Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-04-24
IDAHO STATE NEWS

eFiuehliy Deen murdered, as there
were two bullet holes in the skull.
The county commissioners have or
dered special election in Lincolr
county for June 4, at which time the
local option question will be resub
mltted on petition of vets.
There are 5000 automobile owners
an Idaho who will be compelled to paw
their state tax, get their metal tag
and secure a license from the secre-
tary of state before May 7.
The county commissioners are ex.
pected to take up the matter of call
ing an election to vote on the local
option question for Washington coun-
ty at once. The petition is in their
hands.
what Is said to be the biggest ma
i've trout ever caught in the state Is
on exhibition in Boise. The fish
weighed 10 pounds dressed. 1t was
caught by j. R. Stitt of Bellevue. near
that place.
The work of clearing, leveling and
ditching the land to be cultivated this
season by the students of the Meridian
rural nigh school in connection with
their regular course in agriculture I,
now in progress.
John Sailing, employed on a ranch
near Weiser was taken to the hospital.
supposed to be suffering with hydro
phobia. but developed an acute at.
tack of appendicitis and was operated
on and will soon recover
Registered mail in a special pouch
intended for Boise was stolen from
the depot platform at Nampa on the |
night of April 8, and up to this time |
no trace of either thieves or stolen J
property has been secured.
A section Of track on the Murray
branch of the o. W. G. NJ. said to
be two hundred feet in length. went
into the North Fork river near Prich.
ard. Train service on the branch was
abandoned for several days.
Tom Allison, who has been trapping
In the Middle Fork country during the
winter, came out this week with a big
supply of hides, says the Grangeville
Press. During the winter he killed
five cougars, a bear and bob cat.
Idaho is to give good illustration
OF municipal ownership of public util-
tiles at the state capital. 1t is to have
It's own light, heat and power plant,
and will probably have a plant for
supplying the capitol with water.
When a frame rooming house in {
Boise was destroyed by fire one night |
last week, six of the occupants had
narrow escapes from death, all es-
Gaping in their night clothes. 1t is ,
charged the fire was of incendiary
origin.
Fred Suter. a yard cleaner in the
Pocatello yards of the Short Line, was
run over and instantly killed. It is u
supposed that he was struck by an en-. q
CINE which was backing, while Suter u
was in the act of cleaning a switch
joint. a
According to the farmers whose
land lies along the river and slough a
banks down the valley, beavers have y
become a pest, cutting down trees
along the streams, obstructing the
sloughs with numerous dams. SAYS the
Emmett Index.
Laron and John Pratt, aged IL and -
l5, respectively, have been committed u
70 the asylum from Pocatello. The -
ads are weak-minded and have been
turning in false fire alarms and tam. ~
per1ng with switches in the Short \.
Line yards. u'
Inc latest railroad rumor is to the
effect that the Hill interests will build
iirect from Bozeman, Montana. to
fellowstone park, down the valley of y
he Snake river through st. Anthony
o Idaho Falls, which is to be made a
livision point. b,
roiiowing the presentation of eyi. pi
renee OF the unsanitary condition of IT
ne Bannock county jail to the county ds
supervisors by State Sanitary Inspec. al
OF wallis seven prisoners have been ri
emoved to the Fremont county Jail to 20
erve out their terms. be
FARMERS In various sections of Idaho
re becoming impatient because of thu
clay or the University of Idaho in
ettlng out supply of hog cholera Tn
erum. More than two months ago sp
Ill was rushed through the legislature Gu
ppropriating $4,000 for the manufac. tn
IRE of cholera serum. at
Inc report of the auditor of Oneida vi
ounty shows a total assessed yalua. w
on on cash basis of $12,545 500 The
'tal receipts for the last year were
zoz'oo2.54; the total expenditures ST,
ere S242,SO1.2S. This leaves a bal tw
nee of s9,7O126. The debt of the do
'unty is given as s6S,791.95. "a
The Western Union Telegraph com. do
any lost its suit in the federal court
r the Jurisdiction of Idaho against
e state board of equalization for an
junction to prevent the state from list
llecting the 1911-1912 taxes assess. 40,
against its property. pa
Dot Ray, daughter Of highly re- lea
ected parents in the Swan valley ha
strict, but who has deyeloped into