Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-04-10
IDAHO STATE NEWS


ferers of Ohio and Indiana.
The Twin Falls Democrats are ar
ranging for a rally, banquet and love
feast to be held on the night of April
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Eighty-one true bills were returned
by the Bannock county grand jury
which adjourned after a session last
ing twelve days
Work has been completed on the
city water system at Burley The
water is pumped into a 100000 gallon
tank 200 feet above the ground
At one of the largest mass meetings
ever held in the city, final arrange
ments were completed for the estab-
lishment of a large sawmill at Pay
cite.
The twelfth Idaho legislature cost
the state of Idaho $61,551.S0, leaving
balance in the fund of $4,000 ap-
propriated to meet its expenses of
$448.20.
Construction work will start soon
on the new power plant at upper
Salmon falls in Hagerman valley. 1t
is thought that Wendell will be
selected as Quitting point
The printing bin for the last ses-
sion of the legislature, based on econ
omy with the contracts let with that
idea in view, was greater than the
bill for the preceding session
Gideon Planeuf, an old resident OF
Idaho, was stricken with apoplexy
while blowing on his farm east of
,Nampa, death resulting soon after he
had been removed to the hospital.
In spite of inclement weather. the
first monthly cooperative sales day
put on by the Nampa merchants, I'M
der the auspices of the chamber of
commerce, was a splendid success.
]. E. Compton, quarter breed Ban
mock Indian, was arrested at a Poca-
tello hotel while lying in wait for
his wife with loaded revolver in de-
termination to murder her and then
commit suicide.
Because Robert Lewis of Flint, In
Owyhee county, had testified against
him before the grand jury, ]. NJ. Nor
gan. with one Mays to help him, is
alleged to have administered severe
beating to Lewis.
According to the statements made
at the secretary's office of the Idaho
Mining association, between $50 and
400 horses are at work freighting ore
bullion from the mines at Mackay. a
distance of go miles.
Pocatello violators of the Sunday
rest law have been notified by the
county attorney that the practice of
selling canned goods and other pro-
hibited articles on the first day of
the week must be stopped.
Only minors qunder the age of 10 |
years are prohibited by legislation |
passed at the last session, from smok-
ing cigarettes, or using tobacco in any
form according to the decision by the |
prosecuting attorney Of Ada county.
D. H. White, the newspaper solicitor /
who was arrested at Pocatello some
time ago on two charges of passing |
worthless paper and one charge OF |
embezzlement, has been convicted on
the charge. of issuing bogus checks.
The Malad valley. which has the !
apparently has its system better de- !
veloped than any other in the state, |
according to Don H. Bark, in charge !
iof the government duty of water ex- |,
periments In this state
A stranger giving his name as V. c. !
Butler, took possession of the empty
pesthouse at Weiser and lived four
days on leftover provisions before he
was discovered by the health officer.
The man declared he had smallpox
and desired medical aid.
That Bull will be 100 miles closer
to Portland and coast markets, by rail.
way, within the next eighteen months,
is the prediction made by parties who
are engaged in surveying a route for
an electric railway from Bull to con-
meet with the main line at Bliss.
The construction of a dam in the
Snake river at Dry gulch, six miles
below Lewiston, the dam to provide
locks that would afford the convenient
passage of large steamers and to pro-
vide as well electric power of at least
$4,000 horsepower, is being talked of.
An inquiry made recently revealed
the fact that over one-half of the pu-
pills of the progressive Canyon school,
says Caldwell dispatch, have money
in their own names, earned by their
own efforts at picking berries, raising
vegetables. trapping gophers and in
other ways.
The state board of pardons has ex-
tended his reprieve from Jail sentence
imposed against Carl Machold in the
bingham county district court until
the July meeting This action be-
came necessary because there was
mot sufficient time in which to pub
lish the notice required by law before
application for pardon is made.
Harry Ellis, alias ]. E. Cole, who, 1t
lis alleged, deposited bogus draft in
"a Pocatello bank few days ago and
Immediately began checking it out in
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