The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1912-08-22
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Fruit growers OF Emmett estimat
that 1t least 100 carr Of peaches VII
b shipped hon there this ssason
The prohtbttionSts In state eonvec
ton ct Caldwell placed = state ticks
In the neld. headed BY T. d. Nichols
OF Boise. for governor.
Tho city OF Boise hes dled . sui
in tho district court to restrain tn,
Boise Railway company from AbAn
doning its line In Central addition.
The Twin Falls tract has bsea en-
tertaiAins the past wvsk = commit
tee of railroad men from CaliHprnis
and \ number Of prominent business
men from Wells, New.
The most successful state land sale
hold In Idaho this year was held II
Caldwell last week. when approx
matsly 1000 acres Of exesilsat Canyon
county land was soh for so, 900.
Tho body found in the south fork OF
boon identified ~ that of VIM. Kemp,
4 minor who lived in tho mountains
near the head Of the river in an iso-
lated district, with his nephew.
That the annual conferences Of the
western governors will result in the
west obtaining much nssdsd legisla-
ton along various lines was the opin-
lon expressed BY Governor Norris Of
Montana during his stay In Boise.
R. e. Bonham of Twin Fails asked
the aid OF tho Boise police in search
ing for his wife. Mrs. Bonham was
last seen in Portland, when friends
badc her good-bye At the railway sta
pletely disappeared.
Superintendent HUMPHREYS, who has
been at the head of the state indus
trial school, located Mt st. Anthony,
ITS establishment, has been EN-
porarily suspended pending investiga-
ton for alleged fnhuman treatment Of
one of the inmates.
Final arrangements have been com.
pleted for the eastern Idaho Eistedd-
fod to be held at Rexburg, September
to 20. Special rates to Rexburg
have beer announced and a large dele
is expected from Salt Lake and
other outside points.
Word comes from Soldier that Ira
Black, a mining man, was found dead
n his tent last week at the head
II Shelton creek, a tributary OF the
South Boise river. His camp Is forty
west Of Soldier, just across the
In Gilmore county.
E;oo-oioJIr A. exo+1 - TdoLo &
according to the statement
or July, issued by the state treasurer.
lot the least interesting feature OF
he showing is that the interest earn
Oil funds deposited were s4,e27.3S
the month of Juy.
c. A. Wilbur, a news agent employ
d by a company operating on tho
oregon Short Line railroad, was given
preliminary hearing at Idaho Falls
n the charge of selling whisky in a
county. He is alleged to
ave sold liuor to passengers on the
-ain.
Mrs. Charlotte Collyer, who with
titanic en- route to Payette, and whose 4
was lost on the Inflated yes
has already received $2,12S from
In America, who were SO J
npressed with her story of the dis
;ter.
As been In session for the past six ?
esks closed last week, and the stu
snts have departed for their homes T.
all parts Of the state. The ses r
On has been pronounced a E
ost successful one by those who have {
ZEN in charge. Z
The S reports that the cash ::
AT amounts to $3,S11,s 6z; land totals, A
1896. BOO; improvements on land, n
improvements on mineral IT
Id, 3204, $40; livestock, $616.7O9. The K
al taxable value, under the 40 per N
1T rate, is @1.652, 1854. p
10 and 16 will be red letter "
rs in the history of Soldier, as the -
things on those dates. The pro D
am will include a parade OF floats. r,
king contests, ball games, barbecue, p
matches, grain exhibits, and
Grafton by Governor Hawley. G,
rhe Boise Statesman announces w
t w. e. Pierce has sold the
Sc Railroad company to the ~
company, officially the
Railroad Light & Power con
~, thereby creating a merge OF re-
the Boise interurban and city lines
3 sale includes the Natatorium. Fr
extraordinary landslide occurred n.
the ranch of Mrs. Verna Kellogg, I'M
r Boyle Creek. Those on the ranch
e awakened by the IA of water,
aking of trees and grinding of an
( and gravel. Two or three acres w
slid down and covered fl CT
acres of valuable land seven feet :
} with debris. nj
McCutcheon of the GIL -
e & Pittsburg railroad, in . let ."t
to the Beaverhead club OF Dillon. 10,
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