Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-07-13
IDAHO STATE NEWS

VI rOurtn OF July OratlOn.
Crop conditions in the Bull country
never have looked more favorable
than at the present time. The alfalfa
crop is unusually heavy.
On July Srd, Idaho celebrated the
twenty-first anniversary of her ad.
mission into the sisterhood of states.
The state was admitted July 3, 1899
Two additional postoffices in Idaho
have been designated as repositories
for postal savings funds. St Anthony
will begin to receive deposits on July
"a. and Weiser on July 81.
Thieves entered a clothing store
at Bull. taking fifteen mems suits, a
number OF shoes and other wearing
apparel. They cut out the glass in
the front door. slipping the lock
Depositors in the defunct State
Bank Of Commerce of Wallace, which
closed its doors May IL. will realize
their first dividend in the next two
weeks. according to Receiver w. o
Pierce.
Sawmills in eastern Washington
and northern Idaho are sending an
average OF 80 cars OF rough dimen.
sion lumber monthly to British Co
lumbia and other provinces in west
ern Canada.
That northern Idaho is having one OF
the most prosperous years In its his.
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 a horse, Jacob
Schlectes. aged IS, was killed near
Mountain Home, the horse dragging
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 concern
at Boise. has been formally ratified.
The first hill climb to be given in
the state of Idaho will be held July
al at Shoshone falls. five miles from
the city of Twin Falls. The climb
viii 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 25.
It is said that the vast holdings
Of the Washington Power company
Of Spokane in Kootenia county, val
ned at from 100000 to IS 600 900,
could be sold at public auction by
the officials OF that county because
Of delinquent taxes.
State inspectors caused stampede
at Boise among dairymen when they
raided nine dairies. under the direc-
hon 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 we'll, in
the annual convention of the Idaho
kurserymen'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-
ne. A trainload of nearly 100 horses
and construction equipment was sent
nom Denver via Laramie and Mont
pelier.
II. ]. Bartel, living near American
Falls, is figuring on 5000 bushels of
wheat from his dry farm this year,
an average of 20 bushels to the acre.
Abe Shaw has 220 acres of wheat
In the dry farm section that gives
promise of yielding soout 35 bushels
10 the acre.
The dry farmers around Cambridge
are exceedingly jubilant over the pros
poets for a. bumper crop. The rains
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 irri
gated land.
R. L. Mays. recently connected With
the railway station of the Oregon
Short Line at Gooding, in the capacity
OF a clerk, and Miss Billy Brown,
also OF Gooding, are under arrest at
the Salt Lake county Jail, charged
with the larceny of railway tickets OF
the Oregon .-hort Line.
The body Of Dan Miller, natural
lien Austrian. who was drowned In a
peculiar manner while taking antisep-
tics from Boise to construction
camp up the Boise river In order to
save the life of his employer, was
found July 3. just two weeks after
his tragic death.
Grading for the government rail-
road from Barberton to Arrow Rock,
Tor the Boise irrigation project, will
be finished as far as Gooseneck.
where bridge is to be be built across
he river. by the end of July, and the
-aiIc will ha laid In Auoncf