American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-02-06
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IDAHO STATE NEWS

The Idaho State Poultry ~associatio,
held IT. fourth annual exhibit In Bots.
last week.
Two residents Of Gooding, convictcs
Of stealing coal from the Oregon 6hor
Line. were heavily fined.
Hsnry A. Robb. one Of the leadin,
merchants Of NAmpa, died suddenly O
heart failure ct Wsissr. while ON /.
visit 70 relatives.
Tho drst days attendance at thu
farmerS' movable school, which wal
held 1t Rexburg last week, was re-
Variable. Over 1900 people were II
attendance.
Irrigation engineers from Idaho
Warrington and Oregon held a three
day session In Boise last week, dis
cussing question Of Interest to irrt
gationists.
Practically every state office holder
In Idaho has signed q letter to Presi
d~ent-elect Woodrow Wilson 10 appoini
Ex-Governor James II. Hawlay a. SEQ
Rotary Of the interior.
After suffering for days with the
smallpox. Mrs. b. p. Teater, Of Boise
became violently insane and was car
ried to the detention hospital and
placed In q straight jacket.
At the annual banquet last week Ct
the Boise Commercial club. the treas
urer announced that the club was oui
Of debt and had . balance Of over
$500 to it, credit at the present time
After battling for two weeks through
drifted snow as high as twenty-five
feet on the Teton branch OF the Ore
o Short Line between Ashton and
briggs. the line was reopened for traf.
nc.
Reorganization Of the Twin Falls
Oakland q San Francisco railway,
with \ board Of directors CONSTITUTING
IL members. was effected at q meet
ing Of the stockholders In Twin Falls
last week.
The National Guard armory at
Occur d Alene collapsed. causing a
los OF perhaps most OF the $4,000
worth OF government property besides
the building itself. which Is said tc
DO worth 1880.
1t is said that Governor Haines will
o call = meeting of the assessors OF
the various counties In the state un,
I'll after the legislature has adjourned
and will not then II the new revenue
bills do not pass.
Thomas p. Wcodcock. commissioner
Of public safety, will tender his resis
nation to tho Boise city council AZ
city commissioner on February /
This will leave the city with but three
commissioners. excluding the mayer.
John II. Shields, charged with grand
larceny. tho specific charge being the
stealing Of tive horses from J. J. Stok.
ing OF FREEDOM. Wyo.. nearly two years
ago, was bound over to the district
In tho preliminary examination
1t Pocatello.
Jas the result Of the supreme court
decision forcing the PocaAello Water
company 30 appoint two commission.
ers to meet with two appointed by the
city to hx the water rates In the city,
an amAcabie adjustment OF tho oontro-
versy is expected.
In an effort to secure better price,
for the products Of the farms and
Of Idaho 60 representative
Of the southern part Of the state
met In Boise and formed tentative
plans to organize the South Idaho Pro
association.
In . meeting at Caldwell the Can
yon County Taxpayers league went
On record as being opposed to the
Of the Eleventh judicial dis
trict and appointed q committee tc
lodge the protest with the Canyon
county legislative delegation.
Standardized James II. Brady was
rendered a reception at Pocatello, on
his arrival home from Boise and
Home. He was met ut the
by = goodly number OF citizens
by the band. after which
public reception was held nj the
club.
The Pocatello-C Commercial club Mt
ts last meeting voted unanimously to
'etttion President-elect Wilson to ap
'oint Ex-Governor Hawiey Of Idaho AS /.
'ecretary OF the interior. Party lines J
been forgotten In the general in !
OF the former governor for l
cabinet position. c
A monster celebration developed at :
american Falls on tho 30th when the
eople Of the town received the news
hat the county Of Power was created
y tho state Legislature and the bill
ad been signed BY the governor. !
american Falls will be the county seat !
( the new county. a
While attending a minstrel show al Il
Aldweli. Charles Pons, aged TO-,
Gated In n of the open windows
I the opera house. fell backward =
lille laughing at one OF the Jokes, :
nd landed on the ground outside, rs .
below, sustaining a broken leg :
probably other toturfSS y