Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-11-26
IDAHO STATE NEWS


banks have increased $247,00o since
May 18th last.
d. ]. Wampler, who owns an or
chard near Emmett, last week ship
ped carload of apples to Chicago.
Emmett is enjoying a substantial
building boom, but the incoming set
tiers make the need OF more new
houses imperative.
A Pintsch gas plant, to supply the
entire Idaho and Montana divisions
of the Oregon Short Line, is to be es-
tablished in Pocateuo
About 800 carloads of potatoes will
he shipped from the Twin Falls dis
trict this year, the better part of
which will be sent to the east.
resolution favoring a state rail-
load commission was adopted at the
meeting of the League of Southern
Idaho Commercial clubs at Nampa.
Thre violators of the fish and game
law, convicted of using gill nets in
Pend dOreille lake, have been con-
I,victed, their fines aggregaing SAP.
The treasury of the Children's
Home Finding and Aid society was
enriched by the sum of $3,783.75, as
a result of the Tag Day festivities re-
Gently held in Boise.
| The school district of Emmett will
submit proposition to the voters to
issue bonds for the erection of new
school building in the near future. Ad-
ditonal room is very much needed.
Payette is to have poultry show
to open December 16 and continue
four days 1t will be an interesting
event in the hustling Canyon county
town and will be largely attended.
The land on which the town of Ash
ton is situated sold less than six years
ago for Sc an acre. Good farming land
five or six miles out can now be pur-
chased for from $40 to $50 an acre.
The town of Ashton is installing a
water works system. the supply COM
ing from deep well on the town site
/ 4 30,O0O-gallon capacity tank 60 feet
in height will supply the pressure.
On 9O-acre field of.sugar beets last
year one grower of Fremont county
cleared, after paying all expenses OF
cultivation and marketing, $44.70 per
acre; another man received $500 Tor
his crop of ten acres.
Hi Henry, minstrel King" who is
largely interested in the Pearl mining
district, has been appointed delegate
to the National Mining congress,
which meets in Pittsburg next month,
by Mayor Haines of Boise.
Oscar Bailey, the 5-year-old son OF
Mr.. and Mrs w. F. Bailey of Twin
Falls, was shot and fatally wounded
while playing with a 22calibre rife.
The bullet struck the boy in the
mouth, death resulting two hours
later.
Harvey Short, the 14year-old son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. H. M. Short OF Boise,
was severely injured while hunting
: near the Barber dam, five miles above
Boise, late Sunday. A. gun he was
using exploded and tore away part OF
one of his arms.
The Kootenai county seat was
moved from Rathdrum to Occur
d'Alene City on the 18th. No demon
stration attended the event. The rec
ords, money, furniture and officials are
now in the court house at the new
seat doing business.
Edward Sanderson, young rancher
residing four miles south of Market
) Lake committed suicide by shooting
: himself through the head with re-
r yolver Death was instantaneous. No
T cause is known for his rash act, as he
, had fine place and was prosperous.
Clyde Shaffer, a farmers son, was
convicted at Lewiston of murder in
the second degree for killing Joseph
Scott, his cousin, against whom he
had nursed a grudge for years. Scott
was shot on the public highway in
e front of the Shaffer residence on April
] 26 last.
The news comes from Weiser to the
. effect that large quantities of coal
I have been discovered on Crane creek,
9 rear that city. Paul Jones is the dis
3 coverer of the deposit, and he is pre-
!, pairing to work the property. 1t is
! believed that the coal is of high COM
e mercial value.
A dispatch from Lewiston says that
= John b. West and l. o. Smith, who
6 were indicted about two years ago in
e connection with the cases against Ket'
v tenbaugh, Dyer and Robnett for al
s legged conspiracy to defraud the gov
eminent in land matters, will demand
immediate trial.
n One of the greatest coal fields In
the intermountain states is located in
q tho Teton basin some TWENTY-FIVE
n miles from ST. Anthony Veins of a
+ fine quality ef bituminous coal are
q fere found from six to ten feet in
!. thickness. This is being used by the
!, farmers for fuel.
n The United Presbyterian synod OF
n the district, comprising the states OF