Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-06-10
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Inc tOWn OF SnOSnOne mas Deen
bonded for $4,000 to build modern
high school building.
Half million dollars is to be ex-
pended Immediately in Nampa for
civic improvements.
Since January l. 1909, ten new
banks have been opened for business
in the state of Idaho.
Swain forgery, was set for retrial July
Z by Judge Wood, in the Ava county
district court last week.
The case of the state VS.. H. E. Neal.
former cashier of the Capital State
bank. of Boise, involving the alleged
The Farmers State bank OF Hager-
man has filed articles of Incorporation,
the capital stock being placed at $780,
600.
Samuel H. Young. of Twin Falls,
died suddenly of heart disease while in
Denver attending the Presbyterian
general assembly
Parties are securing the Wood
river valley offering " to 2 cents
for barley. to 3 cents for wheat
and the same for oats.
The county commissioners of Bing-
ham county have made an appropria-
ton OF $500 to be used In advertising
the resources Of the county.
Spanish-American war veterans have
decided to organize a camp In Boise.
1t is stated there are about fifty Of
the veterans in the capital city
The Sunday school convention OF
the Idaho conference of the Metho-
dist Episcopal church will be held in
Boise June Is to 20, inclusive
All the trainers in Wood river and
Silver Fork valleys have their
grain in, and are now breaking up
new land for fall and spring wheat
crops
Representatives of the Commercial
club OF Emmett have secured sub
scriptions amounting to over $4,000, to
be used for the purpose of advertising
the locality.
The proposal to issue, Ada county
bonds In the sum of $3.50, 900 for the
erection of a new court house and Jail
failed to receive the necessary two
thirds vote.
A half interest in the Boise team of
the Intermountain Baseball league has
been purchased by a prominent bust
ness man Of that city and it is an
nounced that the team win be mate
rally strengthened
Gus Gulickson, prospector in the
Occur d'Alene district, became crazed
by isolation from the world for TWEEN
ty years and killed himself last week
in Wallace by blowing the top of his
head of with rife
In July, 1000 acres of the finest land
on Nez Perez prairie is to be thrown
open for settlement. The land is
worth from $40 to $50 an acre, and
owing to its high value an unprece-
dented rush is expected.
At the convention of the State
Christian Endeavor society, held in
Boise, the saloon question was dis
cussed in all it's phases, and the de-
cision reached that the saloon will
soon be thing of the past in Idaho.
The Chicago. Milwaukee & Puget
| Sound railroad has filed in the office OF
| the recorder of Shoshone county a
mortgage for s2O0,000.0 900, covering all
| the company's property on the extern
sion, the largest mortgage ever filed
| in the county.
Ralph Mickle, aged 6, was attacked
by vicious bulldog at Wallace, and
so badly injured that the child's life is
hanging in the balance. Neighbors
| hurried to the rescue, but could not
reach the child before he was fear
fully bitten.
Bert Gannett, aged 26. son of q
rancher on Silver Creek, committed
| CIV oh Inn NO
| spondency over a love affair is the
cause given. Gannett having become
infatuated with a woman, and they
had recently quarreled.
A contract has been entered into b,
the state land board and the Big Los
River Irrigation company for the rec
lamation of 100000 acres of land IL
Bingham. Fremont and Blaine coun
| ties. the water to be delivered to The
land not later than April l, 1910.
John R. Hall, lineman for the Bel
Telephone company, was run down b,
an automobile in Boise one day las
week and seriously injured. Hall hai
just alighted from street car, and di
not see the rapidly approaching ma
chine The chauffeur is under arrest
Idaho prunes sent by an admirer t
Senator Borah, and distributed among
prominent Washingtonians, includin
President Taft, Speaker Cannon an
Senator Dolliver, have made grea
impression upon these statesmen, VIII
declare Idaho's fruit is the best in tn
world
James Berry, miner of Wallac'
saved the life of Eddie Berg, five
year-old boy, one day last week, whe
the little fellow fell into Canyon creel
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