Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-11-09
IDAHO STATE NEWS


Wallace court to life Imprisonment
at Boise for the murder of Frank X.
Fox on July "a.
The long contemplated bridge
across Snake river at Loveridges fer
ry, promises soon to be a reality. Bids
have been advertised for.
Frank Thomas and Beecher Higgins,
convicted at Caldwell of forgery, have
each been sentenced to fourteen
years in the penitentiary.
Charles Aelby, a teamster, suffered
fracture of the leg when he was
thrown from a wagon in Boise, the re-
suit of his team having become fright
ened.
Frank Gardner of the Black Creek
country last week brought twen-
ty-one coyote skins into Boise. Every
one of the animals had been caught in
a trap and killed by prospector's
pick in Gardeners hands.
This year there has been shipped
from Mountain Home 1913 car loads of
sheep, horses and cattle, and 70 cars
of wool. approximately two and a
half million pounds of wool was
shipped from this point alone
The Lewiston sugar factory is hav-
ing an exceptional run this season. 1t
doubtless will handle this year the
greatest tonnage of beets of its his
tory. Already they have their big
sheds filled and are building immense
piles out in the open.
About 400 members of the State
Retail Hardware & Implement Deal
ers' association will meet in Boise
January II, u and 10, in their an
nual convention, which is planned on
a larger scale this year than that of
any previous meeting.
That 100000 tons of hay-enough
for the winters feed for all of the
sheep now in the state of Idaho-is
going to waste on the South Side Twin
Falls tract alone simply because there
is no market for it, is the news that
comes from that section.
1t is predicted that the little town
of Malta will soon be wiped off of the
map and swallowed up by it's neigh
Dor, Lovett, simply because of better
railroad connections caused by the
work of the Oregon Short Line now
building through that section of the
state.
D. R. Jones and N. S. Sage, two OF
the most prominent bankers of south,
eastern Idaho, the former being con.
nected with the Blackfoot State bank,
which closed it's doors May 8, have
been placed under arrest, charged with
embezzlement of 100000 of the banks
funds.
A well-written and well-illustrated
pamphlet descriptive of Downey and
Marsh valley, Idaho, intended pri-
marily for the information of eastern
people who may still be unaware of
the splendid opportunities offering in
the west, has just been issued from
Downey.
Thomas Johnston, a two-year-old
boy whose home is on Reynolds Creek,
in Owyhee county, is suffering from
severe scalp wound, caused by the
kick of a horse. The boy was kicked
four inches, but fortunately the skull
was not fractured.
Crops of all descriptions have been
abundant in Elmore county this sea-
son, though the acreage is not overly
large. The yield has been remark
able, this not only applying to the
grain and hay crops, but all kinds OF
fruit as well. Potatoes, especially on
dry farm land, yielded splendid crops.
Tripping on the start down 20
foot chute from the running track
to the floor of the gymnasium at the
Y. NJ. c. A. in Boise, two women, Miss
Jacobs and Mrs. Gregory, each had
their left legs broken between the an
kle and the knee, the accidents &C.
curing while they were making tour
of inspection of the gymnasium.
Efforts are being made by the Com
mercial club to get the Burley insti-
tute train to visit Salmon. This train
will start from Salt Lake in Deem
Der over the Oregon Short Line,
through northern Utah and southern
Idaho.
no nlSI Cal VI nOhcy tNCA ohipPOo
from Nampa was made last week by
Mccarthy & Randall, who have about
1000 hives of bees distributed about
the valley. The car contains $4,000
pounds of comb honey and is billed
to Cincinnati, o.
A shooting scrape occurred at Glib
louisville in which Joe Glenning and
his son, Patsy Glenning, are said to
have engaged in a lively duel AS
the result of the family row, Joe Glen
ming was slightly wounded. The boy
is about 20 years of age and the
father is nearly 70.
E. H. Moffitt of Wallace has been
elected president of the board of re-
gents of the University of Idaho, sue
ceeding M. E. Lewis, resigned from
the board, and E. d. Barker of Sand
point, the newly appointed regent,
has been chosen secretary.
While sitting in a tree trimming
the limbs. William T. Stethem of Sal
mon, was stricken with paralysis, af-