American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1910-11-19
IN THE GEM STATE

= nearly all been moved
Ths city council Of Twin Falls has
srdered q $4,000 fire engine.
Oood progress in the construction Of
the Pacific 4 Idaho Northern railroad
- reported.
Fire originating from = ovcrheated
stove destroyed the Star livery barn
u Caldwell. but all Of the horses were
saved.
Tho second poultry show to be held
under tho direction OF the Idaho State
Fuultry association will take place In
nosss on December rs to 81.
John w. Baker, . colored minister
~ Boise. has been fned $40 for chas-
tising = boy. this assault being the
0utcome Of q Halloween prank.
The Lewiston State Normal school
4 fast becoming recognized al an in
~stitution Of FIRST rank among the nor.
nal schools OF the United States.
Idaho potatoes are being imported
Into the most productive belts OF Col
urAdo. and are there being sold as
Colorado spuds, according TO Boise
tusiness men.
Owing to a shortage Of cars the
oprague Sanitary Preserving company
had the plant closed for a short time.
but 10 In operation again. and there
II still q long run OF apples.
Tho Charleston broom factory Is in
operation and expects to make .
steady run during the winter months.
The daily capacity OF the factory Is
from 30 to so dozen brooms.
All lines OF business in Boise are
feeling the effects OF the car shortage
prevalent In the west. merchants stat.
ing that shipments which should have
arrived six weeks Z have not reached
the capital.
About 10000 acres of ground In and
around Emmett ia a regular mush-
soom held. Practically the entire
tract OF uncultIvated land has an
abundant crop OF these dellcacies at
the present time.
Tho educational train which Is ex-
pected to leave Salt Lake on December
3. under the charge of r. ID. Farrell
a. Boise and L. A. Merrill. state agron.
omist Of Utah. will be known as the
sBurley Special"
Mrs. Marie Mitchell. wife of M. w.
Mitchell, an old.time resident Of Wei
Ger. died November 7. Mrs. Mitchell
Was 70 years old and the cause Of her
death was a complication Of ailments
Incident TO old age.
The cattle shippers Of Idaho are suf-
tering a heavy loss on o Of the
car shortage. and the supply Of stock
cars Gems to be particularly light and
the shippers are compelled to wait
from 10 to 20 days for cars.
On the James ranch. near Caldwell.
there has been raised this year some
of the largest potatoes on record.
Three Of the giant tubers. when laid
end to end on a table, measured a
length OF more than 80 inchess
Some action win probably be taken
by the city council OF Boise toward
regulating the size Of the hat pins
worn by Boise women. The matter of
the offending hat pins has been under
consideration for several weeks.
"Wets" and "drys' are agog. says
the Boise Statesman. over recent do
vciopmcnts in legal proceedings in
voiving the vital question of whether
the Idaho local option Law applies
10 cities Of this state existing under
and by virtue OF special characters.
The Pacific Land & Water company
has fled on the head waters of the
Raft river, which viii be used by that
concern to reclaim $4,000 acres OF
southern Idaho land capable OF inten.
sive cultivation and great crops under
irrigation. according to recent advices
from Salt Lake.
James King of Blaine county, who
has just been elected for the third
time county commissioner. underwent
an operation in a Salt Lake hospital
. few days ago. his left y being
taken out In order to preserve tho
sight of the right eye. Mr.. King Is ON
the road to recovery.
The Twin Falls lodge OF tho Knights
Of rythias are making efforts to estab-
lish d district lodge with the towns OF
Gcoding. S%hoshone. HALEY and Ru-
pert.
Sarah Gillespie. aged II. who has
disappeared from Boise. Is believed
to have disguised herself as a boy
and eloped To California with an ad-
mirer.
Captain Edwin g. Davis, u. s. A.,
retired. has been detailed by the war
department AS military instructor OF
-
been directed to report to the govern.
or of Idaho at Boise for duty.
On the experiment station. says the
Richheid Recorder. potatoes yielded
something like It's bushels per acre,
This was IN new gr~ound-indeed.
there was scarcely any old ground on
this tract. to give q chance for IN old
ground record.
Gust Gunnerson. q prosperous farm
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