Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-09-26
IDAHO STATE NEWS

VI John ScAHhng of Boise. dropped
lead While at the Idanha orchard. near
Nyssa- HIS death is attributed to
heart fahre.
Wills Stevenson. a rancher living
near Haley. shot and killed a man
named yenpleton and then surren,
dered to the sheriff. telling him that
the shooting was accidental.
The Emmett school board ordered
he public schools closed for a week
10 that the children might work in
The fruit-paoking plants This action
was taken because of the scarcity of
labor.
Reports froa every section Of the
state are 70 the effect that crops
throughout the state OF Idaho this
year are IN splendid condition, ana
that the harvest will be the heaviest
ret recorded
Senator Berah. in an address at No
tus. strongly advocated the adoption
Of plan whereby the government
would be enabled to take up the rec
iamation of the Black canyon irriga-
ton project.
man named Richards, living on
homestead six miles from Nampa,
committed suicide by shooting him
self. Richards, who was So years OF
age was employed on ditch work by
the government
A fight over the hand of a fair
lady resulted in Jack Carpenter, 4
prize fighter. being stabbed in the
back by Edward Bass. q messenger
boy, at Boise Carpenter was not
dangerously injured
Six cities and towns Of southern
Idaho VIII participate in the annual
choir contest the first OF which is to
be held at the Nampa theatre Thurs
day evening. September 26. the first
day OF the harvest festival
The aggregate number of bushels
OF wheat. barley and oats in Latah.
Nez Perez. Idaho. Lewis and Clear
water counties. according TO the re-
port BY Hr. Greenburg. chairman OF
the state grain commission, is $780,
ITS.
The efforts put forth in behalf OF
the mail clerks whose headquarters
were changed from Boise to Sal,
Lake. short time ago. to keep them
at the capitol. have proved unavail-
ing and they received official orders
to move on the 18th.
Careful Observers of conditions on
Camas Prairie estimate that there IS
4 total acreage planted to fall wheat
this season q over $4,000 acres, and
they assert that the total crop plant.
ed this fad will be more than double
that OF last year.
G. H AartA of Standpoint has been
chosen as the candidate for governor
on the Progressive ticket. But two
vacancies are ieft on the state ticket.
the third party refusing to nominate
candidates for auditor and Justice of
the supreme court.
The btg touring car belonging to
Slick brothers of Boise was badly
damaged at Nampa, when a freight
train, backing IN the local yards, ran
into the machine and dragged it about
so feet down the track. The pas
sengers In the car escaped injury.
The Idaho Development congress,
at the session in Boise last week.
pledged Itself to work for the adver-
tisemeot Of the state at the San
FRANCHISES. San Diego and Lewiston
expositioaa 1t recommended that
the work be divorced from politics.
L. L. Young. one of Nampas pros
porous farmers. is harvesting between
ten and fifteen thousand bushels of
potatoes which are of exceptional.
quality. and which he intends to ship
east as fast as they are taken from
the ground.
A condagration broke out in the
business section Of HALEY, resulting
in loss of $4,000. The postonIc~.
together with the store in which 1t
was located. was destroyed. A drug
store In the same building was also
burned.
Work ts progressive on the parish |
house which is being built under the
supervision of the Episcopal church |
of Nampa It will be completed by
the last OF October. The parish
house is to serve the same purpose
as Y. N. c. A building.
e. Nable and Joe Cransalis. two |
Mexican sheepherders. because invol- |
ged in an alteration in Pocotello, and I
as a result Cransalis has two stab |
wounds in the breast, inflicted with |
a pocket knife. while Nable is suf- |
fering kom bullet wound through |
the feshJ part of his leg.
A prominent sheep owner from |
Thurman reports that the range In |
the upper country is good and that |
the shipping Is about over. The prices |
paid for sheep, he said, were excel
lent. but the sheepmen of this CON-
munity win not get rich this year on
account of the very poor lambing.
Fire Quilted the Pintsch gas plant in
Pocatetfs and caused damage esti-
nd o. MI