The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-03-07
IDAHO STATE NEWS

Caldwell ~as dedicated last week.
Jesse sfist. q local sportsman,
broke the record at bellevue last
week. when he landed i0-ponnd ma,
sire trout. measuring is inches In
garth ard 20 inches In length.
The landscape plans OF the site Of
the state home for odd Fellows ~
Caldwell. have been approved by ina
home board. and work az beautlfyins
the grounds win begin soon.
Idaho has declared a quarantine
upon the alfalfa OF Wyoming and
Utah. 10 30 into effect At once. II
was the first provision OF the horti-
cniturai bin Just enacted to DO put
into operation.
A movement 10 on foot having for
Its object the organization into new
state Of tho six counties OF northern
Idaho with that part OF eastern
Washington lying east OF tho Cas-
sade mountains.
The supreme court has decided that
the county commissioners % the sew
erai connties do not have the power
nc make a contract for the recording
OF Instruments AZ less price than
thAt fixed by the statute.
Idaho Is now the poasessoF OF 5s4..
Is7 acres Of land. practically lying in
enc body, besides owning several
thousand acres Of the finest white
pine timber lands in the state. which
are accessible to the market.
WIN. Nanny. well known rRncher
Of Grace. has been arrested on q
charge Of obtaining money under
false pretenseE. II Is said a county
warrant was made out TO Nanny BY
snistake. and that he cashed Il.
In the hope OF enlarxing the mem
bership 81 the Nampa Commercial
club the monthly daes has been re-
dnced from $3.50 per month to 500.
A rate OF 400 per year was also
made for members residing outside
Of the city.
Assessments for taxation purposes
against the properly OF the Wash
sngton Water Power company, a Spo-
kane corporation. In Kootenai county.
~ara held 70 be exorbItAnt BY Judge
v. = Dietrich in the United States
district court at Boise
The Pocateilo waterusers' associ-
alton has entered vigorous protest
against the proposed compromise
with California regarding the alfalfa
quarantine. whereby Bannock county.
together with Bear Lake and Oneida
IL 10 remain under the ban
The advocates OF the Black law
for Pocatoilo were showed under in
the election BY a majority OF ssi
In q total vote OF only SAT. the re-
suit being 4Ss for commission and ga
against The fight was warm from
opening to closing Of polls.
Ten acres Of good Missouri farm
land for one acre of Idaho land. an
30 acre farm in stone county, Mis-
souri,. for an 8 acre tract in the Boise
vaiiey--that Is the basis on which a
deal was negotiated e few days ago
~ Middleton firm.
The battle for life commenced by
Horace X. Hatch fifteen years ago
when tree fell on him In ssttle
canyon near Wayne, fracturing his
spine. and In which the best surgical
skiIi aided, ended last week. when
he died In Salt Lake hospital.
The Mountain States Telephone q
Telegraph company has recently put
q second crew upon the improve
n1ent work AZ Emmett In order that
Il may finish It's work as speedily AZ
possible Forty men are now al
work On the Emmett bench and on
the slope
When the new power house OF the
idaho Consolidated company began Il
produce current last week Il marked
an epoch In the history Of Idaho
Pals The plant Is owned BY the
Kuhn Interests OF Pittsburgh Al
present one unit OF 5000 horsepower
is IN operation.
The snow fail IN the mountains
adjacent TO Boise up 70 date has
been n little below normal, and IN
leks there il a heavier fall durinl
ANE next AAuAAA lAN nNAn0A lQf FA1tNi
mining viii not be 10 good and III,
storage waters for irrigation not g
plentiful as In recent years
For the first time in the memorl
% the oldest inhabltant. Lake Pend
cOreliie fnoze over last week be
tween Hope aud Warren island. Thu
waters OF the lake are very deep s.
this point and usually, 70 matter how
cold II Is. the ruffiing OF the waite
win keep ice from forming.
owing to the fact that AiouEo jude
Williams. who died n standpoint IL
Decembe7, was buried without proper
identifieAtsoa, ia the minds Of th'
bead officials OF the Modern Brother
hood Of America 10 pay bis 5000 Ia
xurance policy 20 his widow. his re
mains we're disiEterFed last week
Clarence Hood. q carpenter o
Pocatelio. and Mrs W. II Dean o
Twin Pals. are IN the county 1ail a
PocateIio In default OF bail OF si50