American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-02-13

idaho STATE NEWS

= street car IN Boise, has bee
awarded 5000 damages by . jury.
Representative Farmin. OF Bonnie
county. did the feature shooting a
the Boise Gun clubs shoot last weel
He took ninety-six out Of . possibI
100.
To date 1850 carloads Of potatoes
from Bingham and Bonneville counties
have been shipped east, and $500 car
loads remain to be sent TO the eastern
consumer.
At Bowman's camp Of the Idaho
Northern railroad In the canyon neal
Van Wyck, the crew has been com
PEELED to discontinue the rock work on
account Of deep snow and bad weather,
J. b. Stay, convicted OF forgery. was
taken TO the penitentiary from Cald'
we'll last week. Stay. who pleaded
guilty to the forgery OF several small
checks. will serve from one to four.
een years.
The city Of Nampa will save 1888
IN Its light and power bills during the
next twenty-five months. due to the
new contract entered into by the coun-
Gil and the Idaho Railway Light Il
Power company.
A. q result Of the recent action OF
the council In calling for competitive
bids for the city's light and power
contract. the monthly electric light
bills OF the city OF Caldwell will be
practically cut In two.
Reports received from the rabbit-in-
tested districts of Lincoln county In
ticate the Wholesale destruction OF the
pests AZ the result OF the paris green
campaign begun under the direction
Of the county commissioners.
state Engineer A. Il. Robinson Of
Wallace has resigned, giving az his
reason that he had been verbally re-
uuested to do so by Governor Haines.
The term OF office Of the engineer
would not have expired for two years.
John Tinsley. q young miner. and q
husband OF but a few weeks, was
Injured near Wallace. when he
to board a freight traia ON
the Burke branch OF the O. w. r. L.
N. His young wife witnessed the &C.
State Game Warden Barber has an
bounced the appointment OF w. N.
stephens. former state game warden.
as chief deputy Of the department,
and X. G. West of Moscow as assist.
ant chief deputy for the southern end
OF the state.
Paul Cotton. q dope lend. broke the
big plate glass window In the front OF
= pharmacy ut Idaho Falls because the
management of the store refused him
and after he had attempted
10 break the show cases and had been
from the store.
DIR. Harvey W. Wiley. the former
chief OF the government bureau of
chemistry. who was making a lecture
Of tho United States In the In
Of pure food education. was
Ill on his arrival ut Idaho
and has left for home.
That the average daily overdrafts
'or the State Bank OF Commerce OF
Wallace for four years prior to Its fall
Are we're s1l6.6sS or $751; 63 more than
he capital stock OF the bank. was the
testimony ut Occur d'Alene Of L. c.
receiver Of the bank.
At a meeting In Boise of members
" the Sons Of Jove. al organization
" electrical workers numbering 5000
members In America. n OF the prin.
'ipal speakers was John A. Topper. a
In electrical development. who
Installed the hrst arc light In Salt
AXE.
Members OF four Pocatello women's
have nailed protests to the Ban |
lock county members Of the lestsla-
IRE asking that they oppose the bill
by Col. IL. v. A. Ferguson
md known as house bill No, IA. ef-
Getting the property rights OF married
Sam Poulous. a Greek. confined In
he jail at Pocatello. awaiting rial on
charge OF murderous assault. is
to have murdered six prison
in his native country and as
listed In the escape Of many prison
rs. Cablegrams have been sent to
he Greek government.
J. ID. Browning and L. r. Martineau
( Salt Lake have filed two surety
'onds aggregating $4,000 with the city
ouncil as a guaranty Of good faith In
arrying cut the provisions Of an cleo
ric street railway franchise and an
lighting franchise recently
ranted them at Pocatello.
In one OF the shortest opinions
anded down by the supreme court
I the state in many years. the Ore
on Short Line Railroad company is
ompelled to pay the sum Of $3.50 to
,elbert w. Lott Of Rexburg for the
oss of two horses at q crossing in
he northern part Of Rexburg.
Seventy-four carloads of Idaho pota-
pes in two special trains, the largest