The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-02-18


and averaged 1,400 pounds each.
| Secretary BaIlinger has withdraw
temporarily approximately Is 20
acres OF lands along Bruneau river
ldano, and approximately 2S44
acres along the Salmon river in Ne
Fada and Idaho for water power.
The track laying machine on tn,
Pittshurg & Gilmore railroad has fef
the new town Of Leadore and IS run
ming rapidly down the Lenhf VALLEY
toward Salmon City, laying an aver
age OF two miles of track per day.
The farmers and dairymen at En-
NETT are of the opinion that a COLDER
opportunity for an experienced butter
maker is being wasted. The BUILDING
and equipment is there and all that is
needed is an experienced man to take
/ charge.
| Benjamin F. Halves. one of the
/ earliest of the pioneers of the stars
and one of the best known men Of
Ada county, is dead Mr.. Halves was
born in Claysville, Ohio, in 1912, COM
ing overland from Ohio to Florence
Idaho, in 1852.
Ed Boswell, who was recently enn.
v1ered of 'boot-legging," and given a
fine of $50 and committed to faiI in
Caldwell, until paid. made his escape
from the county jail one day last
week but was captured about five
miles west of town.
Where work is done at the request
of an owner of a town lot. fmnrovfng
the street in front of the premises, a
contractor has a lien upon the lot for
the work done and the material man
for material furnished, according to
an opinion handed down by the su-
preme court.
Joseph C. Clark, sentenced from
Canyon county to seven years for
manslaughter; Albert Allen. sen.
fenced from Kootenai county to nine
years for grand larceny, and A. Leon
OF Ada county. sentenced to three
years for forgery. have been granted
pardons by the state board.
The outlook for building operations
in Weiser this season are better than
last year, which was the banner year
in the history of the city. Five or six
business blocks are already arranged
for. plans drawn and arrangements be-
ing made to begin work on them as
soon as the weather will permit.
Potato culture is fast taking front
rank in the country tributary to Hey-
burn, the soil being especially adapt.
ed to their successful culture. Sew
eraI carloads were shipped from Hey.
burn during the fall and winter, but
the greater portion of the crop is
still in the hands of the growers.
This has been the longest winter
ever experienced in Washington coun- |
ty. Usually the winters are short and
mild here, but all rules have been
broken this winter. Sixty days ago,
or December 4, the first sleigh an |
Deared on the streets of Wefser. and |
sietghfng has been continuous since.
The state board of pardons has
pardons to two life-term /
prisoners, Arthur Goode. sentenced |
rom Shoshone county, having his SEN
ence committed TO twenty-one years.
while Lorenzo P. Sly. sentenced from
1atah county to life Imprisonment,
las been granted a complete pardon.
The recent opinion of the supreme
curt in the Marble creek case if sus-
aimed upon appeal will upset the for
st service policy within the state Of
IDAHO, according to declaration made
y member of the land board.
The hay and grain market at Boise
nows decided advance, dealers be-
Is obliged TO pay SIS for baled aifaI-
/ and $40 to S12 in the stack. Loose / /
notify is selling there at Sl6 per ton
nd SIT baled with but little on the !
arket.
An Emmett man claims to be able
} tell the age of any horse over ;
ears old without looking at his teeth.
e asserts that a horses ribs have
ngs on them that denote the age as
.rtatn!y as do the rings on a tree, and
= can tell the horses age by feeling
its ribs.
The first bootlegger to be captured
Caldwell since the local option law
snt into effect was taken last week.
man being caught with three pint
tiles of whisky. which he was try
9. TO dispose Of, and was fined $50
4 costs.
The Payette river is frozen clear
ross the channel, 1000 feet wide, up
down its course for miles from
! point where the diversion canal
the Idaho-oregon Light & Power
npany's plant at Horseshoe Bend
rts. according to the general mana
: of the company.
)wyhee county is to have an irriga-
a project extending almost into the
bfdge country and which. If that In
ling camp lives up to its reported vs
atness. will comprise one of the gr
st valuable agricultural sections In hs
thern Idaho. ri
be