The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-09-19
IDAHO STATE NEWS


| II is reported that Hugh Whitney,
the notorious Idaho bandit, and AZ
| bert p. Sesler, his companion, are
serving sentences in the state peniten-
| tiary under assumed names.
one bear day for three days In
succession is the hunting record re-
ported by Irving w. StoddaFi, a mem
Der OF government surveying party
working in Clark's fork in Bonner
county.
! Edgar Wilson, former congressman
from Idaho has been taken to the
Idaho state asylum at Orofino. to
which he was committed by the state
district court for period OF two
years for inebriety.
The Oregon Short Line bridge over
Willow creek, near Middleton, was
saved from total destruction from
fire only by the active work Of citi-
zens of Middleton. The bridge caught
fire from sparks or cinders from the
train.
J. r. Hunter has finished putting up
the third crop of hay on Frozen Dog
ranch, near Emmett, and will have
another cutting before frost comes,
making four crops from the same land
in one season. Great is the Emmett
country.
Ed Miller and Bussey Boyer Of
Hagerman, in the past two weeks
have caught ten sturgeon. The larg-
est one caught weighed just $50
pounds, which they hauled over to
Twin Falls and disposed of 1t at Is
cents pound.
In one of the most spectacular ten
mis- matches seen within the state of
Idaho, Ben @. Pettingill of Boise, run
ner up in mems singles in the Idaho
state tennis tournament, won from A..
b. Eaton of Mountain Home, holder
OF the trophy cup in mems singles.
Salmon is experiencing an ice fam
Inc. The high water in the Salmon
river undermined the ice house of w.
j. Brown, in which about 200 tons of
ice were stored. The ice machine at
the Lemhi market rated at three tons
daily capacity, is unable to supply
A movement has been started to
place Salmon on the Park to Park
route by building a road from the
Bighole basin, across the summit of
the Bitter Root mountains at the
head of Norfolk creek, connecting at
Gibbonsville with the existing stage
road.
That the Gilmore & Pittsburg rail-
road forms part Of the Hill system 10
believed to have been definitely set
tied by the recent filing of the annual
statement Of the Northern Pacifc,
which shows that railroad to hold
most of the securities of the Gilmore
& Pittsburg.
John U. Mcpherson rendered his
resignation as state horticulture in.
spector at meeting of the state
board Of horticulture last week. The
resignation was accepted, and at the
same meeting C. K. Macy of Coun-
ell Valley. Adams county, was elect
ed to the position.
Mayor Hodges of Boise is working
out new plan for handling the traf.
fic between the city and the fair
grounds during the coming state fair,
His plan is to segregate the wagon
and automobile traffic, and he be
lieves the situation will be consider.
ably relieved thereby.
The Iowa society, made UP of for
mer citizens of the Hawkeye state. al
its annual meeting in Boise a short
time ago, took steps to include the en-
tire state in its organization. A wide
awake Hawkeye in every community
In the state is to be set at work to in
crease the membership.
Warden Shook of the state peniten
tiary Is not inclined to consider seri
ously the application of Harry Or
chard, murderer of former Governor
Steunenberg, for a pardon. "You car
tell the public for me-" said the war
den. that there is little danger o.
Orchards being pardoned."
Some of the depositors of the de
funct Idaho State bank of HALEY hav,
commenced proceedings aginst tn,
American Surety company of New
York to recover $4,000, the amour
of the company's bond as surety fo
Bank Examiner William Cruise, who /,
charged with failing to do his duty
whereby the depositors lost thei
money.
Investigations made by the state Ia,
commission since the adjournment O
the state board Of equalization revea
the fact that the Utah Power & Ligh
company successor to the old Tenr
ride, is assessed this year on all tn
property it owns in the state at 5000
IT'S. Last year it was assessed 4
Bannock county alone at s650,00o.
Thirty.five carloads of new potatoe
were shipped from Caldwell durin
the month of August. They were col
signed at prices ranging from so cent
~ S1 Nor. hundred .,,hsont a. .....-t-