Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-05-08
IDAHO STATE NEWS
IDAHO

Inc county commissioners have de
cideo that Bannock county must have
new jail and plans will be prepared
DIT once for new building
FARMERS in the vicinity of St An.
tnony will raise about $4,000 acres n,
peas tnis year, seed peas having be-
come the big crop in that section
work has started on a new theatre
DIT BUM. The finishing and equipment
VIII De strictly modern and every
FACILITY for the comfort of the patrons
will be installed
AT the Chautauqua to be held IN
BOISE this summer noted lecturers
from all corners of the earth will he
present If the plans of the committee
are carried out.
hunters shot two bear cubs last
week IN Shlngle basin, about ~ miles
liom BOISE The dogs with the men
put tne cubs up a tree from which
'ney were shot by the hunters
Harry Ellis, who was arrested nm
Tue charge of issuing checks against
ah imaginary bank account. pleaded
guilty at Pocatello and was fined 5000
III de1ault of that sum he is in the |
county jail
construction work on the Oregon
snort Line branch from Alexander 20
Grace has been started MARKING +ho
commencement of the first link Of
what will ultimately be a branch ,;no
to Preston. -'"e
rams are being drawn for a five.
h..-.
s'ory business block in Pocatello
WHICH VIII be the tallest building in
'nat city. The new building is to he
occupied by bank and a mercantiIo
establishment ''-'''ie
VI tWenty-one German farmers fror,
Kansas who were on tour of 49,
vest looking for good homesteads. sew.
en'een nave decided to locate on 100. .
acre tracts in Fremont county he 8
tween Dubois and Camas. :
Inc two old historic cannons which Y
nave stood sentinel at the Boise bar.
iaoAs LOT number of years. purely
DIS ornaments, have been removed 70
the Soldiers home by order ., 49,
war department, and placed on the #
campus. 'ne
a nour and grist mill in Downev ia T
.ne ann of the local Organization of j.
.ne Farmers Society Of Equity. The IL
pan pan is to secure 100 farmers and ST
to fuj ~ PAoo eacn a
The ~ AZ ss.Isq !. h,,ua =. o.
of the University of Idaho, which at Sc
us last meeting before it's dissolution. IL
ueid April II and IS, discharged a.
humper Of professors is being severe. s.
~ criticised, according to reports re. IL
ceived from Moscow. q,
While attempting to turn his auto II
around, the machine becoming unman.
ageable and backing into a canal ten
rect deep, Fred Gustafson, a promi.
nent farmer near Idaho Falls. suf n,
lered severe injury and had a mar. is
row escape from death. ~
II the Japanese are driven out of is
california as result of the interna- -
lonal complications that have arisen
over the holding Of real estate by
Aliens, they may, under the present
aw, come to Idaho and hold all the
Following the burning of the hotel
1t Van Wyck owned by U. ]. Bechtel,
'ome unidentified persons Shot Mr..
scented as he was walking along the
'treet the morning after the fire, the
'uliet passing through the body, ana
I is feared the wounded man will
lie. "''
Claiming that he had been robbeo
u $500 while en- route from Portland
o Arlington and had been disappoint. +
"a In obtaining work in Boise. E. ].
Martin, who said he was an author.
VIII walk tae entire distance from
8olse to Salt Lake, carrying his bag
,age
Inc new law relating to the capac.
" OF perry boxes is to be tested the
omlng season by Inspector Wallis.
hat official holds that every box
must be up to standard as to. capacity
II nave stamped on the outside of It
clear type the capacity in pounds
nd ounces.
Inc seed pea dealers of the coun.
ry are interested in the crop which
MI be produced in the Idaho Falls
ection this fall and if as good results
re realized as expected there will
Re an acreage of probably 10000 acres b
ext season instead of $500 which B
7as painted this season. e
Boise will be the scene of the big
est polo tournament ever held in \
he northwest if plans now being laid
the Boise Polo club are success
ully carried out. The plan is to
old the tournament the week of Sep
'mber 1920, just week before the Of
ltermountain fair dates. re
The city council of HALEY has been so
'ked to grant the Beaver River -
over company franchise to oper-
e In HALEY. If the franchise is
'anted the power lines will run from err
ooding, passing through Shoshone. fire
Ichfeld and other small towns. asi
Frank Barker, one of the construc- sio
On crew. working on the new Short ire
ne hrid0o