American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1910-10-29
IN THE GEM STATE

"ha CAkO ~ ~ COaI
shortage which may be very serious
. the opinion OF the majority of coal
dealers In the city.
Elk River. located on Elk creek
established less than ak months <
has been incorporated. 1t has more
than $50 bona fide residents.
That there IL a crying need for
apartment houses on the close-in
property in Boise IL the opinion Of
al Of the local real estate men.
Harrison Hughes, convicted at
Boise of horse stealing, has received
an indeterminate sentence of from
n to fourteen years in the peniten.
tiary.
The boats OF the Open River Trans.
portation company will be placed In
service between Portland and Lewis.
ton as soon as the stage Of water is
favorable for navigation.
The trial of the Mountain Home
conspiracy case has been called be-
fore the United States court at Boise,
. jury completed. and the p~resenta-
ton of the case well along.
A resident Of Boise has a bed Of
strawberries which is still bearing.
The foliage on the vines IL so dense
that the fruit appears to be unaffected
by the frosts and continues ~ripening.
A heavy sack Of grain. falling from
. stack Of nine, struck the ~three-year.
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Mcneil. who
i've near RockIand. and killed him
instantly. The child's neck was
broken.
Permission has been granted the
homesteaders In the burned districts
Of northern Idaho 20 log of all
burned timber. Sawlogs. ~fenceposts.
telegraph poles and ties will be cut
from such timber.
There are 1900 acres of land
adapted for wheat raising in the Hay.
den Creek basin. and the yield has
averaged forty bushels to the acre
though q great deal of the land wiz
DO better than that.
After eyading Idaho n Utah of
hcers for the past four months, Vic
letta Pheris. IN ~18-year-old girl who
escaped from the st. Anthony, Ida.
reformatory, vas taken into custody
At Ogden. Utah, on Sunday.
The letting of contracts to supply
the Soldiers home and the state peni
Tertiary with the necessaries of life
took place at a meeting Of the state
prison commissioners and trustees OF
the Soldiers home held last week.
Guilty OF ~manslaughter was the
verdict Of the jury at Occur d'Alens
In the case of Russ ludlow, charged
with the killing of Sam Crone on
March 20. Crone and ludlow were
~neighbors. living near Hayden lake.
The application of Kettenbaug. Kes.
ter and Robnett. defendants in the
Lewiston National bank embezzle-
ment cases, for a change OF venue,
has been granted. They will be tried
In Boise beginning January 3. 1911.
A contract has been let by the Gil.
more and Pittsburg railroad for the
delivery of one million ties along the
line of the proposed extension from
Salmon City to Challis, delivery to be
made before the close of this year.
c. p. Hartley. who owns a nursery
near Emmett, has received an order
from the Idaho Orchard company for
$4,000 trees. which will be set out on
the Emmett bench. The
has already secured 1000 acres OF
land.
Miss Kate Raymond and Grace
Campbell. two young girls. aged Is
and 16. living near Caldwell, ran away
from home last week, going as far as
Boise. but returned home later. de
claring a willingness 10 resume their
studies at school.
A successful raid OF the blind
pigs OF Standpoint and the county in
general was pulled of Friday when
Merritt and his deputies. as.
sisted by the police force, confiscated
liquor In no less than five Joints"
and arrested the proprietors of four
K. NJ. Heigho has asked for Y change
Of venue. declaring that he can not
get a fair trial In Weiser. Heigho Is
with manslaughter in the
death Of Mrs. Sophia Reigleman. 1t be
ing claimed that she died from fright
Heigho engaged in a fight with
s~on-tn-law.
The jury In the $40. 900 damage suit
the city of Caldwell. after ,
out eight hours, rendered a yer. {
dict of $3.50 In favor of the plaintiff, {
Mrs. Elizabeth Jones. who sued the |
.ity for damages as a result Of injuries \
sustained by reason of a fall on the r
Iidewalk. =
u Rogers. who wandered into
he sherin's office at Idaho City three v
months & n confessed to having
,een an accomplice in the train hold.
lp rear Ogden a few days previous,
nd who bas beer held in the Ada :
ounty jail since that time. has now II