Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-04-20
IDAHO STATE NEWS

Meadows has been let
The census bureau last week an
nounoed that the population of Mos
COW was 1870, against 2,4S4 in 1900.
Contracts have been let for finish.
ing the grade on the S. F. l. & NJ.
railroad between Caldwell and Home
dale
Representatives from all the
Friends churches of southern Idaho
attended camp meeting held in
Boise last week
Notus. lying nine miles west of
Caldwell on the main line of the Ore
gon Short Line. is, experiencing a
small boom this spring that promises
much for the town.
The postoffice department has or
dered the re-establishment of the
postoffioe at Ito, Lewis county, and
the appointment of Miss Nellie Lin
der as postmistress.
Scottish Rite Masons of southern
Idaho met in Boise on Monday, Tues
day. Wednesday and Thursday of last
week. degrees being conferred upon
an unusually large class.
AL Howard, the negro who attempt
ed to kill Mrs. Stella Wilson, colored,
at Boise, and then turned the gun on
himself. will probably recover Mrs
Wilson was not seriously hurt
Horse rustlers have again made
their appearance in Boise, according
to stories which have come to the
authorities. Four horses were taken
from corral in the capital city on
Sunday.
The League of Southern Idaho Com
mercial clubs is planning a campaign
of promotion and advertising that is
expected to bring great results in the
way of settlers, home builders and
investors.
The definite announcement of the
Oregon Short Line of the location OF
it's new road through Camas Prairie
places the present town of Soldier
one and half miles north of the
nearest station.
The Emmett Fruitgrowers' asso-
citation has Joined with the North
western Fruit exchange and entered
into an exclusive contract for the
marketing of the fruit under its con
troll for this season.
Indicted for fencing government
lands in Owyhee county, George c.
Riddeli. Frank Riddell. Grant Rid
dell and Harry Riddell and Augustus
anu j. SOOne were IlDcQ 9OVO telCh
and ]. A Sewell $3.50.
A large force of surveyors is at
work on the Emmett bench serIing
stakes on the Emmett Orchard COM
pany's land, preparatory to the set
ting out OF fruit trees. The contract
calls for the setting of 10000 trees.
In his address at Moscow during
his recent visit to that city, Colonel
Fr E-C n
Idaho twenty-six years ago with a
pack train, which, he thought. gave
him some claim to be known as a pio-
neer.
Pleas OF not guilty were entered in
the Federal court at Boise on Tues
day by Frank w. Kettenbach and his
nephew. William F. Kettenbach. on
the charge of abstracting 1897, 900
from the Lewiston National bank of
lewiston
William Hogadone, a young man
about 27 years of age, living at Cam
bridge. in the northern part of Wash
ington county, committed suicide on
Thursday afternoon by shooting him
self in the head with a revolver. III
health is supposed to have been the
cause.
The celebrated HALEY State bank
case. wherein Leo Cramer, Hugh era
mer and Directors Cults and former
Cashier Coleman are charged with
accepting deposits when they knew
che HALEY State bank of HALEY, Ida
was insolvent, is being tried at Sho
shoue.
In the event that the epidemic
among prairie dogs is not shut or
soon in the southern part of the
state. there will be no need of thu
ranchers OF that district banding TO
gether for the purpose of carrying Oh
a war of determination against them
as they are dying by thousands.
To test the constitutionality of The
recent legislature to the effect tina
the state has a right to relinquish Ger
tain Lands and select indemnity landi
in lieu thereof. a friendly suit ma
been fled in the supreme court
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Rage of Cam
bridge are awaiting trial on the charg'
of torturing theis eight-year-old son
Portions of the boys body and leg
are horribly burned and bruised iron
severe beating, and he is now unde
the doctors care at the county poo
farm.
Mr.. Keppener, who is an old man
and his daughters son, about IA year
old were seriously IL not fatally In
jured in a runaway at Rexburg. MI
Keppener has five ribs, broken and !
not expected to live The boys skul