The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-10-17
IDAHO STATE NEWS


clash on the Boise gridiron Thanks
giving day.
The twenty-first annual convention
OF the Idaho State Medical association
was held in Pocatello last week.
%. M. Shaffer of Middleton Is in
the hospital at Caldwell in a critical
condition as result VI being kicked
in the stomach by horse.
Instead OF paying $S.05 on each
| 500 assessed valuation for taxes az
was done last year, citizens of Po-
catello this year will only have to
pay $2.97.
The body Of man was discovered
| by workmen last week on the bank
OF Snake river at Swan Falls. The
body was so badly eaten by coyotes
that it was not possible to identify
| it.
Joseph Taylor, residing near Idaho
Falls, reports the banner yield of po-
tatoes SO far this year. From his
five-acre tract he haN ested 3,044
bushels of tubers, little more than
| 6UU iDuSnelS 10 tne acre.
When the Bank of Nampa, Ltd,
closed it's doors and passed into the
hands of the state bank commission
er, Saturday, September ~, there
was on deposit in the institution close
to $4,000 of state funds.
Thomas Whitney, a barber of
Weiser, pulled off his shoe and broke
his leg. Whitney insists that he did
nothing except remove his shoe, and
when that was done found he had a
slight fracture near the ankle.
| Suffering from dependency which
produced mental deulsions for which
she was receiving medical treatment,
Mrs. o. B. Wright, who lives on a
homestead near Caldwell, committed
suicide at Boise, taking carbolic acid.
o. o. butcher, Long Valley farm
er and miner has discovered good
quality of coal al depth of IL feet
on his farm. He Is engaged in open
. ing up the mine and is planning to
place the coal on the market next
, year.
The proposed plan of potato day
} to he held in Idaho Falls has been
: we'll received and all of the growers
, who have been approached on the
matter have given their approval an6
l have agreed to take part, making an
/ exhibit.
, A. F. Thrall of Cambridge, mar
. of 55 or 60 years, who had beer
herding sheep, is lost in the noun
J. tains aboNe that place and grave
q fears are entertained by his famil.
/ and friends that he has persisted II
/ the snow.
4 Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Bradley, age
43, wife of Albert Bradley. an ole
time railroad man of Pocatello, die
at the family home at Pocatellc las
week of myocarditis. She was tn
W mother OF twelve children, seven Q
whom are living.
I, The bumper crop of wheat grow
W in the Malad valley this year ha
A. commenced moving to market. Til
Il yield for this year has been yer
IF good, and as a larger acreage wa
: planted, the dealers are expecting
i busy season.
/ Tony Fost, alleged bootlegger VIII
escaped from Jail at Pocatello, wa
apprehended in Huntington. Eos
thought he was safe, sent his regard
to the sheriff by a porter and wa
in jail ten mipuetes after the mes
sage was received.
III A publicity campaign will be star
| ed by the Pocatello Commercial clu
| which will endeavor to show the a6
| vantages of the Gate City to thor
sands of homeseekers and bushes
men. Several thousand dollars will
i be expended in this direction.
H Shipments of prunes which hav
! been completed froms that section il
/ dictate that Weiser valley growers thi
| season have averaged crop almos
/ as large as the bumper yield of
| year ago, while the purple fruit ha
| Melted them prices much higher.
| Eighty-one first prizes and SO sec
| onds on fruit, Is firsts and 10 sec
| onds on grains, two frsts on corr
] raised on dry land three firsts Oh
flint corn, two firsts on squaw corr
: and sweepstakes on Grated stuff wer
, awarded the Emmett district at tn,
Caldwell fair.
= Harvey d. Meyers, aged 10 years
! son Of Thomas D. Meyers, CT Boise
was shot and probably fatally wound
ed during a struggle between the ia
Their and mother over a 30 calibe
u rife, which it is alleged the mothe
= had seized to defend herself will
against the abuse of her husband.
Mysterious circumstances surroun,
] the death of Charles Martin, who's,
. badly gnawed and decomposed re
? mains were discovered a mile and
I half above Swan Falls and half mil,
: from Snake River. There are point,
that may even mean foul play. an,
N. j. Murphy, companion of Mar
TINS, is being searched for.
d Bonds amounting to $1,5O0,OOo TO