The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-11-14
IDAHO STATE NEWS

deulcated september z.
John w. Webster Of Rexbury :.
nounces that he has harvested 90 q,
bushels of wheat and barley from NJ
dry farm in Fremont county.
r. B. Coglon. state pure seed com
missioner, has been designated t.,
the powers at Washington state aoaa.
Of the department of agriculture.
There will be public sale or sta.o
lands in Canyon county at Caldws,,
on December 6, when 900 aeras !,
land will be offered for sale ia tho
highest bidders.
The county division election IL i,
vide Fremont county and to craata
Madison and Jefferson counties reo,,it
ed in the creation of both countiee L.
a decisive majority.
Said to be the brains of daring
gang of burglars and shoplifters ?
man registered at local hotel m
der the name of o. w. johnson wa.
arrested at Boise last week.
The total precipitation for tho
niohsiA " oSeooCi III tSoiSe was l67
inches, against a normal Of 128 A..
cording to the report of the United
States weather bureau just issued
An echo of the recent failure of tbo
Bank OF Nampa was heard last week
when the bondsmen obligated to the
state for deposits of state funds in the
defunct institution petitioned the dis
trict court at Caldwell for relief.
An explosion that blew out the en-.
tire front of the w. j. Carpenter
studio in Boise, and enwrapped the
store room the place occupied in
flames, was the first warning of fire
that did damage estimated at $4,000
Herbert L. Carlson, a prosperous
farmer near Twin Falls, claims the
record yield of potatoes. He SAYS thar
on one-half ace of ground he raised
10000 pounds of the finest market,
able potatoes, of the Early Eureka
variety.
An attack was made on alleged
freak laws passed by the last legs.
lature by r. G. Beach of Lewiston,
when, as president of the Idaho State
League of Commercial Bodies in SEES
sion at Boise, he delivered his annual
address.
]. e. Scott of Idaho Falls, an EN-.
ploye of the MillerCahoon company,
was severely injured in the Teton Ba.
sin country while looking arter the
operation of threshing rig, his arm
being caught in the betting and brok.
en- in five places.
Despondent over financial troubles
that materially affected her husbands
ability to meet his payroll, Mrs. Alice
| Elliot, the wife of Arthur Elliot,
well known contractor and architect,
of Pocatello, placed revolver to her
temple and ended her life.
One of the features of the county
division election held in Fremont
county, by which Madison and Jeffer.
son counties were created, will be
that nearly as many county appointees
will have to be made for Fremont
county as for the new ones.
Beginning November Is, Boise is to
have an additional mail carrier on
the force at the local postoffice, and
this will permit the extension of the
free delivery service to all points
within the corporate limits of the
city except on the south side.
Bears are making nocturnal visits
through the residential districts OF
Wallace. Recently one made visit
TO the back porch of the Wallace hos
pital and proceeded to investigate
the ice box and was discovered by the
cook when bruin upset milk bottle.
Only the presence of mind of Mrs,
Peter Albinola saved the life of the
infant child of Mr.. and Mrs. San Fran
cisco Dominick, when fire DESTROYED
their home at Kellogg. Mrs. Albinola
dashed into the burning building and
saved the child at the risk OF her life.
A. B. True, prominent pioneer OF
the Boise Basin country, and resi-
dent of Idaho City, died last week.
Mr. True is well known at the cap
ital, having served several terms id
the legislature during the early days,
He was civil engineer by PROBES
sion.
Milton George Nebeker. aged one
year and nine months, died at
Boise hospital, as the result OF an
injury sustained by being hit py
Short Line train on the branch me
to HALEY. The littl rellow had es
capped the watchful eye of his parents
and wandered on to the tracks.
Eight years ago L. K. Deck sola
small cream separator to L. A. Jamf
son, residing northwest of Merriam
The latter at that time had one COW.
Last week Mr.. Jamison ordered
large separator, and in making inc
order says that he now has neru
Of 80 COWS and heifers, all descent.
ants, or animals secured in trade ioi
descendants, of this one cow
The hog cholera plant at the unr
versity of Idaho is crowded to It's
utmost capacity in an effort to NEE
as nearly as possible the demand loi
the preventative serum. Large quar-