The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1911-06-02
IDAHO STATE NEWS

lightning aud killed near Twin Falls
Twin Falls has three banka with a
total capital OF 100000 and deposits
o. over si,Eoo.eoo
The Oregon Short Line branch from
hurley 10 Oakley Ii nov completed
and train service viii be put on June
ls.
ssoIne twenty contractors are Al
work on the grading u the Raft River
road our o. Harley and the work will
b. pushed with al possible speed.
The indications are that the Boise
valley as a whole will produce a
larger crop Of fruit than ever before
Experienced and capable orchardists
are not concerned at ali.
The Kingman Towhsivc company IL
completing ita organisation work this
week. and the embryo city on the ntw
railroad will soon make its bow 20 tho
pubic, says the Nysaa Journal
Farmers 10 the country adjacent 10
Nampa are iuhllant over prospects In
their lines this season. Every part of
tho farm industry gives exceptional
promise for record productions
Charles p. Hartley OF Emmett.
president Of the state horticultural
board, u q "hear" on the fruit situa.
tion, says the Boise Statesman, lie
can sec but half crop for Idaho this
year
Addison 7. Smith. private secretary
10 United statea Senator Hepburn,
has rendered 10 Chairman Charles l.
Hoffman his resignation Of the office
OF secretAry TO the Republican state
committee.
PocAtello II now raising $4,000 q
turnpike n pole line road to Ross
Fork to connect with the maeadam
Ized sand road. Tho pole ROAD viii
shorten the road TO Ross Fork ant
will be- a splendid automobile drive
way.
Boise viii shortly hare but one tele
phone system A merger Of the loca
business OF the He'll Telephone com
pany and OF the independent com
pany has been practically completed
lacking only the working out of IN,
details.
SOLICITING the dead OF night and al
isolated spot near the homesteat
when accompanying hia mother, EI
nest y. Hesss, prominent civil engi
nesr OF Boise, committed auicide b.
shooting himself through the hea
near Moro station.
In an effort 20 curb vice, Keliog
and Wardner have Joined hands in th
passage OF Joint liquor iicens
witch. for mining towns. ia almos
revolutionary IN character, and place
the closing hour at ~ midnight. an
the opening hour at a, m.
A hermit in that vicinity for years
the body OF man named Cunningham
was found at his cabin on rane
which be had worked IN smaii wa
about eighteen miles northwest q
Mountain Home. last week. Deaf
was due 20 natural causes.
The buildings at Keliy's Tx
Springs, near nolse. were destroye
by fre last week. supposedly OF incel
diary origin. causing loss To th
owner OF about $4,000. l.. w. DO
man was badly burned before no q
capped from the hurning building.
Mrs. Lydia Hpater. aged 46. wife {
y. ]. Hester, wealthy retired CAPT
Aiist, was almost instantly killed nea
the ferry landing on Snake Rive
avenue. ~ lewiston, She was throw
from buggy. striking head firyt G
the mAcadam roadway Her skull WI
fractured by the fall
In a shooting ARRAY at Jarbidgs Ia
week, W. H. Connors OF Twin Fal
was shot In the back and face by
man named FLYNN. who shot Conner
In the back as he passed his (Flynn'i
tent, and In the duel that followe
shot him Ia the face. conuors vi
recover.
suit has been brought against Il
Oregon Short Line by Jesse Richar'
20 recover Et50 for the alleged kliiiI
Of two horses AZ Arlmo. January
1910. The company contends that q
animals were tTespassers ON railro'
property and that II Ia therefore n
Fehpans Bile
Enraged. Il il said. because h
wife refused 30 leave the home
william p. Neal. In Bose, Joseph
FelthouscF. owner Of Boise Mattre
factory. h thought to have attempts
to burn the place down. lie was
rested and booked on a charge OF
son.
The famous Dead OK Fiat distri'
near wetseT. but across Snake riS
in Oregon. viii. before very long,
one Of the leaders As fruit produce
and already over 1000 acres At q
east end Of the nat are being plant
10 fruit trees Of many varieties a.
alfalfa
At a special election at nlAekfoot
vote upon bonding the city Tor 1