The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-03-18
IDAHO STATE NEWS

Approximately 1880 acres Of graz.
ting land in Fremont county has been
relnquished by grazing associations
and will be Immediately taken up for
agricultural purposes.
Harry Hogan, the 17-year old youth
who was recently arrested at Boise
on a charge Of Issuing forged and
worthless checks, has been commit:
ted to the state Industrial school at
st. Anthony. .h l.: ~,
Only five ci.-es were tried in police
court in Nampa during the month of
February. Four OF these cases were
for drunkenness, and one for vagrancy,
and the total fines assessed for Febru
airy amounted to only $3.50.
At recent meeting Of the Downey
Commercial club. resolutions were
adopted for the formation of a baseball
team and committee was appointed
to take up the matter III obtaining
franchise from the Union association.
Idaho's new tax commissioners are
Axel p. Ramstedt of OrofinO. John D.
Robertson of Weiser and James A.
Purtill of Mountain home. the state
board of equalization at a meeting last
week deciding upon these appoint
ments.
Asserting that his good name and
reputation has been assailed, attacked
and exposed to public ridicule and dis
grace. F. w. Davies has brought suit
against the Boise Association Of Credit
Men asking damage in the sum OF
$4,000.
In letter received by Chairman
Charles L. Hoffman of the Idaho Re.
publican state central committee from
Addison +. Smith. private secretary
of Senator Hepburn, Mr.. Smith an.
nounees himself candidate for con-
gressional representative.
AS a diversion prominent musicians,
doctors. teachers and society women
of Lewiston have taken up bowling
as an indoor sport. The women S
bowling league of that city claims the
distinction of being one of the largest
of it's kind in the country.
1t is announced that the Dewey Pal
ace hotel at Nampa, one of the best
known hotels in the state, is to be
closed, the owners declaring that the
decrease in business has caused heavy
losses since Nampa has been dry,
and give this as the reason for closing
the hotel.
The order of deportation issued by
the United States commissioners al
San Francisco against Lung All Moi
alias Chin Sue, was set aside by Judge
Frank S. Dietrich in the federal cour
at Boise. Evidence introduced proved
that she had been the wife of a native
born Chinaman.
The preferential p<Enary for the
selection of delegates to the Republi
can state convention at Lewiston
May Is. was turned down by the Re
publican central committee of Adj
county. The committee voted to hol,
a county convention, composed of Is
delegates, on March 80
Arrested and bound over to avail
trial in the district court at Boise un
der $1,000 bonds, on the charge O
forgery, Arthur Laughton. formerl,
of Salem, Or, paroled convict G
the Oregon state penitentiary and
victim Of the "honor system" is cor
fined to a cell at Boise.
Scores of deer have been killed b
wolves and cougars within the las
few weeks, according to stockmen o
the Salmon river. Thaws, followed b
intense cold. have covered the dee
snow with crust through which tn
deer break at every step. and are the
at the mercy OF their pursuers.
A call has been issued for. the NEE
ing of the Democratic state centrs
committee in Boise. Wednesda!
March 20. The object of the NEE
ing is to select the date and place fc
the state convention at which del
gates to the national convention &
Baltimore, June 25, will be elected.
The house public lands sub-commi
tee, which has been considering tn
Borah three-year homestead bill, ha
agreed upon the bill, amending it 4
require the entryman to build habi
able house upon the land and furnis
proof of continuous residence Il
seven months during each year of til
three required to complete the entr
The announcement is made that Da
Murphy of Ulysses will make sy
tematic attempt this summer to redi
cover the famous Lost Gold Mine Z
: Custer county, the mysterious 10
mine for which 30 many have searcht
in vain.
Senator BOrah has introduced b
which provides that homesteaders {
government irrigation projects shall