Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-03-21
IDAHO STATE NEWS
JEROME

Alexander p. Wilson, who was on,
Of the best known business men il
Boise, is dead. His death came a:
years duration.
approximately 5000 acres of state
land will be sold at Burnley by George
A. Day, state land commissioner at a
sale beginning April 20 and continu.
ing perhaps two or three days.
Boise has taken the initiative in the
organization of Taft club, bringing
into political life the Idaho Taft club
of Ada county, with a membership at
the time of organization of over 100.
Anders Beck who died at Paris last
week at the age of 81, was a pioneer
of Idaho, having been here since 1864.
Eleven children. forty-six grandchil.
dren and four great-grandchildren sur
yive him.
While sitting In a chair talking to
his family, William Breen. "a years
old, of Boise, fell dead, supposedly
from heart trouble. Mr. Breen had not
complained of being i'll until a few
moments before his death.
David NJ. John believes that he has
found coal on land not far from En-
met, and he has filed what is known
as coal declaratory statement"
which gives him a year to find out
whether coal actually exists there or
not.
The Unitarian church at Boise will
be closed indefinitely, although the
several societies connected with the
church will be held together The
Unitarian church has had an uphill |
struggle ever since it was established !
In Boise.
At the largest ATTENDED Mormon con. |
ference ever held in the Rigby stake. |
at which Apostles Heber J. Grant and |
Hyrum NJ. Smith were present, John
w. Hart, one of the most prominent
men in Idaho, was made president OF
the stake.
Five dollars fine was imposed by
Judge Dietrich in the federal court at
Pocatello on Mrs. Pearl Richards,
postmistress at BUST. Idaho. who
pleaded guilty to an indictment charg.
ing the making of false postal reports
to the government
John Moore, colored. lies in Boise
hospital with sundry bullet and razor
wounds about the head, neck and
face, and Walter Smith is in the coun-
ty Jail, charged with being the man
who did the shooting and cutting, the
result of fight over a woman. '
Nez Perez county voted dry on the
18th, 2,407 to 2,127. Lewiston, the
county seat, gave the vets a majority I
Of 661, but this was overcome by the '
Try vote of the rural district. Wom- a
IN, farmers and Indians on the re- r
serve voted solidly dry The cam. l.
,aign was a bitter one. S
Fritz Holland. a local middle
weight, has received assurances from /
he authorities OF Kootenai county
nd the city of Occur d'Alene that
hey will cooperate with him in pro-
noting an athletic club. where six and 7
en-round boxing bouts are to be
tagged every two weeks.
The bakers have come back at
ames H. Wallis. state dairy. food and u
ealth inspector Through c. G.. =,
rink, secretary of the Idaho Master T
takers association, they have issued u
statement, in which they charge Z,
he officer with disappearing con- A
itions in the bakery business and h
18th prosecuting the bakers.
The general election movement in @,
rogress in this state to select dele y
ates to the Lewiston convention to II,
2 held May 16, where the eight Idaho h,
elegates to the republican convention u
Ill be elected, is gradually revolv- fo
e into contest between the Taft pl
Id Roosevelt supporters, with La
ollette having a small following.
James Case, aged 60, a rancher liv-
g near Dubois, was bitten by a d.
cious boar and died a few hours af. m
rward from loss of blood Case went 81
to the pen presumably to feed the at
lmal. The boar attacked him and m
him several times in the right leg, aa
vering an artery. m
system in potato raising is the lat
t hobby of Don H. Bark, the engi-
er in charge of the government ir- O.,
cation investigations in this state. -
r. Bark is going to the bottom of the 10
oduction of "spuds" in Idaho and in n,
nds to learn just how much it costs ~
do the work we'll. o.
Awakened from their sleep by the tit
ackling of flames which were con.
ming their home, and barely escap-
from the burning building in their
;ht clothes was the perilous expert. WI
ce OF John Misner and his two little We
lldren when the Misner home at pa
Use was destroyed. M
The turning over of the first sod pa
the erection of the sugar factory
Buriey was attended with appronri.
ceremonies, when an assemblage or
eoO people, with the Burley cornet @h
Id leading. marched from town to W.,
factory site ""