American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-03-11
IN THE GEM STATE

val Gorrie. near Weiser.
The socialists expect to put an en-
tire ticket In the field at Boise FOL
tho municipal campaign.
The union BARRIERS Of Boise have
jnaugurated . looking tt
an increase In their wages.
The Canyon county jail now has
but one inmate. Pony Young. who IL
awaiting trial on the charge of twice
selling Of land at Nampa.
As a result OF being thrown from
n load Of lumber In q runaway al
Malad, Isaac Evans sustained a bro
ken leg and a severe scalp wound,
Reports have been received by OF.
hcials OF the state and board that
there IL every indication of an abund-
ance OF water In the hills this coming
year.
The citizens OF Council celebrated
the birth Of Adams county with n
torch-light procession, huge bonfires
and the entire population yelling It,
self hoarse.
The AFFAIRS of Bonneville, the new
county taken from Bingham. are rapid
ly getting into shape. The commits
sioners have been holding almost
daily sessions.
Three more large sawmills will I'M
doubtedly be installed In the Occur
d'Alene country within the next few
months. according to James Hogan of
Occur d'AIene city.
A protective association for the
business houses OF the Twin Falls
country Is now a reality. The new as.
ISOLATION starts out with a membership
oil thirty-seyen merchants.
Senator Hepburn made a futile Mt
tempt In the senate TO reduce the
annual expenditures for the mainten.
ance OF national forest reserves from
more than $4,000. 900 to 1000, 900.
The senate on Saturday confirmed
the following Idaho postmasters:
Burt Venable, Payetto, G.. d. McEch,
eron. Lewiston. j. l.. Hermon, Noun.
tairhome; Charles Ii. Andrews, Wen
dell.
IL has been decided after an inves.
tigation thai heart failure was the
cause Of the death of Walter Scott.
a prominent rancher. VINO lived near
Idaho Falls. His body was found
In his cabin.
AT the last meeting of tht Payette
council II was voted to call a special
election for April IL. TO vote bonds to
the sum OF $4,000 to cover the city's
portion OF expense In laying a sewer
on the west side.
Fully organized. the committee of
100 that is to have charge of the Men
and Religion Forward Movement in
Boise. lis now prepared to initiate the
campaign that Is planned In conuec.
ton with this great work.
Ben +, Tweedy has resigned as
mayor OF the city OF Lewiston, and his
resignation has been accepted by the
city council. Differences OF opinion
over the enforcement of the local on
ton law resulted In this move.
Never before has the Nez Perez
prairie country witnessed such a noisy
celebration as that starting at Neg
Perez when the news came of the bin
creating Lewis county out of a por.
Ion OF Nez Perez having passed the
state senate.
The BOISE club In the Union Base
ball association Is L be known at the
"lrrigators." as the result of a contest
held last week to decide the nick
ann OF the club, A season pass
was offered as the prize for the name
accepted by the committee.
The federal grand jury meeting at
Boise, March 20. will Investigate al.
legged Illegal land entries In the Hat
ley district and alleged intimidation
Of contestants and their witnesses by
methods somewhat similar to those
OF the southern nightriders.
A story comes from Chicago to the
effect that q, $. Manning. aged 23.
Is In that city from Glenn's Ferry.
looking for a bride. his uncle having
lett him a fortune OF two million
dollars. with III proyiso that young
Manning marry within a year.
The s~heepmen in southern Idaho
are all working in harmony at this
time toward keeping the range as
free as possible from noSious weeds.
thus far there has beer small sue
cess attending this crusade, because
of the fact that the state has not az.
sisted in the work.
A series of motorcycle races from
TO Caldwell aud return Is being
planned by the Boise motorcycle club.
The club plans to hold the races on
Memorial day.
u. s. G. Evans. former cashier of
Farmers Trust bank OF Kendrick.
charged by the bank officials with
etnbezzling $500 of the banks
funds. has been bound over to the
district court. having waived preliml
nary examination.
Peter Stanley a Spanish gypsy Iiv-
Ing in South Boise ran amuek and |