Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-12
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The total assessed valuation Of
Ada county for the current year is
81, 1889, 334 as shown by the abstract
of the county auditor.
The automobile owners of Fremont
county have recently formed an asso-
citation. There are about thirty auto
mobiles in the county.
One notary public located at
Occur d'Alene during the registration
rush is reported to have made s2,SO4
in fees in twenty days.
Mrs. Alexander Kessler, one Of the
first settlers Of Council valley, died
at her home half mile north OF the
town of Council, August 6, aged "a.
The two children of Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Doughty Of Council, one an
infant, the other years old, per-
ished in a fire that destroyed their
home.
The date for the opening of Carey
act lands under the Goose creek or
Twin Falls-Oakley project has been
changed from September to Sep
TENDER 20.
A very unusual marriage in Boise
was performed last week when Lee
See, a Chinese maiden, became the
bride of Wong Gonw. also a native OF
the fiowery kingdom.
Lewiston sent 300 people to Seattle
TO celebrate Lewiston day, the trip
marking the opening of the short
route from Lewiston to Puget Sound,
inaugurating a 13-hour service.
The new railway siding between
Dietrich and Shoshone has been Of
dcially designated by the Oregon
Short Line as Brady siding, in honor
of the chief executive of the state
Bingham and Fremont counties will
have bumper crops this year This is
especially true Of the dry farm lands
in some sections which have recently
received an unusual amount of rain
fall.
The total number of state banks is
now 1877, the latest being the State
bank of Aberdeen. with a capital OF
$4,000. Nebraska, American Falls
and Aberdeen capitalists being inter
ested.
The people Of Idaho Falls are con
sidering a Potato day" as fall Gel
ebration which will appeal to all peo-
pie and one that is indicative of the
resources of that particular section
OF Idaho
A. w. Hartman. the 17-year-old son
Of K. H. Hartman. the railroad king,
fu g.. a
novel manner, being engaged with a
surveying crew in Idaho. carrying
chain for surveying party.
The body of Lemuel @. Shilling,
pioneer of southern Idaho, was found
In the bottom Of a we'll on his ranch
near Rupert. with a heavy iron wheel
tied to his feet and several gashes
cut in his throat The circumstances
indicate suicide.
An effort is being made TO deport
Fong Fong Chung, proprietor of
restaurant in Boise. Chung, who has
been a resident of Boise for many
years, is charged with having left the
country and returned without secur
ing admission at the port of entry.
The destruction of the old Lemp
brewery by fire marked the passing
Of one of the Oldest landmarks OF
Boise It was built in 1864 by John
Lemp, and being the first brewery in
the city it was considered to be one
of the Oldest business institutions OF
its kind in the state.
An application has been filed at the
Blackfoot land Office for the segregar
ton of $4,000 acres of land to be re-
claimed under the Carey act by II. d.
Mason, a New York attorney, repre-
senting the J. G. White company. The
proposed tract will eventually consist
of more than 100000 acres
1t is not often that a wedding takes
place in a bayfield,. but such was the
place chosen by Otto j. Meyer and
Martha A. Bah, who. armed with the
necessary license and credentials, APP
preached Judge Gudmunsen of Iona
busy in his bayfield, and requested
that the ceremony be performed
Breaking all records in the history
of the United States for registration
for government land openings. regis
tration for land on the three reserve
lions, Flathead, Mont, spokane,
Wash. and Occur d'Alene, Idaho.
closed at midnight, August 5, with a
grand total of 274,529 applications re-
ceived
Judge Fremont Wood has handed
down a decision in the Ada county
district court. holding that while the
law providing for a declaration OF
homestead should be literally con-
strued, this rule of construction did
not apply until the residence upon the
land claimed as a homestead was
clearly and actually established.
The Official returns from seventeen
Of the twenty-three counties to the
state board of equalization show an
increase in the total assessed valua
ton OF s233,437 over the equalized