The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1910-01-20
IDAHO INKLINGS
AS told by the Teller.


order that unless property owners
clean the snow from the walks i'm
front of their property they will be
hailed before the municipal court and
fined. The order had the desired
effect.
The Moscow city council has in
troduced an ordinance to close the
pool rooms in that city. 1t is said
to be designed to hit the Elks club.
On it's final passage the ordinance
will be fought and it's defeat is pre-
dicted
United States District Attorney c.
H. Lingenfelter of Boise has just pur-
chased 320-acre farm near Cotton
wood for $4,000.
Commissioner of immigration and
Labor Joseph p. Fallon of Boies, is
now touring northern Idaho ON bust
ess connected with his department.
State Game Warden Stephens an
nounces that a systematic effort has
been made to liberate birds in the
state pleasantly located on Mr.
Stephens farm near Boise and that
more than 200 of the ~pheasants have
been freed. Every means have been
resorted to in order to detect the
persons guilty, but without result
Residents of Twin Falls suffering
a coal famine adopted forcible means
of alternating their sufferings by ap-
propriating a car load of coal from
the Oregon Short Line. The sheriff
is reported to have been Cooking
out of the window" No arrests fol-
lowed.
Judge DIETRICH of the federal court
has announced February Is as the
date for the trial of the north Idaho
land fraud cases at Boise.
Seed wheat of the bluestem variety
bids fair to reach the highest price
in Idaho that 1t has been in years.
1t Is reported that farmers are pay
ing almost any price for a good quail
ity of seed.
Marble creek settlers in northern
Idaho will fight to save their land
and have employed Edwin McBee of
Occur d'Alene, H. p Knight and j..
p Gray of Wallace, to act as their
attorneys in their fight against the
state. About 125 settlers are inter-
ested in the outcome of the contest.
The state claims the land through
priority of selection.
Only about Is per cent of the La
tab county taxes went delinquent this
year. The total tax roll to be col
lected was $215.0OO About $1S5,O0O
was collected before the tax rolls
were closed.
Judge James H. Beatty of Idaho
has just purchased fine residence
site In Spokane, paying $14,500 for
It, The property Is improved.
The department of interior has
withdrawn 5000 acres of land on the
st. Joe river, in anticipation of legis-
lation dealing with the power site
proposition,
The suit of Ada county against the
Boise Commercial club, asking that
the club be required to pay liquor
license for the maintenance Of a bar
in the club rooms, has been trans
ferred to the jurisdiction of Judge
| w. w. Woods of Shoshone county.
District Judge Fremont Woods OF
Ada county was disqualified on &C.
count of being a member of the
Boise Commercial club.
| Six cases of smallpox have broken
out in a lumber camp on the St. Joe
river. The camp was placed under
quarantine.
John H. Garrett, indicted by a
federal grand jury at Boise for com
plicity in alleged land frauds in Ell
more county has notified the district
attorneys office that he will pre-
sent himself for trial in Idaho.
j Eggs are scarce in Boise and are
commanding IS cents per dozen on
the market there.
Since November 80. 1909, 300 pre-
datory animals have been destroyed
by trappers and the feet presented
to the state board in return for the
bounty paid.