Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-02-04
IDAHO STATE NE VS.

can revolution Is TO be organized In
Boise
A halfacre tract of land near EN-
nett was sold last week for $3.50, or
at the rate of $500 an acre
The Boise Commercial club, at It's
regular annual meeting held last week.
railroad commission.
The Idaho Falls sugar factory was
the first to be located in the state. 1t
is a 1.200-ton plant. and cost upwards
of million dollars.
The Boise Commercial club has
named a committee of ten to investi-
gate all railroad propositions for
Boise and to report to the club within
thirty days.
Ray Bradshaw, a Weiser boy, had
his right fore finger shot off while
hunting near town. He had set his
gun down in a ditch and in some man
ner 1t was discharged.
Swan Berg, on sagebrush land near
Blackfoot, last year, the first season
under cultivation, raised 85 bushels of
oats to the acre that weighed out 48
pounds to the bushel.
charge of manslaughter has been
filed against Theodore M. Flick, the
soldier who engaged in a prize fight
with Private Wilson at the Boise bar
racks, the fight resulting in Wilson's
death.
Howard Foster, nine-year-old
Boise boy, has lost the sight of his
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a suction air gun, he having pulled
the trigger while looking dowx the
gun barrel.
The work OF the reclamation SER
vice under the Boise-Payette project,
which has been in operation for the
past three years, has resulted in get
ting water ready for approximately
$4,000 acres of land.
The dairymen of Caldwell have per-
fected an organization, the objects of
which is to secure a condensory or
cooperative cheese factory, and
general betterment of the dairying in.
dustry in that section of the state.
Lincoln day. February IL, will be
observed by the schools of Washing
ton county. An interesting program
has been arranged by the county AMI
ton of the Tooth birthday of the great
emincipator.
Weiser has an invincible girls bas-
ketball team, all members of the
Weiser high school, who have defeat
ed teams all over the state, having
never lost but one game, and that was
played outside, under rules regulating
boys games.
Yields of go bushels OF wheat, 90
bushels of oats and rs bushels of bar
ley to the acre are quite common in
the vicinity of Idaho Falls. Barley is
becoming a favorite grain crop. The
yield is large, and 1t is fine feed for
fattening stock.
Rural routes have been ordered es-
tablished April i, at Culdesac, Nez
Perez county, route No. / serving rs
families; Ilo, Nez Perez county, route
No. l, serving 1876 families; Kimberly,
Twin Falls county, route No. 1, serv-
ing 154 families.
According to a statement made by
State Game Warden Stevens, with the
two new fish .hatcheries in operation
Idaho has the facilities for handling
from 100000 to 100000 trout eggs
and planting the small fry In the
streams and lakes annually.
Elijah Harris, son of William Har-
ris of Albion, was instantly killed by
= fall of 100 feet from the trail lead
ing from the mouth of the tunnel at
the Salmon dam to the camp which
is traversed daily by any number of
men, says Twin Falls dispatch.
1t is announced that the Gilmore &
Pittsburg Railroad company has be-
gun advertising for bids for the con-
struction of the proposed line from
Armstead, Mont, on the Oregon Short
Line, to Salmon. The line will tap
rich agricultural and mining district
of Idaho.
The Idaho Direct Legislation league
has been organized in Boise. The
movement is strictly nonpartisan and
any person who is an advocate of the
initiative and referendum is eligible
to membership Il the organization. A
large number already have become
members.
A Washington dispatch says: No
tice has been received here from Gov
ernor Brady announcing that he and
his staff will attend the Taft Inaugural
ton. On account of the great dis
lance and lack of specific appropria-
tion for the purpose, the Idaho troops
will not attend.
At meeting of the stockholders of
the Canyon County Fair association,
held last week. an invitation was ex-
tended TO the grange to cooperate
with the association in improving and
building up the fair. and it was de
cided to raise the admission price to
the fair to so cents,
Within the next sixty days a bank
will be started in King Hill with a