The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-07-26
IDAHO STATE NEWS
IDAHO

Aot0 y C0nFSHbfpH TUESDAY July ~
URINARY day.. for the purpose or put
ting In the field fun ticket OF cansi
dates FOR state Offices,
Roy Mcpherson was taken TO ths
penitentiary laAt week from Coeus
d'Alene 20 begin serving an indeter.
inmate sentence Of from ono to nE.
teen years for burglary.
Governor Hawiey last week appoint.
81 q dozen delegates from Idaho 10 al.
tend the twentieth National Irrigation
congress. 10 be held al Salt LaSo on
September 80 70 October g.
Settlers on the Idaho Irrigation
company project arc 10 have an ex.
tension 81 Eve years on their deferred
payments II they so desire. This Ii
The result of the unanimous action OF
the Land board
A bloody cutting ARRAY took place
II Nampa, when George Wooley, i
soiored walter. cut Mathew Scott, Oh
he sarnn occupation and colored. over
the ere with large butcher knsfe.
Scott will recover,
Two horses belonging to the nM
iioaal guard az this state were killed
aaar Huntington, Ore. when the Hocr
il tho stock ear gave way and the
animals we're prectnltAtea upon the
braaa reds 81 the swiftly moylng ear.
Unable 10 locate Ivan y. Talbot, the
electrical engineer who myatafIousiy
disappeared from his home In Boise
sSi Ialy ). Ernest Atwood, his brother
Il lam. Who has haan end4avorlnx ID
'ocale him ever since. has given mp
~ search.
Firr which started from an IN.
known eaGse burned the sagehrush
eFsg an nre@ Of approximately $50
AeFes Ii Cariew snIeh Id the Boise
military reservation and also burned
the brush os 4 Large tract Of land out
side the reservation
Young fruit trees and other nursery
xtecG IA exempt from taxation. Thsa
4 the dlcsam az 40 opinion rendered
hy Attorney General MeDougall. ID
which the subject freAted IL one 81
great Interest 70 syery fraisgrower and
nnrseFyman Ia the state
A sheapherder called spanish Joe"
was shot and Instantly killed BY an
other hefder named William &, Eiar
din near Loon Lake. Ii Idaho county
Both men were hsrding for Jeff Nil
hEan. and Il seems that they had
truabIe aboas getting their bands
MIXED.
Two robbers. who are said To have
driven into New Plymouth III an auto
mobile, broke into the store OF the
Waite Hardware company and stole
szs.2o from The cash register. ana took
several hundred dollars worth pf
merchandise from the eases and
shelves
I Ths bigEest iewsiry robbery ever
pulled Of ii Idaho. and one Of the
biggest IN the history 81 the north.
west. was committed last week when
lone bandit made on with $4,000
werfh n diamonds and canoes FROM
the safe 81 the L.anghiin jewelry store
IN Boise.
/ The report Of c. 4. Wayland. govern.
nent postoffics inspector. for the fiscal
rear ending June 30, shows that Boise
bAs made greater gain in the bust.
meas az its offlce than any other city
in his jurisdiction. Idaho. Montana.
Oregon and Washington. except RHi
lngs. Mont.
The news comes from Wallace that
the offer made By August paulsen.
stanley Easion and the estate Of
Thomas l.. GreenOush. of $4,000 In
settlement Of an their liability In con.
aectson wlth the failure 81 the State
Bank 81 Commerce last August. has
been accepted.
The matter az whether the old sol.
Tiers who are making their homes at
The SOLDIER Home have right 10
Eote or not has been decided by the |
attorney generals Office. and Assist.
ant Attorney General Joseph n, Pet |
srson holds that the old soldiers are
not quartered in an almshouse.
The special federal grand Jury.
Khieh has been in session Al Boise. |
Ast week returned indictments
against the officers and agents OF tho |
Medbury Valley Investment company
for violation Of section 2I3 OF the re-
Eised statutes Of the United States |
relating 10 offenses against the postal |
avs
Boise win be host TO the governors
Of twelve western states. and perhaps
more. on the occasion Of the Western |
Governors conference, to be held in
that city on August !, and 3.
Farmers and ranchers IN Idaho are
being advised 10 hold on to their hay
and potatoes until the last minute be.
fore selling, as the crops in the east
are said to have been badly damaged.
Senator Borah has introduced bill
experimenting the three-year home.
stead bill, providing that the rights OF
an entryman under the old law shall
not be prejudiced by his failure to
elect under which act he completes his