Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-07-18
IDAHO STATE NEWS


at the age of SO.
Mark, the young son of H. E. Pick.
EFT of Murtaugh. who resides near
here. was drowned in Dry creek His
body was carried down stream some
distance before it was recovered.
Claude D Mason, state chemist, has
gone to Seattle to attend the meet.
ing of the National Association OF
Food and Drug Control officials.
According TO all information that
can 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.
Interest earnings on state funds for
the quarter ending June so, 1912,
amount to total of SIT 2S6.64. accord.
ing to the report issued by State
Treasurer Allen. This is an average
of $3.50 per day.
There are $500 corporations doing
business in Idaho and about 500 of
these companies are required to pay
tax to the secretary of state to car
ry on their operations under the laws
26I.91 has already been colleced this
year.
Professor Norman B. Addison of the
Academy of Idaho at Pocatello spent
several days in Twin Falls last week
in the interests of the institution. He
expresses himself as being highly i'm.
pressed with the outlook and business
nj ho~
ing country.
A power rate war has broken out
in Noise, the Beaver River Power
company having brought into the city
a number of solicitors who are secur |
ing signatures to contracts to take the
power of that company when it Laws
Its lines from the New York canal /
into the city.
The Idaho Baptist State convention
is planning to put two men on Camas
Prairie after October LIST, one to live
In Soldier or Fairfield and preach in
Soldier Fairfield, Soldier Creek.
Blaine, and at other points. and the
other to live in Hill City or Corral,
and preach at Hill City. Corral, Coun-
ty Line, Corral Greek, and at other
points.
j. A Hanford of Soldier is prepar.
ing ground for 500 acres of fall grain
and over. The entire work rs we'll
under way preparing for the fall wheat
crop. of 1913. While 1912 will be a
record breaker, it is safe to say that
1913, with the road completed and
trains running on regular schedule,
Will see the yield on Camas doubled
Or even trebled.
The largest car of wool that was
ever shipped from the state of Idaho
was loaded and billed from Bull re-
Gently. 1t was a Chicago Milwaukee
& Puget Sound car, so feet long and
with 100000 pounds capacity, into
which was loaded 1913 bags or 54,55S
pounds of wool of the value of 49,.
1OS.52. The freight rate to Boston is
sl.S5, and for moving this one car the
railroad company receives S1,OOs.32.
Charles Calvert, formerly of Elva,
who has been serving 500 days SEN
tence in the county Jail for violation
Of the local option laws, has been
granted a pardon by the pardon board
at its recent session at Boise. and
will be released from the county iail
the 18th of this month, after serving
ESQ days of his sentence.
Adjutant General Mccall, head of
The Idaho militia, has received a tele-
gram from the chief of the division
Of militia affairs at Washington. d. C..
which conveyed the important an.
nouncement that funds are available
'or the summer maneuvers of the
militia of Washington, Oregon and
Idaho at Grays Harbor, Washington.
IN July 20 to 20.
The location survey of the o. S. L.
branch from briggs on to Victor has
oeen ordered by officials and large
party of surveyors were taken out
20 the branch to complete the work.
IL the survey is accepted the road
Will be graded to Victor at once and
the laying of steel done the same
time that the road is finished into
Drlggs. This information will be
great news to the people of Victor
and the south end of Teton Basin.
WIN Iuii 6rdnu lOuSe ceremonial
The Masons laid the corner stone of
the beautiful new high school build.
ing in Twin Falls, July f. Full sane.
ton for the ceremony upon request of !
the president of the school board, ].
A. Waters, was granted by the grand
lodge and George D. Aiken Of this city !
was duly deputized as Grand Master
Oh the state of Idaho to open a ses.
sion of the grand lodge and appoint
acting grand lodge officers from the /
ocal members. :
The senate has passed the bill pre- /
giously passed by the house to sell t
tS4 acres OF land, the school and the
agency plant in the former Lemhi
agency The state of Idaho 10 to be
given the preference right to purchase