The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-09-27
IDAHO STATE NEWS.
MERIDIAN

Willis Stevenson. ranchar living
near Haley. shot and killed man
named Tempseton and then surren.
aared TO tho sheriff. telling him that
the shooting was accidental.
The Emmett school board ordered
he public schooia closed for week
10 that the chiidren might work In
tha fruItpacklng plants. This action
was taken because Of the scarcity OF
tabor.
Reports from every section OF the
stats are 10 the effect that crops
throughout the state 81 Idaho this
year are In splendid condition. ana
that tbs harvest viii be the heaviest
yet recorded
Senator B@rah. In M address at No
tHa, strongly advocated tho adoption
of plan whereby the government
would be- enabled 10 take up the rec.
lamatson of the Black canyon irriga.
tlon project
4 man named Richards. living on
homestead ak miles from Namna.
committed suicide by shooting him.
self. Richards. who was IS years OF
age. was employed on ditch work By
Tho government.
A fight over the hand of d fair
lady resulted In Jack Carpenter, y
prize Aghter, being stabbed in tho
back BY Edward Bass. messenger
boy, III Boise, Carpenter was not
dangerously Injured
slx clties ana towns OF southern
Idaho win participate IN the annual
choir contest the tirst Of which - to
he held AZ the Nampa theatre Thurs.
day evening. September 20, the first
day of tho harvest festival
The aggregate Number of bushels
0f wheat. harley and nats In Latah.
Nez Perez. Idaho, Lewis and Clear
water oountles. according TO the re.
port by Mr. Greenburg. chairman OF
the state grain commission. IL $780,.
ITS.
Tho efferts pat forth In behalf OF
the maxi clerks whose headquarters
we're changed from Boise to Salt
Lake. a short limo ago, to keep them
at tho capitoi, have proved unayaii.
ing aud they received official orders
10 move on the 18th.
Careful observers OF conditions on
eamas Prairie estimate that there ~
total acreage planted to fall whoat
this meaaoa OF over $4,000 acres. and
they assert that the total crop plant,
"a this fail viii be more than double
that Of Last year,
O. H. Martha OF Standpoint has been
chosen As the candidate for governor
On the Progressive ticket. but two
vacancies arc left on the state ticket
the third party refusing TO nominate
candidates for auditor and justice OF
mo supreme court,
The Mig touring car belonging 70
Slick brothers 'of Boise was badly
damaged "A Nampa. when freight
train. hacaSiag in the local yards, ran
IHto the naohiae and dragged It about
80 feet down the track The pas.
sengeFH in the car escaped injury.
The Iaaho Development congress
at tho sesslea In Boise last week
pledged itself TO work for the adyer
tiaemeRt OF the state at the Sar
FraRciao0. aaa Diego and Lewiston
enpositioaa II recommended thai
che work be- divorced from politics
Il. 1. Yaang. one OF Nampa's pros
peroua farmers. In harvesting between
ten and iirteen thousand bushels o
potatoes, which are of exCSptionR
quality. and which no intends to shil
east as fast as they are taken from
the gruaad ..
A coailagratlon broke out in thu
business section OF HALEY. resulting
ia loss OF $4,000. The postorles
together with tho store in which
was located. was destroyed. A drul
store In the same building was als'
burned.
Work Ia progressing on the parisl
house which Is being built under tn,
supervision OF the Episcopal ehurcl
OF Nampa IL will be completed b.
the last ~ October. The paris
house Is to sorve the same purpos
as a Y. NJ. G. A. building.
Mexican sheepherders, because invol
Eed in an alteration In Pocotelo, am
as a result CTahsalls has two sta
wounds in the breast, inflicted wit
pocket knife, while Nable Is SUI
iering from a bullet wound throug
the fieshy part Of his leg,
prominent sheep owner froi
Thurman reports that the range
the upper country is good and tn;
the shipping is about over. The price
paid for sheep, he said, were exec
lent, but the sheepmen of this cor
munity win not get rich this year {
account Of the very poor Landing.
Fire Quilted the Pintsch gas plant
Pocatelio and caused a damage es
mated at $4,000 The machinery
the generator room is total los
The Oregon Short Line cars must
charged with gas at the Ogden pla