The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-01-19
IDAHO STATE NEWS

office BY President TAFT.
The eighth annual convention OF
the Idaho Retail Hardware & I'M.
piement Dealers was held ID Boise
last week.
During the year ending December
81. 1911. The state purchased $275.4
worth Of school bonds, and loaned
$s46,79S on farm lands
Idaho has the reputation or being
the only northwestern state where con.
sumers are given full weight ri butter
netting considerable saving to them
each year,
idaho's balance was on the right
side Of the ledger al the close OF the
old year The statement prepared BY
the treasurer shows a total cash bal.
ance Of 1888. 2ss9s.
The dead body Of Elya Tanner, the
fifteenyearoid daughter OF A. A..
Tanner Of Oakley. Was found In the
orchard near her home. IT IL believed
che siri. during al OF dependency.
took poison.
The governor has appointed Joseph
Perault, Earl Venabie and Addison r.
Smith as Idaho delegates 10 the con.
vestion Of the American Automobile
association At Washington, d. q, on
January 1e and ~.
This heaviest fall Of snow IN TWEEN
ty-fiye years was experienced in the
payette valley on the 9Th. Pioneers
declare II haa not been equaled aimee
1854 The total precipitation was
about eighteen inches,
The samale and "wlenie" vendors
Df Boise have adapted themselves TO
present conditions and have placed
their little carts on runners, thereby
sessening the labor OF running them
over the ley pavements.
Margaret Worth. woman OF the
underworld. shot and probably fatafAy |
wounded Harry Howard, known aa
Curly Williams. gambler, at Buriey.
Williams had just arrived from Twin
Falls, aad the woman claims bio struck
her.
representative French has intro
ducsd IN the house bills previously
introduced In the senate by Senator
Borah. providing for threeyear
homestead; and authorizing an add.
tionai sl5.o0o.o0o loan 70 the reclama
ten fund,
The eiRhtSiay campaign or the Men
and Religion Forward Movement In
Boise will be held from February 10
20 February as. During that time, some
or the greatest men In their respec.
tive. lines will BIO heard daily in the
capital city.
The bids for the Linceln9Twln Falls
bridge to be built at Bliss we're open.
cd BY State Engineer Robinson last
week and the contract was let to the
Charles @, Shelley company OF Den.
yer. Colo, Their bid OF s7,995 was
the lowest
There now remain but thlrty.two
cases Of smallpox Id quarantine in
Boise. and no new casea have been
reported this month. When tho
month began there we're thirty.five
eases, and three have since been re,
leased from quarantine.
caldweil's postmaster has, II Ia
said. instructed the city carriers not
TO deliver mall TO houses whore the
walks were not cleared Of snow, He
takes the position that where patrons
are too negligent 10 clear the walks
that they are not entitled to get mall
Ed. Hurt. the oldest Pullman por-
ter on the Union Pacific system
dropped dead on train west OF
Hammett Hurt was ON duty at the
time. and he pitched over into the
Tap of woman he was waiting on.
Apcplexy Is thought to have been the
cause.
The iong,planned trip 10 Florida or
Mr.. and Mrs. J. III. Browniee. an aged
couple from Bonner's Ferry, was
brought 70 sad end by the sudden
death of the wife. Mrs. Louisa l..
Browniee. II years old, in the waiting
room OF the Illionois Central railroad
at Chicago on Thursday
An active organisation ia being
formed by committee OF business
men to oppose the adoption OF the
Black law as the form OF government
for Boise. The tight is to be conduct
ed on the principle of home rule for
under the general laws OF the state
Representative French has intro
duced a bin for $4,000 for improving
the St. MARI and St Joseph rivers in
Idaho and 100000 for the Kootenai
river from Bonners Ferry to the ca.
madam line
What is said to have been an effort
on the part of Stephen Bulanoyis, an
Austrian. to kill John Butoros. fel.
low countryman. landed Bulanovis
behind the bars Of the city Jail at
Boise last week.
In the opinion OF the officials max
ing the annual inspection Of the lines |
Of the OREGON Short Line. the Nampa
district OF the Idaho division. under
the supervision Of p. A. PheRey, road
master. is the best appearing one on |
the entire system
Asserting that grey wolves are so |
numerous and so vicious as to be a