The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-12-13
IDAHO STATE NEWS

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iine shows excellent progress.
The pumping plant Irrigation pro
5ect which In to furnish water fol
1000 acres near Wilson in owyhes
county viii be completed by the frs
OF March.
One OF the most daring hold-npl
attempted In Boise In some time was
pulled off one night last week wher
q gang OF local young tongha assault
ed and robbed Peck Yam, China
man.
John Carey, g rancher who lives on
Black creek, last week brought to
Boise the skins or twenty coyotes
which he has trapped during two
weeks time. The price paid for the
twenty skins was s75.
The Boise Commercial club has
started what IL classed as q mon
partisan movement In favor OF the
appointment OF Governor James III.
Hawley 10 be secretary of the inter.
Tor under President Wilson.
Democrats OF Ada county and the
southern part OF Idaho ratified the
election OF Woodrow Wilson to the
president OF the United States. by
giving monster smoker and Dutch
lunch at Boise on December 2.
The coroner's fury at the Inquest
over the body OF John Rose of Wei.
ser who was killed on the Idaho
Northern extension, rendered a YER
dict that the deceased came to his
death through his own negligence.
While gang OF men were blowing
stumps out OF new road, Adolph
Weisner. a sawyer at camp 10. near
Porthili, was struck in the head by a
piece OF stump and sustained
fracture OF the skull and lost his left
eye.
Nampa farmers find 1t quite profit.
able raising turkeys for the market.
A large number of the birds were
sold for tho Thanksgiving market
from the reports OF buyers In the
city. One OF the dealers handled over
q thousand,
The second trial OF d. +. o'Neil on
the charge OF making a false report
OF The condition OF the State Bank
OF Commerce of Wallace, will not be.
gin before January 20. and possibly
not tn January "a. and Judge Dunn
win preside.
Practically every county In the
state has an applicant who wants to
be appointed insurance commission
or. The greater part OF these appiica
lions come from men engaged In tho
insurance business In the smaller
cities OF the state.
The estimates OF secretary OF the
treasury sent to congress recon-
mended an appropriation OF sS.O50 for
the Boise assay office; surveyor gen.
erai office, s2o.5O0; continuation OF
construction OF the Idaho Falls pub
Tic building. $4,000.
+. 70. Weymouth, supervising engi-
neer on the reclamation work in
southern Idaho. states that the con.
crete work at Arrow Rock Is going
along rapidly, The concrete Is at pre-
sent up about 80 feet and about 5000
yards have been placed
John. Tyree, foreman on the Skill
ern sheep ranch near Filler. who had
been In custody, charged with having
shot and killed his cousin, George II.
Bowen. while the two were riding
back TO the ranch from Filler. was
acquitted at his preliminary hearing.
The High school students OF Merl-
dian have leased 23 acres OF land
laying along the railroad track and
are to cultivate vegetables and flow
ers on II next spring in an attempt to
beautify the now barren land border.
ing the tracks Of the Oregon Short
Line.
Senator Borah OF Idaho and Repre-
sentative LaFollette of Washington
are preparing and will introduce a
bill amending the homestead law by
reducing the amount OF cultivation
required TO one acre at the end OF
the second year and three acres the
third year.
The amendment 10 the constitu.
ton which provides that the county
treasurer shall be ex-officio tax col.
iector and that the assessor shall be
relieved OF the coliectorship. which
was adopted at the recent election, is
not operative until after action has
been bad by the state legislature.
The secretary OF the treasury re-
commends an appropriation OF $4,000
for the benefit OF the Lapwai In
dams: irrigation Fort Hail lands $40.
600; support OF the Fort Hall In.
dams. $4,000; support OF the Ban
nocks, $4,000; support OF the Occur
d'Alene, $4,000; Nez Perez agency.
$1,000.
The widow and children OF Ted
shaffer. the young man who was kill
ed on ranch near Boise last sum
mer. have brought suit for $4,000
damages against the owners OF the
farm or which Skaters met his death
b. r. oNeil, former banker. win be
retired on the charge OF making
false statement of the condition OF the