The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-07-15
IDAHO STATE NEWS

a new Masonic building In helm,
erected lin Mackay. The structure vii
ment Gnu OaSe
st. Anthony will have a $50 OOo bo
sei. A petition is now being circuIated
ana more than $1,000 worth of stool
pledged. "a ''ocA
Governor Brady and Ezra uaa,ou
the distinguished trail blazer. were
speakers at the Independence day cela
bration at Pocatello.
The people of the Teton basin arc
Iuoliant over the prospects for a rail.
loau ana the probability of a ready
market for their vast resources.
Inc remains of the late George Gea.
neau' who was killed in a mine acct.
ueht In the Greyhound mining dis.
trlct' have been brought to Boise for
interment.
"A washington dispatch announces
tnat Ella M. Olson has been appointed
carrier on rural free delivery -orta
NO. l. at Hepburn, Idaho, succeeding
John S. Webb.
me ldaho supreme court has held
invalid the recently-enacted law that
sought to permit communities ant
counties to bond themselves in aid of
railroad construction.
The old White Knob mine, that did
more to bring Mackay to the front as
mining center in the early DAYS of
the camp than any other property, is
now being worked by Iessees, about GO
men being employed.
lamp Osborn, who last wear
pitched for the Pocatello baseball
team, is in jail at Chehalis, Wash.
charged with having stabbed the man
ager of the team with which he was
playing, during row.
Work on the Little Lost River pro.
Iect will be resumed at once. II is
understood this project has changed
hands and is now under the manage.
ment of Wood & Co., of Kansas CITY
who are financing the project.
Elmer Rankin and Arthur Malcom
were killed by lightning at Salmon re-
Gently. They were sitting ON a bench
In Island park under a tree. There
were no marks on the bodies except
that their hair was slightly singed.
Arco has enjoyed a healthy and |
substantial growth during the last y
During this time the popula.
lion has about doubled, six or eight
new business structures have been
erected and number of residences.
Oil deposits on the John Bane
anch, IL miles below Emmett. are at
racting the attention of oil experts.
TWO wells were sunk at the time O,
discovery about year ago and both
;as and oil in small quantities found.
A State Merchants association has
zen organized, the object of the as
oeiation being to cooperate with the
ure-food officials and the elimination
f unfair competition with outside
rms or houses handling inferior
GODS.
Mrs. Dollie Baker of Occur d'Alene.
J proving her rights to fortune es-
mated at 100000 to $6,OO0,0OO be-
ueathed her by Arthur B Travis, a
oh Australian who died two years
go and who was one of the sweet t
carts of her youth. I
The soil of the Big Lost valley Is
cry similar in all respects to that
the Snake River valley. 1t is de-
lava, with volcanic ash, en-
ched by the annual deposits of silt
ashed down from the high lands
Id mountains above. n
Work is progressing satisfactorily
/ the dam of the Big Lost River pro-
ct located about four miles above u
ackay. The reservoir formed by the g
Hiding of this dam will have stor- u
e capacity of 100000 acre feet of wa
r. This reservoir will always be
led
On the Salmon River Land & Irriga-
IN company's project, water is now h
ailable for about 1000 acres For
2 remaining 1000 acres that comes II
der the high line canal water will
available this fall. This is a pri- hi
tie project, all the land being under
vate ownership.
The Independence day parade at
Use, witnessed by one of the great W
crowds ever in the city, was a
les of pictures, depictiLg the life, |
ergy and progress of a state. that, sc
lie only 20 years of age, is getting
ser to a position of rank as the -,
emost state in the union. ~
The new Teton branch of the O. S. 10
will open vast acreage of agricul- So
al and mineral lands, and will start r.
i've work in the tapping of extern =
e coal deposits of the Teton noun
IS. There are now 5000 settlers in
valley, and the grain yield this
+ will be the largest in history.
he most elaborate Independence
celebration in the history of the
, was held at Pocatello. An eIab-
te parade, races, baseball game, rr
tory and feasting, with prize fight L
night, rounded out day of amuse-
nts seldom equalled in the west.
omethEng over 100000 pounds of
il was sold at Idaho Falls last
k in the warehouse of the West
Elevator company, to a number
different buyers, the price ranging -
n II to 1872 cents per pound.
MT fifteen wool firms were repre-
ted y
aeping through and under the
Io,, for. +v,o DAYS the wafer