Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-02-06
IDAHO STATE NEWS

of stealing coal from the Oregon Shor-
Line, We're heavily fined.
Henry A. Robb, one of the leadins
merchants of Nampa, died suddenly o.
heart failure at Weiser, while on 6
visit to relatives.
The first days attendance at the
farmers movable school, which was
held at Rexburg last week, was re
markable. Over 1900 people were IL
attendance.
Irrigation engineers from Idaho
Washington and Oregon held a three
day session in Boise last week, dis
cussing question of interest to irri
gationists
Practically every state office holder
In Idaho has signed a letter to Presi
dent-elect Woodrow Wilson 10 appoint
Ex-Governor James H. Hawley as sec
rotary of the interior.
After suffering for days with the
smallpox, Mrs. B. P. Teater, of Boise
became violently insane and was car
ried to the detention hospital and
placed in a straight jacket.
At the annual banquet last week c.
the Boise Commercial club, the treas
urer announced that the club was out
of debt and had balance of over
500 to its credit at the present time
After battling for two weeks through
drifted snow as high as twenty-five
feet on the Teton branch of the Ore
gon Short Line between Ashton and
briggs, the line was reopened for traf.
fic.
Reorganization of the Twin Falls
Oakland & San Francisco railway
with board of directors constitutins
10 members, was effected at a meet.
ing Of the stockholders in Twin Falls
last week.
The National Guard armory al
Occur Alene collapsed, causing a
los of perhaps most of the $4,000
worth of government property besides
the building itself, which is said tc
be worth $500.
1t is said that Governor Haines will |
not call meeting of the assessors OF
the various counties in the state un
til after the legislature has adjourned |
and will not then if the new revenue
bills do not pass.
Thomas P. Woodcock, commissioner
of public safety, will tender his resig
nation to the Boise city council as |
city commissioner on February l |
This will leave the city with but three /
commissioners, excluding the mayor.
John H. Shields, charged with grand |
larceny, the specific charge being the
stealing of two horses from ]. ]. Stok !
ing of FREEDOM, Wyo., nearly two years
ago, was bound over to the district
court in the preliminary examination
at Pocatello.
tAs the result of the supreme court |
decision forcing the Pocatello Water
company to appoint two commission.
ers to meet with two appointed by the !
city to fix the water rates in the city,
an amicable adjustment of the contro.
versy is expected.
In an effort to secure better price.
Tor the products of the farms and
ranches of Idaho 60 representative
men of the southern part of the state
met In Boise and formed tentative
plans to organize the South Idaho Pro
ducers association.
In a meeting at Caldwell the Can.
yon County Taxpayers league went
on record as being opposed to the
creation of the Eleventh judicial dis.
trict and appointed a committee tc
lodge the protest with the CANYON
county legislative delegation.
Sen1tor-elect James H. Brady was
rendered reception at Pocatello. on
his arrival home from Boise and
Mountain Home He was met at the
depot by goodly number of citizens
accompanied by the band, after which
a public reception was held at the
Commercial eiub.
The Pocatello Commercial club at
its last meeting voted unanimously to
petition President-elect Wilson to ap-
point Ex-Governor Hawley of Idaho as
secretary of the interior Party lines
have been forgotten in the general in
dorsement Of the former governor for
a cabinet position.
A monster celebration developed at
American Falls on the goth when the
people of the town received the news
that the county of Power was created
by the state legislature and the bill /
mad been signed by the governor.
American Falls will be the county seat
of the new county.
While attending minstrel show at |
Caldwell, Charles Pons, aged 16, |
seated in one of the open windows |
Of the opera house, fell backward |
while laughing at one of the Jokes,
and landed on the ground outside, rs
feet below, sustaining a broken leg
and probably other injuries.
E. c. Howard, who has been con-
1ucting a music store at Idaho Falls.
has been arrested on an embezzlement
charge, it being charged that he sold |