The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1912-07-15
IDAHO STATE NEWS

OldTcuC0 n. EQUy, tuS pOcI pIOe~ |
pector," has announced his candidacy |
TOR the state senate against Ravenal
Macbeth in Custer county. i
Miss Grace M. Shepherd, state sup
erintendent of schools, has gone to
Chicago to attend the mee - Of the
National Education Association, Of
which she is state director
According to all information that
cah be gained at this time the as
sessed valuation Of Canyon county
will be greatly in excess this year
Of the valuation placed last year.
Orders to reinstate all the civilians
who were discharged from the post
have been received by Major Hughes,
at Boise barracks. Ac-
|cordingly all the men are back on
duty.
David Jones of Ucon was killed in
sstantly by piano falling from wa
gon, crushing his skull. Jones with
others was loading the piano into a
wagon for the purpose Of taking 1t to
his home. ~ % II
G. A. Valentine, = wealthy banker
Vt Pocatello, was shot twice and Sc.
siously wounded by holdup who
robbed him of a diamond ring and
diamond stud, valued at about a thou
sand dollars.
One OF the new features of the In
ter-Mountain fair. to be held at Boise.
October 7-12. will be an exhibition of
Aandiwork and agricultural products
by children. A special exhibit hall for
these displays will be provided.
The register Of the state land
board reports the receipt of large
amounts of interest payments on state
loans which came due about July /.
Every mail brings many letters con-
tanning remittances to the land board.
Frank L. Moore, attorney of Mos.
COW, has announced his candidacy for
the Democratic nomination for United
States senator in Idaho. He was TEN.
porary, and permanent chairman of
the regent state Democratic conven.
ton
The new concrete road west OF
Boise has been thrown open to public
traffic by order of the county commits
siOners. The road Is complete in
every detail. The new steel bridge
over the Boise river, however, 10 not
yet in shape. ..,..4.
To be arrested for an offense com.
mitted while in Jail, where he is sup
posed to be in safe keeping, is the
rare experience Of Thomas Moore
who was fined $25 in the Boise cour,
for kicking and beating ]. w, Lynch.
. fellow prisoner.
Lewiston will be the permanent
home of the Northwest Livestock as
ISOLATION. This decision was reached
at a meeting of the members OF, the
Northwest Livestock association, al
which about 100 prominent stockmen
of the Inland Empire were present.
The question of whether or moi
nomination papers filed with the sec
rotary of state or county auditor OF
Monday, July l, are within the lega
limit under the election laws will b.
presented to the supreme cour
through an action to be filed at Boise
Joy Esther Miller. IL years of age
was shot and instantly killed by he
brother, John Miller, aged Is years. a
their home in South Boise. The tive
children were playing in the attic o
the home with a gun which was sup
posed to be unloaded when the acct
dent occurred.
The suit brought by Isaac Pinega
and wife against Sydney J. Har
and wife in an effort to recover dam
ages alleged to have been sustaine,
when Hart failed to effect a cure O
. disease with which Mrs. Pinega
was afflicted was dismissed in tn
district court at Boise.
Figures compiled in the Office Of tn
secretary of state. show that tn
amount of annual license tax collect
ed from corporations doing bushes
in the state during the fiscal yea
which closed July Ia $76,595.41. Thi
total is at least $4,000 greater tina
the last previous report.
Prompt action of a heroic trai
crew probably saved much loss of lii
and property when the depot at Arm
stead was destroyed by fire. A ca
OF dynamite standing on the trac
was hauled away to safety by tn
crew. who were called out Of be
when the fire broke out.
According to the report of I. v
Hart, clerk Of the supreme court. Ii
amount of fees received in that cou
since January /, 1912, until July
1912, is $2,21S.65. This is in excess
any past record for like period an
indicates the great amount OF bus
ness attended to by the court
H. c. Guinea, an employee at Il
sub-station of the Idaho-Oregon Ligl
& Power company, at Weiser. had
narrow escape from death, and as
result he was quite severely injurs
and will be laid up for several day
Squire Kershaw, aged Z, was throw
from a horse at Preston. His TO