Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-05-23
IDAHO STATE NEWS
IDAHO

The postoffice at Oakley has beer
designated postal savings deposi
to>y, effective June 10.
The city council of Pocatello has is
sued call for bids for the paving
of 20 blocks in the business district
of that city with bitulithic. Bids will
be opened June 6.
In the act of fixing a swing for the
children, Charles A. Shuckhardt, a
trusted employe of st. Margaret's
school at Boise. sustained a fall which
later resulted in his death.
Senator Borah was the only mem
Der of the judiciary committee to
vote against the proposal to limit
presidents to one term each, accord.
ing to Washington dispatch.
William Lovejoy of Nampa. arrest.
ed a 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 off north Idaho farm that cost
$4,000 is the record made by George
S. Downer OF Cottonwood, Ida, &C.
cording to an interview in the Spokes.
man-Reyiew.
The First National Bank of Salmon.
which closed its doors last June. paid
a 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 wear
and as a result hay is at a premium
IN that part of the state just now
, A number of cattle in the vicinity
of Catholic Guich, 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 l,
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 a dining car in the
Fards of the Oregon Short Line in Po-
,atello, c. A. Jones, a waiter. was
'hot and killed. Edwin Freeman. a
chef, who did the shooting, was ar
'ested 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 canal. The father
and child were returning from Sun
lay school, when the parent stopped
10 talk to neighbor, allowing the
boy to walk home alone.
Charles A. Anderson, formerly a
prosperous farmer of Mackay, was
'windled out of s5,770 by bunko men
n Salt Lake. Anderson was given a
good thing on supposed horse
ace. A search is being made for the
wo men who relieved him Of his
lash.
Bonafide settlers on the south side
pumping unit on the Minidoka pro.
ect, who are unable now to pay rent
II tho ratio Of IN NOV oore
Viii, upon a showing of good faith
nd an effort to cultivate, be furnish
d this season, upon condition they
romise to pay by December 1 next
Three Austrians were severely
wounded and Joe zellus, a fellow
ountryman, is confined in the county
all under $4,000 bonds charged with
ssault with a deadly weapon with
ntent to commit murder, as result
a cutting ARRAY which took place
n Boise
The Snake river has given up the ;
ody of ]. ]. Saunders, who was
rowned last winter while working ;
n the crib dam at the new municipal d.
over plant at Idaho Falls. The body
'as discovered by a number OF boys
Tho were standing on the bridge inst ,
bove the new plant.
Harvey w. Sprague, who was re- ,
emily brought from San Francisco on 5
is confession of having blown the
afe of Monk G. Co. at Salmon two
ears ago, has been sentenced to four
lonths' Imprisonment in the county |
Ill, having pleaded guilty to petit S
Lrceny. t
In accordance with a proclamation &
sued by Governor Hawley, the peo. t
le Of Idaho will stand with uncover
heads from IL o'clock noon till
':O5 on May 30. Memorial day. =.
lille bells in every city, town and :
llage in the state will toll, and flags u
Ill fly at haf-mast. !.
Self-defense was the verdict of E
roner's jury at Pocatello in the
se of Harry Pelliti, who early Sun.