The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-06-10
IDAHO STATE NEWS

Coffman farm, two miles east of
Grangeyille.
Efforts are being made by Payette !
people to have the commissioners |
build bridge over the river at Err.
wins ranch.
Southern Idaho will have a bumper |
crop of fruit this year. From all quar-.
tiers come reports of the trees being
heavily laden with fruit.
An inspection of the Hagerman val
ley orchards reveals the fact that
many of the apple trees will have so
much fruit that the growers will have
to resort to thinning
New York fruit buyers have nego-
| tiated for the purchase of large
| part of the Emmett fruit crop. They
report that the Emmett prune is much
in demand in New York markets.
Bonner and Oneida counties voted
dry in the local option elections held
last week, the former by about 400
| majority; the vote in Oneida being
heavier, more interest being taken.
Hammett, is the name of a new
station on the Oregon Short Line. The
new station was named after C, H.
Hammett, who promoted the extern
sive Medberry and King Hill irriga.
ton projects.
Weiser is to have Fourth of July
celebration that will eclipse anything
ton. There will be a big parade, a
barbecue, fireworks, and many other
special features.
The Crane Creek irrigation project,
which win place under cultivation
$4,000 acres of land in the vicinity of
Weiser, In fact some of it adjoining
the city limits, will have land open
ing and sale June IA.
The Black canyon project survey is
to be lowered 40 feet, in order to OBJ
tain sufficient water to irrigate the
acreage contemplated. An engineer.
ing crew is now camped at Marsh and
is making the new survey.
Arrangements have been completed
by a syndicate of London, eastern and
western capitalists to expend $4,000,
600 in the purchase and development
of 5000 acres of orchard lands on the
. Couscil MESA in Payette valley.
Representative Hamer has secured
an amendment to the sundry civil
bill making Immediately available
$25, 900 to permit the prompt construc
ton of the syphon which forms the
: key to the irrigation system on the
Fort Hall reservation.
y Petitions are being circulated anC
g generously signed to change the name
S of Standpoint to Lake City. Somt
e time ago it was suggested that it b.
changed from Standpoint to Grand
n point, but the name of Lake Cit.
d seems to be more in favor.
e The towns appearing on the nev
VI tickets recently issued by the Payett
Valley railroad are Emmett, Parl
" Talks, Cess, Plymouth, Durham
l. Coughanour, Plaisted, Buckingham
s Reeves, FruitSlnd, Fife, Millers
70 Schurberts, Picking and Payette.
n A. M. Smith, Western Union line
man, was instantly killed at Boise
IL by falling upon live wire carryin
| Lou
the top of a pole where he was worl
ing, falling head first on the pawn
and striking the power line in hi
Ell fall.
r AS a result of inhaling fumes frol
ID gasoline, Fred Gardner and Harol
Stackhouse of Standpoint are dead an
n Hart Flynn of Dover narrowly e
Is capped death. The accident occurre
" on board a gasoline launch, whic
y had been hired to convey baseba
CT team from Newport.
II The Twin Falls Salmon River cor
e. pany will build the highest suspe
II sion bridge in the west over the ia
III mon river, just above the dam
IT, course of construction for the pr
ject which the company is develo
ing.
On May the secretary of the int
Is Tor restored $1,000 acres of land
az the Boise, Ida, land district, former
GU withdrawn for the Payette-Bo.se, pr
nc ject. The land will be subject to Sc
III Element August IL and to entry Sc
a. TENDER 10.
Of all the arid states and terrttori
-, Idaho will probably reclaim mo
80 acres than any other. 1t is estimat'
AZ that about 6,500,O00 acres can be !
m claimed in the state, which is 10 p
he cent of all the irrigable lands in Il
United States.
The commercial club of Oakl
has approved the measure OF bui
eN' ing a road through Birch canyon
RS Junction City. There are about
mt families settled in the Junction W
III will do their trading in Oakley If
at good road is built through the CO
" yon.
ne Mrs. Lottie Davis. employed as
las waitress in an Idaho Fall hotel S
ne cided Friday night, shooting hers
,er in the mouth with 22calihre pist
en- She had separated from her husbal
ea and it is believed brooding ever
troubles led to the deed.
Roberts claims the distinction
being the youngest town in Bingh;
a" county, and having within it's b
in ders the Oldest native born inha
int tart. George T. Adams, who "
M born in the immediate vicinity
ark what is now Roberts, AZ years a
on and has lived there continuously sin
ny The forests of Idaho are estinlat