Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-08-24
IDAHO STATE NEWS

motor car on the tracks in the mail
Bunker Hill tunnel at kellogg, 0. l.
Plemmons' right leg was broken.
The governor last week appointed
delegates from Idaho 20 the Interna
tional Dry Farming congress which
convenes at Colorado Springs, Colo.
for a six-day session, ON October 16.
A movement is on foot to organize
militia company in Boise at as early
date as possible. The war depart
ment is ready to furnish complete new
equipment for two more companies in
Idaho.
Two Boise boys were turned over
to the sheriff by an irate farmer who
had caught the young fellows in his
melon patch and fired upon the tres.
passers with a shotgun. one of the
young men being slightly wounded.
AS result of the recent get ac.
quainted trip" of the Oregon Short
Line officials to Idaho the depot at
HALEY has received a number of i'm.
provements, by order of e. c. Man.
son, general superintendent OF the
road.
The government has at this time
$4,000 acre-feet of water stored IL
Lake Wolcott, near the Minidoka pro
ject. 1t has 235,OO0 additional acre
feet stored in its great reservoir If
the Jackson Hole country in north.
western Wyoming.
Twin Falls came to the scratch last
week with the abstract from County
Auditor e. ]. Finch with a total as.
sessed valuation of s20,76S, 055.00
compared with a valuation fixed by
the state board of equalization last
year of s5.710,0055O.
Fire starting on a dry farm near
Rexburg caused the loss of about 800
acres of Turkey Red wheat, or about
$4,000 bushels. The fire started from
a threshing outfit, and 300 citizens
fought the fire for two hours and
half before it was subdued.
Peter Groner. young rancher and
stockman of Crane creek, was kicked
by horse and severely injured. He
had rope around the young horses
neck and was attempting to punish il
wien the animal suddenly wheeled
and kicked him squarely with both
feet
A splendid yield of grain is report |
ed by most of the Rockland farmers
Grain that was seeded on stubble is
from twelve to twenty-five
bushels per acre, while grain that has
been planted according to most ap |
proved methods is going from thirty |
to sixty bushels per acre.
Present indications are that a bic |
flow Of petroleum is likely to be found |
near Kelly springs, few miles up
the valley from Boise, and crew OF
drillers working near the springs is |
putting the steel rapidly down to q
point where it will soon be known
whether or not the oil is there.
The Oregon Short Line advertising
will soon issue new
book on Idaho. D. E. Burley, general
passenger agent of the road, will first
send an engineer to cover Idaho and
find out all the available land still
open to settlement. This information
will be incorporated in the book
The settlers on the Minidoka pro
iect will be provided with an abund.
ance of water for future irrigation
seasons, for Daniel G. Martin, former
state engineer, has been appointed
special deputy to distribute the stor-
ed waters of the United States gov.
eminent to the settlers on the tract.
The Montpelier-Paris branch of the
Oregon Short Line was formally turn
ed over to the operating department
BY the engineering department on
August Is. A celebration of the com
pletion of this line was held in Paris
Pioneer day, although there were still,
some finishing touches to be made.
The Oregon Short Line railroad
ralues it's main line in Idaho at be
'ween $4,000 and $4,000 per mile
while the Great Northern estimates
is value per mile at s30,446, accord
ng to arguments and statements
made before the state board of equal
,ation by representatives of the roads
Mrs. Herman Hill or SAT- Lake, who
With her husband. has been stopping
It Soda Springs, stepped accidentally
nto deep and dangerous ditch a few
lays ago. She fell on her side and
vas severely injured
Nampa's first hospital, a co-opera.
i've proposition between the Utah
company and local bust.
less men. is open and in operation
he new institution will accommodate
twenty-five patients.
Boise joins Blaine in levying an
ssessment on the wines and liquors
cid in the county, differing in this
aspect from most other counties. /
he value of the wines and liquors
wned in Boise county is s4,150
The body of Howard Stahl, drown. I
while bathing in Snake river near {
lenns Ferry on the afternoon of July
}, has been recovered. Stahl be-
ame exhausted while attempting to