-mile race tracks In southern
Idaho
A ci0udburst In the Dry creek val
ley caused quite little damage q
fences and fumes.
The citizens Of Burley are maxim,
extensive preparations for a grand
celebration on July 4.
Fully fourfifths of the original
Twin Falls tract OF 100000 acres !,
under cultivation this year.
II. w. Walden Of Occur dAiene was
drowned on Saturday in the Missouri
river III Mobridge, west OF Omaha,
Nebraska.
The board Of trustees Of the village
OF HALEY have let the contracts for the
building of about 10 blocks OF cement
sidewalk.
The city council Of Nampa has
passed an ordinance regulating the
speed limit OF automobiles at eight
miles an hour.
Nine different religious denomina.
tions ara represented ut Weiser, hold.
Ing regular meetings and have strong
organizations.
They are still 4 few pieces Of gov.
eminent land near Cambridge, and
reasonably good claims can be found
from Ave 70 seven miles out.
Reports from all over Ada county
relative 10 the sugar beet crop are
very encouraging. and the prospects
are that II win bc larger and better
than ever
Forty thousand acres win not cover
the amount OF land tributary 10 Cam.
bridge that In now being successfully
dry farmed. All this has been accom-
piished In the last four or Ave years
Mrs. walter White OF Meadows suf-
fercd q painful accident last week.
spilling boiling water over her feet.
She Is under the Doctors care and
will recover from the shock.
The HALEY Commercial club has Ies
the contract for tho building OF 5000
feet OF the new Muidoon road. Il ia
proposed 10 extend the road through
to the Muidoon district the present
season.
Frank Doherty. one OF the proprie-
tors OF butcher shop at Nampa. com.
mittcd suicide by cutting hts throat
He had been drinking for some time
and Was intoxicated when he ended
his life.
The state land board has granted
the idaho Irrigation company On en-.
tension OF thirty days 10 the time In
which work Ii To be actually resumed
on the Biz Wood river project. or
from July to September ..
Aldovsr Justin. colored prisoner In
the state penitontiary. who escaped
while working with q gang OF prison
ess On ditch at the pentitentiary
May 10 last. was given hearing last
week and bound over for trial In tho
diatrict court.
Tho explosion OF lamp In the Eiec.
trio theatre 1T Nampa caused =
stampede. during which one young wo-
man WAS painfully burned. two others
tainted and number Of other persons
were jostied about In way that was
FAR from pleasant.
Claude Pence. George Cole and RIOS.
coe Hughes were arrested NJ Weiscr
for assaulting Chinaman II appears |
that tho men were under the influence |
" liquor and having got into quarrel |
with the celestial proceeded to give |
him . severe heatius.
Il II estimated that there are abou,
loo. 900 sheep In Washington county.
Hogs are ALSO coming into more popu- /
lar favor. nearly every raneher hsv-
lng few. while others are making q
speciality OF this branch OF stock rails.
Ing and and Il very profitable.
Judge Charles y. koclsch. the pres.
ent prosecuting attorney Of Ada coun.
". has announced himself candidate
for attornsy.xene to succeed Gu.
heen. koelsch was twice probate
Judge and IL At present holding HIS
scccnd term ~ county attorney.
Andrew Niclson. Who cwns 3 fine
ranch near Emmett. has demonstrated
that the climate Of southern Idaho 10
suited 10 the growth Of almonds.
has several large almond
trees ON his ranch. all Of which have
borne every year the last ave years.
The Idaho bankers. In session III
Iewiston. elected the following OF
nesrs for the ensuing rear: President.
Frank y. johnson Of wallace. vice.
president. Byrd Hamiiton Of Occur
dAiene. secretary. /. A. Coafe of
Boise: treasurer. v. X. Hayes OF Em
nett The next meeting win be held
at seattle.
Ths Blaine County Fair association
has been organised al HALEY and
tract Of land. on which = good race
rack has already been constructed.
has been leased fcr q term OF ave
PEARS, The plot win BE- enclosed and
put In shape for a fair 10 be held this
Ian.
The members Of the iFighilae
grange. ssys . Nampa correspondent.
have started fuad 10 build grange
hall. ana II Is learned that the pros
pvcts ars very good for the realization
u their deklFe. II "a said that this viii
be the firss Dnildtng Of its kind tn the
stats 81 Idaho.
Potatoes arg largely grovn In Wash
lnEson county and are one 0f the
prosatzbss products Of The valley. run.
alng ~ hlEh a. Tee bushels TO the