The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1910-02-11
IDAHO STATE NEWS


Going to the bedroom to feed her
baby, Mrs. F. F. Wyatt Of Burke dig
covered that the infant had been
smothered to death
Last year Utah and Idaho produced
$50, 900 tons Of sugar beets, which,
when refined, made approximately
ls4,O0o,00o pounds Of sugar
The 10.year-oId son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Elmer Rock Of Weiser was pain.
fully wounded in his right foot while
playing with a loaded revolver.
The two-year-old son of &. Man
ring, living near Harpster, swallowed
a quantity Of carboIIc acid which he
found, and died in terrible agony.
Canyon county is intending to fund
the 100000 debt created through the
prosecution of the murderers of form
e. Governor steunenberg, at 2 per
cent.
Two 7-year-old boys residing at
Standpoint have confessed to robbing
the postofice at that place, taking
mail belonging to the Humbird Lum-
Der company.
An ice jam, which had formed
above the bridge across the Boise
river at Parma, was clown out with
dynamite, eliminating a.. danger to
the bridge from the Ice.
While digging a well on the farm
Of James Bennett near Parma. oil was
struck at eighty feet. That locality
Is said TO have always been considered
as oil territory by experts.
The potato and orchard heating
special, run for the last two weeks
over the Oregon Short Line in Idaho.
was a success. Over $4,000 came to
listen 20 the lectures given by the
experts.
The King Hill Fruit Growers asso-
citation has filed articles of incorpora-
ton with the secretary of state. The
association starts out with a good
membership and every prospect Of
success.
Daniel Kenney, Sr., a pioneer resi-
dent OF Pocatello, died on January 30.
The cause Of Mr.. Kenney's death was
somewhat peculiar AS a result of a
contraction of the esophagus he
choked to death.
Cunning for jack rabbits and en-
Countering a wildcat instead was the
experience of four of Bosses MIN
rods. one morning recently, one OF
the party, w. D. Cole. receiving sumo
serious scratches as a result
If congress authorizes the issuance
Of reclamation certificates of indebt-
eduess or bonds to the extent of $780,
100000. all government irrigation pro
iects now under way can be CON-
pleted according to approved plans in
about two years.
Probably not less than 500 acres Of
cantaloupes and 300 acres of water
melons will be planted on the King
Hill segregation the coming season Ii
was demonstrated last year that no
better melons can be grown anywhere
than in that section.
The postmaster general has made
a ruling to the effect that rural car
riers after February shall not col
lect loose coins placed in mail boxes
for postage Patrons will be required
to place such coins in an envelope or
wrap them securely in paper.
More sheep are being fed in the
Geighborhood Of Kimberly this win
ter than at any previous time since
the settlement of the project and as
a consequence the farmers are receiv-
ing top prices for hay and other feed
products they have TO dispose of.
Plans are now on foot TO construct
one Of the biggest dams in the state
on the Snake river at American
Falls. One million dollars will be
expended and reclaim 100000 acres
of land. 1t is proposed to raise the
water level Of Snake river at Ameri-
can Falls thirty-four feet
The interstate commerce commits.
sion will hear the case Of the League
Of Southern Idaho Commercial clubs
against the Oregon Short Line in
Boise on February Is. The league
asks rates on coal from Wyoming to
Idaho points not to exceed the Butte,
Mont, rate Of 1925 a ton.
A systematic robbery Of the mails
at the Boise postoffice, which is be-
lieved to have been going on for sew
eral weeks, was unearthed last week
when a 10-year-old boy was taken into
custody when caught unlocking post
office boxes with keys which he
claims another lad gave him.
The heavy weight Of snow thar had
fallen on the roof was the cause of
the collapse of the warehouse at Mid.
vale belonging TO the Midvale Mer-
camille company and the Payette
Flour Milling company. The ware
house contained a large amount OF
sacked grain which was damaged.
A report is current at Payette that
negotiations have been practically
completed whereby the Hill interests
will take over the idaho Northern rail-
road and extent, building lines up both
the north and south forks of the Pay
cite river.
The supreme court OF the state has
handed down an opinion in which il
is held that an injunction is not the
proper proceedings to restrain the en-
Gorcement of the local option law on
the ground that such statute has not
been legally adopted by the electors Of
the county.
Henry Hannah Of Caldwell has been
employed as foreman Of the plarting
crew OF the big Cuurcil-Massa orchard