Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-05-27
IDAHO STATE NEWS

The Tdwaho building at the Seattio
exposition will be finished in time ior
the opening June /.
At the request OF Governor Brady
the management OF the Seattle expo
sition will change Idaho day to Sep
tember 49,
The people OF Nampa will, on July /,
vote on the proposition OF bonding
the city for $4,000 for the erection OF
a new city hall
A heavy snow storm prevailed over
the Judith basin on May II, and as
the lambing season is still on it has
caused some losses.
A spark from the chimney caused
the partial destruction of the resi-
dence OF Leonard Logan in Boise, the
damage being estimated at $1,000.
At Moscow, four men and a women
have been fined and given prison SEN
fences varying from sixty days TO
seven months for selling liquor to In
dams
Fully 800 were present at the open
ing session of the thirteenth annual
convention of the Idaho State Sunday
School association, held in Caldwell
last week.
The First Methodist church of
Boise, which has the largest church
edifice in the city, finished in 1905 at
cost of 5000, is now practically
out of debt
from a buggy as the result of
runaway near Ustick, Miss Mamie Nc
Clure being painfully injured about
the head and chest
Ray Williams, charged with the muir
der of Joseph Pellisier near Glenns
Ferry, couple of months ago, was
acquitted of the charge in the dis
trict court at Silver CITY
The president has nominated John
G. Blair of Choteau as collector of Gus
toms for the district of Idaho and
Montana to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of Charles Webster.
The jury in the case of Ed Winn on
trial at Silver City, charged with the
murder of Faustino Arbotoe some
months ago, returned a verdict of not
guilty and VIM was discharged. He
pleaded self-defense
Jerome now has in the neighbor-
hood of $50 residences and over
seventy business houses. While
population recently 1t is conserva-
lively estimated at 1900
Within radius of one mile and a
half of Kimberly there are at least
1000 acres of trees planted, practical
ly all winter apples There have been
several commercial orchards planted
ranging from 10 to so acres
A campaign to secure concessions in
the matter of freight rates, similar
to those in vogue at Spokane, as a
result of the decision of the interstate
commerce commission, has been in
augurated by the Boise Commercial
CLUB
A five-day campaign for funds with
which to pay the debt on the new Y
M. G. A. building at Payette, closed on
May II, and a total of $12,162 was
raised. The citizens of Payette have
donated a total of $25,7 for the new
building
Last year practically ali of the wool
grown in Idaho was disposed of at
public SALE but this year the market
has been strong and purchasers from
the east have brought up all the wool
possible before any sales could be
arranged
1t is said that Marble creek settlers
are fast making claims for the re-
linquishment of valuable timber lands
by the state in the St Maries country.
although the active work of the spec
ial commission will hot commence
before July Is.
Mrs. Minnie Fairchild of Emmett
will be the hostess to preside for Ida
no socially at the Seattle exposition
during the first half of the exposition.
while Mrs. ]. A. Blomquist of Boise
will act in that capacity for the other
half of the fair
After celebrating twenty four hours.
the jury in the Neal forgery case
failed to agree and was discharged by
Judge Wood. The vote stood five for
conviction and seven for acquittal
Neal is the former cashier of the de-
funct Capital State bank
The team from the battleship Idaho
won the one-mile relay race for the
championship of the "around-the-
world" fleet of the United States navy
from the teams representing the bat
tleships Connecticut. Ohio and Rhode
Island. Score one more for Idaho.
The state board of health has ap-
pointed James II. Wallace, of Fremont
county, pure food commissioner Wal
lis was clerk of the last house and
has held legislative positions for sew
eral years. He is a newspaper man.
being editor of the Rexburg Standard
The United States supreme court
has affirmed the decision of the SUI
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