Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-09-07
IDAHO STATE NEWS


tween Nampa and Middleton will thii
fall be relaid with e0-pound steel rail-
In place Of the light ones that ar,
now in use.
Emmett will have q precinct fall
this year. the last two days in Sep
TENDER, and from the present OUTLOOK
1t win surpass anything OF this nature
ever before attempted
Delegates from Idaho TO the sixth
International dry farming congress
which meets at Colorado Springs
Colo, from October 16 to 20, have
been appointed By the governor.
New property TO the amount OF
s401.179 was added to the roll BY the
state board Of equalization this year
by reason Of the law enacted at the
last session taxing private car CON-
panies-
At the close Of business on the
opening day OF the Boise postal saw
ings bank there had peen a total OF
seventeen accounts started, the SUN
OF 1913 having been deposited with
Uncle Sam.
Edward Whinyate, a car inspector
was instantly killed in the yards al
Pocatello Wednesday night by beins
run over. The accident happened
while Whinyate was walking on the
tracks near the subway
The Caldwell Commercial club is
sending a large and interesting ex-
hibit OF Canyon county products TO
the state fair at Lincoln. Neb. This
fair takes place next week, after
which the Lincoln fair exhibit will be
taken to Omaha
The state board of equalization on
August 20 completed its labors with
the assessment of Property owned by
telegraph, telephone and other cor.
porauons and the scene of activity
has been transferred to the state aud
itor's department.
Arthur Allen, a 17-year-old lad from.
Hagerman, was thrown by runaway
team near Bliss. and his hip badly
fractured. In this condition the boy
lay for three hours in the sun ano
dust until some one happened by and
helped him to town.
Crops over the whole Emmett sec
ton are OF the best this year. Fruits
grains and grasses are all bumper
crops. The canning factory will
soon reopen for a run on fruit. This
will take care Of the surplus and in
sure good home market
Stranger L. Chamberlain, the Idaho
county alleged wife deserter, has beer
brought back from Wisconsin to
for trial. Chamberlain,
1t is said, left his bride two days
after the wedding, taking along some
$500 of his wife's money.
While there has not been as much
building in the town of Emmett this !
year as there was last, a great deal
more improvement has been made in |
the country. especially on the bench |
and slope near town, where many fine |
homes have been erected this summer |
After a battle in which he came
near meeting death himself, Sport, a
coach dog, the property
Of w. NJ. Butterbaugh, a rancher liv.
ng in Lemp's guich, killed bob cat
several days ago that measured six
Ieet, 1t Is said, from nose to tip OF
-ail-
BY a vote of 81 to 16 the members
Of the Federation of Shop Employees
Of the Hartman system working in
he Pocatello railroad shops have vot-
ed in favor of a strike to enforce
recognition of the federation The
vote was secret, but returns leaked |
but
The heaviest sample Of w. S. C. by.
Drid No. 143 ever reported was deliv
cred last week at Lewiston by John
Ingram, farmer living five miles
east of Lewiston, who has several
hundred acres of the wheat, which
averaged 50 bushels to the acre and
tested S. pounds.
Within a week the new Oregon
Short Line bridge across the Snake
liver at American Falls will be com
Dleted, after eight months of steady
work. Eight spans. totalling 625 feet
n length and weighing oyer 100000
pounds. have been put in place with.
out fatal accident.
The Idaho State Association o
County Auditors will hold its fifth an
nual convention in Boise September
5, 6 and 7. Auditors from every coun
ty in the state, together with count,
commiss' oners, will be in ATTENDANCE,
and elaborate plans are being mad,
for the entertainment of the guests.
The report of the state board OF
shows that there are
within the boundaries of this state
2,48S.95 miles of steam and electric
railway, an increase OF 140.16 miles
Turing the year. The total value
placed upon these railroads is S73,
I46,206, which is regarded as being
about 70 per cent of the actual cash
Talue
Senator Borah was welcomed by
1000 others at the Warner-Kelloge
Industrial picnic on August 26. The