The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-07-14
IDAHO STATE NEWS

\ $780, hAyS ioDhSu more faVOrahI,
than at the present time. The aIf,,ss
crop is unusually heavy.
On July 3rd, Idaho celebrated :,
/ tWenty-first anniversary of her -
mission into the sisterhood of state
The state was admitted july 2 1907
Two additional postoffices in Tdo,.
have been designated as depostto,ia !,
for postal savings funds. St. Antbon.
will begin to receiNe deposits on mi,
"a, and Weiser on July q
Thieves entered clothing stor,
| at Bull, taking fifteen mems suit. :
number of shoes and other wearira
apparel They cut out the glass L
the front door, slipping the lock
Depositors in the defunct STAT
Bank OF Commerce of Wallace. wbic,
! closed its doors May IL, will real;ze
| their first dividend in the next tw,
weeks, according to Receiver w n
/ Pierce.
Sawn1iIls in clstern Washinpto,
and northern Idaho are sending az
average of 80 cars Of rough dinen
sion lumber monthly to British ~
/ Iumbia and other provinces in west
ern Canada.
That northern Id@ho Is having one 81
the most prosperous years in its bis
tory is the opinion of State Immigra.
! ton Commissioner Rich, who has
returned from trip through portions
of that section.
Becoming entagled in the harness
while unhitching horse, Jacob
Schlectes, aged 35, was killed near
Mountain Home, the horse draggine
him over large field, tramping and
kicking him to death.
The deal between the Bell and In.
dependent Telephone companies
whereby the Bell company takes over
In its entirety the plant, business and
good will of the independent concerr
at Boise, has been formally ratified
The first hill climb to be given in
the state of Idaho will be held july
q at Shoshone falls, five miles from
the city of Twin Falls. The climb
will be under the auspices of the
Twin Falls County Automobile club
Convicted of murder in the first de
gree at Occur d'Alene for the muir
der of John Billings, Fred Gruber
whose execution was stayed by an
appeal to the supreme court. has just
been resentenced, to be hanged on
August rs.
It is said that the vast holdings
of the Washington Power company
of Spokane in Kootenia county. val
ued at from 100000 to S. 100000
could be sold at public auction by
the officials of that county because
of delinquent taxes.
State inspectors caused a stampede
at Boise among dairymen when they
raided nine diaries, under the direc.
ton of State Pure Food Commission.
er Wallis, arrested as many dairy
men, and immediately afterward con
victed seven of them.
Considerable interest prevails, not
only among nurserymen, but among
orchardists, irrigation project settlers
and the general public as well. in
the annual convention of the Idaho
Nurserymen's association to be held
July Is at Emmett.
The grading equipment for building
the Oregon Short Line branch thirty
miles northwest from Richfield is be-
ing sent across country to High Prai,
rie A trainload of nearly 100 horses
and construction equipment was sent
from Denver via Laramie and Mont,
pelier.
Fl. ]. Bartel, living near American
Falls, is figuring on 5000 bushels Of
wheat from his dry farm this year,
an average of 90 bushels to the acre
Abe Shaw has 220 acres of wheat
in the dry farm section that gives
promise of yielding about S5 bushels
to the acre.
The dry farmers around Cambridge
are exceedingly jubilant over the pros
poets for bumper crop. The rams
throughout May and June assures the
biggest yield since this land was set
tied In many instances the yield on
dry farms will surpass that on irrf
gated land.
r. L. Mays, recently connected WltD
the railway station of the Oregon
Short Line at Gooding, in the capaeis
of clerk, and Miss Billy Bfo"n,...
also of Gooding, are under arrest .,
the Salt Lake county Jail, charger
with the larceny of railway ticKets y
the Oregon hort Line.
The body of Dan Miller, natuFas
izen Austrian, who was drowned IN
peculiar manner while taking anuseP
tics from Boise to a construcuon
camp up the Boise river in ordef ]
save the life of his employer Mas
found July 3, just two weeks ai'e
his tragic death.
Grading for the government ia
road from Barberton to Arrow Rusr,
for the Boise irrigation project
be finished as far as Goosehse
where a bridge is to be be built astvs