American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1913-01-23

IDAHO STATE NEWS

The movable AGRICULTURAL school =
Parma last week attracted 4 satu
factory attendance.
Representative Frsnch has intro
duced . bill authorizing an appropria
uon Of 100000 for improving thu
Occur d'Alcne river in Idaho.
/ The movable school held In Emmett,
under the supervision OF the agricul
turai department Of the University Of
sdnno, was . success in every way.
After seven and 4 half rounds OF
Inc fastest fighting ever Q m
Boise. the Battling Dane was given
ne decision on = foul over Maurice
Thompson.
Tho supreme court has denied an
application for a writ OF habeas cor.
fus by J. 8. Settlers. now confined in
he state prison on the charge OF hay
mg passed a fictitious draft.
Tho business men of Nampa have
Interested themselves in the. high
school band to the extent that they
have established q fund with which to
purchase uniforms for the boys.
The Bank of JuliaettaN has annexed
tho Citizens State Bank Of ~Juliaetta,
and the " are now one institution.
The held seemed too small for two
banks. but large enough for one well
conducted institution.
Senator Borah's amendment 10 the
legislative appropriation bill approprl-
afing &i3.S40 to continue the Boise AZ
say Office throughout the coming fiscal
year, was adopted by the senate ap-
preparations committee.
Another new county fight is on in |
earnest. and the people Of Faik, New
Plymouth. Frultland and Payette ara
forming as a unit to keep the Payette
valley together as one county and the
Boise valley AS another.
Action Is to BIO taken by the city
council OF Boise which will start an
investigation OF the detective depart
ment relative to the charges which
are being made In connection with the
gambling scandal in the city.
The neglect and cruel treatment Of
dumb animals will no longer be coun
tenanced within the city OF Nampa, a
city humane officer having been ap.
pointed. with Jurisdiction over all the
dump animals within the rpora
limits.
For three days Silver City. Della.
mar and the surrounding mining
camps were without electric power or
lights n the supply OF coal oil and
candles was nearly exhausted. The
trouble was caused by q break In the
power wire.
A special train will leave Boise Feb
ruary o. carrying the Boise Polo club
to he polo tournament at Los An
seles, Cal. In which the men from the
Idaho capital will compete. The tour
lament win last from February Is to
March s. {
The Dewey line is now completed to !
the big eddy below Smiths Ferry. and
graded to the Payette lakes. The !
work OF putting steel on the uncom-
pleted section. traversing Long valley.
VIII be begun. It Is announced, az soon A,
ga spring opens. ,
A blu making the promotion OF box. !
matches Ia Idaho a felony. pun. .
by Imprisonment for not less =,
than one year In the state peaiten- ,
has been introduced In the =.
house OF representatives by Repre-
sentative Storey.
The boise Commercial club has de-
cided to send = man into the Twin
Falls section to aid the Commercial
OF that place In securing the
building OF the Twin Falls. Oakland y
San Francisco railroad from Wells,
New, TO Twin Falls.
Persons divorced In this state may
20 TO another state and get married
six months have expired and
still be legally married after they re-
to Idaho, under the existing law.
to a decision In the district
court at Boise last week.
A headon collision between two
trains was narrowly averted
IN the Oregon Short Line near Spen-
through prompt work on the part
,f a brakeman. with the aid of a de-
switch. As 1t was. a unaway
rain loaded with ice was switched
INTO the sagebrush.
j. Wisely and w. j. Wittenberg OF
creek last week shipped the
brst carload OF hogs ever sent by rail
from Salmon City. The shipment,
of 80 head. averaging 2,OOl
each. and 1t Is estimated that
they will bring sS.25 per hundred
pounds in Portland.
A few mer are to be put to work in
! day or two sinking holes in places
'n the Magic dam for the D or
locating leaks with a view of stop :
ping them with cement. These holes /"
through which the water finds It's way =.
through the da~ are believed to be :
.revioes in the solid rock :,
Adopting as their motto "Compul- =
'n-y Honesty" the Idaho State
and Implement Dealers as-