American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-01-21
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organized at fayette, with zOO mem
bers.
Residents OF the town OF Winches-
ter. which IL but q little over a year
old, are asking that tho town be incor.
porated.
The school census for the Caldwell
school district shows that there are
1881 adults under 81 years of age.
There are enrolled 925 pupils.
The Idaho State Grange now has
1000 members In the state, the great
est number being in Ada, Canyon and
Washington counties.
The homesteaders OF Sand Hollow.
Canyon county. have built u school
house, hired a teacher and the school
Is now running with % pupils.
A Lewiston dispatch says a % per
cent dividend has been declared by
the Lewiston National bank and a
large sum added to the undivided pro
fits besides.
James Campbell. a rancher living
west OF Weiser. recently trapped a
Canadian lynx Weighing 81 pounds.
which. for some time, had been killing
his chickens.
Clearwater county will undoubtedly
be created and organized, according to
information learned from members OF
both the house and senate, says the
Boise Statesman.
Judge r. s.. Dietrich Of the federal
district court has made a ruling on
the question Of Indian heirship which
places the matter in the hands Of the
interior department.
The report Of the secretary Of the
Caldwell Commercial club shows that
the club Is entirely out of debt and
has q small surplus In the bank. There
are 276 members of the club.
At Leadore. the new town on the
Gilmore & Pittsburg railroad, midway
between Salmon City and Armstead. IA
commercial club has been formally or
ganized with thirty~ive charter mem
bers.
A company OF 140 Germans arrived
at Sugar City last week and will &C.
cure work In the sugar factory and In
the beet fields adjacent to Sugar
City. The new population is from
Kansas.
A coroner's jury has decided that the
death of II. s., Chester. VINO was killed
by n train rear Weiser. was purely
accidental. and not due to careless
ness or negligence on the part OF the
trainmcn.
II appears that tho grippe and the
measles have formed a combination
In Caldwell. with the result that there
are more grown people and children
sick than ever before in the history
OF the city.
rifle which he had shot for the past
fve years. II. c. Thompson, of Boise,
suffered injuries to his right hand
which may necessitate the amputa.
ton OF hat member.
Lawrence Hansen or Rock Creek.
president OF the Albion state normal
school. IN Il direct descendant of Mar.
tin Luther. his mother being the
twelfth In direct descent from the
great apostle OF religion.
A mammoth paper pulp mill Is as.
sured for Occur d'Aleue. according to
present plans OF leaders of the com-
mercial club. who have been working
for months trying to perfect an organ
ization and secure n site.
While attempting to pass between
two freight cars ut Idaho Falls. the
train starting suddenly. Fred Bybee,
aged D. fell underneath the wheels,
his right leg being crushed so that
am%putation was necessary,
With aboa. three hundred represen.
tative hardware hisE In attendance,
the seventh annual convention OF the
Idaho Retail Hardware and Imple-
ment Dealers association was called
to order in Boise on Saturday.
l.. A. Snyder of Twin Falls has been
awarded the $500 offered by the Short
Line for the best one-acre crop OF
marketable potatoes raised In Idaho,
while w. h. Gilmore OF Payette car
ried on second honors, receiving $3.50.
The objection to applications for
saloon licenses in the Fig creek sec
ton OF Shoshcne county will probably
tweig the arguments OF applicants
and the decision of the commission.
ers will be against issuing the H.
censes.
a petition is being generally signed
by residents of the Lapwai valley
asking the government to set aside
six. acres OF the Indian school reserve
for a cemetery. There Is no Gene
terry in this vicinity for the use OF
white people.
The reclamation of $500 acres of the
Kootenai valley. by the building of
dykes and bitches. is apparently as
sured. the majority OF property own.
ers whose lands would be benefited
by such a project having signiacd
their willingness of carrying out those
plans.
A Wallace dispatch Y The sher-
ms Office under the administration OF