Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-05-15
IDAHO STATE NEWS


Otner ranchers are affected
There is every indication and reaso
10 believe that Idaho Falls is soon L
have an inter-urban car service.
Grant reports that all the grain
has been planted and that the farm
ers are putting their potato land il
shape.
The first state convention of the
Farmers Society of Equity will be
held in Pocatello this month. conven.
ing on May IS.
The $4,000 bond issue OF the first
highway district of Fremont county
has been successfully foated and the
funds are available
Pocatello boasts the fourth largest
Young Mems Christian association in
the world The membership at the
present time is 1874
While unloading hogs at the Idaho
Falls yards L. P. C. Nelson of Am
mon was seriously injured when his
team, becoming frightened at a train,
ran over him.
Seeding has progressed rapidly in
the neighborhood of Canyon creek.
and within a few days all the spring
crops will be in Grass has grown
well and all stock is on the range.
Ninety thousand dollars was pro-
vided for at meeting of Lewiston
citizens for the expansion of the Lew
iston-Clarkson Valley Railway com
pany's electric line via Normal Hill to
Lewiston orchards
The Pocatello city council has
granted franchise to the Bear River
Power company, permitting that COM
pany to enter Pocatello and compete
in the distribution of electricity with
the Kuhn company.
A man by the name of Westfeld. a
laborer employed on sewer construc-
ton work, was killed at Idaho Falls
Dy cave-in of the trench in which he
was working. Con Mehan. another la
borer. was seriously injured.
Idaho's new pubic utilities commits
sion went into effect May s. when the
three commissioners appointed by
Governor Haines-John A. Blomquist
OF Boise, D. w. Standrod of Pocatello
and Alex P. Ramstead-were sworn
in
W A. Paine OF Twin Falls, who was
employed by the Shoshone Falls
Power company on their construction
crew, was killed near Bull. He was
working at the top of a pole and in
some way got in contact with a live
wire
with druggists from all parts of
the state in attendance, the annual
convention of the Idaho Pharmaceut-
ical association was held in Boise last
week, number of matters of grave
Importance to the members being dis
cussed
Maurice Tucker, the Boise young
man arrested at Idaho Falls for issu-
ing worthless checks. was given a
SO-day jail sentence in the district
court on plea of guilty Severa, of
his victims pleaded for clemency for
the young man
The men and outfit of a big con-
struction company was unlpaded near
Roberts last week and proceeded TO
the Mud Lake section whe.e they viii,
begin the work of making the canals
used to carry the water fro n the Mind
Lake on to the land.
Plans are being made 10 have al,
the Testern governors who attend the
conference in Salt Lake f:ext month
to Journey to Boise and attend the
meeting of the Good Roads associa
ton to be he'd Immediately following
the conference of the governors.
The experience of the orchardists
In the Payette valley has demonstrat
ed the success of the cold storage OF
apples. During the poor market in
the fall the fruitmen stored 100 cars
of apples. which are now selling a.
fancy prices. The fruit Is in good con
dition.
graphic presentation of tn,
troubles of the settlers on the Nortl
Minldoka reclamation project and :
scathing denunciation OF the admins
tration of the reclamation service wa
made to Secretary lane on Nav b.
L. RIGGS and ]. L. Rush, farmer
of Rupert.
Actual construction work on the hi
drainage canal to be built by the go,
eminent for the PIONEER irrigation
district to relieve the lands in tn
Mason and Indian creek district nortf
west OF Nampa will be commenced a
soon as the machinery can be put O
the ground
Many new laws enacted by the las
legislature, including the state higl
way commission, nine-hour act fc
working girls, mothers pension &C
blue sky" act and the direct primar
amendment providing for the mol
partisan election of judges, becam
operative on May s.
Maurice Tucker. young man CLAIM
ing Boise as his home. and that he
prominently connected in busine:
circles there, has been bound ov,
to the district court on the charge .
having passed worthless checks
Idaho Falls.