American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-05-25
IN THE GEM STATE

w. H. Weatherby and Mrs. Jane
iSnider, the victims Of the shooting
tragedy near Goodine. are in q Boise
hospital. and 1t Is thought both will
recover.
The Emmett Commercial club has
arranged with the band for concerts
on Saturday evenings for Ave months.
The concerts are very popular with
the people.
Storms and cold weather not only
bother the fruit growers and farmers
of the state. but the fish hatchery SUI
perintendents an well, according to
State Game Warden Ben Gray.
The projected extension Of the Sc
bree electric line from Caldwell to
Nampa Ia taking definite shape and
will probably be financed within a
few days. in which event work will
commence at once.
M. p. Surrat, a burglar. who leaped
from the roof Of a building in Boise in
an endeavor to escape from a police.
man. will recover from his injuries.
but he will be a marked man for the
balance Of his days.
A contract has been awarded the
South Fork Milling company OF Boise
for $4,000 railroad ties for use on the
road being built by the reclamation
service to the Arrow Rock dam site.
The contract Is for $38 $685..
That the proposed move by the or
der OF Elks to protect the animals
after which their order Ia named is
n Of the best which has ever been
inaugurated In the state Is the opin-
Ion Of State Game Warden Ben Gray.
+. J. Hagenbarth of Spencer and J.
knollin OF Soda Spring, appeared be-
fore the senate finance committee las
week In opposition to the Canadian
reciprocity bill. These gentlemen rep
resent the National Wool Growers as
ISOLATION.
1t II useless for land owners In
Idaho to make further requests for
loans from the state. Register N. Jen-
ness has applications which total
about half q million dollars. and there
are practically no funds on hand now
to loan Out.
Five crews Of surveyors are run.
ming lines on the main canal and lat
erals for the Black Canyon irrigation
district The preliminary work Is be-
Ing pushed at top speed. Nearly 10O..
600 acres OF and will be reclaimed
under this project.
Many sheep have been frozen in the
mountain ranges north OF Mountain
Home recently. Shearing had just
started at the Dixie plant when the
rains set In and the temperature
dropped. The loss AZ reported will
seach W OF three thousand.
Conviction has settled down upon
the community that the 5-year-old son
Of Henry Clark u Garden Valley fell
into the Payette river and was
drowned. He disappeared on May 8.
Doubts are entertained as to whether
the body viii ever be recovered.
At a special election at Blackfoot to
vote upon bonding the city for the
new high school building the easur
carried by ninety majority. This in
sures n $4,000 high school building.
Plans are already adopted aud con.
struction work will begin at once.
After following a trail Of horse
thieves that kept him hot on the road
for over 500 miles and took him into
the three states Of Nevada, Oregon
and Idaho. Deputy United States Mar.
shal NJ. PRUSSIA OF Nevada arrived In
Nampa last week to find his men.
Enraged. It 10 said. because his
wife refused to leave tho home OF
William p. Neal. In Bose. Joseph b,
F~elthouser. owner OF a Boise Mattress |
factory. is thought to have attempted
to burn the place down. He was ar
rested and booked OIL a charge OF ar
son.
The famous Dead Ok Flat district,
near Weiser. but across Snake river
In Oregon. will, before very long, be
one OF the leaders as a fruit producer,
and already over 1000 acres at the
east end OF the fat are being planted
W tAttS VI many vuTlttleS ana |
The work OF listing the various de-
corporal ons In Utah. Idaho
and Montana was commenced by a
OF clerks In tho Salt Lake office
Of the internal revenue collector last
week. 1t is est mated that there are
500 delinquent corporations In the
states.
At the Salt Lake office OF the Utah.
IDAHO Sugar company. where an ac-
,urate report is kept OF the rainfall
all parts of Utah and Ida
10 where beets are planted. it was a.
last week that the rainfall
lad visited almost all OF the best sec
Ions. Idaho especially being favored.
That the reputation OF the Idaho
normal schools is spreading
apidly throughout the country is