Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-04-03
IDAHO STATE NEWS


ment, a new railroad emergency hos.
pital will be erected at Pocatello.
Two men convicted of gambling al
Emmett have been sentenced to serve
terms of six months in the county
Jail.
The commercial club and grange OF
Payette have united in movement to
promote the dairy and hog industry
in the Payette valley.
Considerable interest is being man
ifested in the coming city election al
Payette. Two complete tickets have
been fled with the city clerk
The operation of slot machines and
solo games for cigars or other mer
chandise is not unlawful In the state
of Idaho, in the opinion of the at
torney general.
Six Boise boys, ranging in age from
10 to 16 years, tired of attending
school and endeavoring to break the
monotony by a runaway escapade
were taken in custody at Nampa and
sent back home
The Oregon Short Line will begin
work In few days on Its new stock.
yards, to be built at the north end
of Pocatello. The old stockyards at
the southern extremity of the city
will be torn down entirely.
Blanche Gordon, a denizen of the
restricted district of Lewiston, is dead,
and F. S. Chenea is in jail, charged
with killing the woman. Chenea, who
comes from Pomeroy and has a wife
and family, denies the crime.
Garrett Williams, Is years old, was
killed by the accidental discharge OF
gun, with which he was hunting
near his home at Grace, Bannock
county. The charge of shot tore its
way into the left groin, and the lad
bled to death.
Trustees of rural school districts in
Idaho can cut the length of the an.
nual school term from five months to
four, as the result of a blunder in the
drafting of house bill No. 1898, passed
by the last legislature and signed by
the governor.
A building permit has been issued
for the ice plant and iceing station to
be erected at Nampa by the Boise
Cold Storage company, under q ten.
year contract, for the Pacific Fruit
Express. The permit calls for the ex.
penditure of $4,000.
The federal court, which was to
have convened at Pocatello this week,
ii
IL. There are number of cases OF
grave importance to appear in that
court, including the selling of liquor
to Indians and white slavery.
With over 80 new members enlist.
ed and extraordinary interest shown
In the plans Of the club, the Nampa
Chamber of Commerce, after almost
two years of inactivity, is ready to
again take it's place among the &C.
tive commercial organizations of the
state.
Threats to take away their licenses
and put them out of business forced
all the retail saloon men of Occur
d'Alene to cancel contracts with other
brewing companies and sign an agree
ment to patronize only a certain brew.
cry, according to complaints filed by
saloon men.
The state of Idaho and her people
nave extended their sympathy to the
flood-stricken states OF Ohio and In
diana and to the tornado-suffering
city of Omaha, through official tele
grams forwarded to the governors of
those two sister states and the may.
or of Omaha.
The trial of Frank Dolan, second
defendant in the cattle-stealing cases
on trial at Twin Falls, has Just
closed with the verdict of guilty"
rendered by the jury. Dolan was
charged with stealing cattle and de-
livering them to the Robinson-Janks
Packing company.
During Home Industry week. II
present negotiations are successful.
1918 model Idaho National harvester
Will be on display in Boise among all
the other manufactured products of
the state. The machine seems des-
tined to revolutionize the harvesting
OF grain throughout the world.
Acting Governor Herman Fl Tavlor
mas signed a reprieve for Carl Mac.
hold, granting him a respite from the
sentence imposed upon him by judge
G. o. Stockslager at Blackfoot, Idaho.
commanding the sheriff of Bingham
county to release him until the board
or pardons can hear his application
tor a full pardon
Twelve secret indictments were
reported March rs by the Bannock
county grand jury. It is reported that
these are against owners of property
on the east side in Pocatello. which
has been leased to or occupied by
women Of the under world. The
names Of the men indicted have not
been made public.
Senator Brady has promised to use
every effort to Influence the recla-
nation service in the proposed Ban.
croft irrigation project 1t is the plan
to increase the capacity of the Black
foot storage reservoir by raising the
dam another five feet.
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