Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-04-11
IDAHO STATE NEWS

In future all the stores of Wallac
VIII close at p. M, except Saturda
nights. Early closing has been
vogue for over year.
Provision is being made for the 4
rigation of the lands of the new stat
institution, the home for feeble-min(
ed, etc, north of Namps.
Practice marches through the hill
IL miles above Boise will be mad
by every troop in the squadron sta
toned at Boise barracks.
The village trustees of Rathdrun
have appropriated 500 upon petition
Of the women of the Twentieth Cen
fury club, for improving the city park
Since the opening of the posta
savings repositories in Idaho approx
imately 1900 accounts were opened
with more than 1890 deposits and
about 1900 Withdrawals.
Last week pet eve belonging to
Mrs. c. E. Carver of Twin Falls gave
birth to three healthy lambs, all Of
which are living. Last year the same
S"O save III III 70 lWluS.
Richard Balbaugh of New Meadows
has contributed $40 to the Golfers OF
the state through the payment of a
fine assessed when he was arrested
on a charge of fishing without a Ii.
cense.
The city of Lewiston will expend
approximately 100000 this summer
on street improvements including paw.
Ing and parking, sewer extension
sidewalk construction and street
grading.
A; Rosen, hide dealer, was held
up In his wagon, where he was asleep,
In South Boise, and robbed of $3.50.
The thief beat Rosen over the head
with 2 club and he was sent to the
hospital.
Camp Colonel Shoup of the Sons OF
Veterans was organized in Salmon re.
Gently with w. H. Shoup, commander.
There are about 100 young men in the
vicinity who are eligible for member.
ship in the order.
January 81, 1912, there were fifty.
three postal savings repositories in
operation in Idaho, with deposits
amounting to more than $4,000.
This amount was received from
about 1900 depositors.
AS Idaho is the forty-seventh state
In population, standing twenty-ninth
and twenty-second in relation to
postal savings puts it in a consider
able higher class than the states
with larger populations.
Rumors of the letting of the con.
tract for the construction of the ex.
tension of the Idaho Northern from
Smiths Ferry to the Payette lakes
have been confirmed. The road is to |
be completed November 80.
While rushing down the heavy can
yon grade out of Burke, a push car
on which Miss Leah Richey and Miss
Alvia Richey, two young school teach.
ers, were riding, was wrecked, and the
two women seriously injured.
Water companies must bear the ex.
pense OF tapping their pipes to furnish
connection with all city residences. if
they are to serve the public impair
tally, according to decision by the
United States supreme conrt in a
case from Occur d'Alene.
Prompt and efficient action of the
Boise fire department saved the bust
less district from what might easily
lave been one of the worst confia-
'rations the city has ever known
When the store of the Globe Wall Pa
yer & Paint company was Quilted by
re,
L. Z. Hattabaugh, state insurance
commissioner, is suffering from the
meets OF severe strain he sustained
t Idaho City. He was walking upon
he snow, which was several feet deep
4 places, when he broke through the
eavy crust and wrenched his leg and
ack.
Rev. Har1d L. Pickett, formerly
aston of the Unitarian church of !
oise, has been offered the manage E
lent of the country estate of Mrs. i
lillian Foster of Boston, and will &C {
'pt the offer and preach Sundays in {
irious Unitarian pulpits in the vicin- t
y of Boston. q
George w. Kingsbury, who recently t
lswered the last summons az his /
me in Salmon. had been in business
ten years in Salmon, and was
unity commissioner at the time of
death. He was born in Ohio in ?
o. in 1882 he engaged in business i
the Black hills.
SIX hundred and seventy officers =
q enlisted men of the Idaho militia.
IL represent the Gem state in the
snnial maneuvers of the organized
litia of Idaho, Washington and Ore q
and the regular troops stationed 7
Boise and Vancouver, to be held q
rly this fall at Grays Harbor, Wash n
only two arrests were made by the h
ice department of Nampa during
month of March, according to the
ort of Chief of Police Maloney. The
ef's report also showed that SO CT