Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-12-24
IN THE GEM STATE

destroyed Dy HTe. ne oii6ih vi lhe
fire was a defective fue. Loss about
$500; no insurance.
Only three states in the Union show
an increase in population during the
past ten years of 100 per cent and
Idaho is one of the three, Washington
and Oklahoma being the other two
The first Carey act lands in the
state to be irrigated by means OF
pumps under control of private capital
are now ready for sale. The lands are
situated on the south side Twin Falls
project.
II the plans of the Snake River lr,
rigation company go through the huge
current motor built by that company
near Payette will be in operation with.
in the next ten days, says the Boise
Statesman.
SQUAD raising is to be among ldaho's
new industries. A company has been
formed at Boise which will combine
SQUAD raising with poultry and fruit
farming. But the squad industry will
be predominant
Referring to the disastrous forest
fires of last summer in Idaho and Mon
tana, Secretary Wilson has asked the
house for deficiency appropriation OF
$4,000 to supplement the regular
fund for fighting forest fires.
The city waterworks department
has been successful beyond the most
sanguine expectations in securing wa.
ter for the city of Caldwell by sinking
wells. Three wells have been sunk
all Of which have proved successful.
School gardens should be cultivat
be taught In connection with them, II
idaho Is to keep pace with the times,
according to State Superintendent OF
Public Instruction S. Belle Chamber
lain.
The Ada County Bar association
after an exhaustive discussion OF the
subject in which almost every mem
Der expressed his individual opinion
on all of its complexities, divided
hopelessly on proposed divorce legis'
lation.
On January / the following Idaho
fourth-class postoffices will be adj
vanced to presidential grade and the
salaries of postmasters fixed as indi-
Gated: Oakley, $1,000; Albion, Ashton
and Council, s1.10O; Filler and Orc
Hno. $1,000,
The hydrophobia situation in Lewis
ton is becoming critical and DR.. H,
Amor, deputy state veterinarian, and
Chief of Police Masters have issued
strict orders for the muzzling or con-
Aiming of all dogs until the quarantine
Is raised.
Spencer Byington met death by cleo.
'trocution in the sub-station at Hager-
man. Byington was at work in the
station and had occasion to use a
>crowbar, and while using it come into
contact with high tension wire carry
ing $4,000 volts.
The legislative committee appoint
ed by the State association of County
Commissioners, representing every
county in Idaho, has recommended the
enactment of laws looking to the bet
terment of the procedure aud conduct
of county governments.
Although Rexburgs handsome Cen
trial school building was destroyed by
fire on Monday, not one pupil Of the
$50 in the building was injured The
blaze started in the roof and was we'll
under way when first SEEN The loss
is estimated at $4,000.
Idaho sportsmen have started a
movement looking toward a radical re-
vision of the game and fish laws at the
next session of the legislature and are
demanding an amendment in particu-
lar which will hereafter compel wo-
men to pay for licenses.
William Kahn of Pingree was instant
ty killed in a fall from his wagon at
Blackfoot He had driven over from
Pingree with a hayrack to move some
w iiCliiI anu 90 iAS "oN
leaving the city his horses took fright
and overturned the wagon.
The senate has passed Senator Bo
rah's bill permitting entry upon lands
under irrigation projects which have
been relnquished by the original loca
tors, without regard to the provision
in the act of the last session prohibit
ing entries until after irrigation
charges are fixed.
J. Fred Gasser, aged 20, son of G
II. Gasser, who lives two miles north
east of Bull, committed suicide BY
hanging, at the home of his sister, Mrs
H. T. Miller, in Bull. Despondenc!
over failing eyesight was the cause.
A movement is on foot among thu
Commercial clubs of Idaho to petition
the governor and legislature for an an
nual appropriation of $4,000 to b.
uesd by the immigration bureau in ad
vertising the resources of the state.
The Idaho Hotel Clerks association
was fittingly launched at two meeting
held in Boise. The meetings were wei
attended by clerks from outside points
and it was decided that the new assc