Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-05-25
IDAHO STATE NEWS
JEROME

well was destroyed by fire last week.
The new broom grass exploited by
Prof. Frarrell has been experimental
with at Caldwell by ]. D. Bromwell,
who says it is admirably adapted to
high attitudes, where there is plenty
of water.
On April 30th there was on deposit
at Couer d'Alene postal savings bank
a total of s5,521, representing seventy
six individual accounts averaging
s72.65 each. This is away above the
general average.
A sheepherder by the name Of Mel
vim King was shot and killed by Henry
Waite, another herder. in the hills
about twenty-five miles north of Noun
tain Home. A dispute over grazing
rights was the cause of the tragedy.
Attempting to make way for two
young women on narrow railroad
trestle at Wallace shortly after dark
John Herlyman. laborer. tripped
and fell headlong fifteen feet into the
rushing waters of Canyon creek. being
drowned.
Mrs. Ragnhild Olsen, SO years of
age. filed homestead entry last week
at the Boise land office, on tract of
land short distance east of Nampa
She is reported to be the oldest per-
son ever filing a homestead entry in
this state.
Great crops are prophesied all over
north Idaho. The rainfall in the Lew
iston district since May 1, according
to statistics compiled by Observer
Thomas of the Boise weather station.
has been practically double the nor
NAL amount.
The secretary OF the interior has
awarded a contract to the Allis-Chal-
mers company of Milwaukee, Wis, for
furnishing hydraulic turbines for use
in connection with the Boise irriga-
ton project in Idaho The contract
price is S17,310.
Captain c. II. Duval of the state
militia is at home again and back at
his desk in the postoffice as postmas-
ter of Nampa, having returned from
his trip to the Mexican border, where
he participated in the maneuvers of
the American army.
The secretary of the interior has ap-
proved a contract with the South
Fork Milling company of Boise, to
deliver $4,000 railroad ties to the re-
clamation service for use on the
branch road to the Arrow Rock dam
site, Boise irrigation project
The Cottage hotel at Rockland and
destroyed by fire. When the fire was
discovered it had made such Roadway
that it was impossible to save any
thing. 1t is generally believed that
the fire was of incendiary origin.
That thousands of orchard trees are
being set out in every fruit growing
district of the state is the informa
ton obtained by Don H. Bark, head
of the United States department OF
irrigation investigation, who has just
returned from an extensive trip about
Idaho.
Determined to present his side Of
the full cash valuation taxation plan
recently inaugurated in this state by
him properly before the people, Gov
ernor James Fl. Hawley is making 3
tour OF the southeastern counties de
livering a series of lectures of expla
nation.
Declaring messenger offices employ
ing young boys to be schools o
1ffo 70 a
in burglary, petty thievery. illega
traffic in liquor and illegitimate us
of cocaine and opium, Chief of Polio
John Ellis has ordered all such place
in Pocatello closed.
Committees from Elk lodges in Pc
catello. Boise. Twin Falls and Idah
Falls met at Pocatello last week an
formed the B. P. o. f. Protective as
sociation, the object of the association
being to devise ways and means O
preventing the fearful mortality Q
elk in the Jackson Hole country.
A coroner's jury has exonerate
Mrs. Edward French of Wallace 70
the killing of her husband. who me
his death when his revolver was di.
charged during scuffle with his wifi
whom he had threatened to xii
French was shot twice. once throug
the neck and once through the heat
At the annual convention of tn
Pharmaceutical association at Poe;
tello, it was decided that the Idah
druggists should heartily co-operat
with the state board of healt
in enforcing the new drug inspecto
law.
Percy Anderson of Gibbonsvill
brought three bear hides to Saline
City last week. One was a magnificer
specimen of a brown grizzly. with a
arm reach of nine feet four inche
The length was eight feet two inche
and the distance between the eal
seven inches.
With the organization of the Sout
ern Idaho Baseball league. which h;
now been perfected, the towns
Bull, Twin Falls, Kimberley, Milne
Burley and Hepburn will be provid,