American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-04-08

bui'dinR y 70 De completed Uf Au-
gust Is.
Boise was granted an additional
mail carrier last week. being another
indication of the growth of the car.
i,ai city,
An aviation meet Is to be held at
Boise on Wednesday and Thursday.
April 10 and 20. the contracts for the
meet having been signed last week,
II is announced that one OF the
largest ARTIFICIAL Ice plants Of the e n
tire west Is to be built in Nampa. and
that construction work on II will begin
within the e sixty days.
Marshall S. Ditkerson, n OF the
most respected and highly esteemed
pioneers OF Idaho, died at his home
In weiser. March 30. Mr.. Dickerson
was ~ year OF age and was born in
Kentucky.
About six thousand acres OF what is
conceded TO be the best land now held
by the state OF Idaho, In the neigh
borhood OF Rupert and Buriey. will be
sold at public auction at Burnley on
April 21.
The installation OF a new canning
factory at Boise Is believed TO be as.
rured, the farmers TO be granted the
privilege OF paying for part OF their
stock In produce. The project will
require n capital OF $4,000.
AT the request OF Senator Borah
the secretary OF the interior has post
poned from March 81 to April 81 the
time when settlers on the north side
Minidoka irrigation project shall make
annual payment on water rights.
The directors OF the Pioneer irri-
cation district are having petitions
to the reclamation service circulated,
says a Caldwell correspondent. ask
Ing that the lands under the Pioneer
be segregated from the Payette-B Boise
project.
State Immigration Commissioner
RE believes that Idaho potatoes are
destined 10 be the most sought for in
the entire country II the farmers Will
only take the trouble to properly In.
spect the stock which Is sent out OF
the state.
The prospects for a good year on
the Minidoka project are brighter
han they have ever been before.
There has been a big demand for the
grain furnished by the Oregon Short
Line 70 the farmers or the south
side Of the river,
II Is reported In Caldwell that the
Kuhn interests OF Pittsburg, Pa, have
acquired the old Boise. Owyhee lrri-
cation project. This project com
prises some OF the finest agricultural
and fruit land In southern Idaho and
eastern Oregon.
Believed To be the body OF James
Ross. who was lost I'm the Fremont
county woods last winter about the
time OF the disappearance OF B. r..
Corbin Of Boise. a badly mutilated
corpse has been found about 20 miles
northeast OF Lake.
John Marion Mcdowell. convicted
OF the murder OF his wife at Springs
ton on November 7. 1910. must serve
the remainder OF his life I'm the peni-
Tertiary at Boise II the decision az
Occur d'Alene OF Judge Dunn of the
district court stands.
Aniel Uruchua. a Basque sheep
herder. brought 10 a Boise hospital
from near Vale. Ore. suffering from
cuts and bruises about the
head, Is dead. 1t Is believed the man
was beaten by an enemy. his head be-
Ing a mass OF wounds.
The Aberdeen Springfield irrigation
tract. formerly known as the Ameri-
can Falls tract. IL to have a state ex-
pertinent farm and station. Forty
acres OF land adjoining the townsite
has been donated for that purpose by
a p~ublic-spirited citizen.
George NJ. Payne. pioneer resident
Of Mountain Home and a newspaper
man known all over the west. is dead
At the age Of n. Mr.. Payne Journey.
ed from Nirgiania TO California In
1852. and began publishing q news.
paper In Mountain Home Ina 1851.
T. r. Long OF Payette. deputy coun
y assessor. has handed in his resig-
nation 70 the county assessor. His Ia.
ability To make satisfactory explana.
lions 90 taxpayers for the great In.
crease values placed on property. Is
given a. bis reason for ~resigning.
The state Of Idaho will not be able
70 comply with the request for a lab
let In the inner wall Of the Washing
Ion national monument. owing TO the
fact that the matter was not brought
70 the attention OF the governor In
time q bring Il before the legisla-
fure.
Tim Gardner, tried at Caldwell on
the charge Of insanity has been dis.
charged from custody. Because OF
the fact thar Tim has had the habit
OF climbing around on the roof OF the
house with a lantern AZ all hours OF
the night he was thought 10 be in
sane.
Rather than face a sentence In the
~penitentiary. J. Miller. held In the
county jail on a charge Of burglariz