The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-05-31
IDAHO STATE NEWS
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building OF new court house and
Jail.
The election In Twin Falls county
on the local option question failed TO
change present conditions, the voters
deciding that the county should re-
main dry
Arthur Hodges. formerly a proral.
nent business man 81 Oregon, has
the honor Of being elected the iirst
mayor OF Boise under the commission
form Of government.
A letter asking for an Idaho exhibit
At the New York land show, to be
held November 16 to December b,
1919, has been received by the gov.
amor from the nations metropolis.
Governor Hawley has appointed
thirty-six delegates from various
parts OF the state to attend the North.
western Development congress To be
held In Seattle, Wash. June 10 8.
Arthur ~ cutts, the convicted do.
fauIting cashier OF the Idaho state
bank Of HALEY. has been sentenced
10 serve an indeterminate term Ia the,
state penitentiary OF not less than six
months nor moro than ten years.
While playing near an irrigating
uitch, tho three-yearoid daughter OF
MFR. and Mrs, Schaub. living near
Nampa. fell into the water and was
drowned. The body was found mile
below the ecene 81 tho accident.
From present indications II appears
hMF all hs.
aociation meets IN Boise the first
week of next August nearly all the
chief executives 81 western states
who are members viii be IN attend
Rnce.
James NJ, bishop. who came across
the plains with his wife and six chill.
aren and settled In Albion ia 1873,
died on the 18th at Ray. after an III.
ness Of two days, at the age OF so.
His body was brought back to Albion
tor burial.
Another effort Is being made to or.
Eanize an irrigation district to In.
eltde $4,000 acres surrounding the
town Of sunnyside In Elmore county.
A petition for the organization OF the
district has been prepared and is now
being circulated,
When asked BY other senators II
he would enter Into an agreement to
bring about an adjournment by June
i6, Senator Borah said There viii
be no adjournment II can prevent
II until the three-year homestead bin
u finally passed"
Rev. David NJ Hand, pastor of the
Baptist church at Moscow. has been
arrested on the charge OF having
wronged a i7.year-old girl. member
Of his church, The pastor, who has
wife and four children, Indignantly
deG!=s che charge,
There are twentythree potato clubs
IN the state. Most of the clubs have
been formed in rural schools and il
10 evident that many OF the girl stu.
dents have joined In with the boys
On combined effort to promulgate
the staFchy vegetable In Idaho.
Sixty.iiye hundred pounds of dan.
dsltons were gathered by torty.four
boys and girls and delivered al the
three dandelion stations at Boise one
day last week. whore they were cart.
ed away IA great wagon loads to the
river The greatest number gathered
by any one individual was 500
pounds.
Mrs, Nellie Bennett Stuart OF Twin
Falls has received word that the SUI.
preme court OF Utah has affirmed the
hover courts in case In which she
was plaintiff against John Douglas
Petersen, concerning patents on tho
Remington pump gun. Her late hus-
band. A, L. Bennett. was one OF the
inventors OF the gun,
Phenomenal crops are assured this
year In all the orchards OF Washing.
ton county and the Weiser valley &C,
cordlng to reports being received
from all sections /
A report from the office OF the sec.
rotary OF war shows the total cost OF
Boise barracks TO date to be 1895, 049, |
of which 3s0,190 has been spent on
buildings and s6s.221 on the water
supply. The land has been apprais-
ed and is estimated now to be worth
SoSVsOpo.
Despite his effort to make the jour.
ney from Salem to Boise on horse
back with as little attention as pos.
sible, Governor Oswald West OF Ore
gon will not cross the state lire into
Idaho at Weiser without formal re.
eeption. II plans of the Commercial
club reach maturity.
The annual convention OF the Sew
enth Day Adventists of southern
Idaho and eastern Oregon com.
menced at Nampa on Sunday. The
conference win last ten days, attend
ed by about 100 church dignitaries
from all over the west and lay mem.
bers of this section.
A meeting of the former residents
Of Indiana, who live In Boise, was
held in that city last week, at which
time a Hoosier society, with a char