Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-06-04
In THE GEM STATE

means the installation of waterworks
system at Meridian.
Frank Stauffer was seriously injured
In Jordan valley where his team be
came unmanageable and ran away.
Idaho produced in manufactured
products In the year 1909 a total of
s23,000,000 and in addition shipped to
oreign state 100000 pounds of
WOOL
A petition is being circulated at
oakley asking the village trustees TO
pass an ordinance prohibiting Sum
day baseball playing within the city
limits
David Snowberger at Payette, has
filed suit against Clarence e. Pratt
of the same town, asking $4,000 DAM
ages for alienation of his wife's af-
fections.
The Pacific & Idaho Northern Rail
road Is to be extended on to Meadows,
1t being the intention to have traips
running from Weiser to Meadows by
September.
A new commercial club has been
formed at Montpelier which will
boost for Bear Lake county A big
fund has already been secured for
advertising purposes
A sulphurous looking substance
which many believe to be the comet
EN- ~ nbn
vailed over northern Idaho, on May
26, says a Lewiston dispatch.
Suit for the collection of real
estate commission of $4,000 has been
begun in the Ada county district court
This is the largest action of the kind
ever brought in the Idaho courts.
OF the $1,000, 800 acres within her
boundaries, there are still unappro-
priated and open to entry in the state
of Idaho approximately 20,000,000
acres outside of forest reserves.
Several carloads of lumber have
been ordered for the construction of
boat, which will be used as
freighter and passenger boat between
American Falls and Blackfoot, on the
Snake river.
A very successful state land sale
was conducted at Burnley May 2S. by
George A. Day, commissioner of the
state land board, about 1000 acres
being sold at prices ranging from SIS
to SITS an acre.
In 1890 the population of Idaho was
S4,389 and the amount of assessable
property was $20000000. Today the
population is about 100000 and the as
sessment shows $120,000,O0O of asses
sable property.
The Twin Falls Salmon River COM
pany will build the highest suspen-
sion bridge in the west over the Sal
mon river, just above the dam in
course OF construction for the pro-
jet which the company is develop
ing.
On May the secretary of the inter-
Tor restored $1,000 acres of land In
the Boise, Ida, land district, formerly
withdrawn for the Payette-Bo Sc, pro-
ject. The land will be subject to set
Element August IL and to entry Sep
TENDER 10. \
OF all the ard states and territories
Idaho will probably reclaim more
acres than any other. II is estimated
that about 6,5O0.000 acres can be re-
claimed In the state, which is 10 per
cent of all the irrigable lands In the
United States.
Mrs. Lotte Davis. employed as
waitress in an Idaho Fall hotel sui
cided Friday night. shooting herself
She had separated from her husband,
and 1t Is believed brooding over her
troubles led to the deed
The forests of Idaho are estimated
to contain 100000 feet of mer-
charitable timber, enough to supply
the western slope, If properly con
served, for the next five hundred
years. The value of manufactured
lumber for 1909 was $S,100,0o0
The commercial club of Oakley
has approved the measure of build
ing road through Birch canyon to
Junction City. There are about 40
families settled In the junction who
will do their trading In Oakley If
good road is built through the can
yon.
Roberts claims the distinction of
being the youngest town in Bingham
county, and having within its Dor
ders the Oldest native born inhabi-
tant, George T. Adams, who was
BORN In the immediate vicinity of
what is now Roberts, AZ years ago.
and has lived there continuously since.
Competent engineers state that
when Idaho's water power Is fully de-
veloped and the food water energy
Is absorbed the state will have enough
power to meet all the requirements
OF transported on manufacturing, min
ing, heating, and lighting that her
population may at that time require.
The Caldwell Dairy association has
Just received another car of high
grade Jersey COWS. This Is the third
shipment the association has brought
to Caldwell The object of these ship
ments is to furnish cows to the farm
ers at as low price as possible.