The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-12-26
IDAHO STATE NEWS

b1Tty Officials, representing all sec
lions in Idaho, attended the meeting
at Boise last week of commissioners
and assessors
The auto license law was bitterly
attacked by the county commissioners
in state session at Boise, and resolu-
tons we're passed favoring its repeal.
Idaho's beet crop this year is esti-.
mated at 171,000 tons, valued at 1884,
600. The production of the entire
United States was 5.224,000 tons, val
ued at $50, 100000.
The date for the receivers sale of
the property of the Big Lost River
irrigation project has been set for.
December 81, at Haley, Idaho, by Re-
ceiver James e. Clinton.
H. Baldwin has leased the Canada
stock farm of 656 acres near Middle
ton and will pasture 1000 head OF
sheep there this winter The entire
Csc acres is in bluegrass pasture.
The election in Bannock county re-
suited in a victory for the dry
forces. The city of Pocatello was
wet by close to 700 majority, but
the country vote went much more
dry" than last year.
Special invitations are being sent
out from the University of Idaho to
the farmers of Idaho to attend the
special course Of instructions to be
given at that institution throughout
the week of January 1917.
The county assessors met Jointly
with the commissioners at Boise last
week and adopted resolutions favor
ing similar Joint session next year
at the earliest possible date after the
second Monday in January.
A Japanese named Tom Konishi,
who has been resident of Idaho
Falls for number of years, and who
made marked success of farming,
was killed in a runaway, accident,
about five miles north of that city.
For the purpose of extending branch
lines and building feeders in Idaho
and laying new double track during
the executive committee of the Union
Pacific system for approximately 49,
| 100000.
Informations have been filed against
] William Tracy, the man who is being
| held at Boise on account of the deaths
of Thomas Brown and Fred Wallis.
charging him with being an habitual
user of drugs, and he may be sent
to the asylum.
A Provo man has received an order
for $3.50 worth OF garden seeds from
Yokohama, Japan, which is believed
to be the first order for seeds from
the Flowery Kingdom to come to
Utah. The seeds ordered are mostly
onions and squash.
The potato crop of Idaho is one
that shows a decline in production, but
an increase in prices received. The
Idaho crop in 1913 was 5,7S0,000 bush
els, against 6,475.O00 in 1912. For the
crop in 1913 was received, however,
s2,S90,00O, compared with $1,87S, 900
i'll 1913.
The Boise irrigation project was So
per cent completed on June 80, 1918,
according to the annual report of the
reclamation service, covering the year
which ended on that date. Up to that
time the government had expended
or contracted for the expenditure Of
S8,132,S31.
Taxation was declared to be
the burning issue in this state by
4 John D. Robertson, tax expert of the
state commission, when he delivered
the address at the opening annual
session of the commissioners and as
SCISSORS of the respective counties of
the state at Boise.
Robert McIlvane, sentenced to six
months in the county jail at Pocatello.
for bootlegging and now serving SEN
tence, was tried last week on a sec
ond count involving violation of the
liquor laws and was found guilty by
the jury and is subject to another fine
or additional sentence.
That Idaho should have an income
tax law for the purpose of relieving
its tax burden and thereby place the
burden of taxation upon those most
able to bear it, was the claim made
to the commissioners of the thirty
three counties of this state at Boise
in their annual session by ]. w. Brose,
1
ers' league.
!, A report of the personal property
placed on the supplemental roll IN
Blaine county was filed with the tax
commission last week. The total val
ue of the property placed on this roll
Is S1,067 ,097.46. The largest item is
sheep-$492,31S.00
!. An antismoke movement has been
started by the Pocatello Commercial
club, which has adopted resolution
asking the council to require smoke
consumers on all public buildings to
be erected and on all factories going
up or to be erected.
The public utilities commission has
decided that ]. D. Browning may go
before the Pocatello council and ask
for a franchise to construct and op'
crate a street railway in that city.