The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-04-08
IDAHO STATE NEWS

about 1900, and the town is steadily
growing.
Thousands Of acres OF fruit trees
are 10 be planted in the Payette val
ley this spring.
The anticipated spring boom Is on
at BuhI, and many handsome new
brick and stone blocks are under con
struction.
The city Of Meridian has sold It's u.s.
sue OF $4,000 water works bonds, car
rying per cent interest. The bonds
wero bought at par plus accrued In
! terest.
The dog poisoner has been operat.
ing on an extensive scale in Noun
tain Home. about twenty-five dogs
having been poisoned recently by
some miscreant.
II Is announced that water will be
delivered through the extension oil
the King Hill canal on May ! to about
5000 acres Of the Medbury valley
Carey act segregation
A deal was recently contaminated
in Emmett whereby forty acres OF
land owned by NJ. u, Lewis, four miles
distant from Emmett on the bench,
was sold for $3.50 per acre, or $4,000.
! Bull now boasts a Country club OF
twenty young men members, all
| bachelors. The club was organized
two weeks ago, and is divided into
three divisions--tennis, baseball and
golf.
A drilling outfit working In the
| Medbury valley recently struck not
water at a depth Of LOO feet and an
| artesian flow is expected, as there Is
already one well Of that character
| there.
Arrangements are already being
made for the entertainment Of dele.
gates to the Idaho Christian Endeavor
Union, which will meet at Weiser,
June "a, 25 and &C. About 200 dele
gates are expected to be present.
It is announced that soil and eli.
matte conditions on the Murphy pro
ject are ideal for beet sugar raising,
and 1t is expected that in time that
BeCllOu Will NC DliC Vi NllV iVthFlS9'
producers of sugar beets in the state.
Jason Lee and Ed. Boswell, two
prisoners who were serving Jail sen
fences at Caldwell, made their escape
while In charge of deputy. Lee was
serving a sentence for passing a
worthless check. and Boswell was in
for bootlegging.
Orders are expected daily to let the
contract and begin the construction of
the Wendell inn, which will be locat-
ed in the center of an entire block in
the growing town of Wendell, and will
be one of the most beautiful hotels in
the whole northwest.
Thomas Marren, convicted in the
Blaine county district court of the
murder of Con Ryan, October q, 1907,
must serve eighteen years in the state
penitentiary, the supreme court hold
ing the evidence in the case sufficient
to warrant the verdict of the jury.
The Boise Commercial club has
Joined hands with the Intermountain
Fair association in a determined eff.
fort to build up a statewide fair,
along the lines toward which great
strides were made last year, and to
surpass all previous expositions in
1910.
War is being made by the Boise of.
ficials on the practice of selling liquor
in the capital city on the Sabbath
day. "Boot-leggers" are becoming
numerous, and the police are kept
busy, one of the latest lodges being
the operation of a messenger service
as blind for illegal liquor traffic.
There is absolutely no doubt in the
minds of some of the best lawyers in
the United States senate, says a
Warrington dispatch, but what the
states of Washington. Idaho and Mon,
tana are making a futile fight to OBJ,
tain patent to unsurveyed school sec,
tons lying within the forest reserves
Despite the big building campaign
being carried on in Boise this spring,
with the total in building permits for
the last month breaking the record
for construction in the history of the
city, it is admitted that the structures
can not be put up fast enough to meet
the demands.
Judge Dunn of Kootenai county has
held that the Washington Water Pow
er company is not public service
corporation and has not the right to
condemn land.
The Automatic Cattle Guard com,
pany will soon let the contract for the
construction Of large cement foun
dry building at Standpoint. for the
manufacturing of cattle guards. Ma.
chinery has been ordered.
A Lewiston dispatch announces
that the agitation for the segregation
of the state university and the state
agricultural college and experiment
station and the removal of the latte,
to some point in south Idaho does moi
meet with the approval of Governor
Brady. Judging by statements made
by him in that city.
c. II. Moon, founder of Fremont
county and father of St. Anthony, dice
at st. Anthony, March rs, at the age
of 70, Mr.. Moon was a member of the
legislature of '9S. when Fremont coun
ty was formed. and was one of tbs
active supporters of the new county.
Nampa is expecting to have cold
storage warehouse costing $4,000 i
n site satisfactory to a CHICAGO pro
moter can be found.
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