Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-06-11
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foka irrigation project paid watel
right charges to the aggregate amount
of $56,31S.
r.. l.. Moler met with a serious &C
cident at Van Wyck by horse kick
ing him In the breast, breaking the
breast bone.
Grandma Shirley, one OF ldahos
pioneer women, died of cancer at the
home of her daughter. Mrs. G. +.
Yanke, of the Owens Hot Springs.
Secretary Ballinger has submitted
to congress a deficiency estimate OF
1880 to complete the classification
Of the Occur d'Alene Indian lands.
The planting Of seed fish over the
state this year has been very success
ful and losses have been very small
according to State Game Warden
Stephens.
Summit is fast becoming the most
important creamery station in Nez
Perez county. Hundreds OF pounds
OF butter fat so out from there to
Spokane every day.
The natal day CT the republic Will
BE- celebrated in a fitting and rather
extravagant manner this year in Boise,
Il being the occasion also Of the first
annual Chautauqua.
The Boise University Of Idaho club
will establish 500 scholarship for
tbs MIDST deserving boy or girl grad
uate of the city high school who de-
sires to enter the university.
The Caldwell News, the official or
gan Of the state Democracy, has an
nounced the candidacy OF John 9.
.iice of Caldwell for governor and j..
L. Seawell of Payette for congress.
The Idaho Fall Brewing company,
which was obliged to shut down on
account OF the local option election
has disposed OF large part Of their
equipment and the plant Will De
moved to Montana.
The depot at Filler was broken into
The cash drawer was robbed OF It's
contents-$35, and two or three dozen
oranges taken from the freight room.
1t is thought the theft was committed
by some young boys.
John 0. Peters, an old pioneer OF
the state, died suddenly at his home
in Council He was II years OF age.
AT one time he engaged in the mer'
camille business in Boise and started
the first store in Council.
The mid-week closing idea seems to
have struck Blacklfoot in full force
and practically every business house
In that town has agreed to close every
Wednesday afternoon from one o'clock,
from NOV until September /.
The Federal Mining & Smelling
company of Wallace has declared a
dividend of $4,000 on the preferred
stock This is the second dividend
paid this year by the company, no
tai for the year Of $4,000
At recent meeting of the Caldwell
city council it was decided to call
a bond election for the purpose OF
issuing $4,000 for waterworks and
$4,000 for paving the intersections OF
the street in the paving district.
Leading Idaho sheepmen declare
there will be 10 compromise this year
with eastern commission wool buyers,
who appear to have undertaken to de.
press the price iof producers abnorm
ally In the very beginning OF the sea-
son.
The area OF Idaho has been CLASH
fed as follows: 21,000,000 acres agri-
cultural land, 20,000,000 acres timber
land, 100000 acres mineral, and s.
100000 acres grazing land. Every
variety of crop known to the temper
ate zone can be raised in this state.
Under the laws OF the state both
civil and criminal suits may be main
tanned against retail liquor dealer
who fails to procure license before
actively engaging in the traffic, &C.
cording to an opinion handed down
by the supreme court of the state.
Thomas Erwin, II year of age, of
Boise, was struck, knocked down.
pinned under the axle by the leg and
dragged some lis feet by an automo-
bile. and although his clothes were
torn to pieces and he was badly
scratched and bruised, he was not seri-
ously injured.
Senator Guggenheim has proposed
an amendment to the administrators
withdrawal bill providing that where
pensions have acquired power sites and
made improvements thereon their
rights shall not be impaired by rea
son of their inclusion in power site
Withdrawals
Alvin Brauman of Mackay was shot
and almost instantly killed by his
brother, who mistook him for bur-
glar Alvin had been out in a sheep
camp and, coming home at night,
thought he would scare his mother.
He ratified the doors and his brother
fired the fatal shot.
Petitions are being circulated and
generously signed to change the name
of Standpoint to Lake City. Some
time ago it was suggested that it be
changed from Standpoint to Grand
point, but the name of Lake City
seems to be more in favor.
A. M. Smith, a Western Union line
man, was instantly killed at Boise,