Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-08-31
IDAHO STATE NEWS
JEROME

county will average forty bushels t
the acre of fall wheat.
September "a has been selected a
rally day for the Men and Religio
Forward movement in Boise.
Over a thousand bunny scalps +
their credit, is the result of rabbi
drive eight miles from Weser.
Thursday, August "a, was Nebraska
day" in Canyon county, on which dat
former Nebraskans met at LAX
Lowell and enjoyed an old-fashionet
basket picnic.
Harry Hart, the son of John H
Hart, former police magistrate o
Nampa, and well known there, ha:
been found guilty OF keeping a place
where opium was smoked.
About $4,000 worth of land in the
North Side Twin Falls tract changed
hands last week. accord ng to Major
Fred R. Reed. the general agent OF
the Twin Falls Investment company
Questions said to vitality affect the
welfare of the settlers on the Boise
Payette project will be laid before
Secretary OF the Interior Fisher when
that official visits Boise September 2.
In what was apparently a deliberate
attempt at wholesale murder. dyna-
miters wrecked the home of J. H.
Van Keuren. a Cataldo merchant. All
of the six occupants of the Van
Keuren home escaped injury.
AS is true Of several other portions
of the state, Long valley is this year
enjoying one of the most prosperous
and successful seasons in her history
as far as the cultivation and harvest
of agricultural crops are concerned.
o. H. Lovett, who resided a few
miles out from Caldwell, died August
81. after a short illness. Mr.. Lovett
was probably the oldest man in the
county at the time of his death, hav-
ing passed the ninety-ffth mile post
last June.
Not a myth, but well organized
concern, ready to commence the con-
struction of its lines. is the Butte.
Boise & San Francisco Railroad COM
pany, according to a statement pub
lished recently in the Anaconda
Standard
Mike Wastes. Greek section hand
employed on the Oregon Short Line
railroad near Eaton. was struck by
train near Eaton and killed. HI
failed to hear the warning of his fore
man or the warning whistle of the To-
connective.
September s is the date fixed for
the trial of F. w. Kettenbach in the
United States district court at Boise
on charges growing out of alleged i'm.
proper banking methods at the time
he was president of the Lewiston Ma.
tional bank
Mrs. c. ]. Portner. living west OF
Aampa, was seriously hurt in run
away. 1t seems that as the horse
was being unhitched from the buggy
the bride was first taken off, when
the horse started to run, throwing
Mrs. Portner from the buggy.
The next state gathering which will
bring officials from all parts of Idaho
to Boise will be the fifth annual con.
vention of the Idaho State Associa.
ton of County Auditors, which will
convene in Boise for three day SEES
sion on Tuesday. September 5.
]. Dennison Watts, attorney and
former real estate dealer, of Boise,
failed to answer when his wife called
him to get up Tuesday morning, and
an investigation disclosed the fact
that he had responded to the last long
call. His death was due to natural
causes.
The local option movement in Lem.
hi county is in full swing. More than
sufficient signatures have been Sc
cured to the petitions to the county
commissioners to call an election to
vote upon this question again. The
county board will act upon the pet
ton in October.
A lynching was narrowly averted at
Pocatello following the shooting at an
officer by Captain George Winter,
superintendent of the Pocatel,o Water
company, when the officers went to
arrest him. The shooting was the
outcome of a three weeks water
famine in the Gate City.
Grabbed from behind by three
men, gagged, blindfolded, thrown into
a carriage and carried two and a half
miles down the road. only to be
turned loose unframed, was what hap
pened to Chris Chr.stopherscn, night
Waterman at Boise. The reason for
the act remains mystery.
Idaho shippers will receive the new
rate over the Oregon Short Line in
sufficient time for this seasons ship
ments. This has been made possible
by the waving of the customary
thirty days notice by the commission
in making the tariff effective and the
compliance of the Oregon Short Line
c. P. Hartley, who OWNS a large
nursery near Emmett, is buying up
the surplus stock of watermelons and
is shipping them. He has already
shipped one carload to Boise one to
Twin Falls. The total is expected II
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