The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-02-09
IDAHO STATE NEW

cash value and 40 per cent yaluatio
shall be entered on all tax lists i
2arailel columns, and taxes levied o
40 per cent.
Robert Proudflt Is wanted Ia Bois
for the embexzlanent OF $40, 900 fron
the interm0untain Auto company d
that city In the past two years. ii i
believed Proudfit has gone to Canada
~ r. Rork was convicted In th,
probate court at Gooding or shooting
the eyes out OF colt belonging to j
w. Matthews. The two men ar,
neighbors. living within few mile
OF Gooding
The Pacin Il Idaho Northern rail-
road has filed Ia the federal land of
dee IFS set Of maps. plats .and appli
cation for right OF way thirty.flvs
miles from Meadows to a point neal
higgins, Idaho county.
Jack Downey Of Salt Lake wal
awarded q decision over Slick Merrill
Bosses Black Panther" In ten
round so at Boise Downey had ths
better Of II all the way. although ht
fought mostly on the defensive.
Work II stiil being prosecuted on
fhe Nampa Caldwell line. The recon
cold weather hindered the contract
ors but did not cause Thorn to stop
The company now expects to be run
ming cars over the line by May i.
Hiram caBwell tells thrilling tais
OF escape from snowslide whicf
struck him as he was going out tt
his camp In the mountains near Sal
mon. Caeweli was buried Tor fourteen
hours. but finally managed To dig him
aeif out
TO stimulate an interest IN interna
tionai peace. the American schoo
Peace league has announced a prize
contest In high schools and norma
schools throughout the country, which
u y hoped Idaho pupils win be inter
ested in.
Iva Child. years old, daughter 81
Herbert Child Of Shelley, was kiilet
instantly BY freight engine as she
was returning from school She was
standing on one track and Watching j
train so BY on another. when the On
zine struck her,
Presumably because his t7.year-oit
daughter Della confessed that she haf
been sustaining improper relations
with him. her father. q M. Foster
shot himself through the head severa |
giays ago. the body being found in his
homo near Moscow
Thirteen prisoners awaiting trial foi
felonies or serving sentences for minor
offensos. escaped from the Bannoch
county jail al Pocatello on the a0th |
The jail break was discovered half an
hour after Il occurred and seven OF |
the prisoners reeaptured.
Smallpox. which has apparently
taken \ firm hold OF KELLOGG, has now
jumped 10 Burke But ono case has
been reported In this latter town. but
the health authorities anticipate more
trouble. aa this frat case was well nd |
vanced before II was discovered.
Tho liquor license question is still |
the disturbing factor In Lemhi coun /
ty. At q recent meeting OF the cits |
council an ordinance was passed iix /
Ing the cost OF city saloon licenses al
sis7.5O per quarter. and making reg
uiations for the operation OF saloons
A special from Washington an
nounces that notwithstanding Score
tary Stimson's recommendation thai
Boise barracks be abandoned, suci |
action Is not at all probable. for prac
ticalg every member Of the senate Il |
To Stimson's proposed sweep |
Ing economy,
II there 10 a timber trust in th, |
United states the federal government,
"a is most mighty factor. according
10 Senator Borah who. in his speech |
In the senate. vigorously denounced
the present policy Of tho government
In the matter of dIsposing OF tImbei
IN forest reserves,
Senator Hepburn OF Idaho on Thurs
day effectually blocked the effort Of
Senator Lodge and the other mem
bers Of the committee on foreign re
lations to have the senate grant unan
nnous consent 10 the fixing ct a dag
for the vote on the arbitration trea
ties with Great Britain and France.
Representative French has intro
dueed a bill providing that the Law
requiring labor and improvements &c
be done annually upon mining claims
be SO amended SIS to provide that Inn
proyements made upon roads or high
ways leading to the mining claims
shall be accepted he labor expended
upon the claim itself
Oil burners which can be installed
in any kind Of kitchen stove. ane
which viii reduce the fuel cost more
than one-haif, is an invention which
viii soon be put on the market, and
for which Boise win be the manufac
turing point
Sportsmen throughout the state
have been notified by the state game
and fish department that the opeE
season for duck and goose shooting
which formerly extended until March
!, closes one month earlier, ON Febru.
airy !, this year.
William s. Clark. who are charged
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