The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-09-06
IDAHO STATE NEW S


ped and fell as she waa leaving q
street car In Boise.
Governor Hawley has appointed
Hugh Wood Of Spencer John Hanson
and Wesley Gibson Of Roberts as com
missioners Of highway district No, l
In Fremont county
Governor TIawley has been invited
10 deliver au address at the hrs.
meeting OF the Idaho Development
congress. which conyenes IN Boise on
September is for two days session.
The branch OF the Oregon short
Line from Ashton 70 Victor, forty.sIx
miles, will be completed in the latter
part OF September or October, and a
celebration will be held there al that
time
The salmon National Forest SER
vice has completed the new pack
bridge over the salmon river, near
the mouth OF Biz creek II IL cable
suspension bridge. six feet wide and
zee feet long
A Congregational church with
twenty Minis charter members was or.
ganized recently at Mccall. which lies
at the head Of Long valley IN Boise
county, and on The southern shore OF
payetto lake
n. n Page OF Jefferson. Ia. aged
a.. died In the baggage room at the
short Line depot al Pocatello. He
was stricken on the train while re-
turning home from trip 10 the Puget
Sound country.
When the public schools OF that
section Of Idaho open September 3
she pupils Of seven towns in the
Clearwater river valley and the Nez
PIERCE and cafnas prairies win occupy
new homes valued al s125.O0o.
What IL believed to DO one OF the
most important safety appliances for
locomotive boilers yet invented has
heen patented by Richard y Hogan OF
Pocateilo. 1t Is claimed the device
win absolutely prevent explosions.
Coal OF good quality has been dis.
covered ON ranch on mann creek,
about twelve miles from weiser, The
vein at present iA eighteen inches
wide and OF fairly good quality It
burns splendidly and throws out an In.
tense heat.
The large pea crop in the neighbor.
hood OF ST Anthony Of which there
was over 1900 acres, Is coming In,
and the yield will average very close
10 twenty-five bushels per acre aud
the farmers are receiving $3.50 per
bushei for them.
Winter wheat Is being harvested
In the 81 Anthony section. and the
crop promises 10 be- as large az last
year. both on the dry farm "a well as
tho irrigated lands, Crops OF all
kinds look hne and the beet crop IL
above the average.
Boise Is 10 have q polo tournament
this fall The dates have not been
officially announced. but II has been
definitely decided that the tourna-
ment win take place during the week
between the Pendleton Roundup and
the Intermouutaln fair
within q short time Weiser win be
about the busiest town on the map.
and BY long odds the busiest town OF
its size In the northwest. And this
will bebecause OF the fact that opeT.
ations are expected to be under way
In full blast on the extensive city inn
proyements
Former Governor Cooling and as.
sociates have taken an option on the
Guyer hot springs near Ketohum. The
sptlon covers ESQ acres Of land and II
the deal goes through the new owners
viii build y summer hotel, sanitar.
hum. and make It a fine public bathing
reRort.
Senator Borahs amendment TO the
deficiency bill. bringing desert land
entrymen on government irrigation
projects under the provisions OF his
bill. directing the patentins OF home
steads as soon as the entrymen COM
ply with the homestead law, remained
in the bin ms Il finally passed.
James Hawley, the trusty who mys.
teriously disappeared from the penl
Tertiary on August IL. and who was
apprehended by the city marshal Of
Umatilla. Oregon. has been returned
TO prison and win have to serve @
year and three months because of his
attempt to escape,
Instead Of shipping the spawn o.
eastern brook trout from Pennsyi
yania, the officials OF the game ant
fish department are conducting ex
psriments with view of procuring
the spawn from the Idaho born east
ern brook trout in the hatcheries a
Hayspur, Warm River and Standpoint
libby Jack. Lemhi Indian from
the Fort Hall reservation, was run
over and fatally injured by strinl
of cars at Poeatello Both legs wer,
broken. one arm nearly severed. eigh
ribs fractured and he suffered Gu
on the head.
That the Oregon Short Line vii
spend 100000 in betterments at Pc
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