The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1913-08-15
IDAHO STATE NEWS

j There are 21,23l,360 acres Oh uhsur
/ veyed land in Idaho.
Not even a cavalry private is to be
| left at Boise barracks. The intention
Of the government is to leave the post
in charge of mounted caretaker, y
Is said.
p. Al. Watkins of Middleton lost a
valuable team and had a narrow es-
| cape from drowning when he drove
| off the bank OF the Boise river into a
deep hole with duicksand bottom.
The taxes paid in Idaho by the Ore
gon Short Line in the past five years
are given as follows; 1908, $404,
462.06; 1909, s54s, 2S2.52; 1910, $780,
5s1.44; 1911. ss62,7sS.17; 1872. $S2s.
96S.49.
Organization Of committees has been
completed for the Lemhi county fair,
4 which will be held October l, 2 and 3.
Special efforts are being made to Sc
cure the best exhibits in the mining,
agricultural and horticultural classes
Earnest r. Morris, aged 80 years.
| committed suicide at his ranch on
| Agency creek, near Tendoy, by shoot
! ing himself with rifle. The body
was found by his brother, Edison A
Morris, on his return from fishing
trip.
| 1t has been reported in some sec.
tons of the state that crops in Bear
1 II nIv1 tai l.,
ruined by frost. This report is alb
solutely erroneous, and crops never
looked better than at the present
time.
An expedition is planned by Prof.
Walter R. Siders, superintendent OF
the Pocatellc public schools, to locate
the exact site of the original Fort
Hall, where seventy-nine years ago
the first American flag was raised in
this region
Another serious accident from an
| outlaw horse occurred at Caldwell
last week Earl Lichlighter, young
rancher, was pinioned under a wild
horse that reared and fell backward
upon him. The young man was seri.
ously injured.
Preliminary to the commencement
of construction of mammoth brick
and steel building, which will double
the capacity of the Short Line ma.
chine shops in Pocatello and double
the city's pay roll. work OF clearing
| ground has commpnpnd
Elsie Gilmore Woods, aged 4, was
run down by street car in Boise and
instantly killed The little one was
running across the street and ran di.
rectly in front of the car, the motor.
man having no chance to stop the car
in time to prevent the tragedy.
A lively shooting scrape occurred al
Horseshoe Bend, over a card game
From reports it appears that Billie
Hoye was flourishing his revolver anc
Charlie Sells attempted to disarm the
bad man by shooting the weapon from
his hand with an automatic shotgun
3. R. Rosenborough, go years Of
age, an employe of the Utah Light 6
Power company of Idaho Falls, wa,
struck and killed by lightning Will,
i seateu in wagon near the Fall rive
bridge on the railroad line between
Ashton and briggs, in the Teton ba
, sin country.
: Idaho county is the first to submit
an abstract of its tax assessments t
! State Auditor Huston. It shows tn
. value of the agricultural land in tn
r county to be $5,573,9S9 at $37.35 al
acre; mining lands, $2,2272O7; RES
dence lots, $599,903; improvements Of
lots. $7S6,O2O.
July of 1913 goes down in history a
, the wettest July in the last third q
a century. The total precipitation fol
the motnh was 2.01 inches, of which
, 80 of an inch fell in "a hours on the
23d and Gath. The highest before re
corded for the month was 1.2. inches
which fell in 1912.
Mrs. E. H. Hartman and children
accompanied by a party of friends
have arrived at her summer home in
Island Park, this state, near the west
ern edge of Yellowstone park. she
travelled in a special train. The Har.
riman ranch in Island Park consists
Of 5000 acres Of unsurveyed land in
Idaho.
Suits affecting title to thirty lots In
the business heart OF McCammon
nave been filed by the Oregon Short
Line railroad in the district court Of
Bannock county. 1t is alleged in the
complaint that the ground in question
was contained within a federal RICH
Of way grant to the old Utah C North.
ern railway, in 1882.
The 1S-months-old daughter of Mr.
ana Mrs. f. II. Goodson, living two
miles west Of Notus, was PLAYING
near an irrigation ditch which rms
through the Goodson ranch. She eyi.
GENTLY ventured too close to the
ditch, lost her footing and fen IN
me body was recovered about two
hours after de-. i. 80