Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-07-06
IN THE GEM STATE

Inc new pOSldi savings Ddhh al
Gooding is now doing business.
The new Christian church at Nam
pa was formally dedicated on Sun
day, July 2.
The mayor of Boise refused to al
low a boxing exhibition in that city
on the Fourth of July.
A Hoosier society is being formed
at Boise. all former residents Of IA
diana being eligible TO membership.
An application has been received
at the treasury department to con-
vert the Bank of Boise into the Pa
cific National Bank of Boise, with a
capital OF 100000
M. Sullivan. who on June % at
tackled a man by the name of Kelly
near Emmett and cut him up with
knife, has been sentenced to sixty
day in the county jail
NJ Mikato, Japanese laborer on
the Golden Gate" branch Of the
Short Line, was seriously, though not
fatally injured. by falling through
bridge near Greenioaf
While unloading telephone poles
from a car at Caldwell. A. J. Bax-
ter, a laborer, was severely injured
by being thrown from the car and
struck by one of the poles.
Joe Byers, an old timer OF Wood
River and Silver City, was found dead
In his house near the mouth Of Mar
BILE creek, a short time ago. He had
evidently been dead for some time.
Manis A. McGurrin. the Ustick man
who was charged with selling liquor
without a license. was acquitted by
a jury The jury was out only 10
minutes before bringing In verdict.
Hepburn park. said to be one OF
the most beautiful parks in the
world now actually belongs to the
commonwealth of Idaho, the govern
ment having issued a patent in favor
Of the state.
A field examination having disclos-
ed that approximately 1929 acres
Of land in Idaho recently withdrawn
for examination contain no phosphate
deposits of value. President Taft has
restored them to entry.
Paul Poust. the 1S-year-old son of
the Oregon Short Line station agent
under 1900 bushels of grain In the
grain elevator. the accident occur
ring while the boy was playing at
the elevator.
Earl Kingsbury of Singiser brought
two large mountain lion skins to
Salmon last week. One measures
eight and one-half feet from tip to
tip. The brute had slaughtered a
four-year-old mare and was trapped
near the carcass.
The state land sale held at Cald-
well recently. was quite heavy, ac'
cording to the report of the state
land department About 1000 acres
Of land was disposed of, the prices
In some cases going as high as $40
per acre, which is unusual
Joseph Jones was shot and killed
by Ben Higgs in the main street Of
Soldier. Both men had been drink
ing and were continuing a quarrel
that had been going on for some
weeks. Both were known as bad
men, very handy with gun.
The contract for the northern ex
tension of the Idaho Northern rail
way has been let and the work Of
building will be started this month.
The contract for the construction
calls for the building of fifty-eight
miles of grade from Emmett to
Smiths Ferry.
The Oregon Short Line is receiving
complaints because of the abuse in
Idaho Of the new law against public
drinking cups in railway cars. 1t is
said that passengers with no regard
for the health of others, drink out of
the car filters by putting their mouths
10 the faucet.
James H. Wallis, state sanitary
4 commissioner, the father Of Is chill
dren, has received a letter from
Theodore Roosevelt. in which the ex
president says: you are the kind
of American citizens / thoroughly
4 believe in, and for whom l feel the
highest regard"
Clad in nothing but his nightgown
and raving in delirium from a high
fever. NJ Denton, patient at a Boise
hospital, escaped at IL o'clock al
night and ran loose through the resi-
dence section of the city until an
early hour the next morning, before
& he was captured.
This viii be a banner year in the
Payette district The apple trees arr
heavily laden and the orchardists arr
3 now beginning to thin for the fal
crop. A large acreage Of young or
chards is coming into bearing thi
year and the output from Payette vii