The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-09-09
In THE GEM STATE

OF pTunes Will De Shippeu lFOBl wei |
ser this season.
Burglars entered a hardware store
at Weiser and stole $500 worth Of
guns and pistols.
The Socialists of the state held a
convention in Boise on August 30
and nominated candidates by the old |
method.
Bulbs Commercial club is about to |
move into its new quarters. which will |
be among the finest and best fur |
nished in the state.
The big 60,000-bushel elevator Of |
the Bull Milling & Elevator company |
is now completed and the first load
of wheat has been received.
Rev. c. l.. Bent was severely in
jured in a runaway accident near
Boise. He suffered the breaking of
two ribs near the backbone and one
rib in front, besides badly fracturing
one hip.
1t is stated by fruit men that more
than $50 cars of apples will be shipped
from Weiser. This does not include
what will be gathered in Council,
| Cambridge and Indian valleys, which
will amount to nearly as much more.
Fifteen hunded dollars worth of
wheat in the field, grain in the bin,
one mile of fence, an old house and
| 40 acres of pasture was destroyed
| by fire on the ranch of William Hen
| ley, three miles southeast of Cotton
wood.
Conditions in the fire ridden dis
tricts are improving and there seems
little danger of loss of life among the
militia fire fighters even if they get
into the thick of the fray, for every
precaution Is taken to be on the safe
side.
A party of campers from Boise was
caught in the forest fires near Roose.
welt, and only escaped death by the
stiffness of the wind. which allowed
them to rest for a few hours in an
open space while help was on the way
to them
Mayor Edward P. Coltman of Idaho
Falls is dead. He was one of the most
prominent men in that portion of the
state, having been appointed postmas-
ter of Idaho Falls by Grover Cleve-
land, and was elected mayor in 1905
and again in 1909
Members of the Emmett CONNER
cial club have been making canvass
among the business men, creating in
terest ard soliciting funds for the fair
10 be held in that city on September
30 and October /. They have been
having good success.
With the establishment of railway
connections between Nez Perez and
the outside world through the Nez
Perez & Camas Prairie system at
VoIlmer, the town promises to become
one of the most important grain ship
ping points on the prairie.
The passing of Bonner county from
we" to dry" was accompanied by
, no sensation of any character. In
, Standpoint there was a good-natured
! crowd on the streets until midnight
, taking their farewell drinks. There
were no arrests and the crowd had
a good time.
, Many of the sheepmen who have
! their homes in Emmett and during thv
summer run their sheep in the foreSI
reserve, are having great deal o
trouble this year with bears. Be
, cause of the forest fires it is believed
that many have been driven nearer Il
: civilization.
> Prune picking and packing is in full
o operatiou in Weiser. The first car o.
:. prunes shipped from the state was
forwaded from this city to Denney &
:, Co of Chicago. Seven cars of prunes
6 and three of apples have already beer
o shipped by the Weiser Fruit and Pro
n duce association.
a Boise valley will have one of the
largest and best exhibits at the Ne
. braska State fair which opens at Lin
:. coin September 8. A large collection
, of grains, grasses, fruits of all ktno
a sugar bcets and other crops in thei
present condition is being shipped tt
:, Lincoln to be shown there.
:, Only 422,229 acres of land are lei
| for reclamation purposes out OF tn
9 original appropriation of 100000
a acres granted to the state. and accord
! ing to the estimate of the variou
h. companies installing Carey act pre-
iects, the average cost per acre TO
- water will be S26.56.
:, To date two banks in Idaho haV
= filed applications to De designed a
- repositories for postal savings ban
a funds, but as yet no postmasters l
= the state have asked that their o
fees be designated as postal banks.
; Farmers in Twin Falls county ar
. gradually opening their stubble field
-, this fall to the sheepmen for autumn
- feeding, and from this source it is e!
=, pected owners of the land will deriv
-. considerable revenue heretofore lost
1t is planned to establish several dr.
q. farming sub-stations in the represel
m tai We dry farming sections of tn
RI state during the season of 1910. Thes
i stations will demonstrate the be'
a. methods to be followed in this Kin
of agriculture.
,3 The much-talked-of Atlanta gol
No. strike is given a black eye in lettt
- from Sam E. Annas of Atlanta to tn
4 Boise Statesman in which Mr.. Anna
N says that there are no people fiockir
IN the new EldOradO" and that