Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-08-06
IN THE GEM STATE


tain Fair association will be held il
Boise, beginning October 10.
The county commissioners of Ne;
Perce county have appropriated $3.50
to be used in the collection of coun
ty exhibit.
The valleys and hills of Custer
county are full of sage hens ant
grouse. The sage hen and grouse sea
son opens August Is.
Indians fishing in the Kootena
river near Bonners Ferry caught foui
large sturgeon, the largest of which
weighed 230 pounds.
Idaho apple growers are in clover
this year, or will be when the time
comes to market apples. as indica
tions are for full crop Of nice fruit
The home Of John Foster, near
Post Falls, was completely destroyed
by fire, entailing loss Of about ST..
500, partly covered by an insurance
of $500.
Good sized crowds were present on
July % at the big land drawing at
Stone, Idaho. Some 5000 acres of
choice land was offered under the
Carey act.
Sparks from . passing engine set
Ere to a grain field near Rathdrum
belonging to A. w. Post. Strenuous
work saved the greater part Of the
crop and the harvesting implements.
One hundred sacks of barley, repre-.
senting the first grain delivered at
the warehouses at Fletcher, Nez
Perez county, came from field
which Is averaging 70 bushels to the
acre.
Harvesting has commenced on The
famous Rexburg bench, and before
long the farmers of that section will
have their crops in and the ground
ready for the sowing of their fall
crops.
The regular operation of passenger
trains has commenced over the new
Craig Mountain railroad, and the new
town of Winchester is now In direct
communication with the outside
world.
A dispatch from Sites says: A
new scheme for county division, car
rying with 1t provision for the ere.
Ating of another judicial district, has
been Matched at Grangeville. accord
Ing to reports.
A. Cruikshanks, a we'll known EN-
NETT sheepman, who is running his
sheep In the hills above Garden val
ley, killed big brown bear recently.
He declares that game of all kinds is
very plentiful this year.
The first surveying parties under the
new system of public land surveys in
Idaho will leave Boise during the
week. Altogether there will be ten
parties, which are being assigned to
different sections of the state.
Following the tapping of a number
Of tills in Wallace, the prosecutors of
the law have started a crusade
against all loafers and men of ques.
character. More than 100
men were forced to leave
town.
George Zitt, farm hand, was killed
1t Roosevelt. He fell from load OF
hay at the farm of J. H. Trout, sus.
tanning conclusion OF the brain from
which he did not rally. He was SO
years old and leaves wife ana TWO
children.
The work Of sinking prospect we'll
for Caldwells water works near the
present reservoir site is progressing
very satisfactorily. The drill struck
strong flow of artesian water at the
depth of 81 feet. Sinking will be con
tinued to a depth of 800 feet.
The mayor and city council of
Standpoint will be asked to suppress
moving pictures showing the Johnson
Jeffries fight. A similar petition will
be sent to Governor Brady. asking
him to prevent the pictures from
being shown anywhere in the state.
The figurehead of the battleship
Idaho is to be loaned to the state of
Idaho by the navy department, and
will be used as an ornament to the
capitol grounds. The fgurehead of
the Idaho Is a brass casting in two
parts, weighing 2.565 pounds com.
plete.
A plan to rob the Harmon & Nor.
row property in the Ten Mile district
was thwarted when a cache of more
than 100 pounds of the richest speci.
mems was accidentally discovered in
the brush not a great distance from
the point where ledge had been
opened.
Charles Davis, the S-year-old son OF
George Davis, residing at Big island.
was accidentally shot while out hunt.
Ing. The boy was holding a 22-calibre
rife and had been left alone few
minutes, and upon his brothers re.
turn was found with bullet through
his head
The railroad depot at Leadore IL
finished and grading has been begun
IN the new townsite. As soon as the
-ownsite lots are placed on sale the
business establishments at
will move to Leadore. Ma.
chine shops will be built there.
Hundreds of settlers who entered