The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-01-13
IDAHO STATE NEWS

luRho county amounts to $4,321,O53.
While coasting at Moscow, Holt
Gushing was thrown against tree
and painfully injured about the head.
The Caldwell Daily News has sus-
pended publication, and in the future
the News will be issued twice week.
Governor Hawley, in his message
to the legislature, recommends that a
constitutional convention be called to
revise the state constitution.
The executive committee of the
Idaho State Dairy association has de-
cided to hold the next state dairy con.
vention at Twin Falls, on January %
and a.
Articles of Incorporation have been
filed for the organization of a news
paper and job printing plant at Orc
fino, local citizens being interested IN
the incorporation.
Nearly 800 students are enrolled at
the academy of Idaho at Pocatello, in
the different courses, being an in
crease in attendance over that OF two
years ago of over A per cent.
There is strong sentiment In IA
vor Of paving Weiser streets during
the coming season, and it now ap-
pushed to successful issue.
A Boise man is the inventor of a
device which 1t is claimed will solve
the aeroplane problem, being design
ed to automatically control airships
and balance the machine, while they
are in the air
In Governor Hawley's message to
the legislature, San Francisco is sug-
gested as the proper place in which
to hold the great international expo
sition in 1918 at the close OF the con-
0truction of the Panama canal.
Among some OF the senators there
is talk of thirty-day session. 1t is
urged by them that if there is con-
certed action the work can be com
pleted within thirty days, resulting in
considerable saving to the state.
Miss Vera Hart, the 17-year-old
daughter OF Senator and Mrs. John
w. Hart of Menan, small settlement
south Of st. Anthony, was killed in a
runaway accident, while on her way
to Rigby to attend a skating party.
State Horticulturist j. r. Field will
recommend to the Legislature that
$4,000 be set aside for the next bien-
NAL term to supply various needs
such as the appointment of added
deputies to the present force of the
department.
Members of the senate and house
from Nez Perez and Idaho counties
are united in favor of state tax COM
mission, and will begin activities
early In the session to bring about the
passage of a measure to provide for a
commission.
The senate on Wednesday refused
to confirm the list of appontees
made by the governor. laying the en-
tire list on the table for investiga-
ton. 1t Is understood the governor
will stand pat with his etire list OF
nominations.
Governor Hawley. in his message,
favors the election of United States
senators by direct vote of the peo-
pie. He calls attention to the State
Bankers association and it's recon-
of the change of the state
laws of Idaho.
The annual convention of the Idaho
State Horticultural association will
be held in Boise on January "a 25
and 26. 1t is expected that the con-
vention will be a lively one, and that
the attendance will be good Special
railroad rates have been secured.
In reference to forest fires, which
have partially destroyed great deal
Of timber in northern Idaho, Governor
recommends the closest in
OF north Idaho streams
contiguous to the timber, with view
of damming said streams.
A dispatch from Grangeville says:
During the last few days the Idaho
county assessor has taken in thou
sands of dollars in taxes, the largest
individual being the Camas Prairie
railroad, which paid S17,500 on the
branch and the Clear
water line.
The school house at ReXburg which
was damaged by fire recently, when
the 600 children filed out without
fright or panic, has been repaired.
About $1,000 is the cost of repairs,
which consisted chiefly of replaster-
ing where the water had run through
from the roof.
In his first message to the legisla-
ture, Governor James II. Hawley rec
commended. mat in order to put an end
to imported divorce cases, time of res
idence required be extended from six
months to one year. The divorce col
ony has been thrown into consterna.
ton as a result.
ldagon bids fair to be a new town
on the map before the close of the
year, says the Boise Statesman. The
word-ldagon-is made up OF the first
three letters OF Idaho and the last
three OF Oregon. II is situated on the
Idaho-Oregon line twelve miles from
Caldwell and forty miles from Boise.
Not less than twenty handsome res.
licences, ranging in cost from $4,000