The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-12-09
IDAHO STATE NEWS

burned over forests can be had for the
asking.
1t is announced that Boise is to
have a new daily newspaper. the first
number to be issued the last week
In December.
A 14-year-old lad named Lynch, who
waylaid and robbed 10-year-old boy
In Boise, has been committed to the
state reformatory.
The $4,000 bushel elevator OF the
Bull Milling & Elevator company at
Bull has just been completed and is
buying big quantities of grain
Work on the dam of the city's hy
dro-electric plant at Idaho Falls is
nearing completion, and it is expected
that this work will be finished within
three weeks.
The new bridge across the Snake
river, north of Idaho Falls, is com
pleted and in use; however, it will not
be used by regular traffic until the
passenger depot is in use.
The 13-year-old son of Alfred Raw
Inns of Teton was accidentally shot
through the body. While the bullet
passed entirely through the boys
body, it is believed he will recover.
If the efforts of many prominent
fruit raisers in the state are success
full laws will be sumitted to the COM
ing legislature which will make tree
spraying compulsory to all fruit grow
ers.
The farmers around Bull this year
have raised big crops Of hay and grain.
An unlimited amount of hay can be
purchased at $500 and 5000 per ton,
while wheat and oats are bringing
$1.05.
The state will place three gauging
stations on the Salmon river, which
viii determine the question as to the
amount OF water which could be con-
veyed through the noun is and iat9
the Boise valley
The full force Of inca uov working
at Rupert on the EeportEl.as cdtoA
VIII soon be transferred to Bliss ana
work will commence at the Z by TIE
first Of January, according to Eng
neer McDonough.
Bicycle thieves have avideatly' been
busy in Boise. Since September IS,
1910, the police have received reports
Of 20 missing wheels. Many OF tAem
have since been recovered, but the re-
ports continue to pour in.
Sheep have come into Idaho Falls
from the summer ranges in good con
dition. A few are being fed, but many
are yet on the deserts west Of the
city, where the feed is said to be fine.
All that were in marketable condi-
ton have been shipped.
If the efforts of the state game war
den prove successful, it is probable
that the operators of at least one of
the cyanide mills on Crockett river
will be prosecuted on charge of hav-
ing polluted the stream to such an ex-
tent that thousands of fish have been
killed
Following a siege of typhoid fever,
DR.. Granville Harry Todd, aged 80
years, a practitioner of Rockland. died
IN a Salt Lake hospital Saturday
night. The disease was contracted by
DE-. Todd six weeks ago.
The state board has completed It's
canvass of the returns from the re-
cent election. The official figures give
James H. Hawley, the Democratic
candidate for governor, plurality of
895 over Governor Brady.
A decision has been rendered by the
supreme court which, in effect, de-
clares that corporation can not con-
f1scate poor mans property. the case
In question being test case involving
condemnation of land by railroads.
Deputy Forest Supervisor Benedict,
who has been overseeing the planting
of thousands of trees in the Boise ma
tional forest reserve, has returned to
Boise and reports that the recent work
in this line is the most extensive
which has ever been attempted in this
state.
The grand jury at Roswell N. M.
has indicted j. B. Eldridge of Boise on
. charge of subornation of perjury in
connection with the alleged tampering
with witness in the trial of w. t.
Wells. capitalist, for murder. during
which Eldridge was one of Wells at
torneys.
1t is reported that B. E. Corbin,
cashier of the Union Savings and Trust
company of Boise, has been lost and
has probably persisted In the wilds to
the north of ST. Anthony, in the Vel
lowstone Park country, while hunting
His friends are still hoping he will be
found alive.
At the meeting of the county super.
lntendents of schools in Boise, Miss S
Belle Chamberlain, the state superin
tendent of public instruction, was pre-
scented with a beautiful pearl brooch
set with twenty pearls, representing
the twenty counties represented at the
convention.
The new o. S. l.. depots at Idaho
Falls. both freight and passenger, are
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