Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-01-14
IDAHO STATE NE VS.

The farmers and dasrymen of
Washington county are preparing to
hold a farmers institute in Weiser
on January % and %.
The Imperial -four mill at Caldwell
has been destroyed by fire, supposed
to have originated from hot box on
the second floor, the loss being placed
at $4,000.
Work is progressing rapidly on the
rev home for the Weiser CONNER
cial club. The whole second story OF
the commodious Porter building will
he used by the club.
The explosion OF material used to
take fiashlight pictures at the inau-
gural ball in Boise came near caus-
ing panic, but order was soon re-
stored by the cooler heads.
The Idaho Stage company, which
has been for a long time operating
between Boise and Pearl and other
towns In that section, has substi-
tuted automobiles for the old stage
coaches.
A building wave is being exper-
ienced in and around Nampa in the
way of new houses and residences.
Fifteen or twenty residences are I'M
der construction in Nampa and the i'm
mediate vicinity
Twin Falls county was the first
one this year to send in state taxes.
The aggregate amount forwarded to
the state treasurer by the new coun-
ty was $23, 937.73, and it paid it's state
IN, f,,l f<- I,
Some of the farmers and dairymen
OF Washington county have taken
advantage Of a proposition made by
a Spokane creamery, and are now
shipping between 500 and 600 pounds
of cream each week to Spokane.
There will be a larger acreage plant
ed to fruit trees in the vicinity of
Caldwell the coming spring than ever
before in the history of that section
of the state, the success of fruit rails
ing in the past being the incentive.
The legislative committee of the
Idaho Good Roads association has
submitted its report, favoring a gem
eral law for the construction and con-
troll of public highways, which shall
however, be optional with the various
counties.
The annual university winter course
for farmers will be held this year at
the University of Idaho from Febru-
airy to February II. The course will
embrace a series of lectures and is
intended to be of practical benefit to
the farmer
Representative French, by moving
to indefaitely postpone, has killed a
bill presented by himself in congress
last session, granting to the Washing
ton Water Power company easements
on certain lands on the Occur dAlene
Indian reservation.
Mayor Haines has issued a procla-
nation urging the people of Boise to
make arrangements to fittingly OBJ
serve the one hundredth anniversary
of the birth of Abraham Lincoln,
February -, and steps have already
been taken to that end.
The county officials have been
making a crusade upon "bootleggers
and gamblers in Lincoln county re-
Gently. Two cases of gambling are
reported from Jerome and FIVE for
fbootlegging" from Gooding. Good
ing has no saloons.
John Ross of Weiser fiat has in
vented and secured a patent for kill
ing coyotes and other marauding ami
mails. The invention will fill a much
wanted need in-the way of getting rid
of animals that are dangerous to the
stockmen of the west.
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Nez Perez county into three counties
A Lewiston dispatch announces that
the activity of few of Lewiston's
citizens in the division plan is attrib
uted to saloon men who fear the pas
sage of local option bill.
The fourth annual meeting of the
| Farmers institute of the Ada County
Agricultural Horticultural and Dairy
association is being held tbs week in
Meridian. beginning on the 18th and
| closing on the 18TH some of the bes1
posted men in the state being in at
/ tendance.
The treasury department has &C
cepted the proposition of Mrs. A. l.
Cook to sell property at the southeas
corner OF Arthur and Lewis street, Pc
catello, for site for the federal build
ing. Congress, last session, authorized
an appropriation of $4,000 for site anC
buildings.
Eight indictments were returned by
the Ada county grand jury against II
e. Neal, former cashier of the defunc
Capital State bank of Boise. Forger
les aggregating $4,000 are charged
Neal, 1t is alleged, forged and redis
counted notes, keeping the originals
| as assets.
The inaugural ball. given compli
mentary to Governor Brady and othe
state officials, under the auspices o
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