Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-02-08
IDAHO STATE NEWS


The new revenue law provides thai
cash value and 40 per cent Valuation
shall be entered on al TAX lists il
parallel columns. and taxes levied OF
20 per cent
Robert Prouddt Is wanted in Boise
for the embezzlenen- Of $4,000 from
the Intermounlain Auto company O
that city II The past Two years Il Is
believed Proudht has gone 70 Canada
z Z Rork was convicted in the
probate court a. GoOding Of shOotins
the eyes OUT OF a colt belonging 20
". Matthews The Two men AZ,
neighbors. living within Z few mile.
OF Cooling
The Pacific & Idaho Northern rail
road has filed in the federal land OF
fee its set OF maps, plats and appH
cation for = right OF way thirty-ivs
miles from Meadows 70 a point nea
higgins. Idaho county.
Jack Downey OF Salt Lake Wa
awarded q decision over Slick Merrill
Boise's Black Panther il = ten
round 20 al Boise DoTney had tbs
better OF il all the way. although he
fought mostly On the defensive.
Work is still being prosecuted OF
the Nampa Caldwell line The recen
cold weather hindered the contract
ors. but did not cause them 10 stop
The company now expects 70 be run
ming ears over the line by May /
Hiram Casvell tells q thrilling tale
of escape from a snowslide which
struck him as he was going out u
his camp in the mountains near Sal
mon Cas1ell was buried for fourteen
hours. but finally managed 20 dig him
self out
To stimulate an interest in interna
tional peace, the American Schoo
Peace league has announced a prize
contest in high schools and norma
schools throughout the country, whicl
il is hoped Idaho pupils viii be inter
ested in
Iva Child, years old. daughter o.
Herbert Child Of Shelley, was killec
instantly by a freight engine as she
was returning from school. She was
standing on one track and watching {
train go by on another, when the en-
CINE struck her
Presumably because his 17-year-olc
daughter Della confessed that she hac
been sustaining improper relations
with him, her father, ]. NJ. Foster
shot himself through the head severa
days ago, the body being found in hii
home near Moscow
Thirteen prisoners awaiting trial fol
felonies or serving sentences for minor
offenses, escaped from the BannocE
county Jail at Pocatello on the Goth
The Jail break was discovered half ar
hour after it occurred and seven o.
the prisoners reeaptured.
Smallpox, which has APPARENT,
taken a firm hold of Kellogg. has nov
Jumped to Burke But one case hai
been reported in this latter town, bu
the health authorities anticipate NOR
trouble, as this first case was well ad
vanced before 1t was discovered
The liquor license question is still
the disturbing factor in Lemhi coun
ty. At a recent meeting of the cit,
council an ordinance was passed fix
ing the cost of city saloon licenses a
$1S7.50 per quarter, and making reg
ulations for the operation of saloons
A special from Washington an
nounces that Notwithstanding Secre
tary Stimson's recommendation tina
Boise barracks be abandoned, sue
action is not at all probable, for prac
tically every member of the senate i
opposed TO Stimson's proposed sweeI
ing economy.
If there is a timber trust In tn
United States the federal government
Is it's most mighty factor, accordin
to Senator Borah who, in his speecl
In the senate, vigorously denounce
the present policy of the government
in the matter of disposing of timbe
In forest reserves
Senator Hepburn of Idaho on Thur:
day effectually blocked the effort Q
Senator Lodge and the other men
bers of the committee on foreign rs
iations to have the senate grant unar
imous consent to the fixing CT a da
for the vote on the arbitration tres
ties with Great Britain and France.
Representative French has intro
duced a bill providing that the la1
requiring labor and improvements t
be done annually upon mining claim
be so amended as to provide that in
proyements made upon roads or higl
ways leading to the mining claim
shall be accepted ~ labor expende
upon the claim itself.
Oil burners which can be Unstable
in any kind of a kitchen stove, an
which will reduce the fuel cost NOR
than one-half, is an invention whic
will soon be put on the market, an
for which Boise will be the manufa'
turing point.
Sportsmen throughout the stat
have been notified by the state gam
and fish department that the ope
season for duck and goose shootin
which formerly extended until Marc