American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-04-22
IN THE GEM STATE

Boise u an avowed candidate fol
the NEXT convention OF the United
Commercial Travellers.
Fruit growers Of Nampa vicinity
are optimistic In regard 20 conditions
Of orchards after tho severe frost q
last week
Governor Hawley and Attorney
General McTougall have gone to
Washington 10 try TO ~straighten out
public land matters.
Tho reclamation service will re-
ccive bids on May l for the grading
Of nine miles Of roadbed between BAR
berton and Arrow Rock.
Miss Alice Gipson OF Caldwell has
recently been honored with q scholar.
ship II Yale. she being successful out
OF . large class la the graduate
school.
State immigration Commissioner
Rich has arranged with the Oregon
Short Line officials no that coast
bound passengers may get stopovers
IN Idaho.
Grace N. Shepherd. superintendent
OF public instruction of Idaho. has
been elected vice president OF the In.
land Teachers association. recently
In session In Spokane.
United States Marshal Hodgin has
received tho names OF several appli-
cants for the Job OF deputy marshal
to take the place OF Ned Green. who
lately committed suicide.
The Christian woman's board OF
missions. representing Caldwell. Meri.
dian and Nampa. held u jubilee rally
In Nampa last week. about forty dele
gates being present from the neigh
boring towns.
Bert Lowrey. a well known rancher
Of Jordan valley. has been sent to
h asylum. Lowrey had gone to
Boise for medical treatment ana got:
In trouble when he persisted in
throwing rocks nj street cars.
The county commissioners have
granted the petition of residents for
h formation of the Nampa highway
o a district. This Is the first dis
trict to be formed In the county I'M
der the new law passed by the last
legislature.
The clerks In the office OF the state
game warden are extremely busy
these days handing out l~incenses for
fishermen and hunters In the state.
There are NAM from outside the
state who are hshing In Idaho
streams this year.
August "a has been decided on as
the date OF the opening OF the ,nirty.
day meet OF the Occur d'Alene Fair
and Racing association. "A number of
tates have been announced for the
opening but II has been decided to
aold the rrst sprint on the above
late.
A carload OF Iowa farmers who Will
some for the purpose OF looking over
sne state with an eye to settlement,
are expected In Boise the latter part
81 the week They propose to remain
IN this state for several days, and
may then 20 on to Oregon and Wash.
ngton.
NNPtp'SHSNdft TtCHNu mas intro
iuced a bill authorizing the western
states TO r%elinquish to the govern.
nent school sections t6 and SO In for
sst reserves and to select In exchange,
compact bodies OF forest reserve land
equal In area to the aggregate OF tho
sections r~ellnquished.
whether or not an individual is vio-
lating the local option law by acting
- a common carrier for outside deal
FRS In hlllng orders within the state
Is a question which will be fought
out In tho courts in the near future
and is brought up by the arrest OF
'wo men NJ Twin Falls.
In the case of the city OF Lewiston
ssainst y. q. Isaman. brought for the
purpose OF recovering $12, 900 for
damages recovered from .Ie city by
Miriam w. Mclean and her husband.
he supreme court has reversed tue
order of the lower court which was to
effect that isaman should be liable.
Half a hundred farmers. led by ID.
y. Mullen. state master OF ranges.
me In Roise last week and adopted
~ I
resolutions protesting vigorously
against the action of Governor Haw.
Icy and the state board OF ~equaliza-
ion In raising the assessment rate 10
suh value OF farm and city property.
Indicted for fencing government
lands IN owyhee county. George C.
Riddeii. Frank Rlddell. Grant Rid
dell and Harry Riddeil and Augustus
aud j.. Stone were fined $500 each
snd J. A. Sewoll $3.50.
4 largo force OF surveyors Is at
work ON the Emmett bench serring
stakes on the Emmett Orchard com.
land preparatory 10 the set.
ng out OF fruit trees. The contract
saiis for the setting Of 10000 trees.
Dan Doyle. Robin Bradbury and
Tom Johnson. three federal prisoners
xhn ewrar.I firm. Tho ~.,uk ..t -.