Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-05
Communication With Outside
World Cut OF by Floods
In Every Quarter.
ROE ON TRIAL FOR MURDER
CHARGED With killing Of W. ". VIZ
Clintick. soUthcrn Ndn county
Eousctcadcr.

,tzr- sf4rrt 2-FOr tW1 days
g,isa has U.,n practically cut
or from the rest of tho "'i'o.
IL ~. ,n.us or passengers have
arrived from the east or been "o'g w.
1.-Two pois. in that direction. lH,
I'm. condition also obtains in rtsti'
=, ,,,p.ctious with the coast Ml''7
az the oregon short Line track 10 inc
-a,.ti,,rb,od Of Glenns Ferry ~
washed out by the heavy floods uu'
to tbs sudden warm spell ana in''7''l''
rains during the last Tow days ~
a result of these conditions the BOISE
,,atonco i- greatly congested WIN
mil anil much inconvenience ls eN-
,,.ri,uced bv business and prnicaelol"l
- Furthermore. the hotels 81 tnr
citv are now hued 90 their caI"'l'y
and many people are compflleo 10 -
entertainment BOZ private homes iue
great Dewey Palace hotel az N"hpN
Was hled up on Tuesday ana US
Would-be guests began locking INTO
Boise
Tbis CITY has not suffered very ma
tortauv ftom the Hoods There is NO
Imminent danger here unless Boise
river overnows ITS banks. which looks
very probable. however N the warm
weather Of the last two days ptoFaNs
FOR any length Of time. The lhterut-
han electric car line running bet cen
this city and caldwell IS out on O. W.
mission. the track In several places
has completely washed away. Ihe city
~ Caldwell is an under water For two
davs a torrent Is inches deep has been
raging down Main street Many pe"-
Die have been compelled to abandon
their homes. and great loss OF property
will De- experienced. Certain trauic
IS being carried ON by use or boats.
Practically the same condition obtains
I'm Nampa. Nearly everybody cellar
Is fun OF water, and great number
of people have been washed out ot
their houses Property has been dam
aged 10 the extent Of about 100000.
Damages done by the foods in Cald-
wen would considerably exceed this
figure.
VERDICT OF not GUILTY.
The notorious case OF the United
States vs. william r. kcttenback ana
George N. Kester and William bwyer
has closed another chapter. The jury
in the present conspiracy trial returned
q verdict last Saturday OF not guilty.
Defendants were charged with de-
frauding the government out Of valu-
able timber lands. situated To- north
orn Idaho. Verdict was reached on the
first ballot, jury being out only about
10 minutes.
MARBLE CREEK CASE.
In the case OF William Baidorston vs.
GOV. James III Brady and other mem.
beers OF the state land board or what
Is commonly known as the Marble
Creek case. Atty. Gen. -. c. MCDougall
has filed motion for modification or
judgment. IN which the supreme court
held the state could not relinquish
lands to settlers under the provisions of
the homestead commission resolution,
enacted by the last session OF the leg
stature. The motion which VIII b'
argued today Is directed To that por-
tion OF the opinion threatening TO re-
Voution the states land business aud
volutiouizc tn states land business
and to involve title 20 lands belonging
60 settlers.
FREIGHT RATE INQUIRY.
An evidence has now been subuttt..
On the freight rate Inquiry which is o.,
ms conducted m This city Hy The la
terstate commerce comm Fsiun uudsI
the direction of special examiner Goo
W. Brown of hingtou. -. e.. Tn
League OF Southern Idaho Commercial
clubs is the movement behind the iu'
Vestigation II Del seeking reduction
OF 80 per cent loo the freight rates be-
tween the Wyoming coal mines aul
this city The petition of the lca-l
seeking such radical change lu th
tariffs was based ON general charge
Of discrimination, the amount 90 90
reduction asked being determined D.