The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-08-23
IDAHO STATE NEWS
IDAHO



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The steel gang on the Central Idaho
has passed Soldier and that town now
has railway communication with the
outside world
Louis Matheson, Il well known far.
mer on Turner. was gored and tram.
pied to death by an enraged bull, in
lane near his home
The total full cash value Of real
estate and improvements and personal
property In Washington county, as
complied by tise board Of county com.
missioners for 1912. IL ss,e2s,57s.
The body OF an unknown man was
found on sand bar Ia the Boise river
about half mile below Eagle, by a
rancher The body was badly decom.
posed and the clothing was unrecog,
n.izahle.
There were s74 mines producing
gold, silver, copper, lead or zinc in
Idaho IN 1911. compared with At In
1910 OF these 2i7 we're placer
mines, many Of which made very
small outputs
Stockmen In adjoining states and
Canada who attempt TO ship "scahby"
sheep into Idaho viii find their eff
forts blocked by a quarantine proc.
lamation issued laet week by Gov.
ernor Hawley.
Senator Borah has introduced a bill
creating commission 10 investigate
expenditures of the reclamation ser
vice ard report 10 congress II set
tiers are being charged excessive
prices for land.
Approximately $4,000 has been ex.
pended In building construction and
improvements in Caldwell, during the
present building season and as mucn
more is planned and will be com.
pieted before the year closes
Hen Beagle. we'll known old.
timer 81 Salmon city, committed
suicide nj Three Forks recently, He
was brother of Perry Beagle, who
was 4 member Of Whitmans party
that crossed the plains In 1S43.
Railroad activity this year has great
~ aided In tho development Of Caid-
we'll and tributary territory The
completion Of the Caldwell. Nampn ex.
tension Of the Boise and Interurban
has made Caldwell the supply point
for a welLssttled territory
The broadest ana most comprehen.
sive plan OF road building ever pro.
mulgated In the west, had It's cuncep.
ton at the meeting OF the Idaho state
Automobile association at Montpelier.
The plan contemDlates the expendi.
tnre Of about s5,000.00O In Idaho
CORTLAND Argabright, ranoher OF
Garden Valley was severely injured
when he fell from a haystack, where
he was working, 10 the ground. As
he alighted near a horse which was
tied TO q wagon the animal kicked
him in the head. rendering him un.
conscious
meeting Of a committee from the
State Bankers association, together
with others who are interested In az,
riculture, was held last week in Boise
for the purpose Of discussing agricul.
tural extension work In the public
schools OF Idaho. Plans were made
for giving publicity to the movement
throughout Idaho.
A board OF inquiry has decided that
Conductor w. II. Sellers, Pilot Nick
Nelson and Engineer Il. M. Jacobs
were responsible for the accl.
dent 10 the stock train on the Idaho
Northern railway on July 80, when
Luther y, Evans of Boise, brakeman,
was fatally injured.
The new tnwnslte Of Malvern, locat-
ed on the Payette river, about Ave
miles above Horseshoe Bend. has been
surveyed, II Is the intention to opeu
the townsite In short time, and a
fight will also be made at the coming
election TO win the county seat fight
to be waged In Boise county.
An unknown man who was found
by the roadside about an eighth of
mile from Higgins ranch on the mesa,
says the Boise Statesman. died be-
fore he could be brought to town. DR.,
G. +. Shawhan was summoned at
ones and found that the man,
from appearances, was dope" fiend.
Word comes from Filler of the death
by strychnine poisoning of little Laura
Harrison, aged years, at the home
of her parents, Mr., and Mrs. r. A.
Harrison, near that place. The little
one, alone with little 11-year-old sis.
ter climbed unnoticed into chair at
the cupboard and got hold of the
poison. ...s.
H, G.. Cocker, ex-secretary of the Po-
catello Commercial club, completed a
six months sentence for embezzle-
ment of the clubs funds last week and
was re-arrested on a charge of big
amy. The warrant charges that he
welded a Pocatello girl on November
II, 1911, when he had a wife and two
children in England
Orchards in Washington and Adams
counties are in good condition, and
large crop Of apples, peaches and
prunes viii be harvested this fall.