Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-06-26
IDAHO STATE NEWS

Alleging that sheep are being
grazed on their cattle ranges. the cat.
tlemen Of the Pahsima-ai valley are
bringing suit agains. sheepmen.
A helper named :. Gilbert was
killed by receiving 10000 volts OF
electricity az the Idaho Power &
Transportation companys plant a
Idaho Falls
The little daughter OF C. H. Burke
at Leadore was poisoned last week By
eating coal tar. \ physician was hur-
riedly called and the child is now on
the road 20 recovery.
Farmers in the Idaho Falls district
are abandoning the raising OF alfalfa
wheat and other grains exclusively
and are going extensively into dairy
ing. poultry and hogs.
Citizens OF Washington and North
ern Idaho are no longer TO be com
PEELED TO pay toll charges in order to
cross the Snake river on the bridge
joining Lewiston, Ida, and Charleston
Washington.
George Moulton OF Victor. in the
Teton basin country, was killed By
lightning while in a field near his
home. he being the third victim from
lightning in that immediate neighbor-
hood within a week
The extension OF the o. S. L. rail.
way from briggs to Victor, fifteen
miles, which has been unfair cunstruc.
ton nearly one year, has been CON-
nj az Cd ~ will -.
operating department by July l.
George NJ Garner, who made muir.
derous attack with an az on his sis
ter, Mrs. Emma Rose, at their home
In Caldwell, will have to stand trial
In district court on a charge of as
sault with intent to commit murder.
Henry Myers, a pioneer p-ospector
OF that section, was found dead in his
cabin at the mouth OF Pine creek For
many years past he had led a hermit
life, rarely coming out into civiliza
ton He was about so years OF age.
One million acres of dry farm lands
surrounding American Falls. the Pa.
louise section of southern Idaho, will
be in wheat this year. bringing into
this state many thousands Of dollars
for the best grade of wheat that can
be grown.
o. w. Smith OF Boise was found
guilty of selling impure clover seed in
violation OF the state law governing
the sale Of seed, and was given a fine
Of SIS and costs. This is the first prose
cution under the new law governing
the sale of seed in the state.
President Turner OF the Idaho State
Automobile association and chairman
Of the state highway commission, has
been advised by United States Sena-
tor Brady that the secretary OF the in
terror had consented to a trial OPEN
ing Of Yellowstone park to autos.
Gooding held another successful
traders day, last week, the merchants
doing a good business. Among the
ladies' the chief interest conferred
around the doughnut contest conduct
ed by the home economies department
Of the Gooding Women's club.
The supreme court OF this state will
review the evidence, the judgment
and the sentence entered in the dis
tr1ct court for Kootenai county
against Bertrum F. O'Neill. better
known as Barney" O'Neill, convicted
Of making false reports to the bank
examiner.
According to published press dis
patches General Manager Bancroft of
the Oregon Short Line railroad au-
thorizes the statement that the road
Will build the southern connection
from the Twin Falls country south to
connect with the Southern Pacific at
Winnernucca, Nevada
From now on entrymen who have
taken up homesteads under the ma.
honal forests in Idaho will not have
TO pay the expense of surveying their
lands, an arrangement having recent.
ly been perfected whereby these en-
tries can be surveyed by officers Of
the forest service without expense.
Potatoes sent from Rupert to the
OHIO flood sufferers were sold, not
given away. according to letters re-
ceived from the submerged districts.
III the SACKS contributed were placed
letters asking that. if the recipient
was forced to pay anything for the DO
tatoes, he would write information of
that fact.
5. Pedrof. an employee OF the
Phoenix Construction company at
Camp Stuart, above five miles south
Of Montpelier. was shot and MORALLY
wounded by Mrs. Tony Pite, the wife
Of another employe of the company.
Both are foreigners. The woman
claims Pedroff attacked her.
Interposition of a plea that liquor
was brought from wet into dry terri
tory for personal use and not for sale
will not avail defendant in an action
alleging violation of the Haight law,
according to a ruling by District
Judge Davis of Boise.