The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-01-12
IDAHO STATE NEWS

plant on the Malad river will be ger
Grating electricity by January TO-
What Is said 10 be the first cam
OF the Sons of Veterans organized Ii
the state for years Will be inaguratet
~ payette on Saturday. January 13.
The people OF the city or Lewiston
closed tho year 1911 BY voting Il
bond the city for large sum for pnr
poses Of paving residence street
Four carloads OF ties have arrived
In the Caldwell yards for the Nampa
Caldwell extension OF the Boise Val
ley railway. and are being distributed
along the right OF way.
w. 8. Brainard, the postmaster al
Wardner whose funds we're reported
s6,876 short by Postoffice Inspector
John Fuilinwider. has been arrested
on q charge OF embezxlement OF pos,
tai funds.
The entire legislation drafted by
the special revenue commission TO be
submitted to the legislature Is based
on the full cash value plan on assess
ing all property in the state on ite
full cash value.
The dead body OF Richard Atherson
was discovered In his homestead cabin
about eight miles north OF Falk's
store, By q neighhor. On examination
u was determined that death had re
suited from heart failure.
The effort Of d few OF the teachers
Of Canyon county To withdraw from
the joint institute at Boise and have
an exclusive institute of their own
was voted down at meeting OF the
Canyon county teachers.
Contracts for the planting Of 5000
acres % sugar beets on the Minidoke
and adjoining projects are being pre-
pared and will shortly be presented
20 the farmers and business men of
hurley for their signatures,
An additional building for the state
school for the blind and the deaf ii
Gcoding Is about ready for uae, the |
contractor being required 10 complete
i BY the first Of February. He may
nave II ready before that time.
TWENTY-FIVE men and Ave teams
rave been busily AZ work at the state
'enitentiary hauling In from the river
Q the Ice house the 800 tons Of ice
which viii be needed to carry the In.
titutlon through the hot months next
ummer.
Good roads was the chief theme Of
he talks at the luncheon given by the
Ioise Commercial club and the Adal
oanty commissioners 10. Tbs ..eaaaty
asnnsisaais,asFa I'll one state. who held
their state convention In Boise Jan.
nary I, and 6
The great influx Of farmers from
he country 10 spend the winter
months has overcrowded the house
lapacity Of Bull and at the present
lime there are eight new residences
lnder course OF construction. varying
n cost from $1,000 to $4,000
While the complete report for the
,ast year has not been received from
eyeral OF the companies it il estimat L
ID by Major Woodson Jeffreys Of the
tate adjutant generals Office. that
he Idaho militia will have at least
100 enlisted men at the next inspec
ion.
The special revenue commission ap
'olnted by Governor James III. Haw
ey TO draft legislation to be present
ID TO the session extraordinary OF the
ELEVENTH legislature, has placed to.
al Of twenty-nine revenue bills and
I've constitutional amendments In the
lands OF Idahos chief executive.
With view OF preventing the pre-,
.alence OF tuberculosis and other con.
agious diseases among cattle In Ida.
%, quarantine proclamation has
zen issued by Governor Hawley,
making clear the procedure TO be had
q cases where cattle are shipped from
ther states and Canada into Idaho
The state has. according TO the cen.
us reports. 725 manufacturing estab ,
Ishments operating under the fac
DRY system. which give employment !
0 an average OF $500 during the
ear, and pay in salaries and wages |
[. asa. 900.
ANsNhS &ss@ @SASAA AANN anu has INV 1 |
d course OF construction canal avs. |
ems which will irrigate approximate. {
= 100000 acres OF agricultural |
ands. The aggregate length OF the I
anals. when all completed, will be
5000 miles
Former Governor James III. Brady,
originator and guiding spirit Of the {
Governors special train, has returned
. his home in Boise after travelling
yer 10000 miles, making two trips
cross the continent and visiting ev. I
~ western state,
Idaho contains BY natural endow. :
lent enough Of natures products to !
upply practically every want Of man,
nd is so situated in a barricade of
fountains that its inhabitants are
rejected from cyclones, devastating {
forms and scorching winds.
Features Of the four-day session
the Idaho Society Of Engineers,
rhich conyenes in Boise during the
after part or February, are being de, !
ided upon, and the surveyors, drafts. J
len and engineers will have a con. !
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