Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-09-03
IDAHO STATE NEWS

With practically no rain during the
entire summer months to aid, the dry
farms of Malad valley, Ida, have pro
duced an average of 20 bushels per
acre this season
From May 16 of this year up to the
present time, no rain has fallen in
northern Idaho, and yet perfect crops
have been matured in wheat ranging
from 90 to IS bushels per acre.
During the last year and half, or
from January /, 1909 to July |, 1910,
2,41S entries have been made under
the various Carey act projects in this
state, embracing a total acreage OF
93,777.38.
Out of the appropriation to the state
of Idaho of 1900 900 acres of land
for reclamation purposes, the state
has segregated 2577,771.79 acres upon
proposals filed by some fifty different
companies and persons.
To date two banks in Idaho have
filed applications to De designed as
repositories for postal savings bank
funds, but as yet no postmasters IN
the state have asked that their OF
fees be designated as postal banks
Farmers in Twin Falls county are
gradually opening their stubble fields
this fall to the sheepmen for autumn
feeding, and from this sourSe it is ex-
pected owners of the land will derive
considerable revenue heretofore lost
1t is planned to establish several dry
farming sub-stations in the represen.
tative dry farming sections OF the
state during the season of 1910. These
stations will demonstrate the best
methods to be followed in this kind
of agriculture.
While driving delivery wagon at
Emmett, Melvin Bogardus was shot
through the hand, 1t Is not known
who did the shooting 1t is supposed,
however, that it was accidental and
that boys who were shooting at
mark caused the trouble.
Detectives in the employ of the
Anti-Saloon league have been at work
In Lemhi county during the past few
weeks, and have secured information
resulting in the laying of about 100
complaints regarding violations OF the
local option and gambling laws.
While uncouplins a caboose in the
yards at Shoshone a brakeman by the
name of Fred G. Smith caught his
foot In frog and before he could get
loose the train passed over his right
leg, cutting 1t off near the thigh, and
also cutting off the fingers Of the left
hand.
The much-talked-o Atlanta gold
strike Is given a black eye in letter
from Sam e. Annas of Atlanta to The
Boise Statesman In which Mr.. Annas
says that there are no people focking
to the new Eldorado' and that in
fact so far as he knows there Is no
new Eldorado
The president has ordered the with
drawal of S,265,97S acres of lands in
Idaho supposed to contain coal depos-
its. The bulk of this land lies in the
Snake river valley, extending from
the Mnidoka irrigation project west
ward to the Oregon line, and norther-
ny as far as Weiser.
Only 422,229 acres OF land are left
for reclamation purposes out of the
original appropriation of 100000
acres granted to the state, and accord
ing to the estimate of the various
companies installing Carey act pro-
jects, the average cost per acre for
water will be $2656.
That dairying will within few
years develop into ore OF ldaho's fore
most industries, and that this state is
not surpassed as a darying country
by any other state in the United
States, is the opinion expressed by Il,
V. Ellington of the dairy division OF
the department of agriculture
Reports from the rural precincts
generally show greater readiness
among people to register than in the
city. Most of the reg strars in the
country say their work so far has
been reasonably encouraging. In some
of the precincts the women who have
registered greatly outnumber the men.
Colonel Roosevelt had an extended
talk at Cheyenne with Senator Borah
of Idaho, in which the general subject
of conservation was discussed. Later
Senator Borah said he was much
pleased with the views Of Colonel
Roosevelt on conservation, In which
the state of Idaho was so extensively
interested
The dread spectre of epidemic in
fantile spinal paralysis continues its
murderous march over Idaho, and
town after town is added to the line
of progress made by this terrible dis
ease. The total has steadily increas'
ed within the last week, and up to
Saturday there were 81 cars in all In
the state.
A team of spirited horses attached
TO binder became frightened and
when A. ]. Gibbons of Blackfoot to
whom they belonged, tried to stop
them he was knocked down and run
ever by the team His leg was broken
and he received other injuries.