The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-08-24
in THE GEM STATE

Downey, the crews having narrow
escape from death. Both engines were
demolished and both engineers and
firemen were slightly injured
A U. Baldwin, residing three miles
northeast of Meridian, reports that he
cleared Sl70 free of expense from his
acre of strawberries, the var cites be
ing Glen Mary, New York and William
Belt.
The sixth annual Roswell-Parma
picnic, held at Parma, July 81, was
the most successful of these meetings
so far held. The attendance was yari-
ously estimated at from $500 to 1000
people.
Sheriff Tug returned to Shoshone
with Thomas Jennings, who stole a
team Of horses and buggy from the
Purdum livery at this place June 7
last The capture was made near He
Der, Utah.
Following weeks wild riotng
George c. Tunstall, believed to be
married man with a family at Lu-
verne. Rock county, Mimi, committed
suicide in Boise, shooting himself
through the head.
William DentZ, former dentist
who came to Weiser about three
months ago from Erie, Pa, died last
week at the Conant hospital, after
brief illress caused from a general
breakdown. He was "a years of age.
Chris korupa, prominent resi-
dent of Payette. Idaho was killed
Sunday. While on camping trip
on Squaw creek, he, with others.
chopped down a tree. The tree fell
at an unexpected time and struck
him.
The new morton car which was put
on the run between McCammon and
Montpelier, a few days ago by the
Oregon Short Line railway, has been
taken off and returned to Ogden, as
it was not able to do the required
work
The beet crop in Idaho is reported
to be very promising, and the gen
eral crop conditions good by T. R.
Cutler, general manager of the Utah
Idaho Sugar company, who has Just
made visit to the factories of the
state.
The last car of this seasons wool
has just been shipped from Cam
bridge. This makes total of forty
cars. or over 100000 pounds OF wool,
that have gone out from the Cam
bridge and Indian valley shearing
plants.
The Smithsonian institute will soon
be enriched with the skeleton of
huge prehistoric animal excavated
from sand hill five miles west of
have unearthed the skeleton of
mostodon.
Construction work on the Idaho
Central railway is well under way
Grading camps a"e established from
Richfield on the Wood river branch
for distance of thirty-fve miles
west to Camas Prairie Grading is
now being done between Soldier and
Corral
Half crazed because of the inces-
SAINT heat, so it is believed, and wor-
ried over imagined financial difficult
ties. Adam Owens Cleek, manager of
what is known as the I. X. Cleek
ranch, two miles and half from Star,
suicided by shooting himself through
the head
A movement is on foot at Boise
looking to the Inauguration of an an.
nual peach day in the Boise Valley.
The date that has been suggested is
September 5, and the idea is. by
every manner possible of advertising
and demonstration, to exploit the Ida.
no peach.
The racing program of the coming |
Intermountain fair at Boise will be
the finest which has ever been pulled
OF in the state, according to those
having the program in hand Four
purses OF $1,000 and four of $4,000
will be offered. and 1O2 horses have
been entered.
1t is charged that the mills about |
Atlanta are responsible for the killing
of millions of trout annually, and |
that tons of the fish are piled up on
the bars in the river below the town, |
as result of the practice of permit |
ting the cyanide solution to escape |
into the waters.
T. II. DeBord became suddenly in
sane in Boise and when an officer was |
called attempted to kill the represen-
tative of the law, being placed under
arrest after putting up a stiff fight, it !
being necessary for the policeman to |
club him into submission. De Bord |
was formerly resident of Portland.
The third side of the triangle, OF
which Boise, Nampa and Caldwell are
the corners, will be joined by an in
terurban line this year. There are
now trolley lines between Nampa
and Boise. and Boise and Caldwell.
The third leg will parallel the Ore
gon Short Line from Nampa junction
TO Caldwell.
Report comes from Caldwell that a
train kiIlod civ 6uo ho,,o. |