Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-06-08
IDAHO STATE NEWS

40 mics, IN nine hours, one day last
week.
The total membership OF the En-
met schools this year is sos. with
class of fifty-two to enter the high
school next year.
The Twin Falls County Sunday
School association will hold it's an
nual convention at Murtaugh, Idaho,
June Z. 8 and 9.
a widow living at Caldwell broke all
records at the local postoffce last
week by buying SLIGO worth of money
orders payable to herself.
The potato yield this year in Idaho |
is going to be better than for any |
other season in the history of the |
state, according to all reports.
The pure food inspector pounced |
upon insanitary places in Occur
d'Alene one day last week, and as a
result four kitchens and eating houses
were ordered closed.
There is an abundance of water for
state, according to Don H. Bark, head
of the government irrigation investi-
cation work in Idaho.
The Idaho Falls Register says that
the new warehouse of c. w. & VI.
Co., in that city, is the largest ware
house building in the state of Idaho
having a capacity of three hundred
cars
The drainage district, comprising
about 1900 acres between Nampa and
Caldwell, as proposed over year
ago and which has been promoted dill
ligently. seems on the verge of reali-
cation.
The president has set aside a 160
acre tract near Weiser for a rife
range The location of the range is
about three and half miles north Of
the city and an ideal spot for such
purposes.
Work was resumed Monday on the
Bliss end of the Bliss-Rupert cutoff
crew of $50 men was moved in on
Saturday evening, and with the help
of tracklayer the gang laid mile
of steel on Monday.
Thomas Price of Blackfoot has been
arrested for selling whisky contrary
to the local option law. Before Black
foot went dry Price was operating a
saloon. Since then he has been osten-
sibly selling soft drinks to his patrons.
Interstate roads, connecting the
capitals of all the western states. will
be one OF the important matters to
come before the second annual con
vention of the Intermountain Good
Roads convention to be held in Pc
catello. June 1924
While two young men were making
the descent down the Devils Ladder at
Shoshone falls, to the natural cave
below, a large rock loosened by their
efforts rolled down into the cavern
hitting one OF the boys on the head
and infiicting severe injury.
More general interest in the matter
of good roads seems to be taken this
spring than for years past The agi
tation of the subject is bearing goot
fruit in more systematic road work
and much less waste through misdi
man.
In view of the prospects for an eX
cellent berry and fruit crop. the I'm
; NETT Fruit Growers association ha:
selected J. W. Tyler as a representa-
= tive to solicit a market for the pro
= duct He will visit Butte and othe
Montana points. as we'll as places il
Idaho.
In order to take care Of its rapid.
growing business the board of di
rectors of the Bank OF Idaho. at Boise
have announced that the capital stOc'
. OF the institution would be increase
from 100000 to 100000, giving til
, bank Il combined capital and surplu
of over $4,000.
Bitten in the right leg just ahov
the ankle by rattlesnake. James c
Borland Of South Boise used heroi
efforts to rid himself of the poison
Borland cut away the flesh about III
> wound. and FASTENED to a doctor. II
. has suffered but little inconvenience
8 from the wound.
e beth Jones against the city OF Gale
\ well. in which Mrs. Jones was award
e ed $3.50 damages for injuries allege
to have resulted from a fall on III
sidewalk. the supreme court has re
versed the decision OF the trial judg
n and ordered a new trial
/ Idaho is still doing 4 land offc
r business if one may judge from tg
= ures given out at the office of IL
h state land department. Up to AR
f Il. 1911. the date OF the last regula
o report. there had been segregated b
e the state under the Carey act a tot
e of 1.176.S9S.O7 acres.
Plans for the opening Of the Cha,
tauQua in Boise on June % are q,
vancing in n manner most pleasing {
those in charge Of the program. an
n there is every indication that this yea