The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-11-01
IDAHO
IDAHO STATE NEWS


under consideration by the school
board and the citizens Of Nampa
Three hoidups and one burglary.
apparently BY the same two men, oc.
Cured at Pocatello one night last
week.
At the teachers institute at poca.
tello 1924 teachers are registered,
eleven southeastern counties being
represented
John Reese, miner employed at the
Morning mine III Mullan, lost his right
eye by the explosion OF blast which
he had fred In one Of the Slopes.
Word Is received from Atlanta TO
the effect that George Gay, stage driy-
or from Rocky Bar to Atlanta. was
shot and fatally wounded by ". II.
Mcleod.
George Levy. convicted murderer
and alleged white SLAYER, may be
brought back TO Idaho and lodged In
the state prison 20 complete his life
sentence.
The Noble ditch headquarters at
payette Is soon TO be voted on 10 see
II II can be moved to New Plymouth
which will be closer to most OF the
stockholders.
The people OF Nampa are
looking forward to the reopening OF
the local plant OF the Utah.ldaho su.
gar company, which It Is thought win
be effected next season.
Seed collecting on the Boise national
forest Ii progressing we'll and 1t Is
believed that the amount collected win
be the banner yield in southern Idaho.
Some 5000 pounds Is promised.
The three candidates for governor
81 Idaho have agreed not to WELD the
Ratchet on any OF Gie bills which the
club women OF the state roose to
present 10 the next legislature, should
they pass.
The public schools OF Idaho Falls
are closed for ten days on account OF
the teachers institute at Pocatelio
and hundreds OF boys are in the po-
tato fields digging potatoes at from
f2.5o to So day and board,
Il Is probable Senator Hepburn died
without making Will Search has
been made among his papers, but no
trace OF a will was found, The search
will be continued, but Mrs Hepburn
Is Of the opinion there was no will.
The Lyons coal mine, located south,
west Of Nyssa, has again resumed
operations. Several years OF active
work have been spent developing this
prospect. A new shaft is now being
sunk and new machinery is being in,
stalled
The fire season has closed. and the
forest rangers report only two fires
during the entire summer, These
burned an area OF about 80 acres of
timber land and about the same OF
grass land, The entire timber loss
was not 800.
Samples OF gold ore which assays
1870 TO the ton, from find on Castle
Greek, In 0wyhee county, are being
aisplayed In Nampa. The find was
made q few miles from the Golden
Nampa people.
The Cottage hotel OF Shoshone,
which was closed by the state inspec.
tor Of hotels July 20. burned to the
ground last week. Lack of Are extln.
gnishers, fire gongs and fire escapes
were the grounds on which J. II. Wallis
closed the hotel.
Electric storage battery cars, the
aEst ever used west of New York city,
representing the latest inventive ef.
'orts OF Thomas A. Edison. will be used
on the new Snake River Scenic rail.
road now being built between Twin
Falls and shoshone.
Potatoes are a money making propo-
sition in Idaho. DIR, Sicily, former
mayor Of Pocatello, bought block or
cough sagebFush land under the city
ditch on the east side of Pocatello,
and ho estimates that he will clear
EfO0 on his potatoes grown on 1t this
he irst year. -....
The extension department OF the
college OF agriculture at Moscow will
conduct series of farmers institutes
and movable schools of agriculture
from November to March 10. Forty.
three institutes and Is movable
schools will be held, reaching prac-
iicaliy every part of the state.
While moving hay derrick, near
Jerome, /, N. Callins' team became
frightened and ran away. In passing
under the power lines of the great
shoshone & Twins Falls Power COM
Pany the derrick struck and broke a
wire carrying $4,000 volts, which fell
upon Calm, causing instant death.
c. B. Marlotte was fined $25 for ship
ping infected fruit to Boise from
Caldwell 1t was found the fruit was
diseased from moth and scale and
came from Narcotics orchard. One
hundred boxes of the apples were
seized and destroyed.