The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-07-01

Residents of the south side OF
town are asking for more street
crossings over the Short Line
tracks. There are no crossings
leading from the two main streets
OF the town, which means a drive
of several blocks out of the way.
j. L. Waggoner, Harry Tolleth,
j. M. Jackson, Joe DAILY, and
0. B. Hendershot spent four days
this week on the north fork of Pay
ette river, near Horseshoe Bend.
and had good time hunting and
fishing.
Harry, the little son of Ed
Rhodes, was injured by an explod-
ing firecracker hitting him in the
eye. The doctor says that with
good luch there will be nothing
serious come of it, although it was
at first feared the boy would lose
the sight of the eye.
j. W. Harrell and family re-
turned Saturday from their Mis-
souri, visit. They came back sooner
than expected, as they say that the
heat in that section is unbearable
to one who is accustomed to the
soft, cooling breezes of the west
ern country.
Who has seen Constable Deck?
He has gone away somewhere Wis
iting, and the precinct is without
police protection. As Justice
Frazier has authority to call on
Marshal Downey in case of serious
trouble, our country neighbors
need not fear for their safety.
A baseball club from Meridian
will go to Cambridge Sunday to
play two games with the ball-tos-
sers there, one Sunday afternoon
and the other on the Fourth of
July. Those from Meridian will
be Messers Waite, chatham, Hern,
Wilson, HURT, Long, 8. Green,
Percifeld, Frazier, and Elwell.
The Nampa brewery and the
dealers of Nampa have orders from
the Canyon county authorities to
sell no more NEAR beer" in the
county. AS the result Of the re-
cent legislation against the tafic,
eight employees were dropped
from the force at the Nampa brew
cry Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Parkin
have returned from County Line
postohce, Elmore county, where
they have been since the early
spring. They expect to leave Me-
ridian in short time for a several
months stay in England, a trip
they have planned forseveral years.
They will engage an early passage
on a boat from New York City.
S. G. Wilson has sold his phar-
macy to I. S. Rice, of Pocatello,
and the new owner has taken pos
session. Mr.. Rice is making a
good impression on our people
and appears to be first-class bus
mess man. Mrs. Rice accompan-
les her husband and they will
make their future home in Mer-
idian.
s. D. Condit, of Logan, Utah,
and A. J. Layland, of Border; Wy
oming, elders of the Reorganized
Church of Latter Day Saints. ar
rived in Meridian Monday with
their tent and commenced a series
of gospel meetings. They claim
their society to be free from the
Objectionable isms of the Mormon
church, and one sermon this week
was devoted to a presentation of
the difference in the church beliefs.
1t looks as though the repairs on
the Ridenbaugh ditch near the
head gate, for which a large
amount of money was spent by
the Nampa-Meridian district, are
of a substantialnature. Last year
at this time, there was all kinds of
trouble, and a break just before
the Fourth of July put the farmers
| in poor mood for celebrating. This
year the water is coming down
regular, and there is no complaint.
! Al the NJ. {. Church Next Sunday.
Morning subject, Make to
yourselves friends of the mammon