The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-05-27
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presidents to one, term each. accord.
ing to Washington dispatch.
william Lovejoy Of Nampa. arrest.
cd short time ago for stealing
brass from the Oregon Short Line
has been sentenced to serve four
years in the state penitentiary.
A. net profit of $4,000 in three
years on north Idaho farm that cost
$500 is the record made by George
8. Downer Of Cottonwood, Ida, &C.
cording to an interview in the Spokes.
man-Review.
The First National Bank of Salmon,
which closed its doors last June, paid
dividend of ten per cent last week.
This Is the second dividend which has
been paid to depositors since the fail.
: ure Of the institution.
The news has been received of the
capture Of three men who are believ-
ed to have been connected with the
robbery Of the postoffice at Picabo
last fall, by N. e. Hayward, foreman
Of the railroad section at Pagari.
More than 5000 carloads of baled
hay, or approximately 10000 tons,
were shipped over the Twin Falls
branch to outside points this year,
and as result hay is at a premium
In that part of the state just now.
A number of cattle in the vicinity
Of Catholic Gulch, north Idaho, are
said to be afflicted with the mango.
A quarantine has been established
and the owners Of the dead cattle will
be required to burn the carcasses.
That w. E. Witwer. the travelling
salesman who disappeared from the
Wanderin hotel, Nampa, on May 1,
may have met with foul play, is the
theory entertained by the police Of
Boise and Nampa, who are working
on the case.
In a quarrel in dining car in the
yards of the Oregon Short Line in Po-
catellO, c. A. Jones, waiter, was
shot and killed. Edwin Freeman,
chef, who did the shooting, was ar
rested and is now in Jail in Pocatello.
Both men are negroes.
The 6-year.old son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel H. Bradshaw of Idaho Falls,
was drowned in a canal. The father
and child were returning from Sun
day school, when the parent stopped
to talk to neighbor, allowing the
boy to walk home alone.
Charles A. Anderson, formerly a
prosperous farmer of Mackay, was
swindled out of $5,770 by bunko men
in Salt Lake. Anderson was given q
good thing" on a supposed horse
race. A search is being made for the
two men who relieved him Of his
cash.
Bonafide settlers on the south side
pumping unit ON the Minidoka pro.
ject, who are unable now to pay rent
at the rate Of $3.50 per acre for water
will, upon a showing of good faith
and an effort to cultivate, be furnish
ed this season. upon condition they
promise to pay by December 1 next
Three Austrians were severely
wounded and Joe Zellus, a fellow
countryman, is confined In the county
Jail under $4,000 bonds charged with
assault with deadly weapon with
intent to commit murder, as a result
Of q cutting ARRAY which took place
in Boise.
The Snake river has given up the
body of J. J. Saunders, who was
drowned last winter while working
on the crib dam at the new municipal
power plant at Idaho Falls. The body
was discovered by q number Of boys
who were standing on the bridge Just
above the new plant.
Harvey w. Sprague, who was re-
Gently brought from San Francisco on
his confession Of having blown the
safe of Monk & Co. at Salmon two
years ago, has been sentenced to four
months imprisonment in the county
Jail, having pleaded guilty to petit
larceny.
In accordance with a proclamation
issued by Governor Hawley. the PEG.
pie of Idaho will stand with uncover.
ed heads from IL o'clock noon till
1905 on May 30. Memorial day,
while bells in every city, town and
village in the state will toll, and flags
will ny at haf-mast
Self-defense was the verdict of a
coroner's jury at Pocatello in the
case Of Harry Pelliti, who early Sun.
day morning shot and killed Risiero
Lazzarini in front OF the formers
home. Both men are Italians. 1t de-
veloped that Lazzarini shot first.
An ordinance has been enacted at
Boise which prohibits the use or dis
play Of red hags, banners and EN-.
blems upon the streets. The ordi-
nance also makes It necessary to Sc.
cure permit from the mayor before
any parade may take place in the
au.