Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-04-17
IDAHO STATE NEWS

Tue week OF June 1873, the meetin
to be held at Boise.
Twenty-Five cows on twenty acre
of Idaho land and yielding a net prof
for the owner of $4,000 is the recor
made by J. S. Stimson Of Nampa
Freight receipts at the Nampa sta
ton OF the Oregon Short Line wer
S37,750.42 heavier during March, 1911:
than they were in the correspondent
month of last year.
1t is estimated by those who ar
familiar with the situation that Their,
are yet about 600 cars of potatoes Il
be shipped from sections immediately
tributary to Pocatello.
All billiard and pool rooms ant
cigar stores in Boise must close from
~ O'Clock midnish to 6 O'Clock in
the morning, as the result OF an ordi
nance passed last week.
Danny O'Brien of Portland was
given a decision over Jack ellis of
Boise after ten rounds of fast but
bloodless fighting at Boise OBrien
putpointed Gills from the start.
Sheriff Van Ausdeln and his deputies
carried out raid at Idaho Falls which
resulted in the arrest of nine alleged
bootleggers. Five of these men are
out on bail, the other four being CON-
mitted to Jail
DR.. George Hyde of Rexburg has
been elected by the new board of
directors OF the state asylum at
Blachoot to succeed DR.. Poole. who
has had charge of that institution the
past two years.
s. S. Eberman has been arrested at
idaho Falls, charged with having pass
ed worthless checks at Dillon, Mont.
one Of the victims happened to be
visiting in Idaho Falls when ne saw
Eberman on the street.
The stake bank commissioner has
taken charge of the affairs of the
Leadore State bank at Leadore. The
assets Of the bank are said to be $50.
600 and the liabilities from SIS 900
to $4,000 The bank Is capitalized
for $4,000.
During the past eight months nearly
100000 sacks OF potatoes. filling 3.449
oars. have been shipped over the
Short Line from the Blackfoot, Shell.
ley and Idaho Falls districts of Idaho
alone. This would mean about 1O0,-
900 tons
Settlers on the Idaho Irrigation
companx's Carey act project, en-
bracing 10000 acres, so per cent OF
which are under cultivst ton, are to
receive an extension of five years in
which to pay the principal on their
acreage
Shrouded in uncertainty is the iden-
tity Of young man aged about 25
years, who committed suicide by shoot |
Ing himself at a rooming house In |
Boise. His name is supposed to be !
Corey. but other than that nothing is
known Of him.
Heads Of departments in the state |
administration are responding with |
enthusiasm to the request OF Governor
names for statements as TO the ex-
penses Of their respective offices for
the first quarter OF the year. And in
practically every instance there is a
saving shown.
Harry Barnard of Soda Springs
charged with assault with a deadly
weapon, was found guilty of simple
assault. The case arose over a quar-
rel over a gambling game in which
Barnard hit his opponent over the
head with a billiard ball tied in a
handkerchief.
San Francisco, with her indomita.
Bile spirit of development, is awake 10
the fact that Boise. capital and bust
ness center of Idaho. can be brought
within 696 miles of San Francisco il
railroad z7S miles long is Quilt
north from Winnemucca, New. into
Idaho.
Raisers of peas around st. Anthony
are looking Forward to a heavy In.
crease in receipts for the 1913 pea
crop. throughout that section. owing
10 recent discovery that unusually
hard garden peas are Of the utmost
value as an Ingredient in the manu-.
Iacturs Of white lead.
The county attorney has issued a
warning that all grocery stores and
similar places Of business at Pa. a.
.eilo must close Sunday or be sub
ect TO prosecution according 10 the
Sunday closing law Of the state. In
several instances two grocery stores
lave been open all day Sunday.
Mrs. H. 6. Rudd, living near
frantic. was brutally assaulted by a
lobo who is believed 70 be insane.
While she was walking along the
Northern Pacific tracks near ner
lome, her assailant beating her over
he head with a club. Her injuries
nay prove fatal. The man is In ia1.
Senator Borah has reintroduced sew.
raj bills that failed in the last con.
ress, among them being his amend
lent to the three-year homestead
Nv, providing that in lieu of cultiya.
on homesteaders may show improve.
rents aggregating $3.50 per acre.
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