Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-02-20
IDAHO STATE NEWS
JEROME
IDAHO

on the Missoula line
Prizes aggregating approximate
$4,000 will be given to the exhibitor
at the Canyon county fair this yea
according to the plans of the associs
ton officials.
Taxes to the amount of S352.Ss7. .
were collected in Canyon county dun
ing the recent taxpaying period. az
cording to statement made by Couu
ty Assessor Christopher.
Quite a sensation was caused il
Gooding last week when Delbert Pat
terson, a well known young man o
Gooding, was bound over to the dis
trict court on cattle stealing charge
A fire, the origin of which is IN
known, totally destroyed the mercan
tile establishment OF Perry Buckley
at Myrtle The loss is $4,000 or
building and stock. which is partly
covered by insurance.
The hearing of Jose Rodriguez. q
Mexican, arrested under the name OF
Jose Cadenas at Pocatello and re-
turned to Nampa charged with burg.
larry, resulted in his being held to the
district court for trial.
Fire destroyed the printing office
of the Shoshone Journal, causing the
loss of several thousand dollars The
fire was discovered at 3 o'clock in the
morning. Enough insurance was car.
ried to cover the loss.
Citizens and business men of Ere
mont county are decidedly in favor
of the movable schools which have
been conducted in that part OF the
state by the university agricultural
extension department.
For having made false statements
as to the financial condition of the
State Bank of Commerce at Wallace.
of which he was president, B. F. O'Neil
has been sentenced to serve from two
to ten years in the penitentiary.
B. F. O'Neil, former president of
the Bank of Commerce of Wallace.
charged with having made false state
ments as to the financial condition of
the bank, was found guilty by a jury
in the district court at Occur d'Alene. |
Definite action toward the immediate
organization of mutual cooperative
telephone company was taken last |
week by the representative citizens of
Middleton and vicinity at a largely at
tended meeting of the Middleton Boos-
ter club.
David Walker, ST., who has been
SICK for over two years, succumbed |
to heart failure and general debility
at Oakley last week. Mr.. Walker
was rs years of age and was a native
OF South Carolina. He leaves a wife
and ten children.
Fifty head of thoroughbred Duroc
Jersey sows are en- route from Ohio
10 Nampa. They will constitute the
foundation of a herd to be estab-
lshed In view Of making Canyon
county the center for breeders of this
amous type of hog.
Edward Payne, former president of
he defunct Boise State bank, who
vas convicted OF making falst report
o the state bank examiner, has been
sentenced to serve an indeterminate
ERIN of from six months to three
'ears in the Idaho penitentiary.
DR.. c. A. Smith was arrested at
King Hill on a charge of manslaugh.
er as the result of the death of Mrs.
Clara Foy, Who died Sunday night of
tarvation. n is said Mrs. Foy re-
rained from taking any food since
December 20 on the advice Of the
physician.
Following closely the advice said
o have been given her by a physi-
ian, not to take any nourishment,
IRIS. Clara Foy of King Hill died
february IL, of starvation. Mrs. Foy
ad not taken any food since Deem
er 20. An autopsy showed that the
rgans were normal.
The plans of Cupid were disturbed
y the law and two youthful lovers
nth matrimonial intentions rudely
eparated when the Nampa officers
ook into custody w. r. Halcomb of
'gden and Mary Kiser of Weiser the
primer 10 years of age and the latter
Senator Borah, in an interview with
ne president, entered a vigorous pro-
EST against the action Of the secretary
I the interior in declining to issue
atents to homesteaders on lands in
lie Boise irrigation project as soon
they comply with the requirements
the three-year homestead law.
Farmers in southeastern Idaho are
In arms over a ruling by Attorney
eneral Peterson to the effect that all
srsons must have game licenses be-
re they can hunt jackrabbits.
Mrs. E. Spierling, formerly of
Disc, who, wiN her husband. was
1ured In an automobile accident
Ear Whittier, California, January g.
ed last week of her injuries.
The secretary of the interior has :
rected the patenting to the state of
aho of the lands embraced in Carey