The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-10-24
IDAHO STATE NEWS

BdCHelOT tfiIlS cluD.
David CAsl Chase OF Payette a. !,
the grip of che law charged with shin
ping 212 boxes of prunes affected with
scale.
Sixty carloads per day Is the rate
at which the Oregon Short Line 10
transporting Idaho potatoes to eastern
markets.
Fire destroyed the Central roomine
house at Pocatello, and for an hour
threatened to burn one OF the hes.
blocks in Pocatello's business district
The first mile of the state highway
to be constructed in Idaho will be
made between Pocatello and Portneuf
and as an experiment will be built of
sand and clay.
A contract was let last week for the
construction of Carnegie library for
Caldwell. The specifications call for
the expenditure of $12,50O, and work
will commence at once.
Peter B. Cantrell, a cement worker
at Pocatello, shot his wife, perhaps
fatally, and then committed suicide
by shooting. He died within a few
minutes and without making a state,
ment.
The dry element of Kootenai coun,
ty has secured the required number
of signatures to their petition for
| special election and has filed the
same with the county auditor at
Occur d'Alene.
Roy Daley, who shot and killed T.
Shaw at the Gray ranch on Little
Wood river September %, 1918, has
been bound over to the district court
by the probate judge, on the charge
Of involuntary manslaughter.
The Beaver River Power company,
/ through it's branch. the Idaho Light
C Power company, which secured a
franchise at Pocatello recently for
| lighting, heating and power purposes,
will soon begin operations in that
city.
BY stipulation entered into be.
tween the city of Occur d'Alene and
the Kootenai Power company, the
power company has been given until
November 10 to file with the public
utilities commission it's answer to the
complaints filed some time ago by the
city.
Martin Marshall, who has been
working as a ranch hand near Home
dale, was arrested at Caldwell on a
charge of larceny. 1t is alleged that
Marshall appropriated suit of cloth
es, a couple Of guns and other articles
from a rancher for when he had been
working.
Bingham county has the distinction
! of winning the prize in the potato
! contest which has enthused the boys
of the state for the past year. The
Intermountain fair at Boise awarded
:, the boys club at Aberdeen the first
! honors over competitors from all sec
tions of Idaho.
Brakeman Petty of the Short Line
. and resident OF Pocatello was seri-
ously injured at McCammen. While
J switching he stumbled over a rail and
fell. In falling his right hand fell
across the track and was caught un-
der a wheel, nearly the entire mem.
Der being crushed off.
Bears are reported more numerous
than usual in the neighborhood of
, Rathdrum. A short time ago John
Getter found that one had visited his
trap in the hills north of town and
escaped. leaving part of it's foot. One
, Of the animals has been eating prunes
, In N. Nelson's orchard.
All the property of the Crane Falls
Power G Irrigation company is to be
offered at public sale on November
9th, in accordance with an order re-
Gently issued by Judge Dietrich in the
United States district court at Boise.
The irrigation system is the one that
serves the Gem district.
One day last week six of the tele-
phone operators at Idaho Falls hand
ed Manager Meyer a letter, stating
that unless the chief operator was dis
charged they would quit york at 10
O'Clock. Mr.. Meyers did not wait I'M
til 10 o'clock, but discharged each of
The disgraunted operators.
The federal grand jury has COM
pleted its labors at Pocatello and the
members have gone home. Only one
indictment was returned against Vic
toriana Duran, a Mexican, for selling
liquor to Indians. Duran is in Gus
tody and his case will be disposed Of
this session of the federal court.
There was a big pow-wow and bar
becue at the Fort Hall Indian reserva'
ton October Is, on account of the Wis
1t to the Indians of the Rodman Wan
amaker party of New York. DR.. JOS
eph X. Dixon represented Mr.. Wan
amaker and Inspector James Nc
Laughlin represented the president Of
the United States.
What is now conceded to be one OF
The most important conferences that
has been held inNIdaho for some years
took place. at Boise, last week, when
the committee appointed by Governor
HainaS In invastfpata tho aOmnenSa-