Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-03-30
IDAHO STATE NEWS


for 1911 will be nearly 100000
The electors of. Mountain Home
have voted in favor of. the issuance OF |
$4,000 bonds for the installation OF |
waterworks system.
The new artificial ice plant at Wei
ser is now in operation. insuring the |
people of Washington county: plenty
of ice this coming summer.
The Oregon Short Line has asked
for bids for double lracking the road,
seven miles in. either direction from
Montpelier, Idaho. and fifteen miles
west of Pocatello.
Adutant General Mccall of the
Idaho state militia is expecting TO re-
ceive orders at any moment from
Washington to put the Idaho militia
on war footing.
Three carloads of Idaho potatoes
were shipped. from Idaho this week
as sources of supplies to the govern
ment troops which are mobilizing at
the Mexicon border
d. NJ. Ragon, living near Meridian.
will set out about twenty acres of
new orchard this spring, principally
apples of standard varieties. He Will
also set out some prunes.
NJ Mccarthy. residing five miles
south of Meridian, is i'll with an infec-
ton stated by the doctor as being
spotted fever. 1t is said to have been
caused by the bite of sage tick.
Ittseems assured that the state Of
Idaho will have an exhibit at the
United States Land and Irrigation eX-
position, which is to be held at Chi
cago, the dates to be decided upon
later
Patents have been applied for on
two Inventions bX.Hsl {: Drummond.
a Boise. man, which II granted prom
Use to make material change in the
method of manufacturing screen
doors and windows.
At meeting of tie South Side Min
idoka farmers held at Burley, arrange
ments were perfected for receiving
10000 bushels of seed grain to be fur
nished by the Oregon Short Line Rail
road company for this years planting
An entire carload of people las
week left Cortland. n. Y, to worl
for the Weiser Valley Land & Waite
company. The party COMPRISE
A persons, including children. The,
will make the trip; iii a Kitchen tour
list sleeper.
Farming on the .Minidoka project
especially on the south side. has hard
ly commenced, last year being the frs
season during which water was ful
nished to the land iHrany amour
Much more land on che, project wi
be farmed this year, however 8.
Many complaints. are being hear
from farm owners and .homesteadei
south of Nampa regarding the gra
ing of sheep on and about the farm
and homesteads. There is much
feeling being engendered in respe'
to the matter and clash is feared
A reduction of from 10 to 20 d
cent in the rate of fire insurance c
buildings in the business district
Nampa has bee2 granted by Il
board of fire underwriters as a .resu
of the excellent fire protection give
by the new fire department and W;
erworks SYSTEM '-.7 .
Material for the Burley- Oakl
branch of the Oregon Short line "a
road is arriving every day no
There are sufficient ties and rails
ready on. the ground for laying t
first seven miles of the road, and t
grading is all done and in. feadine
for the laying of the steel.
Dr. c. f. Schmitz, the5 WaShihgs
county physician, who came in Ct
iict with the officials when he ga
Lem Wilkerson a prescription for
- 1f 1r-li urhf
according to directions, was to "dri
all at once will have to pay the p
atty, the supreme court having affiI
ed his conviction.
An aggressive publicity campaI
is being prepared by the Twin ~
Commercial club for next fall in z
nection with the various land she
to be held in eastern cities Oh.
The body of Peter Couto was foi
floating in the Snake river last ".
in an eddy below Rich. i We man '
drowned last summer by the {
sizing of boat while crossing
river at Gold Point
E. f. Geary, a blind man. has b
nominated for mayor by the Soc
lists of Boise. Mr.. Geary, though
ras been blind for several years
one of the acknowledged leaders
the local Socialist party.
Edward Smith, charged with
brutal murder. near Lewiston of ]
Mclaughlin, has served two terms
the state prison. There is no KIN
motive for the kiiing, and ST.
seems Indifferent to his fate.
While playing "shinhy" with
school mates at Weiser, Ray B
shaw, son of Mr.. and Mrs. r. U. E
shaw, was struck in; the eye by
of the Shiny. clubs and the eye
almost cut in two. He will lose