The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-07-05
IDAHO STATE NEW
I'm r. Baird. Publisher.


Moscow.
I'm 1911 there was paid ont by the
lumber interests OF Idaho the sum 81
sb.oo0.ooo for labor and the sum 81
s3s0.0so for supplies.
John NJ Hainas has filed hts accept.
ance OF the nomination az candidate
for the Republican nomination for
governor with the secretary Of state.
IL IL estimated that at tho present
time there are 1900, 900 sheep grazing
upon the hillaides OF Idaho, which
yearly yield a wool clip OF i7.000. COG
pounae
u, Y Shawhan. state senator from
Canyon county. who was prominently
identified with the Roosevelt move
mcnt In Idaho. does not believe there
VIII ~ o third party formed In thIa
atate
Large quantities Of gold bullion are
regularly being brought 10 the assay
Office ~ Boise and from present indl.
cations II Is estimated Tint tho
amount this year will surpass last
years output by 100000.
The sugar beet Industry shows thar
N 1911 there was marketed by the
farmers Of Idaho the total 81 2oo..
$4,000 pounds Of beeta. In this In.
Sustry there WIS spent si.Il7 $50 for
labor and $685.. SOS for supplies.
Murder In the first degree il the
charge that Hay Weaver. aiias vii,
Sol, the youth who couHed Miss
Lena speer pf Rupert. must answer
Nhan be II tried for aending poison
tssgngrh the mail 10 the girl be
1 Ted schaefer, aged "a, was almost
Christianity killed III the Erbes ranch.
oll Eight Mile creek, when hay fork
fell from d derrick and struck tho
young man on the head. His skull
az badly crushed HE never regained
consclousness.
q .. Mcconnell. city health officer
and James II. Wallis, state food. dairy
and sanitary inspector Id confer.
ence last week decided 10 use their
combined efforts 10 Glenn up places ia
Boise which are not In the proper
sanitary condition.
IN idaho the highest wages in the
world are paid for mining. Every
miner In the Occur d'Alenes receiyes
$500 per day 81 eight hours. Iii sho.
Bhons county alone there was paid
out 20 the miners Ia wages Id 1911 the
sum of s4.6A0.000.
Tte paving question In Idaho Falls
was settled last week BY the council
vsfng solidly. over the veto for the
@yor, for in ordinance which pro
fdea for paving 10000 square yards
Of street hi the unpayed portiona of
the business section OF the city.
Six new railroad points win be
placed on the map with the compile
ton Of the idaho Northern extension
from Emmett 10 Smiths Ferry, the
locations Of which have just been an,
houneed Track laying operations
have progressed as far as Muntonr,
A Ghieago dispatch says that Colo. |
mel Roosevelt, unable 10 secure the |
support of any o. The eight Idaho |
delegates to the Chicago convention,
win appeal TO hts partisans In Idaho |
70 send i new delegation to his PRO.
gressiye Republican convention In Au. |
gust
Meridian voters have declared for
greater Improvement In It's education,
al facilities when the bond election.
10 authorize the Issuance OF $4,000
In school bonds. carried by vote OF |
81 to l0i. AZ a two.thirds majority
was required this gives clear major.
ity OF III
The estimated amount of saw tim
Der standing In Idaho Is $4,000. 900 900
feet AT the present scale OF prices II |
win require SiS0.001.000 10 market |
this timber for labor alone. and the
additional sum OF sig0, O00.0O0 will 10 |
% the merchants and the farmers for
supplies,
When the state board of equalxa.
ton meets In August It may find tts
iaborious task materially simpliflad
and iessened by the employment OF a
wonderful little machine styled the
"Brnnsytga," which has been option,
ally purchased by the state for use
at such sessions.
The sixth annual state y1rmal sum.
tnsr school opened az Boise. June "a,
for six weeks session. with an on.
rollment Of la students II is tho
largest enrolment for the first day
In the history Of the school. Il is
expected that there will be a regis.
tration of fully 200.
Fl. A. Davis Of Boise has been ar.
rested for his alleged failure to prop.
erly spray the trees in his orchard
at Nampa, according to ]. U, McPher.
son, state horticultural inspector. Da.
Wis has entered plea of not guilty.
and IT Is expected that he will offer
a stubborn contest when the case
comes up.
According to figures of the Canyon |
Commission company which is
handling the bulk OF the strawberry |